4:12 “He’s a Jack Frost who for one reason or another turned evil…” And the reason is a pun. Jack Frost in Japanese is ジャックフロスト (Jakku Furosuto). Switch one letter, and you get ジャアクフロスト (Jaaku Furosuto). “Jaaku” is a Japanese word 邪悪, “wicked”, “evil”, so “Evil Frost”. The English translation went it Black Frost to preserve the pun.
@@jesusramirezromo2037 He was always a trickster fairie but Black Frost carries the distinction of actually being evil instead of just oblivious that humans dying is a bad thing. They are so similar to each other though that most Black Frosts are still goofy.
Shiva is almost always represented well in RPG's. In GBF, he's easily the best summon call in the entire game and one of the best fire elemental unit you can get.
"Shiva is a demon that has helped me take down god on many occasions and I don't think that will be changing in SMTV." You were right about the taking down god part. Not so sure about the helping you part.
@@daniellejackson6543 well now it does if you beat shiva and ra in snt 5 vengence lucifer will be level 99 That aplies to any route but be carefull because in the canon of vengence the ra side quest is temporaly and i ended up losing and that sucked
The fascinating thing about Seth is there's actually really complicated and in-depth reason why he's depicted as a dragon. okay so he's dragon like form actually comes from the original Digital Devil novels that inspired the entire Shin Megami Tensei franchise. In the novel series he's the demon master of a dark sorcerer from Arkham Massachusetts, AKA one of the most iconic fictional town from HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. And this isn't a coincidence, there's a reason why Seth is the master of a character that is basically ripped right from an HP Lovecraft story and it has to do with the real life historical occult teachings of Kenneth Grant a real life author occultist and student of the infamous Aleister Crowley. Kenneth Grant basically developed what is generally referred to as the typhonian School of esoteric Magick. In this he took the working the archaeological series of the time that postulated a syncretism between the serpentine/ dragon like Typhon from Greek mythology with Seth from Egyptian myth. He then took this entity which he referred to as Sut-Typhon and associated it Yog-Sothoth an entity from the lovecraftian mythos. He was one of the first to adopt the fictional universe of Lovecraft and his inner circle into a set of symbols and archetypes that could be used for ritual magic. His school of Typhonian Magick, which blended elements of Greek and Egyptian mythology, Hindu philosophy, and Lovecraft's fiction became the primary basis for Modern day Khaos magic. So the original author of The Digital Devils created a series influence by tons of real world historical occult teachings, so he naturally included the teachings of Crowley and Grant in his worldbuliding. The original trilogy of novels is a Sci-Fi series and was basically his attempt at creating his own contribution to the Cthulhu mythos because he was a huge fan of Lovecraft and his work which is far more science fiction genre then pure horror.
kazune414 And now instead we get stuff like Doi's Odin being ''Marvel movies portray Thor and Norse gods as aliens which i think is cool, so imma gonna make Odin into Ultra Man'' I actually really like that Odin design for the record and i think it's a huge improvement over Purple Guy, but it's fun to think of how far we've come. There's also Doi's Demeter but we don't talk about that one .
@@JackFrostAegirine Not even Doi liked the Demeter design, apparently from a interview, Atlus wanted him to drew her a loli, he doesn't always have full control over the demon designs.
@@JackFrostAegirine I don't like Demeter's design in strange journey redux, but I understand it. I understand that the intention was to deliberately create the sense of uncanny valley where you had a character that every player knew from the beginning was shady as f***but still try to present herself as a helpless well-meaning ally. Incidentally I also love the Odin redesign, and I know it's an Ultraman reference but I also always got more Kaman rider vibes from it. I also think it was designed to juxtapose Dagda's design considering how their foils for each other and both mythologically descended from the same God. I also really like the Zeus design used in strange journey redux, I thought it was a brilliant bit of referencing a really obscure bit of Greek mythology that not many people know about with his light and dark motif. That being the fact that for many ancient Greeks the figures of Zeus and Hades were one in the same God.
I know it’s never been usable, but a demon I’ve always though was cool was The Reaper in the Persona games due to how he’s depicted. The Reaper with a scythe? Nah, try *2 long barrel revolvers.* Also, could you do a top 10 on smt bosses? I know a lot of them are ridiculous.
There's a theory that The Reaper is connected in some way to Tatsuya Sudou, a character from Persona 2. A lot of the evidence is circumstantial, but there's mot exactly anything against it either.
My favorite demon is probably Cu Chulainn! I LOVE his Nocturne design, with the white and blue armor and the long dark hair. Also, while he's never, like, the most powerful demon in the game, he's ALWAYS one of the best demons at his level. In SMT IV he's the first demon to whisper a 1-4 hit medium magic attack at level 50, which is useful until the very end of the game. In Persona 5 R he comes with a near perfect kit for crit fishing right out of the box, with rebellion, apt pupil, one shot kill, and charge. I love Cu Chulainn a lot lol
I also love Cu Chulainn a lot, but personally I like Tam Lin more. The sleek blue armor and white hair is something I really like, and while also never the best demon, he carries me in every game he is in. I always make sure to pick him up and run through the entire game just destroying demons with his phys skills.
I actually live in the town in Ireland where Cu Chulainn was said to have died! It's nice seeing a mythological figure that's so familiar to me talked about around the world thanks to SMT.
Titania. She's gorgeous, a great healer, and in P3(FES, P), you have a chance to refill your magic. If you have Oberon on your team as well, you can use the skill Summer Dream to create a random effect on the battle field. One of these is to heal up your party member's HP AND SP, meaning that the only thing stopping you from getting to the next top step in Tartarus is the fatigue system. Which I've never had a problem with.
I'll have to say Alice really, I think her design, thought Abit simple, is very iconic from just a glare. Plus he has appeared in most of the games and is always a good pick up in my party
I really like Alice too. I never actually was given the choice to summon her in any of my Persona playthroughs because I didn't know what demons I needed to have with me in order to add her to my party...
I've got a massive soft spot for Fortuna and Kikuru-hime. Both of them have designs that I absolutely adore. P3 was my first game and I remember my Fortuna sticking with me for way longer than she had any right to. As for Kikuru-hime she has ALWAYS been my main healer for literally every smt and persona game. She was best for me in 3 but I also remember just not finding a better healer in 4 so she was genuinely there until the end despite being so underlevelled.
The lore of black frost is kinda sad actually something about him being evil then making a friend being judged(maybe?) then given only one day of his entire life to spend time with his friend then disappears and never to see each other again
@@bluebros.7266 I don't know if she was telling the truth tho. She mispronounced black frost and then went "I didn't mispronounce it! I made all that up anyways!"
