Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro (池袋) is a location in the series.
==History==
, a part of ward, is a large commercial and entertainment district of Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of the Toshima ward offices, and several extremely large department stores.
At the center of Ikebukuro is the train and subway station, a huge urban gathering shared by the , the and the . It is one of the main commuter hubs in the western area of Tokyo. Ikebukuro Station is the second busiest station in Japan, second only to .
==Appearances==
*Megami Tensei II
*Shin Megami Tensei
*Shin Megami Tensei NINE
*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
*Shin Megami Tensei IV
*Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
*Devil Survivor
*Devil Survivor Overclocked
*Persona 5 / Royal 
==Profile==
===Megami Tensei II===
In Ikebukuro, there is a sculpture referred to as the Devil's Mouth that contains the Mercury Pillar. When the protagonist attempts to grab the pillar, it chops his arm off, leaving him unable to battle or use his COMP. He'll also take damage with every step. By going to the Cybernetic Lab in Ginza, he'll get a new robotic arm that will allow him to take the Mercury Pillar, as well as allow him to hold more demons. The Deva Cult and Apollyon capture Hiroko and take her here, and after the protagonist saves Hiroko by defeating Apollyon, the latter drops an Inverted Cross.
===Shin Megami Tensei===
Ikebukuro is occupied by the Ring of Gaea. The Chaos Hero tells the protagonist not to go there, saying that if they do they will get arrested, taken to Sugamo Prison and tried by Yama. However, it is necessary to go to Ikebukuro to advance the storyline.
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
Ikebukuro is where the Mantra Army Headquarters is located. The Mantra demons and their leader, Gozu-Tennoh, are the rivals of Hikawa's Assembly of Nihilo. Later in the game, the Mantra HQ is where the Reason of Yosuga is born.
====Items====
Ikebukuro:
*Basement - Repulse Bell & Beads (x2)
Mantra Headquarters:
*Basement Prison - Mamudo Rock & Gaea Magatama
*2nd Floor - Chakra Pot
*3rd Floor - Bead & Power Incense
*Top Floor - 3,000 Macca & Attract Pipe
*West Wing of Ikebukuro (past the Mantra HQ) - Candelabrum of Eternity (Defeat Daisoujou)
Note: The bold items can only be obtained during a full Kagutsuchi phase in treasure chests.
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Ikebukuro is one of the largest maps in Imagine, divided into multiple separate areas and even featuring quests that allow players to transport to different sections of the map. It is also the only region in the game that does not use the Macca currency, instead relying on Kreuz, which is dropped by demons in the zone or can be traded in to the yagiya merchants in the area. 
Ikebukuro's southern area is connected with Shinjuku Babel and blocked off by a barricade players can only pass by paying the punks that govern the region rubies or scarlet stones. Spawns are mostly flood calling variant demons and vary according to the time of day. This area connects to eastern Ikebukuro and the cemetery map, Zoushigiya. Zoushigiya also features different spawns according to the time of day and an instanced center where Ghede appears as a boss. The cemetery connects to Ichigaya. 
The eastern section of Ikebukuro is primarily full of buildings. Mobs in this region are punks and demons contracted to them. This region connects to Chinatown, which is the location of the Golden Ark Casino. 
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
The area has been closed off by a powerful barrier of fire made by the foreign demon Xi Wangmu, which the Ring of Gaea is attempting to destroy to remove her. The demon rules the area as the Empress of Ikebukuro and has eaten many humans there. The prentice Samurai, using the Jirae Talisman, break down Xi Wangmu's barrier and enter Ikebukuro on their way to the Juraku Bookstore while searching for the Black Samurai.
In order to reach the area of the bookstore, Flynn and his companions must defeat Xi Wangmu to release the barriers blocking access to areas of Ikebukuro. After entering her Domain and confronting the demon, she proves herself to be almost invincible, shrugging off damage from the Samurai as if it was nothing. The Ring of Gaea members and Kaga join in on the confrontation, only to be devoured in short order. However, this proves to be Xi Wangmu's undoing, as the Gaeans continue to attack her from within her body, weakening her enough for the Samurai to defeat her.
After her defeat, Flynn is able to access the east entrance area of Ikebukuro. Past the poisonous muck flooding much of the area, the Samurai will enter another Domain with a fixed layout. After taking their revenge on the Lilim Horde found within, the Samurai press further onward into the Domain, finding the Black Samurai in a room further back. She'll converse with the prentice Samurai shortly before surrendering to them, with Flynn's responses affecting his alignment. 
