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I think the influence of Thanatos on later Personas in the series is especially evident in Izanagi’s design in P4, which is why despite P3 being the first game in the whole of Megami Tensei that I played and having a special place in my heart and P5 being my personal favorite in the series, Izanagi is my favorite starting persona from a design aspect ahead of Orpheus and Arsene, both of which have unbelievably great designs.
I believe Elizabeth has Thanatos because Thanatos is seen having a mind of his own, since Ryoji is Thanatos. Thanatos wants to both save humankind and Nyx (which he is a fragment of). Thus, he would help Elizabeth defeat Erebus to prevent the destruction of the lock (The P3 Protagonist) and the end of the world. If anyone is wondering why Thanatos still exists instead of being sealed up with Nyx, it’s because as long as the concept of death exists, so does Thanatos. So either Thanatos can materialize despite being sealed or the Thanatos seen in P4 Arena is a new Thanatos spawned from Elizabeth’s Compendium (this would be possible assuming P3 Protag added Thanatos to the compendium). It’s also possible that Thanatos was never locked, but I find this to be the least likely option.
Thanatos in many depictions is kind and very empathetic, he wears the chains to demonstrate how they work to the king cause he asked him for a last favor.
Waaaaaaaait a minute... Why is Jojo there? **Explanation about Thanatos' Kaneko design later...** ... Ooooooooooooh, I see! I didn't notice it! Buuuuuut... Okuyasu's father wasn't disfigured due to his Stand, it was because the fleshbud he had in his head (Which Dio uses on people he didn't trust completely) went berserk after Dio's demise, therefore turning Okuyasu's father into... what he became.
Pfft, when would you ever see Thanatos with guitars instead of coffins? He'd need to be in some rhythm-based game for that. One with lots of dancing. Like that'd ever happen, you'd only get that if you wished on a blue moon.
Your Compendium series has been really informative and funny. With all of the demons/shadows in the series getting different forms, I was curious if you were thinking of making a video on the fusion rooms of SMT franchise. Or perhaps just the really popular locations in the series since I'm not sure how much one would be able to talk about the fusion rooms.
If Ryoji is the shadow of Nyx and shadows are supposed to be the negative traits that one denies about themselves. Does this mean that Ryoji is an aspect of Nyx that they reject. Like that they don't actually want to kill anyone and are only doing so because it is their only purpose and can't stop themselves from committing to this role.
"Based on a Stand." ......But he's not a Stand or Stand user. His appearance wasn't even Altered by Dio's Stand, he got changed into that by a Flesh bud, which comes from Dio's Vampiric Abilities, not his Stand. .....Speaking of, did Josuke ever try fixing him with Shining Diamond?