@@suoodalmhri8172 Well, in Nocturne Black Frost born after eating a Magatama, technically he's a Demi-Fiend version of Jack Frost. So she was probably talking about Demi-Fiend
My personal favorite 'demon" is Messiah from Persona 3. Its a design that always stuck with me, with all the symbolism involved with how he looks and a facial feature similar to the Sun social link, representing everything the Protagonist has learned as he seeks to sacrifice himself to overcome death for everyone. It works on so many levels, and in general, the Persona symbolism in 3 is so good, very like 1 and 2. Pity they dropped it a lot for 4 and 5. I know persona exclusive demons are cheating, so otherwise, my favorite is Metatron. His boss fight in Nocturne is spectacular, I love how Kaneko took the "tron" in his name to become a literal robot. Its so good. I love biblically accurate angels (as you brought up with Throne) and while Metatron isn't exactly that, hes still my favorite and I make sure to fuse him in every game I can. So much better than a pretty angel. He invokes a feeling of cold terror, and its awesome
In Persona 4 Golden I had a Black Frost with agidyne, mind charge and fire amp. Did like 2000 damage to bosses if used right carried me through most of the game.
Demonee-ho is one of my favorites. He gets one of the best suits in the series, gets 3 really good unique skills, and his character is just really funny to interact with.
Ditto. Demonee- ho's Desperate Hit was the best damaging move in IV besides Uriel's Kannuki Throw. It's actually possible to beat Masako's Shadow in that game by just spamming charged Desperate Hits and without the aid of DLC skills.
@@JackFrostAegirine When I first saw Demonee-ho in strange I knew he had to be in my team in every game no matter what. He carried me through the mem aleph fight so hard with his desperate hit.
Anyone else just realize that back in the day people confused shin megami for pokemon and tried to get pokemon banned because in it you supposedly summoned demons?
I'd say that P5R Okukumura is probably one of the most frustrating, though "hard" is a term I'd avoid. 55R Okumura specifically. He's not a particularly big damage-dealer like the Reaper, he won't hold you to a set of rules and instakill you for breaking them like Elizabeth. No, his major sin is that you are on a timer the entire fight, in two ways. First is obvious, you have 30 minutes to beat Okumura. But the second is a little more hidden. Starting with his second phase--where the corporobos will use Selfless Devotion--if you don't kill a wave in two turns, then the wave resets. This is a problem for two reasons: 1. The corporobos resist all elements but Gun, Almighty, and 2 others. 2. The Model GM are fairly strong, what with using Megaton Raid, their decent stats, and the aforementioned resistances And 3. Okumura is constantly casting Rakunda or Famine's scream on the party and buffing the Corporobos with Rakukaja. Keep in mind, you are on a time limit. So, you have to go in ready to blow past the earlier phases, debuff the Model-GM, cure Hunger to keep the party's DPS up, and abuse the fuck put of Technical knockdowns and Baton Pass. Yeah, and the game doesn't even tell you that the corporobos can be afflicted by ailments or that you have two turns to wipe out all of the robots. Okumura was boring in vanilla P5 and frustrating as hell in Royal. I'm almost cheering when Black Mask shoots Okumura.
Pixie is one of my favorite demons. It's simple, but a memorable design and I like the character, sue me. I also love Alice. Being one of the more powerful demons but also being an adorable little girl based on a book a lot of us read growing up is just hilarious to me.
For me my most favorites are Pixie best starting girl, Nekomata, Jeanne' De Arc(Yes she was a Law-Neutral alignment demon you can recruit in Nine and a useful one at that as like Pixie, and Nekomata she had access to potent healing spells as well as various buffs, debuffs, along with getting every version of the Hama spell), Hellhound, and Alice.
Jack Frost is my boy. That face never changes, he looks so out of place, he's adorable. I love it. Plus the puns are just amazing. Hee-Ho, it's time for you to go.
Mothman is my favorite. Nocturne, raidou, persona, SJ, there hasn't been a game yet where it has been dead weight to the team. When I reach the part in the games where I can fuse it, I'm always able to make it such a great support with buffs/debuffs and attack spells.
Metatron is one of my favorite demons, because I like his design and it became one of my best units on my second run in SMT IV . IT has also an interesting background story.
I’m a new fan so I’m not too well verse in SMT but atm my top 10 is: 1. Bugs 2. Forneus 3. Titiania 4. Satanael 5. Yoshitsune 6. Alice 7. Matador 8. Sraosha 9. Kohryu 10. Pixie
Satanael from Persona 5 or Soul Hackers ? Satanael has two diifirent appearance. In P5 he looks like a badass, in Soul Hackers he is very ... specific ;D
Moh Shivuu never fails to carry me through the early game in all her appearances. Good movelist which can be flexible thanks to her slightly balanced stats. Slightly biased on this because in Raidou vs Soulless Army, she comes early with wind spells, healing and has the Fly detective skill
Tiamat, she was the first of the more intimidating demons i got to summon in smt4, really freaky design that i grew to love after learning about her lore (mother of the sea and monsters that inhabit it). it was also a really awesome suprise to see the big role she plays in Deep strange journey.
I’m not sure if this counts, but Azathoth from Persona 5 Royal has one of the neatest designs I’ve ever seen in these games, and the boss fight itself is great, so I’d say that’s one of my favorites. Aside from that, I’ve always thought Metatron was pretty cool, even if he is a pain to fuse most of the time, and Loki (specifically Akechi’s) is just SO cool looking.
There are a lot to pick from but Fafnir is one of my favorites. While i have only played P5R and just started P4G, Fafnir is just so cool. The badass mechanical dragon design is the main selling point, but his gameplay in P5R is the main reason i love him. Once i got him, he was my nuke damage guy and damn was he good at it, Combined with his resistances (repel phys and gun, drain fire and nuke) made him a staple in my team, he's now one of my two "Nullifying buff" personas, immune to everything and focus on buffs and debuffs, with the other being Mara I also have a soft spot for Hecatoncheires as he was my main physical persona (with null phys) for a good chunk of the game Mithras, Kaiwan, and Decarabia also have a spot for being great magic damage, Mithras actually being the one to carry me through the Okumura fight
Fafnir is probably my favorite too. Though as someone who started with P5 but went back to the other games, that's probably the best he's gonna be throughout the series. SMT IV and Strange Journey make him weak to ice and thunder (albeit they make sense since he's a mecha-dragon) but I still wanted to use him on my chaos runs for both games. He isn't even immune to both physical and gun in Strange Journey.
Y'know, I'm surprised you didn't mention the connection between Satanael and Satan in the megami tensei lore, as I think it's one of the most fascinating and compelling things about both of those demons. The angel cast out of heaven for defying a corrupt false-god and giving humanity freedom, choosing to serve under the true gods eternal enemy, Lucifer. It's great stuff, and I hope that in future games that lore is fleshed out more
As a Hindu boi myself, I love the representation of our deities in SMT games. Fun fact:- Keeping Pralaya exclusive to Shiva is probably a reference to him being the Destroyer as he brings Pralaya(destruction).
Favorite ones are: 5. The angels, like, all of them, I like all of their designs in SMTV specifically. 4. Setante and Cu Chualinn, I love the story of Setante. 3. Idun, she is stupid useful with her unique healing ability. 2. Pixie, same reason, plus, she looks cute 1. Manananggal, I’m stupidly biased to this cause I’m Filipino, but I love how they made her and gave her her own unique skill, I also like how they’re branching out into Filipino culture with it, I’d like to see a Kapre join one day, or even a Tiyanak!
I remember when I got my first Surt in Persona 3. I went from dealing around 100 damage on average to 1200 damage with Mind Charge Ragnarok. Fun times.
Loved the video and would love to see more top 10s! Beelzebub is definitely my favorite demon. Nocturne was one of the first RPGs i ever played, and the idea of fusing a boss you beat to make him an ally was mind blowing for me. So to actually be able to fuse a demon lord that had a whole section of the Kalpa cursed, and has badass skills, and looks sinister as hell...and upgrades from his human form to his fly form, thats a keeper for sure! and since then he's always been my fav.
One of my favorite Demons(or Personas becuase i have only played P4 and P5) is Shiki-Ouji. I think the design of this paper mache man is really damn cool, with him being white on one side, and red on the other. Also, in P5, his resistances are SUPER good for where you get him. Nulls Phys, Gun, Bless, AND, Curse? Yes please!
Personally I love Wu Kong, his lore and the various designs they gave him. The Monkey King is my favorite legend, so to see him get representation is awesome. I also love Daisojou. His resistances in Nocturne and his unique skills make him an endgame demon for me, especially when using the Mitama to boost his stats. Then of course, who could forget.. Yoshistune, especially from P5R. Hassou Tobi + Charge.
Maria just has to be my favorite Demon along with many others in MegaTen. I mean, we’re literally summoning Jesus’s mom! What’s not to like?! She also has been appearing more recently with SJR and P5R (coincidentally ends with R...) which more people know how cool her design is.
So many cool Demons, but let's be honest... Uberpixie is the coolest. She stuck with Demifiend throughout the entire game... Its heartwarming and an amazing internal lore boost. The fact that they even added her in a speaking role during the smt5 Demifiend cinematic is just proof. My all time favorite demon is Cleopatra followed by Mara, but Uberpixie goes above and beyond that.
The only way I can imagine people being scared of the “people with halos and wings” interpretation of angels would be if they suddenly appeared via flash bang. Like the shepherds in the middle of the night suddenly surprised by a great flash of light.
I got Attis for the fitst time mid game in P3 and I’ve loved him ever since. A combination of Evil Smile, Fear Boost, and Ghastly Wail made him a beast, and Thermopylae was a staple in a lot of my P5 playthroughs. I think he has a fantastic design and he’s just generally really cool
I love watching your videos on Megaten demons, would definitely love to see more ! As for my favorite demons I would say Mother Harlot, Beelzebub, Berith, Eligor, Nidhoggr, and probably some others I can’t think of at this moment.
Currently replaying my Atlus games in prep for SMT V. Just replayed beat SMT 4 again yesterday and I gotta say I adore everything about Sanat from that DLC quest and as an ally. Also Minotaur is one of my favorites because of how reliable I've always found him.
Amazing video honey! I love that you covered such a large range of demons throughout the series' entirety. Your transitions in your videos are improving so much lately and I adore it ❤
Ahh, mine's Mother Harlot, has to be the design, and being the Queen of Fiends in most games kinda, i think, sadly i don't think i've ever got her in SMT because she's always so high level or i simply didn't find her, she's kinda on the weaker side on Persona like mostly every Fiend there feels like, always do my best to make her strong though and use her in my final party. Next would be Ongyo-Ki, he looks absolutely sick, and he's the boss of the 3 other Onis i think, i already like the other 3 Oni as it is, i think they are all really strong demons at the point they appear, but fuse them together and the guy becomes Ongyo-Ki some ultimate black demon that can now make copies of himself, think he is almost always crazy strong in any game, also love his quote whenever you fuse him in most games "Oh so you can see me?" Referring to his ability. Pretty much those two, just a fair mention i go apeshit whenever i see Loa for some reason, certainly did when he even got added in Royal, i just can't explain Loa at all cause im confused about it myself.
About the Fiends, you might be correct in regards to them as a whole but I always thought that at least Trumpeter was pretty consistently good, well maybe not so much in P3 as Hama and Mudo kinda suck in that game, though P4-5 he certainly was. I guess similarly Alice and Daisoujou since they're the only ones with Die For Me and Samsara respectively.
Great vid. A note on Abaddon for you, (pro. Aba-don) he has a giant mouth in his design because before he was named an angel in revelations, in the Torah he was not so much an entity but a endless bottomless pit in Sheol.
Thor has stuck with me a lot in P3P with memories of using Arms Master to just spam Deathbound and power through floors. Rakshasa is also super iconic and cool-looking for me. I never played much of Nidhoggr but I love its design. Portraying a dragon eating the roots of the World Tree as this parasitic-looking maggot-centipede with a giant mouth is so brilliant.
I'd say my top 3 demons would be Alice (because they have an interesting backstory, and are probably the best mudo demons in the series), Nebiros (cool design, nice magic-focused demon and persona, also ties in with Alice's backstory), and Girimehkala for similar reasons to Nyarly (great resistances, great choice in almost every game they're in, etc)
Mt favorite has to be Thanatos, specifically the persona 3 design. He was the first Persona i ever saw and he introduced me to the franchise as a whole.
All solid choices, but for me, Mother Harlot and Jezebel are top tier. Harlot as a representative of the whole Fiends and Jezebel as of the Bel race.... such cool concepts for demons in the Megaten lore! Also, Ongyo-Ki is a must have in all my playthroughs in which he appear. I love the evil Oni so much!
I'd like to see a top 10 list of the freakiest demons in the series. Pisaca is such nightmare fuel, I swear. I love how a lot of the generic random encounter enemies that we blow away like nothing in SMT can star in their own full-blown horror games Edit: I should have watched the "Top 10 Worst Demons" video before talking about Pisaca
Personally, one of my favorite designs is Hastur, the King in Yellow. My only experience with him is in P5R, and he has a pretty good skill set: notable skills include Debilitate, Vacuum Wave and Abyssal Eye.
