History VideoGame / RaidouKuzunohaVSTheSoullessArmy

* BonusBoss: Alice, Beelzebub, and Raiho-kun.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue (the credit sequence)

* BittersweetEnding: Raidou saves Kaya and protects the Capital, but it's left ambiguous whether or not [[spoiler:the events of ''Shin Megami Tensei I'' and ''II'' will still happen.]]

* NiceHat: Raidou's snappy black cap that goes with his badass cape and uniform. Raidou doesn't even take it off when he's in the bathhouse, which the local yakuza boss [[LampshadeHanging calls him out on]]. Even the representation of Raidou on the overworld map comes with a cute little hat.

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Raidou always wears his school uniform, even when going out and fighting demons. Even in the {{Yakuza}}-run bath house, [[NiceHat he keeps the hat]] instead of removing the full uniform.

** Then about halfway through the story, [[spoiler:a Raidou Kuzonoha from the future sneakily possesses Kaya to try and change history - namely, the events of the main Shin Megami Tensei games]].

** Definitely a gutpunch when first encountered, but later games in the series negate the impact of this. [[spoiler:Raidou Kuzunoha is confirmed to exist in the same universe as the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series, where the apocalypse never happened. So it seems the future did change even though Raidou XL believes and states he has changed nothing.]]

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Raidou always wears his school uniform, even when going out and fighting demons. What's that? In the {{Yakuza}}-run bath house, he's naked and thus does ''not'' wear the uniform? Heh, nope. [[NiceHat He keeps the hat.]] So he's always wearing at least a ''piece'' of the uniform.

* VendorTrash: Any artifacts you find are only there to be sold to Konnou-Ya Antiques.

* TheHeartless Heartless: [[spoiler:The Hiruko.]]

* MetalSlime: Kudan. They appear very rarely from Chapter 8 on. They are difficult to beat as they absorb gun attacks, can run away on a whim, and the more you exploit their (randomly chosen) weakness, the more likely they are to heal themselves completely. Once you beat one, you can summon it at the Gouma-den, and it's the only demonj that absorbs Gun and resists Almighty, in addtion to having the useful Diarahan and Null Phys skills. Its status as a MEtl Slime is based on mythology, where the Kudan is a rare creature that is born, gives a grim prophecy, then immeidately dies.

* BonusDungeon: The Training Hall in the Nameless Shrine
* BonusBoss: Alice, Beelzebub, and Raiho-kun

* MetalSlime: Kudan.
* MilkyWhiteEyes

* NoFourthWall: Raiho claims to have watched your last cycle and is so impressed, he wants to fight you... or else he'll ''delete your save data.'' Lucky for us, he's just kidding.

* [[TheHeartless Heartless, The]]: [[spoiler:The Hiruko.]]

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* RetCon: In-continuity, no less. The aforementioned [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven]] was [[spoiler:sent into the past to end the Taisho era at the "proper time", to keep history intact. He pretty much decided to blow off the job though and do his own thing]], which may have led to the Shin Megami Tensei and [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]] continuities.

** Definitely a gutpunch when first encountered, but later games in the series negate the impact of this. [[spoiler:Raidou Kuzunoha is confirmed to exist in the same universe as the [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]] series, where the apocalypse never happened. So it seems the future did change even though Raidou XL believes and states he has changed nothing.]]

* MythologyGag (Alice's sidequest is a throwback to the earlier Megaten games, where she was doted upon by Belial and Nebiros--the Scarlet Count and Black Baron, respectively--the two demons needed to take on the quest.)