Book 1: Shinjuku Summoners | Ikebukuro Berserkers | Aoyama Missionaries | Roppongi Tycoons | Kabukicho Outlaws | Akasaka Agents | Ueno Beast Tamers |
Book 2: Kamata Crafters | Asakusa Gurus | Akihabara Creators | Yurakucho Entertainers |
Other Notable Characters: Smaller Guilds, Unaffiliated & Unknown | Event-specific characters | Villains (Otemachi Genociders | The Three True Guilds and Geniuses | Western Warmongers | Eastern Rule Makers | Southern Invaders | Exceptions)
Story Settings: Worlds And Dungeons
Massive unmarked spoilers below! Read at your own risk.
Beings of immense destruction caused when two Rules that are diametrically opposed to one another collide. They come in two forms: Berserk shadows versions of mythological figures, or the owner themselves going berserk, should the people that caused the error serve as the original owners of their Artifacts. The overarching villains of Book 1.
In General
- Arc Villain: The Exceptions, as a whole, are essentially the main villains of Book 1.
- Divide by Zero: What causes them to come into being. Two rules that are at odds with each other cause the App to break down and either cause the owner to go crazy or summon a shadow of the owner as an engine of destruction.
- Fighting a Shadow: Exceptions like Yog-Sothoth and Thor are mindless copies based on the original that can only cause widespread destruction.
- Godzilla Threshold: When an Exception breaks out, most fighters usually put aside their differences to take it down.
- Magic Kiss: One of the ways to get rid of them is for the two beings that summoned it to declare the hierarchy of their Rules and kiss, either on the lips or on their hand that has the magic symbol. The other way is just defeating the berserk Transient, which sends them back to their world.
Yog-Sothoth
All-Knowing One
Shiro's exception and the original owner of his Tome Sacred Artifact. A giant covered in tentacles and black holes. Summoned when a berserk Shiro collided with the Protagonist.- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: As seen in his image, even the tallest skyscraper in Tokyo barely compares to him.
- Casting a Shadow: Is Nether Element.
- Combat Tentacles: Like his fellow Old One World's members, he possesses grey, somewhat transparent, tentacles.
- Final Boss: Of Chapter 2.
- Horned Humanoid: Has a pair of squiggly horns on his head.
- Stripperiffic: His outfit can be best described as painted-on underwear.
Thor
God of Lightning and Strength
Kengo's exception and the original owner of his belt Sacred Artifact. Summoned when Kengo collides with Oniwaka, who sought to steal his powers.- Final Boss: Of Chapter 3.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Like Kengo, inheritor of his artifact.
- Light 'em Up: Is Aether element.
- Shock and Awe: His power as the Norse god of lightning.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: Both he and Kengo had the idea to initially wear his Sacred Artifact as a bracelet, instead of a belt.
- Transplant: He is a character from Fantastic Boyfriend, Lifewonders' previous game.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Like his Exception peers, except that he is much more covered than them.
Fisher King
The Wounded King
Ryota's exception and the original owner of his grail Sacred Artifact. Guardian of the Holy Grail. Summoned when Ryota tried to heal Zabaniyya's wounds when he was attacked by Tycoon forces.- Cool Crown: Has a small crown on his head
- Chainmail Bikini: His limbs and shoulders are all well covered, but the same thing cannot be said for his body and groin.
- Final Boss: Of Chapter 4.
- Green Thumb: His element.
- Holy Grail: Has one, as he was the original owner of Ryota's.
- Necromancer: One of his abilities is to revive the dead as zombies, which he uses at a graveyard filled with dead angel Transients. Further ramped up in his appearance as the final boss of Aoyama Dungeon quest, where all his minions gain Guts upon being attacked, meaning that as soon as you kill them, they'll just get back up to fight you again until the Fisher King himself is defeated. He later reveals that only occurs if someone attempts to revive the dead using the Chalice without paying the price.
