Yeah I Do Think They One Of The Best Designa Kaneki Has Ever Made (also Dds:at Is Like The First Megaten

Warning: Long Post, Bragging about

For me, it’s tied with Valigarmanda (not Tritoch) and Ultima Weapon (not Atma Weapon, as much as it hurts me since i love DDS but i digress) both from FFVI

Valigarmanda is such a underappreciated Summon, Esper, Eidolon, whatever. i love this Quetzalcoalt-looking thing (i don’t know if would be a better feathered serpent design for quetzalcoalt than smt 1 quetz but that’s beside the point) despite how much important it is for FF6′s plots (being the first Esper you encounter not counting the half-esper herself, terra, which speaking of which, it also help her to unlock her esper form) it’s kinda of a shame that outside of it’s debut game, it barely appears, and most of it’s other “appearances” are just reference to it (which an antagonist from world of final fantasy being probably it’s most important non-ffvi “appearances”) i think it’s gimmick being a “tri-elemental” summon would atleast make it stand out for most other summons in the franchise.

Ultima Weapon is also very badass design and (thankfully) it does appear in more FF games (thought sometimes other i can be a pain trying to refer specifically to this thing since i usually refers to the weapon (both the FFVII and the literal definition of the word) of the same name. (also Battle to the Death slams)

honorable mentions, in not particular order:

The Weapons from FFVII

Odin

Behemoth

Typhon

Sprite Gilgamesh (yeah, i’m kinda weird)

Diabolos

The Four Fiends from FFI

The Four Archfiends from FFIV

Shinryu

Sefer Sephiroth

Alexander

Leviathan

Deathgazer

The Warring Triad

so what's your favorite Final Fantasy Monster? (whatever if is "myth accurate" or just looks cool)

Accuracy to myth is definitely not something that figures into my appraisal of FF designs. Anyway:

this was the most freak shit that a preadolescent soren ever saw. still unfuckwithable to this very day. god this shit is sick. fuck!!!

no way

homestuck is anime.

遮光器土偶モンスターたち

How satanic are SMT games?

If you have to ask this question, perhaps Shin Megami Tensei isn’t for you. If your idea of Satan is a guy with red skin, horns, and a penchant for planting dinosaur bones in scientifically sound locations to fool believers into thinking the world is more than 6000 years old, then it’s definitely not for you. After all, when actual Satan appears in SMT, which isn’t often, he is usually a member of God’s retinue, exists separately from Lucifer, and looks like this:

I know first-hand that SMT’s Satan is a bit too big of a blue breasted pill to swallow for some people, and used to get into many arguments at certain websites over how it didn’t represent the “real” Satan. The thing is, this Satan doesn’t represent the modern incarnation of “The Devil,” but rather has a role based on the original Jewish conception of the obstructing spirits of YHVH that appear in the Hebrew Bible. SMT knows that there’s more to Satan than just the caricature familiar to most today.

But as for being “Satanic,” that perception is more often than not based on false pretenses. Despite actually containing Satan/Lucifer, SMT is about as Satanic as the more famously accused properties like D&D, Pokemon, or Harry Potter–in other words, not explicitly Satanic. Playing SMT is not likely to influence you to make blood sacrifices, worship goat idols, enact crazed orgies, or hang out in front of Hot Topic. In fact, SMT usually gives you the choice of buying into Lucifer’s shtick or punching him (or his cronies) in his smirking face. You can summon Hellish demons…or you can choose not to and summon angels instead. 

Still, anything can be in opposition to a set of beliefs from the “right” perspective. Think of all the mundane things that are blasphemous to Boko Haram or Islamic State, or even how many people get up in arms over the words of news pundits from either side of the political spectrum. That said, Shin Megami Tensei’s basic descriptors would probably cause it to be branded “Satanic” by sheltering parents afraid of outside influence on their children. But that’s the real answer: the real “danger” would not come from the very presence of Satan or Satanic rituals but being introduced to new ideas about real-world religions and philosophies that could broaden someone’s perspective and thus challenge their core beliefs. This is represented by the Lucifer/Satan dichotomy: Lucifer represents this freedom from ignorance, while Satan would challenge you to accept your findings in support of your own beliefs (think Job). Both may be scary prospects at first, but the choice of accepting one or the other, rejecting both, or treating SMT as no more than a video game is ultimately up to you.

Do you think Kaneko's Seraph was partially inspired by Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody? I know some of Kaneko's designs had some subtle, tasteful pop culture influence but I'm not sure if I'm grasping at straws here or not.

Man, this would totally be a Kaneko thing to do. It is unusual that Seraph has four heads in the first place. And the position of the hands compared to Freddie's... this is convincing.

Just a reminder that Digital devil saga will be real in 2 years

Sraosha

Animals of the Apocalypse

Kinda gay for Shiro Kanzaki to start the Rider War and then proceed to pretty much only pick hot guys for it like OK dude