History Characters / ShinMegamiTenseiIV

* {{Reincarnation}}: In ''Apocalypse'', it turns out that Nanashi is his reincarnation of the Neutral-alinged Akira.

* {{Reincarnation}}: In ''Apocalypse'', it turns out that Nanashi is his reincarnation.

And as of ''Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse'', it turns out that [[PlayerCharacter Nanashi]] is the reincarnation of Akira. For tropes concerning his reincarnation in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', see [[Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Nanashi's character page]].

[[folder:Akira]]

* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Three of them.]]
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler: Demonoid Akira gets used as a punching bag, cleans off filth, and does something using his teeth when he needs to go past demon guards found in Infernal Tokyo. This is a daily routine until the events of the game.]]
* TheChainsOfCommanding: [[spoiler:Infernal Tokyo's Akira realizes very quickly that being a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure benevolent King of Tokyo]] is going to be a very tough task.]]
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Before the worlds began to diverge, each Akira started as a member of the Counter-Demon Force whose older sister was kidnapped by Angels and placed into the Cocoon. His attempts to get his sister back vary in each world:]]
** [[spoiler:In Blasted Tokyo, the cocoon was whisked away by angels to parts unknown due to the lack of a ceiling.]]
** [[spoiler:In Infernal Toyko, the angels were defeated by Kenji, but by the time the cocoon was forced open, all the occupants have died.]]
** [[spoiler:In the main timeline Tokyo, Akira climbed the ceiling on his own. However, due to YearOutsideHourInside, his sister was long dead by the time he arrived.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Demonoid Akira. His first response to Sanat appearing was to cowardly flee and abandon his ''own followers'', while Sanat went around challenging everyone who it believed was worthy. His own men who believed in him were ''pissed'' that he betrayed his own beliefs just to save his own skin. That being said, he is quite aware of his own limits and Sanat's brutality had already claimed the leaders of several sectors with massive casualties and is implied to have leveled Camp Ichigaya.]]
* {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler:himself. Blasted Akira is polite, well-respected, and seeks to embrace Chaos by living in harmony with demons in order to restore a world ravaged by the forces of Law. Infernal Akira is boisterous, a ButtMonkey, and seeks to restore Law to a world ravaged by the forces of Chaos.]]
* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler:Legends speak very highly of King Aquila in your timeline, and the civilians in Infernal Tokyo note an immediate improvement in their quality of life after he takes power.]]
* NiceGuy: Akira is a pretty sweet guy, [[spoiler:no matter which version of him you're talking about. Survivor Akira is more directly polite and idealistic, while Demonoid Akira is more friendly and gregarious.]]
* TheNicknamer: [[spoiler:Demonoid Akira immediately pegs Walter as "Bad Boy" and Jonathan as "Goody Two-shoes". ''Apocalypse'' reveals that main timeline Akira gave Skins his nickname]].
* OrderVersusChaos: [[spoiler:Akira's two Tokyos represent worlds that were devastated by Law and Chaos. Blasted Tokyo's Akira wished to bring in Chaos to help rebuild a world destroyed by Law, while Infernal Tokyo's Akira wished to bring about a world of equality under Law, as those who were weak, such as himself, don't have much of a chance to survive in the world where Chaos rules.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Aquila. Even in the Clipped Wings DLC he's already died by the time Mastema has sent Flynn back as he refers to him as the late Aquila.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Akira in [[spoiler:Blasted Tokyo]] plays it straight, but in [[spoiler:Infernal Tokyo]], this is what he's trying to become rather than [[spoiler:perpetuate the AsskickingEqualsAuthority philosophy that's become the law of the land.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[spoiler: Demonoid Akira]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [[spoiler:Not only is Akira/Aquila subjected to it, but late in the Neutral Route an NPC suggested that Aquila named the areas around Mikado using bastardized versions of Tokyo's areas, such as Kichijoji to Kiccigiorgi.]]
* SummonMagic: [[spoiler:Aquila's two favorite demons were the Minotaur and the Tyrant Aeshma. Aeshma is kept safe as data by Mastema, while Minotaur guards the path down in Naraku to Tokyo.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Well seeing as how [[spoiler: we're really talking about three versions of the same person.]]

* NiceGirl: She’s always kind and helpful to Flynn and even genuinely tells him to be careful at the start of a challenge quest fight.

* Troll: While he’s a lot kinder in this game he isn’t above messing with people, specifically when he pretended to be an enemy but then immediately say that he was just messing with you when the boss fight starts.

* OmnicidalManiac: They seek to return the universe to utter nothingness, claiming it is the only way to truly stop YHVH.

* StrawNihilist: Their only point as that the war between Law and Chaos sucks so much it's better to kill everything. As your friends point out, it's nothing but hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

The guardian deity of Tokyo and the only National Defense Divinity not controlled by Tayama. The giant rock in the middle of Ginza is his head; the rest of his body is the barrier between Tokyo and Mikado. The massive katana held by Skins is his medium, though it has been stuck in its sheathe for over 25 years... until the protagonist draws it in the Neutral route. Tasks the player with reviving the Great Spirit of Hope by inspiring hope in the people, then with recovering the Great Spirits of Goodwill and Spite from the angels and demons so that the barrier between Tokyo and the outside world might be removed.

