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I don't own any of the works featured in this video. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.The Secret Origins of the Yatagarasu || SMTheologyKid Capes2025-06-23 | In the twentieth year of the Taisho era, far from the urban center of the Japanese Imperial Capital, there lies a nameless shrine deep within the Shinoda forest. Here, is a point of contact for a mysterious organization which is one of the oldest secret societies in the entire world. For well over a thousand years, they have controlled the deployment of Devil Summoners all across the nation, including the renowned Kuzunoha clan. This is the Yatagarasu. But, despite their importance to the setting of Raidou, and Devil Summoner broadly, very little about them is explained in the games. So today, we’re going to explore what inspired the Yatagarasu's depiction in the franchise, and what the group is actually meant to represent.
Track List: Title (Shin Megami Tensei) Otherworld Dungeon ~Astral World~ (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) The Lazy Detective Agency (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army) Murmur (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army) Herald of Yatagarasu (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army) Ending Theme (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army)
Chapters: Quote - 0:00 Intro - 0:27 Comparative Mythology - 1:11 Japanese-Jewish Common Ancestry Theory - 3:23 Secret Society - 9:50 The Agency in Megami Tensei - 16:20 Holy War - 17:41 Conclusion - 23:22MegaTen Jeopardy: Raidou Edition (ft. @MarshSMT, @JohneAwesome, @ClaireAi, and @Larrue)Kid Capes2025-06-18 | Imagine Jeopardy, but if none of the contestants answered in the form of a question and sometimes they asked for hints.
ClaireAi: twitter.com/ClaireAii | http://Twitch.tv/ClaireAi Marsh: twitter.com/MarshSMT | youtube.com/@MarshSMT JohneAwesome: twitter.com/JohneAwesome | youtube.com/JohneAwesome Larrue: twitter.com/didyaknowtensei | youtube.com/@LarrueDemonee-Hos Inspiration || Design Spotlight #megaten #smt #atlusKid Capes2025-05-25 | ...Raidous Unseen Personality || Did You Know ATLUS #megaten #smt #raidou #atlusKid Capes2025-05-21 | ...Why Gabriel is Female in Megami Tensei || Design Spotlight #megaten #smt #atlusKid Capes2025-05-18 | If you're interested in more information about "Angels: An Endangered Species," you should check out eirikrjs.tumblr.com/. Eirikr puts in a lot of research to find out the origins of different designs in Megami Tensei.Tao Isonokami and Susanoo (Shin Megami Tensei V) #smt #shinmegamitensei5 #megatenKid Capes2025-05-14 | ...What Defines A Demon? || Megami Tensei 101Kid Capes2025-05-13 | In Megami Tensei, the word “demon” is a colloquial term that’s used to broadly refer to basically any supernatural being, and is not exclusive to ones that are negatively-viewed, including figures like gods, angels, or ones inspired by pop-culture. Because in other contexts, this word has a very strong connotation and can often cause visceral reactions from people just learning about the series, it’s all the more important that fans fully understand its unique usage in MegaTen, so they can better explain it to other people.
Track List: Tokyo -Twilight- (Shin Megami Tensei V) Zen (Shin Megami Tensei V)
Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Culture - 0:32 Manifestation - 1:41The History of the Kuzunoha ClanKid Capes2025-04-25 | Over the years, ATLUS has created a bevy of beloved casts in the Megami Tensei franchise, from Persona’s Phantom Thieves to Digital Devil Saga’s Embryon, but very few of them can claim to be as widely liked within the community as the Kuzunoha clan. First seen in the Devil Summoner series, the Kuzunohas act as detectives during the day, but in the shadows, act as modern shamans who defend the citizens of Japan from the supernatural. This dynamic immediately struck a chord with audiences, and thanks to art director Kazuma Kaneko’s fashion sensibilities, their stylish members have consistently remained a major topic of interest within the fanbase for three decades. But despite the fanfare, very little concrete information is known about the group, much less, accessible. Now, with Soul Hackers 2’s fairly recent release and a remaster of the original Raidou Kuzunoha on the horizon, many fans feel that there is a very real possibility of a full rebirth of the Devil Summoner series. So what better time than now to attempt to piece together the origins of the Kuzunoha clan and how they function as a group?
The picture of Shinoda-no-Mori was taken by KENPEI and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) Thank you for the pretty picture :D
Track List: Title (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) Conduct Record (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) Kitayama University (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) Innocence (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) Afro Tea House (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner) Otherworld Dungeon: Astral World (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner)
Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Ancient Ancestors - 1:03 Forming the Clan - 4:54 Modern Activities - 10:47 Nameless Shrine - 12:58Shin Megami Tensei V: Nahobino - Sea of Vengeance || SMTheologyKid Capes2024-06-12 | In anticipation of the upcoming release of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, this video analyzes how the protagonist Nahobino and their design fits within the game's narrative and further the thematic context of the broader mainline Shin Megami Tensei series. The latter half of the video focuses on the new ideas discussed by director Shigeo Komori for Vengeance and how the concept of the Nahobino relates to the conflict between the bull and snake.
Track List: Circle (Shin Megami Tensei V) Amanozako (Shin Megami Tensei V) Jouin High School (Shin Megami Tensei V) Daily Life (Shin Megami Tensei V) Koshimizu (Shin Megami Tensei V) Tokyo -Daybreak- (Shin Megami Tensei V) Archangel Abdiel (Shin Megami Tensei V) Reunion and Encounter (Shin Megami Tensei V)
Chapters: Quote - 0:00 Intro - 0:43 Obligatory Nietzsche Reference - 1:27 Religious Origin - 3:55 What is the Nahobino? - 5:05 Nahobino's Design - 6:35 Bull and Snake Intertwined - 9:03 The Lord of the Storm - 11:14 Conclusion - 16:30How ATLUS Got Dante From Devil May Cry Into Shin Megami Tensei III: NOCTURNEKid Capes2024-06-03 | In 2003, two of the most popular video game series in their respective genres, Megami Tensei and Devil May Cry, had a legendary crossover allowing the Demifiend to face Dante. To this day, the event is widely beloved by the fanbase and helped cement Nocturne as one of the most iconic games in the series, but people rarely discuss how this actually happened in the first place. This video investigates every public detail about the development process that birthed the collaboration between ATLUS and Capcom.
One of the most debated topics in the Megami Tensei community are theories about a canon multiversal timeline. Many MegaTen fans are interested in the idea of mapping out the entire franchise into a diagram clarifying series canon; connecting Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Devil Summoner, Digital Devil Saga, and even Last Bible together. One part of this massive web that's often taken for granted is the idea that the Neutral route is the canon ending for SMT1, leading into SMT2. This video is investigating the evidence surrounding the mysterious events that took place between after the original Shin Megami Tensei.
Chapters: Intro 0:00 Evidence 1:26 Kazuma Kaneko 6:02 Nobuyuki Shioda 9:18 Conclusion 11:32Shin Megami Tensei V: In the Absence of God || SMTheologyKid Capes2023-05-09 | On the 20th of July, 2020, the gaming community received its first clear look at the upcoming title, Shin Megami Tensei V, via a new trailer. The teaser starts off strong, showing a cutscene featuring the demon lord Lucifer boldly proclaiming “The God you worship is dead.” Now, this wasn’t something totally out of bounds in previous mainline SMT games. The Abrahamic God, YHVH, is referenced in many of those games, in some of them you can even kill him yourself, but still he’s generally presented as a pretty strong guy. Among some fans, he’s even considered the final boss of the whole MegaTen franchise. While I don’t think that’s the authorial intent, there is something to be said about his prominence in the series to make someone think that in the first place. I mean, of course, he’s God, right? So why is he not around now in SMTV? This must have been a deliberate choice by ATLUS, but what does it mean for the game’s narrative? How can we make sense of the world of Shin Megami Tensei without a God?
Track List: Daily Life [Shin Megami Tensei V] Amanozako [Shin Megami Tensei V] Da'at: Konan [Shin Megami Tensei V] Jouin High School [Shin Megami Tensei V] Tokyo - Daybreak- [Shin Megami Tensei V] Tension [Shin Megami Tensei V] Reunion and Encounter [Shin Megami Tensei V] Zen [Shin Megami Tensei V] Daily Life [Shin Megami Tensei V] The World of Humanity [Shin Megami Tensei V]
Chapters: Intro 0:29 Background 1:29 Nihilism 4:04 God is Dead 8:48 Shekinah Glory 10:37 Humanity 15:17 Lucifer 18:33 Conclusion 21:27
Nahobino Aogami Yuzuru Atsuta Ichiro Dazai Tao Isonokami Sahori Itsukishima True Humanity True NeutralDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei by Aya Nishitani (Audiobook w/ Visuals)Kid Capes2023-03-31 | Before Persona, Devil Summoner, or even Shin Megami Tensei there was the Digital Devil Story. The original Megami Tensei (Reincarnation of the Goddess) novel was released on March 31st, 1986 by the author Aya Nishitani. The story centered around a highschool genius named Nakajima Akemi who was bullied by his classmates which led him to summon demons to enact his revenge on the school. He allies himself with the ancient god Loki, but soon finds himself in a situation he had never imagined. In the midst of his terror, he discovers that he and his classmate Shirasagi Yumiko are the reincarnations of the Japanese deities Izanagi and Izanami. Together, they have to figure out a way to stop the demons from taking over the world.
