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* [[Fridge Horror]]: It's [[Word of God|been explained]] that God is not the source of all evil in the series, and that something in the Universe is causing God to be Evil. Okay, um, what could be ''so'' ''evil'' that it makes God (y'know, the guy who made ''everything'') evil?
** Even worse. According to Christianity, God's very nature is ''love itself''. What in the name of everything holy could possibly have corrupted ''love incarnate''?
*** Maybe too many people hating and killing in its name? Worse: believing that they do good and what they feel is love? This world runs on [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]. -> [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]].
* [[Ho Yay]] - Meet Persona. Hell, meet ''Nocturne''. If it's [[Mega Ten]], there's porn of it. Usually in this variety.
* [[MST3K Mantra]] - Satan is based on the Jewish view of Satan, the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] has the Catholic Uriel and Raphael, and {{spoiler|only a few people will be allowed into the Millennium Kingdom}} in [[Shin Megami Tensei II]], which mirrors (the Hollywood version of) Jehovah's Witness teachings. Note that Thor, Narukami and various other thunder gods [[All Myths Are True|co-exist]] and move on.
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* [[Values Dissonance]] - The ratings for each game vary greatly by the region. ''Nocturne'' (''[[Market-Based Title|Lucifers Call]]'') and vanilla ''Persona 3'' have significant gaps between the PEGI (12+ ) and ESRB (17+ ) rating alone.
** ''Nocturne'' even got an A in Japan, which basically means suitable for everyone. Note that this game is considerably more difficult than the already difficult ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' and ''Persona'' sub-series, you get turned into a demon by having a snake-like parasite get ''dropped into your eye'' '''in first-person perspective''' and {{spoiler|you can become the literal [[The Antichrist|anti-Christ]] as you ''become the new General for the legions of Hell/Darkness to wage war against [[God]]''}}.
** Many speculate that the only reason many of the games--evengames—even the less violent ones such as ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4|4]]''--have—have M-ratings in the United States is because of [[Gag Penis|Mara]], who is absent in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' games, one of the few series in the franchise to carry a T-rating.
* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]] - Some of the designs for demons are truly awesome (which is why they can be downright [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]]). For example, [http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub].