The most heterosexual moment in Shin Megami Tensei V

[@ViktorGerts]

Old man yaoi

[@penjamin1479]

he rode that old man

[@renrojas7347]

dammit i wasnt fast enough to post that XD so true

[@windego64]

Mara is a girl

[@althenea]

🤤

[@Night_Raptor_5991]

🤮

[@rohiths3584]

Don't know why, but i got a little sad these two friends can't ride each other like they used to.

[@silomenezes2935]

"And they were roommates" -Said the Historian

[@blue_jesus9252]

- Said the demon compendium.

[@Eyeshield11721]

“Oh my god, they were roommates.”

[@thatperson1009]

Isn’t Mara considered a woman technically? (At least in some games?)

[@samuelgarza2466]

​@@thatperson1009, that's incorrect, actually. The only time Mara was ever referred to as female in the Megaten series was in Strange Journey's compendium entry, which was actually a mistake on the localization's part. Other than that, there is actually nothing that implies that Mara was ever gendered as female in the Megaten series.

[@TheEverFreeKing]

​@thatperson1009 Mara has daughters that he uses to seduce men to desire If i'm remembering correctly. Here he's depicted as a penis To symbolize Males cardinal Instrument of desire.
Famously he did confront the buddha riding our elephant friend but not as a penis just so you know That's what makes this funny.

[@sneezingpepper9142]

bet the writers were giggling when they made this dialogue LMAOOO

[@LordSipher]

to be honest mara dialogue is pure innuendo commedy! Every line at the camp is so naughty i just love it! :D

[@NotABot86]

@@LordSipherOf course all his dialogue are innuendos, He himself is an innuendo.

[@devinspencer1678]

​@@NotABot86There's nothing innuendo about him. He is very explicit

[@jonathansoelle3825]

Yes i need more of these random silly interactions, i ran into hydra talking to Anata about how hydra has more heads and then they get aggro lol

[@ThereWasNoFreeName]

It's not random at all. In budhism Mara isn't a huge green cock'n'balls, but rather a human like demon. And yes, he rides his battle elephant demon Girimekhala.

[@shinyanakagawa8241]

There is Ganesha and Girimehkala where they talk about being each other doppelganger and/or different form based on local myths where they came from.
If you have Cybele in your stock, talking and accepting quest from Attis in Shinjuku will also trigger a unique conversation between them.
If you have Alice in stock or party, once you get to Taito, Alice will give you a quest in the Demon Haunt. She will ask for you to bring (aka fuse) Loki and trigger the event in Shinobazu Pond.
There are more unique dialogues and possible missable optional quests, you just need to search for them.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

I had one with yoshizune and kurama tengu, they were talking about training in the old days and how famous yoshizune became.

[@SuperDanMan11100]

The Hydra conversations was probably with Orochi. Ananta is not a random encounter in the game.

[@thegodslayer8685]

Yep. Just two old men catching up on old times. Nothing sus here.

[@shawnnbits]

Bill and Frank

[@ghostofhallownest5300]

This was the most wholesome pauseworthy scenario i have seen in a minute in a game lmaooo

[@metlrock5283]

dagda is like : this is why i killed all gods last game

[@AceKite00]

Dagda: Tch, where’s my Godslayer when I need him?

[@gren_3352]

​@@AceKite00 plot twist: this is the world nanashi created and is now dead
(Obviously im joking. We all know after apocalypse nanashi created world of shrek)

[@thestarfromyugioh]

"Dagda, you didn't do shit, that was all... that nameless kid."

[@mashirodayo]

​@@gren_3352 Shrek Megami Tensei

[@gren_3352]

@@mashirodayo correct

[@vergilkuchiki8771]

Dagda had to REALLY think about what he just saw.

[@sushiroikura]

nahobino and the other demons: 👁👄👁

[@kamionero]

THE RIPPING AND THE TEARING!!!!
They need to give these scenario writers a FAT raise.

[@puzzle_boy]

It's Mara the one who rides Girimekhala in the myth, isn't it?