Pixie has always been one of my favorites but Maria has overtaken that. I love her design and healing abilities. They developers really stuck to her mythology.
Ancient of Days is one of those demons I hope we get to see someday. God's aspects representation is always welcome because it helps to keep the YHVH concept fresh and this specific demon did a great job in that regard. The design also has this Kaneko style prevalent in most higher rank demons.
Glad to see Seth on this list. He was my main persona for the tail end of persona 3, my first SMT/Persona game. Since then, he's become one of my two all time favorite demons.
This was a good video, not going to lie when I first saw satan in p3 I about died because of how cool he was and i just fell in love with the design and how awesomely strong he was.
This is weird, this feels like a grownup version of those “who’s your favorite Pokémon” talks on the playground
Weirdly nostalgic
Hey get that gun away from ur hea- OH GOD HE SHOT HIMSELF
Door-kun, love your work!
Edward Evans door-Kun? I’m only in the 1st month of p3 and it looks really fun
@@WestOfLee100 You'll find out why people call him that eventually.
Guys *shush* Er-(Twoheadspoilerdogthingthathappensattheendofthegame) can’t know about me having internet connection
Shoutouts to pixie for being the most consistent smt waifu
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All vote for Pixie go become the new mascot of Shin Megami Tensei
@@dontquestionit3604 noooo Jack Frost way to cool he's beater than all the rest. bros before hee hoos
@@minin1152 You right but I've been moped by a Jack Frost, never been killed by Pixie
The only one who's with you throught thick and thin. More a lifelong partner than just waifu.
4:12 “He’s a Jack Frost who for one reason or another turned evil…”
And the reason is a pun. Jack Frost in Japanese is ジャックフロスト (Jakku Furosuto). Switch one letter, and you get ジャアクフロスト (Jaaku Furosuto). “Jaaku” is a Japanese word 邪悪, “wicked”, “evil”, so “Evil Frost”. The English translation went it Black Frost to preserve the pun.
I tougth JackFrost was always a trickster fairy, especially since Winter used to be seen as a time of death and starvation
@@jesusramirezromo2037 He was always a trickster fairie but Black Frost carries the distinction of actually being evil instead of just oblivious that humans dying is a bad thing. They are so similar to each other though that most Black Frosts are still goofy.
I though Black Frost is the strongest of the Jack Bros because he can say the N-word.
@@azizabdul8914 No, surely the strongest is Jacked Frost.
...I'll see myself out...
@@azizabdul8914 nyarlathotep?
"This is my Pixie. There are a lot of them alike, but this one is mine."
Wreck it Ralph ???
Or family guy
@@star01010.dfull metal jacket might be the og reference
"This is my Pixie. There are many like them, but this one has 30s in all stats."
My top 10 demons:
1. Mothman
2. Mothman
3. Mothman
4. Mothman
5. Mothman
6. Mothman
7. Mothman
8. Mothman
9. Mothman
10. Mothman
I must disagree with you, I think no. 5 should be 2 spots higher.
what?! this list is bullshit! Mothman should be 5 spots higher AT LEAST, while Mothman over there seems a bit too high, dont you think?
You forgot Mothman.
Did Erica Lindbeck write this?
Mothman is best. My mothman has all auto-kaja. My moth caries me through Tartarus. Mothman is best
"Pixie is really basic" And that's one reason Pixie is great.
E: Abaddon looks like a mouth toad monster.
I see Abaddon as more the Great Mighty Poo from Conker.
And I see him as a giant version of SLIMER from the Ghostbusters franchise. >_
I always though thathe was a giant slime/blob thing made out of mud.
Abaddon looks like Clayface
I think it looks like a frog or a p***s
The best one ever is my sleep paralysis demon.
I call him Jack Frost.
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I concur!
Lucifroz is better for sleep paralysis
1) Jack Frost
2) Pyro Jack
3) Black Frost
4) Demonee-ho
5) King Frost
6) Jack the Ripper
1)Mothman
8) Who cares
9) Who cares
10) Mara
You forgot the frost five
where the hell is frost ace
Lucifroz should be on this list
No Frost Ace 0/10
No DB Busters or Jack Ripper so this list needs some work.
Shiva is almost always represented well in RPG's. In GBF, he's easily the best summon call in the entire game and one of the best fire elemental unit you can get.
this was the 666th comment lmfao, nice
shiva's hella broken in gbf lmao
honestly I'd say Qilin has a better call than Shiva, and he's not that great of a fire character anymore, but that's powercreep for you lol
Man I remember when he dominated Fire, good times
@@OyVeey Great light character
"Shiva is a demon that has helped me take down god on many occasions and I don't think that will be changing in SMTV."
You were right about the taking down god part. Not so sure about the helping you part.
*laughs in tandava*
Speaking of which the route where you beat Shiva should've had a more difficult final boss. Also Shiva is pretty broken as a demon.
@@daniellejackson6543 well now it does if you beat shiva and ra in snt 5 vengence lucifer will be level 99
That aplies to any route but be carefull because in the canon of vengence the ra side quest is temporaly and i ended up losing and that sucked
The walking animation of Surt in IMAGINE is.. something special
I just saw that out of Curiosity....it was worth it, But now I cannot unsee it everytime I look to Surt.... thanks :v
Ikr i started playing that game a bit ago and saw someone with surt and it freaked me out
You should check out Anubis in Shin Megami Tensei NINE, it's a thing of beauty too.
The walking animations of demons in IMAGINE are both amazing and sometimes cursed.
Jerk-O-Lantern how did you play NINE?
Black Frost is just the definition of
"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
The fascinating thing about Seth is there's actually really complicated and in-depth reason why he's depicted as a dragon.
okay so he's dragon like form actually comes from the original Digital Devil novels that inspired the entire Shin Megami Tensei franchise. In the novel series he's the demon master of a dark sorcerer from Arkham Massachusetts, AKA one of the most iconic fictional town from HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. And this isn't a coincidence, there's a reason why Seth is the master of a character that is basically ripped right from an HP Lovecraft story and it has to do with the real life historical occult teachings of Kenneth Grant a real life author occultist and student of the infamous Aleister Crowley.
Kenneth Grant basically developed what is generally referred to as the typhonian School of esoteric Magick. In this he took the working the archaeological series of the time that postulated a syncretism between the serpentine/ dragon like Typhon from Greek mythology with Seth from Egyptian myth. He then took this entity which he referred to as Sut-Typhon and associated it Yog-Sothoth an entity from the lovecraftian mythos. He was one of the first to adopt the fictional universe of Lovecraft and his inner circle into a set of symbols and archetypes that could be used for ritual magic. His school of Typhonian Magick, which blended elements of Greek and Egyptian mythology, Hindu philosophy, and Lovecraft's fiction became the primary basis for Modern day Khaos magic.
