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==  Raidou is bald. ==
He's a man with spiritual training. Depending on the extent of the Buddhist influences on the Kuzunoha clan's traditions, he may be required to keep a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsure#Buddhism tonsure]. But he's vain, so he only does the top and wears a hat to cover it at all times.
==  Raidou's hat is the true source of his power. ==
That's why he can never take it off. Narumi's hat is the source of his detective abilities, too. In fact, the entire game runs on the power of [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]].
* But Satake is quite powerful (enough to take out a Super Soldier with his bare hands, more than Raidou can say!), and he doesn't have a [[Nice Hat]]...
** Well, clearly he's just that badass. We don't know how much more powerful he could be if he ''did'' have a [[Nice Hat]].
==  The [[Shin Megami Tensei]] main series (and ''Imagine'') and the [[Persona]] series (and possibly ''if...'') are both possible/alternate futures of the world of DSRK ==
Clearly the canonical future is that of the [[Shin Megami Tensei]] main series, since that's the one we see in the Akarana Corridor and the one the crazy Messian Raidou possessing Kaya came from. However, ''[[Persona 2]]'' also features Kuzunoha summoners, who seem to be running a detective agency -- which would make sense if Raidou got a taste for detective work during his time with Narumi and decided to set up his own business later on. It could just be meant as a [[Mythology Gag]] / shout-out to the earlier two Devil Summoner games, but there's no real reason why it ''couldn't'' be the future of DSRK... except that the main series timeline and the [[Persona]] series timeline are completely incompatible. But we know that alternate universes exist, and that history doesn't always take the same course in each of them, so...
* We think alike. Just look at what "Raido" says when he encounters our hero. "I sense a strange presence, and before me stands my shadow." Then, if you state your name: "They must be our shadows, why would he give my name?" This reference to a doppelganger called a shadow that is most certainly your shadow if it calls itself the same as you... it sounds familiar. This plays into the forefront of [[Persona 4]], and is briefly touched upon in [[Persona 3]]. I don't know about the other games in the timeline, but I'll look at the alternate space/time again when I get there and see if I can't dig up any more clues.

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