Fuguruma

Fuguruma
Origin	Japanese culture
Race(s)	Femme
Alignment(s)	Neutral-Chaos

Fuguruma is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise. It appears exclusively in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner as the first boss that the player fights.

Profile

Origin

A fuguruma (文車) was a type of cart used to transport books and documents in medieval Japan. This demon is based on a type of yōkai from Toriyama Sekien's book Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro known as the fuguruma-yōhi (文車妖妃), which takes the form of an old woman in tattered clothing which is born from the emotion and attachment in love letters in the fuguruma cart.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

SATPSP

	Name Level HP MP Fuguruma 12 90 60	Strength 4 Intelligence 7 Magic 7 Endurance 5 Agility 5 Luck 3
Location Library B1F
Species Race Alignment Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (242)
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def Drop 32 24 34 25 17 16 Elang Xian
Resistances "Strong against Fire. Weak to Ice, Psychokinesis." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl DrnDrain DrnDrain ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 DrnDrain ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Agi Fire 3 MP Attack magic. Front row. Power 23. Fire-type damage to 1 enemy. Dormina Mind 3 MP Attack support. Front row/back row. Bad status. Sleep effect to 1 whole row of enemies.

	Name Level HP MP Fuguruma 12 120 60	Strength 5 Intelligence 6 Magic 5 Endurance 5 Agility 6 Luck 4
Location Library B1F
Species Race Alignment Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (242)
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def Drop 34 26 34 26 13 15 Elang Xian
Resistances "Strong against Fire. Weak to Ice, Psychokinesis." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl DrnDrain DrnDrain ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 DrnDrain ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Agi Fire 3 MP Attack magic. Front row. Power 23. Fire-type damage to 1 enemy. Dormina Mind 3 MP Attack support. Front row/back row. Bad status. Sleep effect to 1 whole row of enemies.

Compendium

Compendium Entries

Devil Summoner (Akuma Zensho; PSP)

出身地：日本 正しくは文車妖妃（ふぐるまようび）。書庫に現れる女の妖怪、書庫に入れられて読む人のいなくなった書物につく。 フグルマは、宮中などで文書を運ぶ車であった。転じて貴族の書庫の意味にもなった。 ことばには、それを発した人の魂、言霊（ことだま）がこめられている。また、ことばを記した書物にも魂がこもる。フグルマはその魂にひかれ、取り憑いた妖怪である。怨念や情念を描いた物語が記された書物に取り憑きやすいのかも知れない。 Translation: Place of origin: Japan Properly called Fuguruma Yōbi. A female yōkai that appears in archives, it possesses books people place into the archives but do not read. The fuguruma was a cart which transported documents to the imperial court and such. It also came to mean an aristocrat's archive. Words contain the soul of the person who uttered them, the kotodama. Additionally, words written in books are also filled with souls. Fuguruma is a yōkai that is drawn to those souls and possesses them. While not known for sure, it may be more likely to possess books written depicting stories of grudges and passion.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Fuguruma is the boss of the Library dungeon.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フグルマ	Katakana spelling of 文車 fuguruma.