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** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest people on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the polite Tokyoites/Japanese people gets desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then imagine similar scenarios in similarly-populated cities '''outside of Japan''' like Mumbai, Shanghai, New York...

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** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest people on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the polite Tokyoites/Japanese people gets desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then imagine similar scenarios in similarly-populated cities '''outside of Japan''' without the Tokyo-level of orderliness/restraint: like Mumbai, Shanghai, Sydney, New York...York, London, Paris, Madrid...
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** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest people on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the polite Tokyoites/Japanese people gets desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then imagine similar scenarios in similarly-populated cities '''outside of Japan''' like Mumbai, Shanghai, New York...
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** The best part of all these? [[spoiler:Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top]]. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.

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** The best part of all these? [[spoiler:Go What is especially terrifying about this scene is that this is a ''realistic portrayal'' [[spoiler:of a suicidal person. As stated several times in this wiki, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} and RealLife RealLife/StepfordSmiler, a suicidal person may suddenly become happy once they have decided to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top]]. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.through with it.]]
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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, the skies of Tokyo fully opening up into the demon world, and colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descend upon the city.]]

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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, the skies of Tokyo fully opening open up into the demon world, and colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descend upon the city.]]
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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, the skies of Tokyo fully opening up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]

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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, the skies of Tokyo fully opening up into the demon world, with and colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending descend upon the city.]]
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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, and the skies of Tokyo fully open up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]

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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, and the skies of Tokyo fully open opening up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]
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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki drops in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, and the skies of Tokyo fully open up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]

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* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki drops barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, and the skies of Tokyo fully open up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]
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* The way the government [[spoiler: would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive''']].

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* The way the government [[spoiler: would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive''']].alive''']].
* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki drops in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, and the skies of Tokyo fully open up into the demon world, with colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descending upon the city.]]
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* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment. His sudden shift from "quiet and reserved" to "so full of rage and hatred you can see it on his face" is pretty terrifying.

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* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment. His sudden shift from "quiet and reserved" to "so full of rage and hatred you can see it on his face" is pretty terrifying.
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* Don't think that the SuperDeformed art style used on maps is going to save you from seeing {{Cruel and Unusual Death}}s. No, you get to see several characters bite it on the screen, complete with blood coming out! Hell, [[ArtStyleDissonance the "chibi" art style makes these deaths even worse]].

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* Don't think that the SuperDeformed art style used on maps is going to save you from seeing {{Cruel and Unusual {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s. No, you get to see several characters bite it on the screen, complete with blood coming out! Hell, [[ArtStyleDissonance the "chibi" art style makes these deaths even worse]].
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* Don't think that the SuperDeformed art style used on maps is going to save you from seeing {{Cruel and Unusual Death}}s. No, you get to see several characters bite it on the screen, complete with blood coming out! Hell, [[ArtStyleDissonance the "chibi" art style makes these deaths even worse]].
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* The way the government would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive'''.

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* The way the government [[spoiler: would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive'''.alive''']].
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Persona 4 came out after Devil Survivor.


*** If you look closely and think on it, they're all expies of Adachi.
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** However, if you're playing ''[[UpdatedRerelease Overclocked]]'' and move on to [[PlayableEpilogue Yuzu's 8th Day]], you'll be able to [[ScrewDestiny screw THAT destiny]] as well, as you can still [[TheAtoner make up for your mistake]] and [[EarnYourHappyEnding wrench a happy ending out of this hellhole.]] You end up fixing or finding solutions for most, if not all, of the main problems, effectively turning the DownerEnding into one of the happier ones. Though unfortunately, [[spoiler:you [[DespairEventHorizon can't]] [[SanitySlippage do]] [[DealWithTheDevil anything]] [[FateWorseThanDeath for]] [[PapaWolf Honda.]]]]