This video’s script is based on the fan translation by MeNaSe Publications, and was slightly edited due to the nature of adapting a book into another medium. If you’d like the read their original translation, you can read the entirety of the book here: http://menasepublications.blogspot.ca/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html
Special Thanks to VeskScans. If it wasn’t for them, the sprites wouldn’t have been upscaled correctly. You can find them at twitter.com/VeskScans/. She posts very high quality scans of Megami Tensei art.
Super Ultra Special Thanks to Aya Nishitani for actually writing this book in the first place. Without him, MegaTen wouldn’t exist at all. If you’d like, you can follow him on Twitter, he’s a pretty chill guy. PLEASE do not be a weirdo and scare him away from the fanbase. twitter.com/ayanakajima3
Title [Shin Megami Tensei] hallucination II [Shin Megami Tensei IV Music Collection] Prediction ~ Prediction [Megami Tensei I & II Fusion Disc] Title [Shin Megami Tensei II] IZANAMI [Megami Tensei I] Staff Roll [Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei]
== CHAPTERS ==
Intro 0:00 Prologue 1:43 Prologue - Chapter 1 1:51 Prologue - Chapter 2 11:27 Prologue - Chapter 3 20:46 Prologue - Chapter 4 28:08 Part 1: “Night of Demons” 36:56 Part 1 - Chapter 1 37:09 Part 1 - Chapter 2 47:49 Part 2: “Transfer” 1:10:15 Part 2 - Chapter 1 1:10:25 Part 2 - Chapter 2 1:19:22 Part 3: “Possession” 1:26:28 Part 3 - Chapter 1 1:26:40 Part 3 - Chapter 2 1:33:12 Part 4: “Down the Road” 1:59:57 Part 4 - Chapter 1 2:00:09 Part 4 - Chapter 2 2:10:44 Part 4 - Chapter 3 2:12:58 Part 4 - Chapter 4 2:15:29 Part 4 - Chapter 5 2:19:05 Part 4 - Chapter 6 2:22:31 Part 5: “Sword of Flame” 2:24:06 Part 5 - Chapter 1 2:24:18 Part 5 - Chapter 2 2:34:29 Part 5 - Chapter 3 2:35:46 Part 5 - Chapter 4 2:39:00 Part 5 - Chapter 5 2:41:56 Epilogue 3:01:06 Credits 3:08:03moonwalkerKid Capes2023-03-14 | (reupload) Don Toliver - Honeymoon; Alice (Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE)hooligansKid Capes2023-03-12 | The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize; Shiva (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne)teaserKid Capes2023-03-03 | An audiobook of the precursor to the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series: Aya Nishitani's "Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei" coming soon.Introducing Orpheus and Persona 3s Mysterious ThemesKid Capes2023-01-26 | This video explores the history behind the religious themes behind P3MC's Personae: Orpheus, Thanatos, and Messiah. Specifically, how all of these were conceptually tied together through what's known as the "Orphic Mystery cult," an ancient Greek mystic movement that inspired philosophers like Plato, and how it would would go on to influence both Jewish and Christian writers.
Track List: During the Test [Persona 3] Afternoon Break [Persona 3] Paulownia Mall [Persona 3] Blues in Velvet Room [Persona 3] Memories of You [Persona 3]
Chapters: Intro 00:00 Orpheus the Hero 01:24 Orpheus and Eurydice 02:22 What is Orphism? 05:30 The Rhapsody's Theogony 08:01 My Body, My Prison 10:20 Similarities 12:16 Hellenist Jews 14:16 Christianity 16:00numbturneKid Capes2023-01-08 | We need to bring back AMVs
credit to twitter.com/TeatimeSpooksSatan: The Apocalypse of Zayin || SMTheologyKid Capes2022-12-30 | Among the fanbase, the Law alignment is often viewed as subjugation to God. However, in multiple games across the series God is either rebelled against or simply not present at all. Furthermore, in a series like Shin Megami Tensei that centers around dissecting the meaning behind cultural symbols, what does serving God even mean? To better understand this, we’ll be discussing the character Zayin from Shin Megami Tensei II, the judge of man, demon, and God alike.