In Infernal Tokyo, King Kenji is said to have slain Xi Wangmu before she ever managed to establish a foothold in Ikebukuro.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
After having disabled the Tokugawa Mandala and returning to Kinshicho to check on Asahi, Nanashi will receive an alert that Shesha has indeed been resurrected and is attacking Ikebukuro. They just journey through the poisonous areas to climb onto the overpass where Shesha awaits the party.
===Devil Survivor===
Ikebukuro is where the party encounters Midori Komaki on the first day of the lockdown, and later on the 4th day rescue her from an angry mob. Ikebukuro is also the location of Eikokuji, a shrine dedicated to Nyorin Kannon, where Bishamon makes his stand against the party on the 7th day. In Overclocked, on Yuzu's 8th day route, if the party agrees to aid the Devas in repairing the barrier to the demon world, they must defend Gin from demons as he and Take-Mikazuchi restore the barrier.
===Persona 5===
Ikebukuro is where the protagonist can spend time in a planetarium.
The location is unlocked either by reading Museum of Stars, or on July 29th at latest when Yuuki Mishima invites him there.
==Shops==
===Megami Tensei II===
Item 	Effect 	Price
Poison Dart 	Damages and Poisons the enemy.	ћ580
Dangerous Drug	Casts Hapilma 	ћ100
Hand Grenade 	Casts Zan 	ћ50
Paralynon 	Cures Paralyze 	ћ450
Poisonon 	Cures Poison 	ћ400
==Treasures==
===Megami Tensei II===
* 1F - Emerald
* 4F - Sp Incense
* 5F - Anamiran
==Demons==
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
====Megami Tensei II====
*Tan boxes indicate bosses.
Demon 	Race 	Level	Drop 	Floor(s)
Pishacha 	Spirit	21 	- 	1F-5F
Assassin 	Madman	22 	- 	1F-5F
Tsuchigumo	Jirae 	23 	Ixion Sword 	1F-5F
Biwa Hoshi	Ghost 	24 	Luminous Sword	1F-5F
Rusalka 	Fairy 	24 	Ixion Sword 	1F-5F
Upyr 	Spirit	26 	- 	1F-5F
Cyclops 	Jaki 	28 	Broadsword 	1F-5F
Apollyon 	Kaiju 	40 	Dragon Mace 	2F
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
<tabber>
Ikebukuro=
Level	Race 	Demon 	HP 	MP	Weak 	Strong 	Null 	Drain	Repel	Skills
13 	Beast 	Inugami 	132	60	Force 	- 	Fire/Death	- 	- 	Rakunda, Feral Bite, Panic Voice
15 	Wilder	Bicorn 	150	60	Elec 	Ailments	Death 	- 	- 	Charm Bite, Pulinpa, Stun Gaze
17 	Haunt 	Yaka 	150	81	Ice/Expel	- 	Death 	- 	- 	Mazio, Deathtouch, Tarunda, Dia, Diarama, Venom Claw
18 	Beast 	Nekomata	156	90	Elec 	- 	- 	Force	- 	Marin Karin, Feral Claw, Stun Needle
20 	Brute 	Momunofu	180	78	Ailments 	Phys 	- 	- 	- 	Focus, Lunge
25 	Brute 	Oni 	264	96	Nerve 	Phys 	- 	- 	- 	Berserk, War Cry
|-|
Mantra's Headquarters=
Level	Race 	Demon 	HP 	MP 	Weak 	Strong	Null 	Drain	Repel	Skills
13 	Beast	Inugami 	132	60 	Force 	- 	Fire/Death	- 	- 	Rakunda, Feral Bite, Panic Voice
17 	Haunt	Yaka 	150	81 	Ice/Expel	- 	Death 	- 	- 	Mazio, Deathtouch, Tarunda, Dia, Diarama, Venom Claw
18 	Beast	Nekomata 	156	90 	Elec 	- 	- 	Force	- 	Marin Karin, Feral Claw, Stun Needle
19 	Fairy	Pyro Jack 	162	87 	Ice 	- 	- 	Fire 	- 	Agi, Maragi, Agilao
20 	Femme	Taraka 	180	78 	Ice 	- 	Nerve 	- 	- 	Heat Wave, Rakukaja, Shibaboo
23 	Beast	Badb Catha	186	87 	Elec 	Phys 	- 	- 	- 	Needle Rush, Wing Buffet
25 	Brute	Oni 	264	96 	Nerve 	Phys 	- 	- 	- 	Berserk, War Cry
34 	Beast	Orthrus 	340	129	Ice 	- 	- 	Fire 	- 	Stun Claw, Fire Breath, War Cry, Fire Boost
|-|
Mantra's Headquarters (Yosuga)=
Level	Race 	Demon 	HP 	MP 	Weak 	Strong	Null	Drain	Repel	Skills
11 	Divine	Angel 	108	54 	Force/Death	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Hama, Dia
28 	Divine	Principality	222	120	Death/Mind 	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Diarama, Hamaon, Heat Wave
