Generally the names of YH Vh are connected, and the last time they made a coherent timeline, Persona branched off from the Devil Summoner 1+ Soul Hackers timeline, which split off from the SMT timeline.
Demiurge, Shekinah, Yaldy, Nocturne Kagutsuchi are all YHVH. Metatron is Lesser YHWH, and for his part Yaldy in P5 acts and thinks like some of YHV Hs less savory interpretations.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.Shadows and demons are basically the same thing. That was like, a point in Persona 2 and everything.
A distinction without a difference. Heck a number games are literally about how human emotion is what created demons andnthey have to feed on said emotion to continue exiting.
Or as DDS nicely put, Demons are in your DNA and are basically cannibal Personas.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.I like the idea that the reason why YHVH and Yaldabaoth are so deranged and evil is because of humanity's desires.
After all, both are ultimately the creations of humanity.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Jul 2nd 2020 at 5:06:54 AM
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"Shin Megami Tensei changes the rules of the whats, hows and whys of its demonology in just about every game (which is helped by the fact that they rarely share continuity). It's not worth thinking too hard about.
Remember when Nocturne blew up the SMT multiverse and then games just kept happening?
Edited by RodimusMinor on Jul 2nd 2020 at 8:19:57 AM
Like there's a part in Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner for the Saturn/PSP where it turns out that the Demiurge is a minor Japanese politician working for the actual villain of the story. Anyone wanna try and work out how that fits into YHVH'S MO?
Edited by RodimusMinor on Jul 2nd 2020 at 8:26:08 AM
The guy was an ex-member of the Phantom Society who seek to impose Order(Tyranny) upon the world.
Also something something Inarunna and her people are a weird Japanese human version of Mesopotamian mythology that were also foreigners. As Inarunna = Inanna.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.I mean YHV Hs solution to creating a world of Order is always mass murder, so you tell me!
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6i4jnWu2jw
I just found out there is a harem valentines in Royal that was cut. Basically every girl is brainwashed to accepting Polyamory.
I know they cut this out because if a certain friend offered it, more players would say yes to the dream.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Jul 2nd 2020 at 5:35:41 AM
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"Short answer is no. Long answer is that nobody working on these games cares about how the cosmology of the disparate titles work together.
There was a time where a vague continuity of split timelines existed but that more or less died with Persona 2 and since then every game series within the SMT umbrella is a nation unto itself. Sometimes you're a detective with a mirror dark world, sometimes you're a cannibal, and sometimes you're a stylish phantom thief (he said in an attempt to rerail this back into Persona territory).
Edited by RodimusMinor on Jul 2nd 2020 at 8:38:58 AM
Specifically in regards to Person and how the metaphysics work differently each game, the big example is how divided the mundane and supernatural are in Nu Persona.
It's very possible some posters here could lay a beating on Yu or Joker. They're specifically nothing but normal kids most of the time. Their powers only manifest in designated magic zones like the TV World or Metaverse. Contrast with P2 where you can just summon your Persona whenever and use it for feats of superhuman strength.
And then there's Persona 3 which is just confused because they wanted both "you're a normal everyday kid" and also "you're a superhero badass" but they hadn't quite segmented the two things apart from each other yet so nothing really makes sense or works.

I can't remember anything specific, but it's just more clear that we're fighting a fake and not the real deal. This is probably Atlus' way of trying to be less anti-religious than the parent series while not entirely betraying it.