Track List: Title Demo ~ Law ~ Battle [SMT String Quartet Arrange] Cathedral [Memorial Arrange Soundtrack] Law [Shin Megami Tensei II Sound Relation] Battle - C5 (Archangel) [Shin Megami Tensei IV] Battle - B5 (Merkabah I) [Shin Megami Tensei IV] Theme of Law [Strange Journey] World of Law [Strange Journey] Shijima [Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne] Zen [Shin Megami Tensei V] Hunting [Digital Devil Saga 2] Law Origin [Shin Megami Tensei IV] Satan [Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei]
Chapters: Intro 00:00 Context 01:13 Judgment 02:22 Order of Messiah 5:43 TOKYO Millennium 7:22 The Apocalypse of Zayin 13:10 A New Heaven and a New Earth 18:45 The Black Dragon of Revelation 23:10 Outro 30:29Introducing Ringo and Soul Hackers 2s Gnostic Themes #buyeeKid Capes2022-11-28 | Discussing the Gnostic influences behind the characters Ringo, Figue, and the setting of Soul Hackers 2
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Special Mention: @FazPersona, @Larrue, Nathan, Spider, VeskScans
Intro 0:00 Aion 0:32 Neoplatonism 0:55 Valentinian Gnosticism 2:02 Sophia 4:31 Demiurge 7:15 Sponsor 8:48 The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil 10:26 The Cycle 12:27 Outro 14:01Shin Megami Tensei: Beyond Good and Evil [ft. @Larrue] || SMTheologyKid Capes2022-10-31 | Dedicated to @KuroeDetectiveAgency This channel wouldn’t have seemed half as professional as it did without you. Couldn’t have said thanks enough.
Today we're talking about SMT1: How it was influenced by Japan's socio-political history and how this game still reflects on the rest of the series today. Topics include demons, the city of Tokyo, the cycle of reincarnation, and the alignment conflict. Happy 30th birthday SMT1!
Skit 0:00 Intro 1:09 Shape 1:52 Tau Cross 2:22 Tetragrammaton 2:57 Yod Heh 3:53 Alpha and Omega 6:47 AGLA 7:28 Cross Pattée 7:57 Macroprosopus / Microprosopus 8:23 Conclusion 10:11Soul Hackers: Vision for the Future || SMTheologyKid Capes2022-09-05 | We get political in this one boys, strap in. Spoilers ahead.
(Subtitles will be added eventually. Gimme some time to play SMTV smh)Nocturne: Conception in the Womb || SMTheologyKid Capes2021-05-25 | SMT4A spoilers are visually tagged in the video, you have a 10 second warning. :)
Credits: beadman - helped flesh out concepts kda - audio stuff larrue & spider - helped with japanese and research petabik & jelly - helped find footage
Special Thanks: antonia, filthy, jarinjove, kin, meed, pi, trickFight Club: A Megami Tensei ExperienceKid Capes2021-04-01 | very serious deep analysis of fight club's themes in relation to the megami tensei franchise
happy april fools day. yes I mispronounced takao's name on purpose.Be Not Afraid (On The Theological Accuracy of the Shin Megami Tensei IV Archangels) || SMTheologyKid Capes2020-12-25 | I better not see any complaining in the comments about the bible sections, y'all needed to go to church anyway
Clips: GameSpot - SMTIV TGS 2012 Trailer The Tokusatsu Network - Keita Amemiya GATO Interview Evangelion 1.11 Ramiel (uploaded by 3littlewords91) Videogrammer - Tower of a Church Pixabay - Sea of Clouds Dmitry Glavunov - A Statue Holding the Flag of Ukraine
Credit to fede for the bg video and KDA for the bg audio
youtube.com/watch?v=OqcqERplEegAstro City - Volume 1: Life in the Big City (Review)Kid Capes2020-04-12 | They said ya boy wouldn't do it. They really thought that he couldn't pull through. But here we are.
Astro City Writer: Kurt Busiek Illustrator: Brent Anderson Cover Artist: Alex Ross