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** However, if you're playing ''[[UpdatedRerelease Overclocked]]'' and move on to [[spoiler:Yuzu]]'s [[PlayableEpilogue Yuzu's 8th Day]], you'll be able to [[ScrewDestiny screw THAT destiny]] as well, as you can still [[TheAtoner make up for your mistake]] and [[EarnYourHappyEnding wrench a happy ending out of this hellhole.]] You end up fixing or finding solutions for most, if not all, of the main problems, effectively turning the DownerEnding into one of the happier ones. Though unfortunately, [[spoiler:you [[DespairEventHorizon can't]] [[SanitySlippage do]] [[DealWithTheDevil anything]] [[FateWorseThanDeath for]] [[PapaWolf Honda.]]]]

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** Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]

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** However, if you're playing ''[[UpdatedRerelease Overclocked]]'' and move on to [[PlayableEpilogue Yuzu's 8th Day]], you'll be able to [[ScrewDestiny screw THAT destiny]] as well, as you can still [[TheAtoner make up for your mistake]] and [[EarnYourHappyEnding wrench a happy ending out of this hellhole.]] You end up fixing or finding solutions for most, if not all, of the main problems, effectively turning the DownerEnding into one of the happier ones. Though unfortunately, [[spoiler:you [[DespairEventHorizon can't]] [[SanitySlippage do]] [[DealWithTheDevil anything]] [[FateWorseThanDeath for]] [[PapaWolf Honda.]]]]
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Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]
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** Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]

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** Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]rating!]]
* The way the government would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive'''.
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* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment.

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* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment. His sudden shift from "quiet and reserved" to "so full of rage and hatred you can see it on his face" is pretty terrifying.

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Adult Fear doesn\'t just have to cover \"children in danger\" examples.


* AdultFear: Your kids are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.
** Here's another example of Adult Fear: The less noble cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]. Even if they didn't have the demon-summoning [=COMPs=] to assist in their murders, the intention and malice would still be there.

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* AdultFear: Your kids Everyone, including ''children'', are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.
** Here's another example of Adult Fear: The less noble cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]. Even if they didn't have the demon-summoning [=COMPs=] to assist in their murders, the intention and malice would still be there.
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** Here's another example of Adult Fear: The less noble cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]].

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** Here's another example of Adult Fear: The less noble cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]. Even if they didn't have the demon-summoning [=COMPs=] to assist in their murders, the intention and malice would still be there.
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** Here's another example of Adult Fear: Cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]

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** Here's another example of Adult Fear: Cops, The less noble cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]colors]].
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** Here's another example of Adult Fear: Cops, cut off from their superiors, demonstrate their [[KillerCop true]] [[PoliceBrutality colors]]
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** The best part of all these? [[SPOILER:Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top]]. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.

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** The best part of all these? [[SPOILER:Go [[spoiler:Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top]]. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.
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** The best part of all these? Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.

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** The best part of all these? Go [[SPOILER:Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top.top]]. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.
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** The best part of all these? Go to StepfordSmiler page, then go to the StepfordSmiler/RealLife section, read somewhere on the top. Yet another horrifically realistic protrayal of nightmares.
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* Seriously? This game doesn't have a Nightmare Fuel Page? How about the fact that you are trapped within Tokyo with little food or water for an entire week while demons roam around doing as they please?

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* Seriously? This The premise of the game doesn't have a Nightmare Fuel Page? How about the fact that is horrifying: you are trapped within Tokyo with little food or water for an entire week while demons roam around doing as they please?
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* The premise of this game is Nightmare Fuel in itself. Omitting the mystical and mythological aspects, the government sets up a a circle containing a large number of innocents in one of the most populated cities in the world. While trapped, citizens gain access to weapons of mass destruction and began to use them to fight each other. The entire city descends into anarchy in less than a week.

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* The premise Part of this game what makes ''Devil Survivor'' so dark and horrifying is Nightmare Fuel in itself. Omitting that it treats the mystical and mythological aspects, the government sets up a a circle containing a large number of innocents Lockdown's effects on Tokyo ''extremely'' realistically. We are shown in graphic detail how one of the largest, most populated cities in the world is completely cut off from the outside world. While trapped, citizens gain Food and water begin to be in short supply on ''the first day'', and by the third day, any forms of supplies are virtually nonexistent. The SDF are utterly unable to contain the increasingly desperate and volatile citizens, and by the fourth day, mass riots ensue. Even from the second or third day, increasingly simple access to weapons of mass destruction and began to use them to fight each other. The entire city descends easy summoning devices has transformed Tokyo into anarchy in less than a week. warzone. Let that sink in. It takes Tokyo's society ''less then a week'' to descend into complete anarchy.