So the original author of The Digital Devils created a series influence by tons of real world historical occult teachings, so he naturally included the teachings of Crowley and Grant in his worldbuliding. The original trilogy of novels is a Sci-Fi series and was basically his attempt at creating his own contribution to the Cthulhu mythos because he was a huge fan of Lovecraft and his work which is far more science fiction genre then pure horror.
and then their is Jack Frost and he's like "Hee Hoo I'm a snow man"
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And now instead we get stuff like Doi's Odin being ''Marvel movies portray Thor and Norse gods as aliens which i think is cool, so imma gonna make Odin into Ultra Man''
I actually really like that Odin design for the record and i think it's a huge improvement over Purple Guy, but it's fun to think of how far we've come.
There's also Doi's Demeter but we don't talk about that one .
@@JackFrostAegirine Not even Doi liked the Demeter design, apparently from a interview, Atlus wanted him to drew her a loli, he doesn't always have full control over the demon designs.
@@JackFrostAegirine I don't like Demeter's design in strange journey redux, but I understand it. I understand that the intention was to deliberately create the sense of uncanny valley where you had a character that every player knew from the beginning was shady as f***but still try to present herself as a helpless well-meaning ally.
Incidentally I also love the Odin redesign, and I know it's an Ultraman reference but I also always got more Kaman rider vibes from it. I also think it was designed to juxtapose Dagda's design considering how their foils for each other and both mythologically descended from the same God. I also really like the Zeus design used in strange journey redux, I thought it was a brilliant bit of referencing a really obscure bit of Greek mythology that not many people know about with his light and dark motif. That being the fact that for many ancient Greeks the figures of Zeus and Hades were one in the same God.
@@JackFrostAegirine I never noticed, but yeah I can definitely see similarities to smt4 Odin, and an Ultraman.
The fact that neither Yoshitsune nor Alice were on this list breaks my heart.
Same Alice is my favorite and yoyo sword man is my number 2
Alice is cracked as hell
I love Alice! But Black Frost is still my favorite
Yeah bro, Alice is good,
Alice is our go-to for most of Persona 3 until thanatos can be fused.
I know it’s never been usable, but a demon I’ve always though was cool was The Reaper in the Persona games due to how he’s depicted. The Reaper with a scythe? Nah, try *2 long barrel revolvers.*
Also, could you do a top 10 on smt bosses? I know a lot of them are ridiculous.
There's a theory that The Reaper is connected in some way to Tatsuya Sudou, a character from Persona 2. A lot of the evidence is circumstantial, but there's mot exactly anything against it either.
Minotaur from IV would go on that boss list at least for me
Exactly
@@darthpablo8215 the chill that went down my spine when i heard
"Now come Samurai, put on a good show..."
@@darthpablo8215 "I'LL END IT THUS!"
*Minotaur:* **Smirks**
Ahhh Pixie ..the Only TRUE friend of every Main Character in every SMT game :)
My favorite demon is probably Cu Chulainn! I LOVE his Nocturne design, with the white and blue armor and the long dark hair. Also, while he's never, like, the most powerful demon in the game, he's ALWAYS one of the best demons at his level. In SMT IV he's the first demon to whisper a 1-4 hit medium magic attack at level 50, which is useful until the very end of the game. In Persona 5 R he comes with a near perfect kit for crit fishing right out of the box, with rebellion, apt pupil, one shot kill, and charge. I love Cu Chulainn a lot lol
I also love Cu Chulainn a lot, but personally I like Tam Lin more. The sleek blue armor and white hair is something I really like, and while also never the best demon, he carries me in every game he is in. I always make sure to pick him up and run through the entire game just destroying demons with his phys skills.
I actually live in the town in Ireland where Cu Chulainn was said to have died! It's nice seeing a mythological figure that's so familiar to me talked about around the world thanks to SMT.
@@alexkeenan5201 that's so awesome! The story of his death is really cool as well, I love the lore behind him so much
I love both of them they look so cool
Hunter Carvey My favorites as well! The designs for these characters are sleek
Titania.
She's gorgeous, a great healer, and in P3(FES, P), you have a chance to refill your magic. If you have Oberon on your team as well, you can use the skill Summer Dream to create a random effect on the battle field. One of these is to heal up your party member's HP AND SP, meaning that the only thing stopping you from getting to the next top step in Tartarus is the fatigue system. Which I've never had a problem with.
Just started getting into the SMT series, and I seriously love Black Frost.
Specifically the fact that he's not evil. He's *Hee Ho* evil
I'll have to say Alice really, I think her design, thought Abit simple, is very iconic from just a glare. Plus he has appeared in most of the games and is always a good pick up in my party
"Plus *he* has happeared"
Hold up
@@mortenera4423 fuk-
I really like Alice too. I never actually was given the choice to summon her in any of my Persona playthroughs because I didn't know what demons I needed to have with me in order to add her to my party...
I've got a massive soft spot for Fortuna and Kikuru-hime. Both of them have designs that I absolutely adore. P3 was my first game and I remember my Fortuna sticking with me for way longer than she had any right to. As for Kikuru-hime she has ALWAYS been my main healer for literally every smt and persona game. She was best for me in 3 but I also remember just not finding a better healer in 4 so she was genuinely there until the end despite being so underlevelled.
I always found Hariti to be better that Kikuri-Hime
The lore of black frost is kinda sad actually something about him being evil then making a friend being judged(maybe?) then given only one day of his entire life to spend time with his friend then disappears and never to see each other again
Margaret said that in Persona 4, but didn't she say that it was a lie to teach the protagonist not to just believe anything said to him
Blue Bros. Entertainment Wait I just realized could that friend be Demi-fiend from nocturne
Shit happened in devil survivor with midori and black forst so I guess that makes sense now....
@@bluebros.7266 I don't know if she was telling the truth tho. She mispronounced black frost and then went "I didn't mispronounce it! I made all that up anyways!"
