With their common enemy dead, the various factions of Bethel splinter in the hopes of taking the Creator's throne for themselves. The protagonist makes his way through the castle and kills the demon's leader, Arioch.Īfterwards, it is revealed that the creator god is dead and that a Nahobino must take His throne. In the aftermath, Bethel Japan's leader Hayao Koshimizu orders the protagonist and his friends to join a Bethel siege on the demons' stronghold in defiance of Abdiel's orders. The protagonist rescues most of the kidnapped students, but Tao sacrifices herself to defeat the demons' commander, who was searching for (and manipulating) a human to merge with so it could become a Nahobino. The protagonist and his friends launch a rescue mission, during which Ichiro's self-esteem issues lead to him latching on to Bethel's angelic leader Abdiel. Two days later, demons from Da'at invade the protagonist's high school and abduct several of the students.

Ichiro volunteers to join Bethel while the protagonist is conscripted due to his newfound powers as a Nahobino. There, he learns that Yuzuru and fellow classmate Tao Isonokami are actually operatives of a clandestine international organization called Bethel focused on keeping humanity out of the war between angels and demons. The protagonist traverses Da'at, clashes with a man named Shohei Yakumo and his demon partner Nuwa, and discovers a terminal that returns him and his friends to Tokyo. Together, they fuse into a Nahobino, a forbidden being that is neither human nor demon, but more so a deity.

As he travels in this world, he shortly becomes overrun by demons and is nearly killed, only to be saved by a god-like being, Aogami. The protagonist, an ordinary high-school student, and his school friends Yuzuru Atsuta and Ichiro Dazai are caught up in a mysterious earthquake and transported to Da'at an alternative apocalyptic version of Tokyo amidst an almighty battle between angels and demons. It features returning gameplay elements from previous Shin Megami Tensei games, such as the ability to fuse demons, along with new mechanics. Shin Megami Tensei V is a role-playing video game that is set in modern-day Tokyo and the Netherworld. As of April 2022, the game sold over one million copies. Produced by Shin Megami Tensei IV director Kazuyuki Yamai, it was designed as a hybrid between Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei IV, featuring returning gameplay mechanics such as raising and fusing demons. It is part of the Shin Megami Tensei series, the central series of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Shin Megami Tensei V is a 2021 role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for the Nintendo Switch.

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