[@AttacMage]

yup

[@beetheimmortal]

So this is a reference to an actual myth then?

[@WATCHERtheCHANNEL]

​@@beetheimmortalMara is the embodiment of carnal desire in Buddhism, and Giri is his steed according to the Sri Lankan version of the religion.

[@Shin.ToumaFR]

​@@beetheimmortalalmost all of the character are based on myths

[@beetheimmortal]

@@Shin.ToumaFR I know, it's literally the myth mashup game. I just didn't know Mara and Giri had a special connection.

[@AceKite00]

A little too cocky huh?

[@JoelMcCary]

That line😂🤣

[@disgoop]

"dear friend"

[@ghostboy_1993]

I love how the end of this scene just hardcuts to the Nahobino just standing there going "WTF..."

[@Spiralpaladin]

George Takei: Oh my~

[@sophieprime4669]

Oh my my my...

[@HYDEinallcaps]

This is simultaneously the goofiest goddamn thing ever, and more heartwarming than it has any right to be.

[@ggmasterguiltygear6315]

Meanwhile
Nahobino-"wait! I want to recruit you!"

[@qnybucks]

oh to be in the area of that conversation....

[@RageGS]

Don't let your dreams be memes

[@AntiNihilist]

Quite shocking that they didnt join each other on the MC team by the end. Also them talking about "combining" makes me wish an SMT or Persona game would make demon fusions where they just work together in unexpected ways. Like king frost using a jack frost to enhance his attacks or as a shield or something wacky.

[@Fuji808]

Disco Elysium now has stiff competition in the Grandpa's Bumpin' Uglies category on PH.

[@NekkoBlue]

“It isn’t gay to appreciate a man’s beauty” - Sonic the Hedgehog

[@EthVortexShield]

Me and the boys being confident in our sexuality

[@sheneanbolts1001]

The most sus dialog in gaming history.

[@eduardorpg64]

The writers clearly had WAAAAY too much fun writing this dialogue. "I'm getting too COCKY." You don't say, Mara...

[@lukemorgan6166]

Average smt player interaction

[@demi-fiendvideos9207]

This is the funniest shit I ever seen

[@GenocideHeart]

Wait until you see the interaction between Belphegor and Mermaid. I felt sorry for Mermaid there...

[@synical69]

I had something similar happen when i had a Kaiwan in my party and I negotiated with a Decarabia. They got into an argument about who was stealing who's look (both being star shaped demons)
I really hope I get more interactions like that lol

[@alcortohru8555]

This, and the Mermaid conversation are probably the funniest conversations

[@dolphin550]

I mean, it makes sense canonically as Grimakhala was Mara's mount.
But... I can't deny that the fanon is too accurate.

[@snazzydrew]

"we wouldn't want anything to rip and tear" lmao jeez.

[@welton9748]

The rest of the party stood there like:
😳😳😳😳

[@Snowstorm...]

New Protag form looks so cool... I might have to get Vengeance.

[@TheAbysssarian]

*a SHAKEEM moment!* 🌈🦴👀😂

[@Trendy-Kenji]

Old gay men aside, mara is kinda… cute? Look at him, with his little legs ❤️ I want one as a pet. I could pat him on the head and take him for walks…

[@Cupuaçu-z6d]

...On the head?

[@Trendy-Kenji]

@@Cupuaçu-z6d you heard me

[@amuro9624]

Ayo?

[@caduhidalgo4996]

Mara for guide companion, please? 😂

[@StudentSwope]

crit gem is an OP item 😂 they be homies fr

[@m1pha]

which could mean nothing

[@mcsavi1538]

How did they get away with adding that design and how are these channels not age restricted💀

[@cutiewintersnowtorres2561]

So this is why the game is rated M 😂

[@darklight645_]

Mara: What say I ride you like the good ol' days?
Girimekhala: (Hmm, people would start calling me a literal dickhead) Can't, my neck is weak due to old age.
Mara: How about you ride me then?
Girimekhala: (NONONONONONONONONONONON) I think we'd stand out too much.