@@suoodalmhri8172 Well, in Nocturne Black Frost born after eating a Magatama, technically he's a Demi-Fiend version of Jack Frost. So she was probably talking about Demi-Fiend
My personal favorite 'demon" is Messiah from Persona 3. Its a design that always stuck with me, with all the symbolism involved with how he looks and a facial feature similar to the Sun social link, representing everything the Protagonist has learned as he seeks to sacrifice himself to overcome death for everyone. It works on so many levels, and in general, the Persona symbolism in 3 is so good, very like 1 and 2. Pity they dropped it a lot for 4 and 5. I know persona exclusive demons are cheating, so otherwise, my favorite is Metatron. His boss fight in Nocturne is spectacular, I love how Kaneko took the "tron" in his name to become a literal robot. Its so good. I love biblically accurate angels (as you brought up with Throne) and while Metatron isn't exactly that, hes still my favorite and I make sure to fuse him in every game I can. So much better than a pretty angel. He invokes a feeling of cold terror, and its awesome
My favorite is Metatron because I love the lore and the way he looks
And also Kusi Mitama because the face is funny
Since I played DeSu I actually hate him he is pretty cheap in that battle
And also, kusi mean piss in finnish
Black Frost carried me in persona 3, till I got beelzebub and he blew down anything that stood in my way from them on
Black Frost truly is the most powerful Persona of the Frost family because he is allowed to say the n word ;) hee ho
In Persona 4 Golden I had a Black Frost with agidyne, mind charge and fire amp. Did like 2000 damage to bosses if used right carried me through most of the game.
@@ericschuster2680 Yes, but the most powerful Persona character at all is Mark from Revelations: Persona and it is imposibble to refute.
mark is both white and black, giving him the ability to get away from the police and say the n word at same time
I fought the final boss with Black Frost and holy fuck is the black hee ho good
Girimehkala is my favorite and it's nice to see it got on to the list. Something about that big eye and proboscis really resonates with me
Beelzebub, cause of how absolutely terrifying he looks, and how his alternate forms relate to how his myth goes. It's quite interesting, really.
"A list of all the demons I like would take forever"
Honestly, I AM HERE TO LEARN LET'S GO MORE DEMONS
Demonee-ho is one of my favorites. He gets one of the best suits in the series, gets 3 really good unique skills, and his character is just really funny to interact with.
heck ya, like all the different jack frost their are all cool like Lucifroz just being Jack Frost that thought lucifer was cool.
@@minin1152 yeah lucifroz has a really cool design I hope they add him in future titles like maybe in smt 5
Ditto. Demonee- ho's Desperate Hit was the best damaging move in IV besides Uriel's Kannuki Throw. It's actually possible to beat Masako's Shadow in that game by just spamming charged Desperate Hits and without the aid of DLC skills.
@@JackFrostAegirine
When I first saw Demonee-ho in strange I knew he had to be in my team in every game no matter what. He carried me through the mem aleph fight so hard with his desperate hit.
Anyone else just realize that back in the day people confused shin megami for pokemon and tried to get pokemon banned because in it you supposedly summoned demons?
Top 10 hardest smt boss fights? No final bosses and maybe limit it to 1 per game.
^^
i think we also shouldn’t include bonus bosses (such as demi fiend) because they’re supposed to be ungodly hard (or challenging at worst).
@@awe9217 agreed
Minotaur Medusa matador
I'd say that P5R Okukumura is probably one of the most frustrating, though "hard" is a term I'd avoid. 55R Okumura specifically. He's not a particularly big damage-dealer like the Reaper, he won't hold you to a set of rules and instakill you for breaking them like Elizabeth. No, his major sin is that you are on a timer the entire fight, in two ways. First is obvious, you have 30 minutes to beat Okumura. But the second is a little more hidden. Starting with his second phase--where the corporobos will use Selfless Devotion--if you don't kill a wave in two turns, then the wave resets. This is a problem for two reasons:
1. The corporobos resist all elements but Gun, Almighty, and 2 others.
2. The Model GM are fairly strong, what with using Megaton Raid, their decent stats, and the aforementioned resistances
And
3. Okumura is constantly casting Rakunda or Famine's scream on the party and buffing the Corporobos with Rakukaja. Keep in mind, you are on a time limit.
So, you have to go in ready to blow past the earlier phases, debuff the Model-GM, cure Hunger to keep the party's DPS up, and abuse the fuck put of Technical knockdowns and Baton Pass.
Yeah, and the game doesn't even tell you that the corporobos can be afflicted by ailments or that you have two turns to wipe out all of the robots.
Okumura was boring in vanilla P5 and frustrating as hell in Royal. I'm almost cheering when Black Mask shoots Okumura.
The demons that immediately come to mind as my favorites are Seth, Cu Chulainn, Alice, Trumpeter, and all of the SMTIV Archangel designs
Shiva is not just a great demon, but in SMT V he's easily my favourite bonus boss ever. He just summons his family to beat you up while he dances.
Pixie is one of my favorite demons. It's simple, but a memorable design and I like the character, sue me. I also love Alice. Being one of the more powerful demons but also being an adorable little girl based on a book a lot of us read growing up is just hilarious to me.
For me my most favorites are Pixie best starting girl, Nekomata, Jeanne' De Arc(Yes she was a Law-Neutral alignment demon you can recruit in Nine and a useful one at that as like Pixie, and Nekomata she had access to potent healing spells as well as various buffs, debuffs, along with getting every version of the Hama spell), Hellhound, and Alice.
Jack Frost is my boy. That face never changes, he looks so out of place, he's adorable. I love it.
Plus the puns are just amazing. Hee-Ho, it's time for you to go.
Picked up Devil Survivor Overclocked as my first 3DS SMT to play during quarantine (lol) and yeah Black Frost is the best
Mothman is my favorite. Nocturne, raidou, persona, SJ, there hasn't been a game yet where it has been dead weight to the team. When I reach the part in the games where I can fuse it, I'm always able to make it such a great support with buffs/debuffs and attack spells.
He's even good in the mobile game. Or he was, but I haven't kept up with it since launch.
Metatron is one of my favorite demons, because I like his design and it became one of my best units on my second run in SMT IV . IT has also an interesting background story.
One of my favorites is Norn. She is usually pretty consistent to get and if you fuse her, you got yourself a great Caster/Healer!
I’m a new fan so I’m not too well verse in SMT but atm my top 10 is:
1. Bugs
2. Forneus
3. Titiania
4. Satanael
5. Yoshitsune
6. Alice
7. Matador
8. Sraosha
9. Kohryu
10. Pixie
Satanael from Persona 5 or Soul Hackers ? Satanael has two diifirent appearance. In P5 he looks like a badass, in Soul
Hackers he is very ... specific ;D
n r Persona
@@nr2676 Satanael in SH is based. Really like his design.
Moh Shivuu never fails to carry me through the early game in all her appearances. Good movelist which can be flexible thanks to her slightly balanced stats. Slightly biased on this because in Raidou vs Soulless Army, she comes early with wind spells, healing and has the Fly detective skill
Tiamat, she was the first of the more intimidating demons i got to summon in smt4, really freaky design that i grew to love after learning about her lore (mother of the sea and monsters that inhabit it). it was also a really awesome suprise to see the big role she plays in Deep strange journey.