33 	Divine	Power 	320	126	Death/Nerve	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Tarukaja, Guillotine, Hamaon
41 	Divine	Virtue 	400	174	Force/Death	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Makarakarn, Mahama, Thunderclap, Mediarama
50 	Divine	Dominion 	390	204	Death/Curse	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Makajam, Tetrakarn, Violet Flash, Diarahan
|-|
Ikebukuro overworld region=
Level	Race 	Demon 	HP 	MP	Weak 	Strong 	Null 	Drain	Repel	Skills
6 	Wilder	Zhen 	65 	50	Fire 	Ailments	Death	- 	- 	Wing Buffet, Toxic Sting, War Cry
11 	Divine	Angel 	108	54	Force/Death	- 	- 	- 	Expel	Hama, Dia
13 	Jirae 	Sudama 	96 	60	Fire 	Force 	- 	- 	- 	Makakaja, Mazan, Kamikaze
14 	Snake 	Nozuchi	162	60	Elec 	- 	- 	Force	- 	Toxic Cloud, Lunge, Rakukaja, Sacrifice
</tabber>
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
|-
|Human
|Gaea Man
|12
|182
|40
|
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|
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|19
|17
|13
|15
|12
|-
|Wood
|Shan Xiao
|14
|199
|45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|22
|19
|15
|17
|14
|-
|Flight
|Gu Huo Niao
|16
|107
|117
|
|Rp
|
|
|
|
|
|
|17
|19
|24
|16
|22
|-
|Raptor
|Moh Shuvuu
|17
|111
|122
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|17
|19
|25
|16
|23
|-
|Drake
|Bai Suzhen
|23
|136
|149
|
|
|
|Nu
|
|
|
|
|23
|25
|33
|21
|30
|-
|Yoma
|Karasu Tengu
|24
|208
|107
|
|
|Rp
|
|
|
|Nu
|
|27
|25
|25
|33
|27
|-
|Beast
|Inugami
|25
|214
|109
|
|
|Rp
|
|
|
|
|Nu
|28
|26
|26
|34
|28
|-
|Nymph
|Senri
|25
|144
|158
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|24
|27
|35
|23
|33
|-
|Wilder
|Nue
|26
|298
|67
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|37
|32
|25
|29
|24
|-
|Femme
|Yuki Jyorou
|29
|160
|178
|
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|
|
|
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|28
|31
|40
|26
|37
|-
|Flight
|Tuofei
|29
|239
|121
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|
|
|Rp
|
|
|
|32
|29
|29
|39
|32
|-
|Horde
|Imperial Guard
|30
|642
|289
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|Nu
|Nu
|52
|47
|39
|43
|37
|-
|Raptor
|Zhen
|31
|340
|76
|
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|34
|31
|31
|41
|34
|}
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
Race 	Demon 	Lvl	HP 	MP 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	ST	DX	MA	AG	LU
Beast 	Hsing-Hsing	48 	420 	171	 	 	Rs	 	Rs	Wk	 	 	69	41	29	67	59
Ghost 	Ghoul 	49 	419 	204	 	 	Wk	 	 	 	Wk	Nu	63	39	54	59	60
Jaki 	Grendel 	50 	1,092	152	 	Rs	 	 	 	Wk	Wk	 	83	46	32	39	41
Wilder	Catoblepas 	52 	844 	196	Rs	 	 	 	 	 	Wk	 	77	42	61	50	61
Beast 	Orthrus 	52 	744 	156	 	 	Nu	Wk	 	 	 	Rs	77	39	59	68	43
Fairy 	Vivian 	52 	469 	303	 	 	Wk	Nu	 	 	Nu	Wk	33	44	79	46	61
Night 	Wild Hunt 	53 	615 	209	 	 	 	 	 	 	Wk	Rs	48	79	40	55	51
Spirit	Pisaca 	54 	593 	222	 	 	Wk	 	 	Nu	Wk	Rs	67	52	43	75	66
Horde 	Jaki Horde 	51 	2,117	304	Rs	Rs	 	 	Wk	Wk	Wk	 	86	56	43	59	67
==Trivia==
*The Devil's Mouth is inspired by the , a carving in Rome that is said to cut off the arm of a liar.
==Gallery==
Ike.jpg|Concept artwork of Ikebukuro in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Ikebukuro Zoushigiya.jpg|Zoushigiya Cemetery in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Ikebukuro Chinatown.jpg|Ikebukuro's Chinatown in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Ikebukuro Casino.jpg|Ikebukuro's Golden Ark Casino in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
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