History Headscratchers / DevilSurvivor

** By definition, any trial would bring opposition from humanity. Why would he set the stage of the trial and then give humanity a backdoor out of it if he ultimately wants to bend them to his will? If his power came from human faith, why does he try to destroy the world in Naoya's 8th day and abandon humanity in Yuzu's 8th Day? And that's not even getting into [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]] showing [[spoiler: the Demi-Fiend destroyed the universe and YHVH himself is in pieces]]. If that's the case, how is he still around for Devil Survivor? There's just too many hoops to jump through if we assume the God here is the same YHVH from the other games in the series. Heck, even Lucifer is different from his MagnificentBastard self in his appearance as a BonusBoss, where he even says that God "gave light and blessings." Would the Lucifer we know ever say anything like that about YHVH?

* I got the Overlord/Chaos Ending, the only player character I ''know'' died was Keisuke, and my end party was Atsuro, Naoya, Kaido, and Mari. The only people I actually saw in the ending were Atsuro, Naoya, Midori, Kaido, and Yuzu (Mari is [[BrotherChuck conspicuously absent]], probably because it's a route she wasn't specifically meant for and it didn't make that much sense for her to be in), but would is be safe to assume the other characters all at least survived?

* Why is God such a [[GodIsEvil markedly]] [[KnightTemplar different]] [[KillEmAll character]] in the 8th days than he was in Devil Survivor? He never acted the same way as he did in previous games, it's doubtful it's even the same God, so why the sudden reversion to form?

** By definition, any trial would bring opposition from humanity. Why would he set the stage of the trial and then give humanity a backdoor out of it if he ultimately wants to bend them to his will? If his power came from human faith, why does he try to destroy the world in Naoya's 8th day and abandon humanity in Yuzu's 8th Day? And that's not even getting into [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]] showing [[spoiler: the Demi-Fiend destroyed the universe and YHVH himself is in pieces]]. If that's the case, how is he still around for Devil Survivor? There's just too many hoops to jump through if we assume the God here is the same YHVH from the other games in the series. Heck, even Lucifer is different from his MagnificientBastard self in his appearance as a BonusBoss, where he even says that God "gave light and blessings." Would the Lucifer we know ever say anything like that about YHVH?

** They could just use whatever they can get their hands on. The way MC is brandishing his MP3 player makes me think he uses it as a physical attack, but that's probably unlikely.

** Also, it is explicitly said that people without COMPs are MUCH more fragile that people with them.

** Because that kind of plan to rule manking and strip them of freedom has been done before and ''failed horribly''. It's the kind of actions that would turn mankind away from him and deprive him of power, allowing strong demons that want a chance to strike at him to get a chance to do just that. Allowing the StatusQuo to return would simply allow him to try again later with a future trial, instead of antagonizing humans and making them want to oppose him.

** I find God's actions in the 8th Day to be completely in keeping with His actions in Day 1-7. He doesn't ''want'' to push the button on humanity, and His goal in the Ordeal is to bring Belberith under control, preferably by human action. In the Neutral endings, he's just glad that the player wrapped everything up in a neat package, even if he's not entirely happy with the Silent Revolution. But! On Amane's Day 8, Abel has voluntarily decided to bring humanity under God's rule (exercising his own free will) - God is happy, and He's still happy if the PC tells him "chill out, I got this" while wearing an Obama mask. On Yuzu's Day 8, the Shomonkai won, and as far as God's concerned, humanity made their bed and they can lie in it. And on Naoya's Day 8, the King of Bel is using his power to ''actively rebel against God'', and God has no guarantee that the new Overlord isn't going to TakeOverTheWorld through terror and war - in ''this'' scenario, even ''Remiel'' is advocating for Plan B.

* Did the writers not try to differentiate between the end of the lockdown in Atsuro's route and Gin's? In both it claims that the government covered up the events of the lockdown and no one believed that demons were actually involved. The problem is that in Atsuro's ending it's made very clear that Japan gains a seat on the U.N. Security Council through the use of the demons' military power and that demon-based technology caused another industrial revolution. Not only would it be impossible to hide the existence of demons when Japan's military and industry is based on them, it doesn't even make sense to try.