Shikigami

Japanese Name	シキガミ 式神
Romaji	Shikigami
Origin	Japanese Mythology
First Appearance	Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
Alignment(s)	Dark-Neutral
Race(s)	Brute (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE) Shinoma (Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku) Jaki (Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker)

Shikigami is a demon in the series

History

Shikigami (式神 or 識神^*)^?, also known as shiki (式鬼^*)^?, is any demon or spirit summoned by onmyoji, the Japanese sorcerers, to follow their bidding. They are normally invisible, but can be bound to carefully crafted paper dolls to give them form. They can also possess animals and people in order to manipulate them. A shikigami with a weak master may go out of control, gaining its own will and possibly killing them.

Appearances

• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Brute Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Brute Race
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Shinoma Race
• Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Boss
• Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker: Jaki Race, boss only

Profile

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

A common demon often used by Japanese sorcerers called onmyoji. They are used for many things, from common household chores to cursing others.Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne profile

Shikigami often roam the Shinjuku Medical Center's halls. At level 4, they can be recruited by the Demi-fiend for a useful addition in defeating Forneus. Shikigami will also appear in Shibuya and Ginza.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

A type of demon gods used since ancient times in Japanese divination. There are many different types of Shikigami, some taking the form of paper, others of elements, and still others of various monsters and demons.
They cannot be seen by ordinary people, and possess the ability to change themselves into many shapes. The famous diviner Abe-no-Seimei commanded the so-called Twelve Divine Generals, the most powerful of all Shikigami. Besides carrying out secret missions for Seimei, these Shikigami also performed various everyday tasks for him.
The Shikigami commanded in the Izanagi school of divination practiced in Kochi on the island of Shikoku is called Shiki-Oji, and is said to be extremely powerful.Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE compendium

Shikigami appear as an early boss in act 3 of the main story and become reoccurring mobs in the later acts. They also are one of the two summons the four oni bosses of Shinjuku field can summon for support.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Four Shikigami accompany Chizuru Ishigami during a confrontation in Sumaru TV. All of them look identical, but have different weaknesses. The trick to tell them apart is their battle quotes, which differ from each other.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

Shikigami are servants of Shiki-Ouji, with two joining each Shiki-Ouji in battle. If a Shiki-Ouji is killed, then a Shikigami will sacrifice itself to revive a fallen Shiki-Ouji and its two Shikigami. Hence, to defeat Shiki-Ouji safely, each individual Shikigami flanking each Shiki-Ouji clone must be defeated before the clones can be taken down.

They cannot be fused or used as allies in the game.

Stats

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Race Level HP MP Strength -- Magic -- Vitality -- Agility -- Luck -- Brute 4 48 27 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak Elec - - - Fire List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Zio 3 MP Small electric damage and 20% shock to one foe. Sukunda 12 MP Decreases agility by 1 level, all foes. Tarukaja 12 MP Buffs physical power by 1 level, all allies. Tarunda 20 MP Decreases physical and magical power by 1 level, all foes.

Race Level HP MP Strength 5 Magic 5 Vitality 4 Agility 5 Luck 5 Brute 4 48 27 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak Elec - - - Fire Obtainable Normal recruit or fusion List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Zio 3 MP Small electric damage and 20% shock to one foe. Innate Beseech Convo Recruits neutral demon. Works best to _target whose level is higher than the talker. _target may be enraged occasionally under the same condition. Innate Tarunda 20 MP Decreases physical and magical power by 1 level, all foes. 5 Sukunda 12 MP Decreases agility by 1 level, all foes. 6 Anti-Curse Passive Imparts resistance to curse attacks. Does not cover innate weakness. 7 Tarukaja 12 MP Buffs physical power by 1 level, all allies. 8

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Race Alignment Level HP MP CP Equip Type Shinoma Dark-Neutral 11 80 79 18 ? Intuition Will Power Magic Intelligence Divine Protection 10 5 15 9 12 Strength Stamina Agility Dexterity Charm 10 10 21 15 4 Swd Hvc Fir Ice Elc For Exp Dth Mys Nrv 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Null 100% 100% 100% List of Skills Toxic Sting Hand Chop Palm Strike Cursed Name Preta Bead

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop - Fire 24 1050 - - Traits None Using demon of Yin/Yang sorcery. Atk Def Matk Mdef Strength 20 Vitality 20 Technique 20 Agility 20 Luck 20 88 88 59 60 Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn - - - - - Rf 2× - - - - - 2／4 2／4 - 2／4 2／4 List of Skills Skill Effect Maha Agionn Inflicts medium Fire damage to a group of enemies. Agidyne Inflicts large Fire damage to an enemy. Taru Kaja Enhances a character's At. Scratch Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy.

AAAAAAAARRRRRGH! Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop - Water 24 1050 - - Traits None Using demon of Yin/Yang sorcery. Atk Def Matk Mdef Strength 20 Vitality 20 Technique 20 Agility 20 Luck 20 88 88 59 60 Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn - - - - - 2× Rf - - - - - 2／4 2／4 - 2／4 2／4 List of Skills Skill Effect Maha Aques Inflicts medium Water damage to a group of enemies. Aquadyne Inflicts large Water damage to an enemy. Maka Kaja Enhances a character's SAt. Scratch Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy.

OOOOOOAAAAAAHHH! Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop - Wind 24 1050 - - Traits None Using demon of Yin/Yang sorcery. Atk Def Matk Mdef Strength 20 Vitality 20 Technique 20 Agility 20 Luck 20 88 88 59 60 Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn - - - - - - - Rf 2× - - - 2／4 2／4 - 2／4 2／4 List of Skills Skill Effect Maha Garula Inflicts medium Wind damage to a group of enemies. Garudyne Inflicts large Wind damage to an enemy. Sama Kaja Enhances a character's SDf. Scratch Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop - Earth 24 1050 - - Traits None Using demon of Yin/Yang sorcery. Atk Def Matk Mdef Strength 20 Vitality 20 Technique 20 Agility 20 Luck 20 88 88 59 60 Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn - - - - - - - 2× Rf - - - 2／4 2／4 - 2／4 2／4 List of Skills Skill Effect Maha Magnus Inflicts medium Earth damage to a group of enemies. Magdyne Inflicts large Earth damage to an enemy. Raku Kaja Enhances a character's Df. Scratch Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

Race Level HP MP Strength 21 Magic 15 Vitality 11 Agility 14 Jaki 45 364 104 Racial / Auto Skill Phys Fire Ice Elec Force Curse Bind Resist Weak * -* -* Null Resist * Command Skills Multi-Hit Agidyne * Passive Skills Dodge Fire Boost * Null Fire *

Gallery

Shikigami as it appears in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.

Shikigami as seen in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

In Other Languages

Language	Name
Japanese	シキガミ (Shikigami)
French	Shikigami
Italian	Shikigami
German	Shikigami
Spanish	Shikigami

Trivia

• The current design for Shikigami actually borrows Shiki-Ouji's from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner. Shiki-Ouji in the later installments instead receives a brand new design of its own.
• In Shin Megami Tensei III and Record Breaker (normally), since they materialize in the form of paper they are weak to fire.