History Headscratchers / ShinMegamiTenseiIV

** Instead of edible meat, if you summon a humanoid demon, its equipment is often as much a part of its identity and myth as its actual manifestation. If you can slaughter a demon chicken for food, logically, you should be able to take away a humanoid demon's weapons or armor, then kill it or send it back to the Expanse, without losing your "loot". And also by the same logic of Food demons, you could then re-fuse it, re-summon it from the Compendium, or meet another copy of it in combat, and it will have its full equipment again. With judicious application of the Compendium, Samarecarm, and rest spots to restore SP, you could end up with a very well-fed army of Hunters or Samurai wielding Excaliburs and Gae Bolgs and Seven-Branch Swords, carrying Athena's shield, etc.

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' reveals that the Gauntlets only choose those who [[spoiler:are descendants of Akira/Aquila and other first-generation Hunters.]] Perhaps the Samurai had their beliefs mistaken, the Almighty lied to them (given that the Law ending [[spoiler:consists of [[OrwellianEditor historical revisionism]]]], it wouldn't be out of place for Him to lie), or they were otherwise indoctrinated to believe that He chooses who gets to be Samurai?

* The clipped wings DLC felt really strange. It is revealed that Flynn himself, time traveling with Mastemas powers, is the one who subdued the Archangels and spared Gabriel/Gabby. Wouldn't Sister Gabby recognize Flynn when he tried to be a Samurai, and make killing him (before he becomes a full-fledged samurai) a top priority?

* So just what ''is'' Kagome Tower? You never see it from the outside, whether you're approaching it in Shinjuku National Park or on the world map. Did the visual side of the development team run out of time to design the outside of it, or is it some sort of EldritchLocation?

* So just what ''is'' Kagome Tower? You never see it from the outside, whether you're approaching it in Shinjuku National Park or on the world map.

* The description for the delivery quest where K asks you to get a refrigerator has K say that his electric fridge is broken and he wants a samurai to get a 'magic refrigerator' found in Tokyo. Where did K get that electric fridge in the first place, if Mikado only found electricity after venturing into Tokyo? It can be said that K received the fridge from a samurai after they breached Tokyo, but then why does he refer to the broken one as an electric fridge and the replacement as a magical fridge? What makes his broken one and the replacement any different?

** They probably ended up getting dropped in transit by Hunters at some point, while running from a demon (anyone who values a big pile of valuables they don't own over their own lives is TooDumbToLive) or after being slain by one.

** ''Apocalypse'' explains it as a decision agreed upon by politicians [[GodzillaThreshold in order to do away with the demon invasion]].

* I think I may have glossed over something but who launched the nukes? In SMTI, it was Thor in the guise of a human.

* How do relics respawn? When everyone is scrambling for relics for over 30 years, how have they not picked through everything? It makes sense for piles of relics to by lying around in places that are dangerous, because it's less likely that everything's been picked through, but what about trash cans and vending machines? It's not a matter of carrying capacity; Flynn can pick up things that shouldn't even fit in a backpack. Admittedly, it's an AcceptableBreakFromReality, because demons don't carry Macca.

** They only think it is God who choses them since they don't know any better, but the reality is actually far from it. It's implied that it is already pre-programmed who would be able to use the gauntlets (possibly by Burroughs/Steven since they were scouting for the reincarnation of the guy who put up the Firmanent) and it was also considered abnormal; anyone should be able to use it since they're essentially Demonicas without the armor, and the Devil Summoning Program was desseminated throughout Tokyo as freeware before it got covered up.

** The rest of the world was destroyed by a nuclear apocalypse, kickstarted by the archangels. Those that did survive like in Blasted Tokyo were likely eventually killed or didn't have the means to survive on their own. 1500+ years have passed on the outside, so any remnants of civilization are likely lost. The citizens of Mikado likely would've discovered the rest of the world, but they likely only have the means of maintaining their own kingdom at the moment. Under the guidance of Gabby they likely wouldn't have gone too far out unless she deemed them ready to dominate the rest of the world.

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' reveals that the Gauntlets only choose those who [[spoiler:are descendants of Akira/Aquila and other first-generation Hunters.]] Perhaps the Samurai had their beliefs mistaken, the Almighty lied to them (given that the Law ending [[spoiler:consists of [[OrwellianEditor historical revisionism]]]], or they were otherwise indoctrinated to believe that He chooses who gets to be Samurai?

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' reveals that the Gauntlets only choose those who [[spoiler:are descendants of Akira/Aquila and other first-generation Hunters.]]

** And for that matter, do the citizens of ''East'' Mikado question what lies in the world outside of their borders?

* What happened to the rest of the world?

* This is an admittedly silly thing to think about, but what use does Charon have for Play Coins?

* So what's up with the merchants in Blasted and Infernal Tokyo? In blasted Tokyo, the merchants still have the same dialogue that they have in normal (or at least normal as far as our protagonist is concerned) Tokyo. It doesn't matter as much for the supplies merchant. But the weapons dealer is just as much an ungrateful asshole who seems to absolutely dread doing business with you in Blasted Tokyo as he is in the Tokyo the player character was from. For Infernal Tokyo, the merchants are even more jarring. At least the supplies shopkeeper and weapons dealer in Blasted Tokyo had on desert gear that was appropriate for the outside environment for that incarnation of Tokyo. But for Infernal Tokyo, they're still human even though everyone who hasn't opted to become a demon in that Tokyo end up serving as a means of nourishment for those that have and do little else, let alone run their own shop. Did the team not have time or money to make the merchants for both alternate Tokyos look and act more the part for their respective environments, or [[TheyJustDidntCare did they just not care]]?