[@JC_Project]

This is the first thing i've seen of this game. Wtf is this game where personas are talking about riding each other? Lol

[@RageGS]

@@JC_Project it's called Shin Megami Tensei

[@soragranda]

Wonder what it says in Japanese... with how these localizations are these days.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

not sure about V specifically but it actually depends on the game, like Mara's dick joke writing was added into Soul Hackers localization, but was basically already there in japanese 4 Apocalypse

[@KrispyKrabby]

*Oh dear.*

[@st4pps]

U NEED TO PLAY THIS GAME NOW
IS IT ON STEAM?

[@jr5715]

Yes

[@Felix-ic1fc]

*PEGI 16*

[@ltsf]

The green one looks like you know what burh

[@windofchaosblows]

Yes. Yes we know. That's the whole point of his design

[@zaqareemalcolm]

its because mara a buddhist demon of temptation, very appropriately became a japanese euphemism for penis (theres no coincidence here, it really started from monks)

[@kibousn1686]

That's the Shin Megami Tensei special

[@Glazkor]

What happened here?

[@cheesemanmaster]

why does his head look like that

[@fluorideinthechat7606]

Mara is the demon of desire in the Buddhist faith, especially carnal desires like sex.
As such, depicting Mara as a penis monster is rather apt.

[@thestarfromyugioh]

Which "his"?

[@maximaldinotrap]

Because Mara is a big green phallus

[@user-zl1vf4me1p]

looks like what?

[@maximaldinotrap]

@@user-zl1vf4me1p a penis

[@Night_Raptor_5991]

Da Heck?!?

[@kalp0rter]

Una burla al exceso de sexualidad en la sociedad y/o exceso de sexualidad.
Es una línea gris extremadamente delgada la de esta conversación... Pero todos sabemos que el 96.6% de la población mundial lo distorsionará. 🤔
Ok, exageré, quizás 88.8%... ¿o será como el 66.9%? 😂

[@andresfajardo6838]

I heard of this game but don't know much about it. However those two characters... if I'm not mistaken I think I seen them in Persona 5. Are these games related?

[@thecatsareinmywalls]

Yes! The Persona series is a spinoff of Shin Megami Tensei.

[@Gulyus]

Persona is a timeline of SMT where the world isn't constantly trying to reset to zero thanks to Philemon (represented by the blue butterfly).
There is some other difference like Nyx in p3, being a reason people get personas etc. Also the monsters are from the sea of souls while in SMT they are literal demons - former gods and demons who lost their power once God ripped their reason from them and cast them out of power. And yes, capital G God. SMT has a lot of Christianity overpowering the other religions as a core theme.

[@negr0mancer]

@@Gulyus this is the best explanation of SMT i’ve ever seen ngl

[@user-ii9ql8ec1n]

@@GulyusI think abrahamic religions is more accurate since the games does involve Judaism and Islam (such as how angels appear from those two religions in SMT IV for example)

[@akamal92]

Both franchises belong to Atlus

[@emoaf8555]

😬👍

[@darkwolfzain]

How the hell is this heterosexual?

[@RageGS]

@@darkwolfzain it's just an ironic title

[@philliambillingsworth7806]

Just two dudes being dudes, nothing to see here.
Just two extremely heterosexual males having a conversation with absolutely no gay undertones.

[@TheKungas]

just two friends, talking about riding eachother and stuff, nothing weird.

[@markkimuszer0]

This is normal bro activity.
Friends ride each other all the time

[@Dizerfullpower]

Real men ride each other, TROMBE! starts playing etc

[@mykerave]

*least

[@ThomBaws]

I love the demon interactions in this game. I tried to recruit a Yurlungur, but Adramalech talked to it instead. He complimented Yurlungur on its skin and it was wholesome at first, but it turned into Adramalech wanting to skin Yurlungur 🥲 As you can expect, we ended up fighting