Reviewing Shin Megami Tensei Protagonist Designs 

Demi-Fiend: >Takes shirt off >Punches everything >Punches God to death >Punches Lucifer >Win

I can confirm that Jesus Armor is not a translation error. It's really called that.

I like how the SMT1 protag's armor looks like it's a bunch of things haphazardly thrown together just to have some sort of protection. It fits well with the post-apocalyptic portions.

The female If protag looks like a Pixie disguised as a human... I'm onto her...

Design-wise, Space Marine. No questions asked. He's an actual trained military soldier exploring a series of extradimensional anomalies and he looks like a mix between Doom Slayer, an Ultraman and someone's Stand. Which, to be fair, Strange Journey and Bizarre Adventure mean the same thing.

As much as I love the Nahobino form, I’m gonna miss his flowery uniform.

All law heroes have long hair. Even flynn, since he grow up in a law society.

I know it's not on the video, but for me in the whole megaten franchise, including persona, dds and devil survivor, nobody is ever gonna top Raidou Kuzunoha in sheer coolness design wise.

I really dig the SMT V protag design. Yeah, he looks like he went to get his hair cut and they ended up butchering it, but that longer lock and bangs look surprisingly cool.

Demi-Fiend is always gonna be my favorite SMT protagonist Design wise and just in general. The Tattoos all over his body lined with neon green-ish outline with the casual shorts, it unique and pretty cool. Nahobino comes really close as a second favorite with the Majestic flowing blue hair and fancy hand sword.

SMT designs are so cool. Need to get that SMTV t-shirt

Raidou has pretty much become my favorite character design of all time

My friend once told me Demi-fiend looks the way he does cuz he's supposed to be like a living comp, which can explain how he's able to use terminals and summon demons.

I'd say Demonica suit is as unique as Demi-Fiend design. Demi-Fiend is like a COMP himself btw you know, look at his "demon marks", look at his "lump from the nape". He's like a chip, with all those glowing circuits and an antenna on his nape that seems to work as the transmitter to summon demons. Although my favorite ones are Flynn, because he really looks like a "Demon Master", and Hero, from Shin Megami Tensei I, bc that idea of a geek turning into a survival fighter. Both are more like "normal human" that can summon demons than something super special so I think that's why I love them more. All of them has its own charm tho. I love SMT protagonists designs. They are totally unique and I could see them as some kind of Messiah if they told me they are without even know them. Nahobino as a student is perfect, and his transformation was a little shocking to me at first (not because the "gender thing" but because the light sword and design overall) but I then remembered Vishnu-Flynn and now I see him as some kind of divine form that's very powerful. Masayuki Doi designs look powerful in general.

SMT 1 protag's design that IMO suits really really well in the context of its own story. His equipment and armor looks rather improvised, which makes sense if you live in a post-apocalyptic word. And I like the cyberpunk aesthetic of this protag. Also, the demonica might be one of the most memorable powersuits in videogames. Maybe is the combination of colors for the suit that makes it look slick af, maybe is the odd and kinda goofy headgear that looks like a bucket, or maybe is the "out of this world" or "extraterrestrial" vibe that the whole suit gives. God I love that suit.

Nahobino has become an instant favorite of mine. He both cute and cool, perfect combination.

Aleph has a very stoic demeanor while maintaining this androgynous elegance. I love it

I'm genuinely surprised at the community's reaction to Naobino's design. You think they'd hate it for looking 'too anime' but most everyone seems to love it

Flynn is the coolest design. Nothing beats a samurai with a chad ponytail.

Imagine going to school in full drip, being all like "yea bitch what up"

I remember Demi-Fiend kinda freaking me out for some reason but now I love his design. I like a lot of designs but the Smt 1 protagonist might have my favourite

My friend once proposed the theory that the SMT V protagonist's hair is inspired by asian punk haircuts that are meant to mess with face recognition technology. Personally, this makes his hair seem cooler to me than before and gives them a reason to have this haircut.

Man the samurai garb it's too cool, the somewhat regal aspect and the blend of old and new it's quite fitting for the game, i kept wearing just because i liked it even against fire users, probably the only thing that i would cosplay just because i genuinely want to wear it 10/10

Demi fiend design always looked so cool to me. Nothing more badass than a guy with nothing but shorts on him challenging the world to survive.

damn the cute messiahs be makin me act up tho

I add points to Nanashis design because the mark on his face is actually a scar that he gets in all is reincarnations its a cool detail

Flynn's armor and sick ass cyber arm is the raddest shit ever. But for whatever reason his face has always reminded me of ProJared... Kinda ruins the whole design for me.