I’m not sure if this counts, but Azathoth from Persona 5 Royal has one of the neatest designs I’ve ever seen in these games, and the boss fight itself is great, so I’d say that’s one of my favorites.
Aside from that, I’ve always thought Metatron was pretty cool, even if he is a pain to fuse most of the time, and Loki (specifically Akechi’s) is just SO cool looking.
COME LOKIIII
My fav one is Mastema simply cuz he look like Todd Howard
Go away.
You mean he looks like tommy wiseau
Ah yes, the lying napkin
(Do gotta admire the neato inspiration behind his mask tho)
Alice is my #1 favorite👌 it's cute when she say "will you die for me"
I like that moment in SMT I
There are a lot to pick from but Fafnir is one of my favorites. While i have only played P5R and just started P4G, Fafnir is just so cool. The badass mechanical dragon design is the main selling point, but his gameplay in P5R is the main reason i love him. Once i got him, he was my nuke damage guy and damn was he good at it, Combined with his resistances (repel phys and gun, drain fire and nuke) made him a staple in my team, he's now one of my two "Nullifying buff" personas, immune to everything and focus on buffs and debuffs, with the other being Mara
I also have a soft spot for Hecatoncheires as he was my main physical persona (with null phys) for a good chunk of the game
Mithras, Kaiwan, and Decarabia also have a spot for being great magic damage, Mithras actually being the one to carry me through the Okumura fight
Fafnir is probably my favorite too. Though as someone who started with P5 but went back to the other games, that's probably the best he's gonna be throughout the series. SMT IV and Strange Journey make him weak to ice and thunder (albeit they make sense since he's a mecha-dragon) but I still wanted to use him on my chaos runs for both games. He isn't even immune to both physical and gun in Strange Journey.
Y'know, I'm surprised you didn't mention the connection between Satanael and Satan in the megami tensei lore, as I think it's one of the most fascinating and compelling things about both of those demons.
The angel cast out of heaven for defying a corrupt false-god and giving humanity freedom, choosing to serve under the true gods eternal enemy, Lucifer. It's great stuff, and I hope that in future games that lore is fleshed out more
My favorite demon is from Nocturne and its Raidou Kuzunoha from the series Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army
Dante > Raidou I’m so sorry
@@nookami6246
Pierce>Dante
Sorry
Am I the only one who likes Nero more than Dante
I haven't even played nocturne enough to use Dante but I like Raidou cause he is abit more mysterious and cooler looking
Raiho>Raidou
I really like Fafnir's design in P5R. Asterius, Satan, and Baphomet are all great too.
As a Hindu boi myself, I love the representation of our deities in SMT games. Fun fact:- Keeping Pralaya exclusive to Shiva is probably a reference to him being the Destroyer as he brings Pralaya(destruction).
Favorite ones are:
5. The angels, like, all of them, I like all of their designs in SMTV specifically.
4. Setante and Cu Chualinn, I love the story of Setante.
3. Idun, she is stupid useful with her unique healing ability.
2. Pixie, same reason, plus, she looks cute
1. Manananggal, I’m stupidly biased to this cause I’m Filipino, but I love how they made her and gave her her own unique skill, I also like how they’re branching out into Filipino culture with it, I’d like to see a Kapre join one day, or even a Tiyanak!
Seth is my favorite because it’s a dragon named Seth. It’s amazing
God...this is the channel I really really need. thanks man. truly.
I remember when I got my first Surt in Persona 3. I went from dealing around 100 damage on average to 1200 damage with Mind Charge Ragnarok. Fun times.
Loved the video and would love to see more top 10s!
Beelzebub is definitely my favorite demon.
Nocturne was one of the first RPGs i ever played, and the idea of fusing a boss you beat to make him an ally was mind blowing for me.
So to actually be able to fuse a demon lord that had a whole section of the Kalpa cursed, and has badass skills, and looks sinister as hell...and upgrades from his human form to his fly form, thats a keeper for sure! and since then he's always been my fav.
One of my favorite Demons(or Personas becuase i have only played P4 and P5) is Shiki-Ouji. I think the design of this paper mache man is really damn cool, with him being white on one side, and red on the other. Also, in P5, his resistances are SUPER good for where you get him. Nulls Phys, Gun, Bless, AND, Curse? Yes please!
Personally I love Wu Kong, his lore and the various designs they gave him. The Monkey King is my favorite legend, so to see him get representation is awesome.
I also love Daisojou. His resistances in Nocturne and his unique skills make him an endgame demon for me, especially when using the Mitama to boost his stats.
Then of course, who could forget.. Yoshistune, especially from P5R. Hassou Tobi + Charge.
Wu Kong is a badass no matter what franchise he’s in, and I love his design in SMT IV
Maria just has to be my favorite Demon along with many others in MegaTen. I mean, we’re literally summoning Jesus’s mom! What’s not to like?! She also has been appearing more recently with SJR and P5R (coincidentally ends with R...) which more people know how cool her design is.
*PTSD flashbacks of Abaddon one shotting my Party with his COUNTER ATTCKS*
My favourites are Ame-no-Uzume and Baal. Love how Kaneko captured their grace and power with their designs
So many cool Demons, but let's be honest... Uberpixie is the coolest. She stuck with Demifiend throughout the entire game... Its heartwarming and an amazing internal lore boost. The fact that they even added her in a speaking role during the smt5 Demifiend cinematic is just proof.
My all time favorite demon is Cleopatra followed by Mara, but Uberpixie goes above and beyond that.
The only way I can imagine people being scared of the “people with halos and wings” interpretation of angels would be if they suddenly appeared via flash bang. Like the shepherds in the middle of the night suddenly surprised by a great flash of light.
I love all the Jacks. I even have a Jack Frost Nendoroid that looks absolutely *perfect.*
Nice list.
Oh and great that there is only Kaneko representation here. Man of true taste.
I got Attis for the fitst time mid game in P3 and I’ve loved him ever since. A combination of Evil Smile, Fear Boost, and Ghastly Wail made him a beast, and Thermopylae was a staple in a lot of my P5 playthroughs. I think he has a fantastic design and he’s just generally really cool
With SMT V and Nocturne remastered coming next year, I think your channel will grow tremendously. Keep it up, dude!
I love Cybele(she was my strongest demon in persona 3) There is Yoshitsune, Amaterasu, Trumpter, Daisoujou, Anant and Okininushi
I love watching your videos on Megaten demons, would definitely love to see more ! As for my favorite demons I would say Mother Harlot, Beelzebub, Berith, Eligor, Nidhoggr, and probably some others I can’t think of at this moment.