- Story-Breaker Power: The ones behind the game consider his power to revive anyone to be this to the game, which is why he was exiled.
Yukimura
Warlord of Sengoku
Toji's exception and the original owner of his Katana Sacred Artifact, summoned when Toji causes a conundrum paradox when attacking Ophion's Egg Sacred Artifact.- Dual Wielding: A pair of Katanas as his weapon of choice, like Toji.
- Clothing Damage: As seen in his artwork, Yukimura's armor is torn to shreds, revealing his sculptured physique and Fundoshi.
- Fundoshi: Considering the time he is from, it's appropriate.
- Making a Splash: His element.
- Meaningful Name: Named after Sanada Yukimura.
Witch of Orlean
Sorceress of Flames
Arc's exception and the original owner of Arc's chains Sacred Artifact. She is none other than Jeanne d'Arc herself. She was the figure who led France's army to victory in the Hundred Years War and was proclaimed a saint before being burned for being accused of being a witch. Summoned when an enraged Arc collided with the Protagonist.- Burn the Witch!: Her art depicts her being tied to an iron cross as flames surrounds her, an homage to her final fate.
- Enemy Summoner: As a result of being made from a clash between the Protagonist and Arc's Rules, she brings Thor, the Fisher King, and Yukimura along with her. Yog-Sothoth comes along too once Shiro uses his power to revive Arc. It isn't limited to Exceptions, as Oniwaka, Zabiniyya, and Ophion are brought back as well, thankfully not in their berserk states.
- Expy: Her design bears a striking resemble to another Jeanne d'Arc from another franchise.
- Jeanne d'Archétype: La Pucelle, herself. Unfortunately, her summoning art seems to imply that this represented her in her final moments before being condemned to be burned at the stake.
- Playing with Fire: Her element is Fire.
- Puzzle Boss: As a result of her being an Enemy Summoner, any attempt to banish either her or the Exceptions she summoned individually will just result in said Exception being immediately resummoned, thus needing to banish them all at once to make it stick. Luckily, with Nyarlathotep's help and Ophion, Oniwaka, and Zabaniyya being called back along with the Exceptions, it's pulled off.
Mahakala
He Who Protects
The exception tied to Daikoku and Shiva and bridges the existence between the worlds of Deva Loka and Shangri-La. Serves as one of the Warmongers' "weapons". Summoned by the Warmongers, then turned into a proper Exception when the Protagonist separated him from Shiva.- Colony Drop: Mahakala causes the moon to fall into Tokyo just by being summoned.
- Decomposite Character: Real-life wise, Mahakala is interchangeable with both Daikokuten and Shiva. Here he is his own character.
- Final Boss: Of Chapter 11, alongside Berto.
- Fusion Dance: The Exception can merge with Shiva to become the even more devastating Mahakala-Shiva, the Warmonger's ultimate weapon.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Considering that he is real-life Shiva's incarnation, this is no surprise.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He views the game's repeating loops as endless suffering for everyone and wants to end it by destroying everything in order to end this "cycle of reincarnation".
Ramu
King of Mu
The exception tied to Tangaroa Infinity and Wakan Tanka Infinity, serving as Issac's cornerstone to his "Plan A". Unlike most Exceptions, he's actually two in one body, with everything below the neck being Ramu, created by the clash between Tangaroa and Wakan's Rules, and the head is Leviathan, created by a clash of the Protagonist and Wakan's Rules.- Combination Attack: How Issac plans to use him to fulfill his Plan A; Use Ramu's Rule to drag everyone down to the ocean depths, where the remains of every loop resides after the Great Flood resets it, then using Leviathan's Rule to reverse the Earth and Seas, swapping Tokyo with the Collective Consciousness he created.
- Fusion Dance: He was born merged with Tangaroa and Wakan Tanka out of the gate. Unlike Mahakala, it isn't to empower him, but rather to prevent the Protagonist from undoing the Exception by hiding them inside itself.