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** The humans are far more frightening than the demons. It takes less than a week before they start to use demons to get what they want. Even the police aren't above killing to survive.

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** The humans are far more frightening than the demons. It takes less than a week before they start to use demons to get what they want. Even the police aren't above killing to survive. With the concepts of law and order gone, some of the police officers [[PoliceBrutality take advantage of their positions]] and their [=COMPs=] to murder some civilians.
** The artwork of the policemen in both games have ObviouslyEvil creepy red eyes and a SlasherSmile! You can't rely on the [[SarcasmMode friendly neighborhood police]] to save you now! ([[NightmareRetardant Slightly mitigated in the second game]], when there are no corrupt policemen with COMPs trying to kill you [[ForTheEvulz for shits and giggles.]] [[OhCrap Unlike the first.]])
*** If you look closely and think on it, they're all expies of Adachi.

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* Keisuke after he gains Pazuzu and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment.

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* Keisuke after he gains Pazuzu Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment.



* Being able to talk Haru into killing herself...

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* Being able At one point in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', you are allowed to do one of three things with Haru after she runs off on her own, after she hints strongly that she plans to [[spoiler:commit suicide. At a specific time during the day, you can choose to ignore her and let her commit suicide, talk to her and calm her down, or... talk her into it, and affirm that she is indeed worthless, her despair is her own fault, and her situation is impossible, and it's hopeless, and everyone is going to die. If you choose the last option, she will show gratitude to you, and then run off to incite the SDF into shooting her dead so she no longer is in pain. Which they do. The next day, your COMP will tell you, as part of its news, that a young girl not carrying identification attacked SDF soldiers, who were forced to shoot her until she was dead. While you never see Haru die, you do see the despair in her face right before she accepts suicide as the only solution, and, to really bring it home, her gratitude for you giving the solution she needs to ending her impossible guilt and sadness is genuine.]] Have fun trying to console the already-hysterical Yuzu after that, because she will never let you forget it.
* The [[spoiler: Escape/Yuzu]] ending. [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie Yuzu is so broken down]] by everything you've gone through that she ''begs'' you to ScrewDestiny and break through the lockdown, despite knowing the consequences. "There's no way they would go that far, right?" During the escape attempt, you're pitted against all the defenders while desperately trying to stop what's coming. And when you make it out... [[FromBadToWorse you discover]] the world outside's no better. Congratulations, ''[[YouBastard you]]'' just personally ushered in a CrapsackWorld! To top it off, formerly stoic Honda [[DespairEventHorizon is so completely broken]] that he ''thanks'' you for creating this new world, sporting a SlasherSmile the whole time.]]
** Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled
into killing herself...thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]
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* AdultFear: Your kids are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.

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* AdultFear: Your kids are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.military.
* Keisuke after he gains Pazuzu and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment.
* This game shows the truth of what would happen if you gave humans access to powerful Mons. The result is not pretty.
* The premise of this game is Nightmare Fuel in itself. Omitting the mystical and mythological aspects, the government sets up a a circle containing a large number of innocents in one of the most populated cities in the world. While trapped, citizens gain access to weapons of mass destruction and began to use them to fight each other. The entire city descends into anarchy in less than a week.
* Being able to talk Haru into killing herself...
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* Seriously? This game doesn't have a Nightmare Fuel Page? How about the fact that you are trapped within Tokyo with little food or water for an entire week while demons roam around doing as they please?
** The humans are far more frightening than the demons. It takes less than a week before they start to use demons to get what they want. Even the police aren't above killing to survive.
* AdultFear: Your kids are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.

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