Currently replaying my Atlus games in prep for SMT V. Just replayed beat SMT 4 again yesterday and I gotta say I adore everything about Sanat from that DLC quest and as an ally. Also Minotaur is one of my favorites because of how reliable I've always found him.
Amazing video honey! I love that you covered such a large range of demons throughout the series' entirety. Your transitions in your videos are improving so much lately and I adore it ❤
I realy hope to see a mega ten or persona game with all 3 of the jack brothers, I mean Jack Frost, Pyro Jack (Jack - o - Lantern) and Jack the Reaper
@illegal Fan I din't know that
Jack Bros: HEE HO
Forgets about Raiho, Strawberry Frost, the Frost Five...pathetic
@@potatistatis6709 THERE'S A JACK BROS T W O ???
@@卵-n6e Completely forgot Lucifroz and Demonee-ho.
Nice list man! One of the best series that has collectible monsters.
Ahh, mine's Mother Harlot, has to be the design, and being the Queen of Fiends in most games kinda, i think, sadly i don't think i've ever got her in SMT because she's always so high level or i simply didn't find her, she's kinda on the weaker side on Persona like mostly every Fiend there feels like, always do my best to make her strong though and use her in my final party.
Next would be Ongyo-Ki, he looks absolutely sick, and he's the boss of the 3 other Onis i think, i already like the other 3 Oni as it is, i think they are all really strong demons at the point they appear, but fuse them together and the guy becomes Ongyo-Ki some ultimate black demon that can now make copies of himself, think he is almost always crazy strong in any game, also love his quote whenever you fuse him in most games "Oh so you can see me?" Referring to his ability.
Pretty much those two, just a fair mention i go apeshit whenever i see Loa for some reason, certainly did when he even got added in Royal, i just can't explain Loa at all cause im confused about it myself.
About the Fiends, you might be correct in regards to them as a whole but I always thought that at least Trumpeter was pretty consistently good, well maybe not so much in P3 as Hama and Mudo kinda suck in that game, though P4-5 he certainly was. I guess similarly Alice and Daisoujou since they're the only ones with Die For Me and Samsara respectively.
Great vid. A note on Abaddon for you, (pro. Aba-don) he has a giant mouth in his design because before he was named an angel in revelations, in the Torah he was not so much an entity but a endless bottomless pit in Sheol.
My favorite is Alice! I like to chease enemys with "Die For Me", but I Miss the Card soldier animation.
@@cunnyman Yes officer this comment right here
I don't know what the hell they were thinking replacing her Card soldier animation in P5, thankfully Dx2 brought it back.
My number one is Metatron by far! Great vid!
Another fantastic video, and pretty dang inciteful on some of their mythos! Great work!
Hello, didn’t think I’d see you here (:
Thor has stuck with me a lot in P3P with memories of using Arms Master to just spam Deathbound and power through floors. Rakshasa is also super iconic and cool-looking for me.
I never played much of Nidhoggr but I love its design. Portraying a dragon eating the roots of the World Tree as this parasitic-looking maggot-centipede with a giant mouth is so brilliant.
My favourite Demon is Jack "Hee Ho" Frost
My Steam name is “Jack “Hee Ho” Frost”!
hell ya jack frost is like my favorite too, he's so cool.
In Mexico Jack Frost is occasionally translated as Juanito Escarcha so ever since i learned that, that is all i refer to him as from now on.
H E E H O
I'm always happy to see MegaTen TopTens. It's cool to see what people think about the series
I'd say my top 3 demons would be Alice (because they have an interesting backstory, and are probably the best mudo demons in the series), Nebiros (cool design, nice magic-focused demon and persona, also ties in with Alice's backstory), and Girimehkala for similar reasons to Nyarly (great resistances, great choice in almost every game they're in, etc)
I always call Girimehkala; Harry Elephante. He is the greatest and if I'm ever in doubt I use him and it somehow works out every time. King shit
Mt favorite has to be Thanatos, specifically the persona 3 design. He was the first Persona i ever saw and he introduced me to the franchise as a whole.
All solid choices, but for me, Mother Harlot and Jezebel are top tier. Harlot as a representative of the whole Fiends and Jezebel as of the Bel race.... such cool concepts for demons in the Megaten lore!
Also, Ongyo-Ki is a must have in all my playthroughs in which he appear. I love the evil Oni so much!
I really like hell biker! He's kinda like Ghost Rider in marvel and I always thought he was pretty cool too.
I'd like to see a top 10 list of the freakiest demons in the series. Pisaca is such nightmare fuel, I swear. I love how a lot of the generic random encounter enemies that we blow away like nothing in SMT can star in their own full-blown horror games
Edit: I should have watched the "Top 10 Worst Demons" video before talking about Pisaca
Top 10 Best Megami Tensei Demons
Me: "You mean every demon Kaneko has design?"
Personally, one of my favorite designs is Hastur, the King in Yellow. My only experience with him is in P5R, and he has a pretty good skill set: notable skills include Debilitate, Vacuum Wave and Abyssal Eye.
I've always liked Succubus, making her op as fuck in the Persona games and having her for a little too long in the SMT games
I'd probably say my favorite is Ara Mitama. Beating the shit out of things as a little red blob is the funniest thing ever
My favorite Demon is Thor he saved my ass the first time i played persona 3. And now i try to get him in every game he is in.
Gratz on 50k man! Well deserved ✌️
Pixie has always been one of my favorites but Maria has overtaken that. I love her design and healing abilities. They developers really stuck to her mythology.
Kaneko is the best designer. The way he draws demons is incredible
Ancient of Days is one of those demons I hope we get to see someday. God's aspects representation is always welcome because it helps to keep the YHVH concept fresh and this specific demon did a great job in that regard. The design also has this Kaneko style prevalent in most higher rank demons.
He’s in SMT IV DLC? Or do you mean outside of that DLC?
@@shadexvii3975 He's part of a DLC quest. When defeated you unlock its fusion. I'm referring to getting to see this demon on future SMT releases.
Glad to see Seth on this list. He was my main persona for the tail end of persona 3, my first SMT/Persona game. Since then, he's become one of my two all time favorite demons.
My favorite demon will probably always be Lucifer. I mean, it's kinda of an easy choice, but hey, the guy is just very cool.
This was a good video, not going to lie when I first saw satan in p3 I about died because of how cool he was and i just fell in love with the design and how awesomely strong he was.
Some of my favorites are Alice, Surt, Seigfried, Beelzebub, Metatron, and Scathach.
I love how SMT can send you down rabbit holes of mytholigical lore. Its intereating how most depictions of Satan are actually depictions of Abaddon