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Looks like Gabby under her helmet.]]

* NeutralityBacklash: By the time of the alignment lock, she's one of the few Samurai that doesn't want to [[spoiler:commit genocide, one way or another.]] Unfortunately, not only does Lucifer and his demons hate her for [[MightMakesRight fighting]] [[LonersAreFreaks alone]], but the Archangels can't bear to look at her because she read {{manga}} for [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill entertainment]]. Cue [[spoiler: Flynn]], siding with said maniacs, heading off to pillage. [[FightingYourFriend What little strength she had to fight]] [[spoiler: Flynn]] erodes when [[spoiler: Flynn]] wins - [[BreakTheCutie she takes it]] ''[[BreakTheCutie very]]'' [[BreakTheCutie hard.]]

* AnIcePerson: Uses ice spells in combat.

* TheBerserker: Favors physical moves such as Critical Wave. [[spoiler: In ''Demonic Gene'', he gets worse when delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a couple of Ashura-kai thugs who had harmed Gina, though this is at least partly due to Amaymon's presence within him. After fusing with Hiruko, limbs start flying.]]

* IChooseToStay: At the end of ''Demonic Gene'' Walter remains in Tokyo while Gina teleports back to Mikado. Due to the Sky Tower collapsing, Walter has no way to return.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He tries to portray himself as a firm but fair man doing what needs to be done to maintain order in Tokyo after the Firmament caused so much infighting, and making sacrifices to demons in the form of Red Pills under oath the demons won't go around attacking humans. But it's clear he only cares about maintaining his own dictatorship.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: He believes ''nobody'' ever takes the higher path when nobody's looking. This, in his eyes, justifies his atrocities by invoking "the greater good" - no matter what horrible things he does, it's all right since he's actually helping as many people as possible.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He tries to portray himself as a firm but fair man doing what needs to be done to maintain order in Tokyo, but it's clear he only cares about maintaining his own dictatorship.

* InexplicablyAwesome: Unlike [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI the Hero]], [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII Aleph]], or [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney the Schwarzwelt soldier]] (ordinary humans who can't use magic), or [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne the Demi-fiend]] or [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Nanashi]] (both directly blessed by demons), there is no explanation given as to why Flynn can use magic.

->'''Voiced by:''' Tomoaki Maeno (JP), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (EN)

->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiro Yamaji (JP), Creator/JamiesonPrice (EN)

* FamousLastWords:
-->[[spoiler:Flynn... Please... make yourself a magnificent Samurai... And change... this rotten world...]]

* FamousLastWords: After defeating him in the Chaos Route:
-->'''Merkabah:''' This cannot be... We are... The heralds of the lord... How have we been thus defeated...? The stars... the wind... the beasts... All nature... follows His order... Why, then... do humans and demons... struggle to deviate from it...?\\
'''Jonathan's voice:''' Is there... no end to your avarice...? What is it... that you desire...?

* EyelessFace: Lucifer's second boss form has a blank white face with no features other than a mouth.
* FamousLastWords: From the Law Route:
-->'''Lucifer:''' Once again, I fall to the earth... I could not... surpass God...\\
'''Walter's voice''': If... If you've beaten me... then that means... you are the stronger man... Perhaps... that itself means... that you were in the right...

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Nothingness Ending aside, he's implied to have undergone a Heel Face Brainwashing courtesy of Merkabah. Even in Neutral, where Mikado's destroyed and he loses his power, he's a much nicer person, with his superior tone almost completely gone.]]
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Played with. Jonathan admires him for his dedication to the kingdom, his fellow clergymen tolerate him, and un-enlightened Casualries are in awe of him. The Samurai, however, completely despise him; as does the fandom. It's played straight in the Chaos ending, [[spoiler: where he has a HeelRealization and realizes he has made enemies of everyone because he had far more power than he should have had and abused it for his goals.]]

A navigation AI installed to the Samurai's Gauntlets that serves as your MissionControl throughout the game. She is the Goddess that is revived in the Neutral ending.

* ArtificialIntelligence: What she is.

* ArtificialIntelligence: He is one.

* UnreliableNarrator: Mastema claims that GodIsGood, and horrified by the genocidal, KnightTemplar tendencies of the Archangels. It's impossible to tell if he's lying, misinformed, or God genuinely IS good in this particular dimension, but Blasted Tokyo has not one, but TWO beings that directly contradict his claim: Pluto and the Ancient of Days.

* TakeANumber: If you have exhausted your payment options, he'll hand you a number. A very, very long number...

* StrawNihilist: Their only point as that [[TooBleakStoppedCaring the war between Law and Chaos sucks so much it's better to kill everything]]. As your friends point out, it's nothing but hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This trope is part of their arsenal in-universe, showing Flynn exactly how much both Law and Chaos suck in hopes he'll come to agree with them that the universe is beyond redemption.

* StrawNihilist: Their only point as that [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy the war between Law and Chaos sucks so much it's better to kill everything]]. As your friends point out, it's nothing but hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This trope is part of their arsenal in-universe, showing Flynn exactly how much both Law and Chaos suck in hopes he'll come to agree with them that the universe is beyond redemption.