My only issue with demi-fiend is the shorts. Holy moly they’re awful

The visual design for the samurai’s outfits in SMT 4 is so goddamn good

Honestly I love Aleph, I think he's my favorite SMT Protag Design, he's just super sleek looking, and it feels like he has the best balance between cohesion and uniqueness in his design, it helps that I really love the general aesthetic of SMT2's world as a whole.

I'm pretty sure SMTV protag awakened something in everyone

The fucking samurai jacket is so amazing

I find it interesting how many of these characters look somewhat androgynous. It may just be Kazuma Kaneko's art style, but it works pretty well.

The powerglove comp is probably my favourite… what would you call it, accessory?… and I wish it would return with newer character designs. That chunky shell with wires running up the arm and keyboards with weird sigils instead of normal letters, the perfect mix of occult and retro future tech Nanashi kinda also has a forearm comp but it loses points for being just a smartphone duct taped to his arm

The demonica is awesome with its "old school robot" look. I also like how the SJ protagonist's eye color and expression changes in the Law and Chaos routes.

The SMT V protag’s human form hair looks like the lain hair

Always great to find another SMT I guy enjoyer out there. Both his pre-apocalypse and post-apocalypse designs are still the peak of protagonist design to me. SMT I in general has my favorite human designs of the series, like Law Hero, Chaos Hero and Heroine.

I like this idea, reviewing character designs within a certain grouping of characters. It would certainly be neat to see more.

Aleph's blue Visor/Googles are mentioned in the manual that give him the video feed for 2D Field, HUD and Virtual Training. Its standard issue with the COMP for every Tokyo Millenium Citizen.

SMT5 protag's school uniform is nice and all, but I'm interested who designed it in universe. Like those flowers on a school uniform is veeery fancy, it's not like it's a simple checkerboard pattern like P5's trousers.

The "Jesus Armor" could be a reference to the Armor of God mentioned in Ephesians 6:11. It consists of the belt of truth, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith, and the sword of the spirit. Most Christians generally agree that it's more of a metaphorical armor for spiritual battles rather than a real one though

I love how much effort was put into the first two protagonists because you never see them in-game (in their games).

i like the smt v guy. i'm worried his hair will give the switch's soc a seizure lmao

Just an FYI, Aleph is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable. Everyone is named after Hebrew letters in SMT2.

The Demi-Fiend is my favorite.

I enjoy smt 1 specifically because all characters have a pre apocalypse design and a post design and I thought that was the coolest thing. In most JRPGs significant visual character design changes are reserved for the main protagonist as they tend to have extremely dramatic character arcs compare to other characters who tend to be internal. SMT 1 guy though and his two friends turned rivals as their own sorts of heros change significantly. Law becomes a priest looking guy, significantly contrasting his old cool rebellious motor cycle like attire. Chaos goes from this weak looking wimp of a man to a demonic ninja of sorts. It's so cool. And SMT 1 keeps much of himself but has changed and adapted to survive the world he now lives in. He wears nothing for show and it's all to ensure his survival.

Fither is pogging out.

i cant believe that smt is finally mainstream wtf. i remember a time when smt used to be considered an obscure series.

I really like how Joker in Persona 5 is more chaos aligned while Nahobino from SMT 5 is presumedly more law aligned, really neat contrast

Persona protagonists next? Including Aigis and that guy from trinity soul

the black upper lip is just such a strange design choice but it looks so amazing. its not something that sounds like it would work to me but its an amazing creative choice, theres nothing else like it which gives smt such an original style

Why does the Strange Journey Protag. look like he came out of Dead Space

"no devil survivor" damnit, i was hoping he'd talking about hibiki's design, its my fav

Nanashi design kinda reminds me of Kaneda. I mean,it does look like biker's 90s anime clothing.

Shout out to SMT5 Protag Gotta be one of my favorite genders

I love Dx2 femc design, like, this casual dress and hoodie, she looks like regular person, like your neighbour, unlike any other SMT female character, i adore her

Nahobino's human hair reminds me of Lain Iwakura's hair, but not as long so it doesn't really strike me THAT much.

me: *gets a job* *sees that fither has a merch store* me: "give money i should"

I always imagined demifiend barely using his abilities, like he just beats gods and demons with his fists. While smtV protag is flashy anime character demifiend is the character that gets hit by those flashy moves and doesn't even care, he just oneshots you.

my favorite shin megami tensei protagonist has got to be jack frost

You gotta do another of these with the spin-off characters this was great! I’m curious what you think of serph

I really enjoyed this, I’ve always liked the smt protag designs over the persona ones. maybe for a future video you could do the spin offs as well, like devil summoner, devil survivor, etc.

I gotta be real. As much as the tats and the hair set up Demi-fiend as a total badass, his little shorts and the dorky blue sneakers utterly crush any pretense of badassery he might’ve had in my eves. Like, these clothes belong on a kid who desperately tries to hang out with older kids by smoking cigarets and swearing, but still comes running whenever mom calls his full name in an angry tone.

