The Shining One (Devil Survivor 2)

>       It was a long journey to get here, Hibiki. Whatever this new world of ours may become, as long as you and I walk its paths, there will be nothing to worry about
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## Summary

The Shining One, commonly referred to as Hibiki Kuze in different adaptations, is the playable protagonist of Devil Survivor 2 and its enhanced re-release, Record Breaker. He is very comical in how he approaches people, with some characters commenting on his good sense of humor, and is incredibly gutsy under pressure. He is also knowledgeable and well-read based on his responses

He is one of the "Shining Ones", as Alcor calls him, and while the nickname does carry Christian origins, it's not meant in that manner, as it's merely referring to his immense potential as a human being, to the point he is "shining" with potential in the eyes of the septentrion.

Prior to the events of the game, The Shining One was a normal high-school student who just graduated and passed his entrance exams into university, After the exams, while hanging out with his friend he is convinced to register onto "Nicea", a site that allegedly shows the predictions of deaths of your friends, and is immediately shown a scene of him and his friends dying in a metro station accident before the incident actually plays out and the "demon summoning program" is downloaded onto his phone, at which point he is saved by a demon summoned from his phone. From there his life turns completely upside down, as he is forced to confront septentrions, "the swords of the administrator", in a test to see humanity's worth in god's eyes.

Later on, after the world is reset following the death of the current administrator, humanity is attacked by Traingulum and Arcturus, next in line for the position of administrator, who are ultimately defeated alongside the creator of the Devil Survivor 2 cosmology by the hands of The Shining One and his allies.

If the player so chooses, The Shining One may choose a world of meritocracy, ultimate equality, revert to how things were before, or start things from a blank slate. In the Triangulum campaign, The Shining One is forced to choose between a new world without administrators, eternal war or becoming an administrator himself and overlooking humanity as their protector.

## Powers and Stats

**Name**: The Shining One(the only way he is referred to in the game), Hibiki Kuze(The anime, and effectively canon, name), and Hiro Kageyama(The manga name) The Rizzard of Oz(Bro really rizzed up 9 people in 7 days without trying and rizzed up a goddess in 1 interaction)

**Origin**: Devil Survivor 2

**Gender**: Male

**Age**: 17-18(graduated high-school)

**Classification**: Human, Administrator, The Shining Potential

**Powers and Abilities**: Superhuman characteristics and Weapons Mastery(Via Guns, Knives, Battle, Leveling, and Training; Physical Stats, Magic, and Improved Resistances.) Conceptual Manipulation, Axiom Manipulation, Reality Warping, Existence Erasure, Power Nullification, and Subjective Reality (As a human he is capable of utilizing observation/cognition, the ability of humans to assign answers to phenomena, which in turn becomes the truth, and reality itself being defined entirely by human perception. Human understanding being what anthropomorphizes the natural phenomena of the world creating demons, which includes beings like Ouroboros who embody the concept of infinity, or the demiurge who is stated to create the world of Platonic ideas. With the beliefs of something's non-existence actually manifesting in that something ceasing to exist, and human understanding also being shown to reject one's power to the point their existence is downgraded entirely) Reactive Evolution (Humans are able to get more powerful after defeating strong demons or even as they are in the middle of battle, even against opponents ontologically superior to them, and are able to grow massively in strength in the span of merely a day's time or less, either through resolve, the threat of death, or training, or the bonds they hold dear)

With **Nicea**: (List of available skills)

Death Manipulation (Death Call), Life Manipulation (Judgement), Status Effect Inducement (Marin Karin, Sweet Talk, Nigayomogi and all gaze/eyes skills), Curse Manipulation (Demon Dance), Wind Manipulation (Zan skills), Fire Manipulation (Agi skills), Ice Manipulation (Bufu skills), Electricity Manipulation (Zio skills), Damage Boost (Power boost), Damage Reduction (Taunt), Healing (Dia), Resurrection (Recarm), Attack Reflection (Makarakarn, Tetrakarn and Repel skills), Power Absorption (Drain skills), Probability Manipulation (Crit up, Ares Aid, and Extra bonus), Resistance Negation (Pierce), Power Nullification (Ban skills), Statistics Amplification (Any boost, amp skills), Resistance Negation, Death Manipulation and possibly Existence Erasure (Megido is defined as pale light of divinity that governs destruction and brings annihilation beyond death to the opponents, with other "divine light" spells being defined as existence erasure, and almighty skills completely ignoring the defenses provided by equipment that bend the laws of reality to protect it's user), Power Mimicry (Skill crack allows them to download the abilities of the enemy and use them in combat)

**With the 4 factors:**

Everything previously mentioned to a higher degree, Immunity to everything listed, and Invulnerability (The prime factors render everything within the world of devil survivor 2 completely pointless against itself, while also amplifying the attacks to a degree where they're lethal all the time)

**As the administrator**:

Metaphysics Manipulation (Type 1) and Possibility Manipulation (As the administrator he can freely manipulate the akashic record, which is the medium that contains every single concept, possibility, and phenomena that make up the world and allow people to be effectively all-powerful within a given reality) Acausality (Type 5), Beyond Dimensional Existence (Type 3), Transduality (Type 5) (Exists beyond all of the concepts and phenomena that make up the world)

**Speed:** **Irrelevant**

**Lifting Strength**: **Irrelevant**

**Striking Strength**: **Transcendent**+

**Durability**: **Transcendent**+

**Stamina**: High

**Range**: Not specified. Extendable with his phone

**Standard Equipment:** His phone

**Intelligence**: Above average (Can keep up with Fumi's thought process to the point she feels affectionate towards him for it)