That's bizarre, i was literally thinking it would be cool if you made this exact video yesterday

Flynn. His face looks so likeable for a heroic figure.

I’m pretty sure the SMT V protag hits fither’s goku black buttons Energy sword Neon colors Dark costume

Yooo I literally just did a protagonist design tier list, this is epic 😳

I always thought the demonica helmet was weird but now that you point out the smiley face I love it Also I like the smtV protag’s hair is neat

2:28 yep, the Japanese text above literally says "Jesus armor"

It took me this long to fully process the demi-fiend is actually wearing pants.

Very nice review of things! I wonder, will you be taking a more in depth look at GG Strive's story mode, or will you perhaps wait for that additional story to come out with the DLC?

Nanashi is probably my favorite. The jumpsuit is pretty slick.

My fav designs are Nahobino and Demi Fiend's. Nahobino's design fits his "god at it's full potential" characteristics, having both male and female characteristics, looking graceful, beautiful but letal and powerful at the same time. Demi Fiend just looks badass, looking like a human but with a mix of demon traits, fitting his character pretty well. (I apologize for any grammatical errors)

yes a video about smt protagonist, amazing

Update to my comment on one of the last few videos: I finally beat the warden twins after grinding the reaper to level 99 and making yoshitsune 👽

im surprised that you didn't show flynn's other designs from the artbook. they all look SUPER fucking cool.

The Demonica is way more unique in terms of design than anything else imo. Even compare to SMT5 protag, i think it's unique in a sense that it isn't just some bishounen guy having cool power, but it's just a normal soilder in a power suit. Probably biased because I love Halo, but yeah

Ah damn man, you should me on the shirt. Will get a poster as well as a mug, that stuff looks amazing. Just need a measuring tape.

I really like the SMT 1 dudes look. Dunno why but the idea of having the savior of the world just decked out casually instead of looking all badass, flamboyant, or like being super eye catching. Makes em cooler to me

9:09 can't believe he got us like that

I love how cool SMT and Persona make their school uniforms.

you finally made an smt video, i can rest now...

I can back up this confirmation that is the katakana for "Jesus Armor" and shiki (Style). HOWEVER, this is interesting because in actual Japanese Christianity. Jesus is called イエス (Iesu) from the Latin.

the protagonist of Vs haircut grew on me tbh, its definitely weird but it just works, especially in nahobino form. also the school uniform is 10/10

6:10 and now i can’t unsee it thank you very much.

I know I'm late, but dude, you got me. The second I saw that Nahobino shirt, I went and bought one. That's freaking awesome!

Although I have not played Nocturne yet I have to admit Demifiend has my favorite design, but I also really like Flynn, he has a very mature vibe compared to the other protagonist.

I might be the ONLY person who likes Demi-Fiends design the least lol I actually kinda miss the retro sci fi look Kazuya and Aleph had (post apocalypse)...idk, i just miss the messy wires from the comps and stuff. SMT V's Protag threw me off at first....but i eventually grew into it. Kinda looks like some spirit police vibe....which Naobhino is kinda is lol Overall, the rankings from the mainline games I've played would be... 1.SMT 1 protag 2. SMT 5 protag 3. Aleph 4. Flynn 5.Strange Journey protag 6. Nanashi 7. Demi Fiend

As much as I love the nahobino design, it makes me wonder about a couple features. Since he uses a generic energy sword, will he be able to upgrade his weapon? It already looks like there won’t be guns since there wasn’t a shoot weakness for enemies in clips I’ve seen. Also, SMTIV set a standard for a customizable appearance, and the nahobino form doesn’t look customizable to me. Either way, I’ll take femme-fiend any day

Demifiend will always have the best Design in my book. There is just something awesome about a kid with tattoos Killing gods with his bare hands.

Did anyone order a shirt from this guy? Really tempted to get the Nahobino one

When you review the spinoffs designs you better give respects to my boy raidou

Demi-fiends design is literally perfect I couldn't think of a single thing to improve in him. That being said the new protag is also really cool, but maybe not as genius.

I have these Old Doctor Who VHS tapes and the Cybermen, one of the most recongisable enteties from that series seemed to be inspiration for the Demonica. It always reminded me of them.

SMTV guy looks like Marth with long hair and a hockey mask

That shirt drawing is cool. Does it exist in metal print ?

is there a way to respectful say i have no interest in buying your merch? on a side note what is the minimum amount of money i need to pay to get into the discord.

damnit, i cant stop seeing the smiley face on the demonica because of you

Nahobino just sort of reminds me of Alex from Strange Journey

6:10 yes, oh god I’ve always seen a smile here and it’s good to know that I’m not alone