“Who calls to me…? One who shines in unimaginable darkness… Will you even draw on your hollow self for your strength…? I am Magatsu-Izanagi… I will determine the path you take…”
Magatsu-Izanagi is the Persona of Tohru Adachi and a Demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series featured in Persona 4.
Magatsu-Izanagi is the Persona of Tohru Adachi, the one truly responsible for the murders in Inaba. It follows the form of Izanagi, as it is actually bestowed upon Adachi without Adachi's knowledge by Izanami when he first arrived in the rural town. Magatsu-Izanagi takes the form of a bloody Izanagi, and its stats and skills from Adachi's battle stats. Magatsu-Izanagi also has a hidden resistance to Physical attacks, and as a result Adachi will only take half damage from them.
Physical Appearance[]
Magatsu-Izanagi takes the form of Izanagi but he is blood red with yellow eyes. He has red aura flowing around him and red lightning on his coat.
Design Variants[]
In Persona 5 Royal's DLC, Magatsu-Izanagi takes on a Picaro form, which is pitch black with wide orange eyes and mouth like a Jack-O-Lantern. It also has black and white star patterns on its body.
Other Video Game Appearances[]
| Other Video Game Appearances | |
|---|---|
 Magatsu-Izanagi in Persona 3 Reload  Magatsu-Izanagi in Persona 4 Arena  Magatsu-Izanagi in Persona 5  Magatsu Izanagi in Persona Q |
Mythological Origins[]
Magatsu-Izanagi (禍津伊弉諾) means "Calamity Izanagi." This refers to Izanagi's state before he washed away the filth from Yomotsu Hirasaka in a failed mission to retrieve his late consort, Izanami.
Appearances[]
- Persona 3 Reload
- Persona 4 / Golden
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona 5 / Royal
- Persona O.A.
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Trivia[]
- Magatsu-Izanagi is colored red; this alludes to the Magatsuhi in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, the substance consumed by demons visualized as red flowing spots.
- In Ultimax, should Adachi be pitted in a fight against Aigis, the former will state before the battle starts that Magatsu-Izanagi reacts violently towards Athena as if Izanagi was its opponent instead, as opposed to the inherent friendliness between Izanagi and Athena. This may possibly be due to the fact that Athena is very closely related to Izanagi, as Aigis and Yu share the same Persona ability.
- Using cheat codes in Persona 4, it is possible to have the protagonist equip Magatsu-Izanagi as a Persona, categorized as a Persona of the Fool Arcana. He has his own stats, a portrait, but no moves, so one must hack in skills for him to use.
- If a player uses a hacked-in physical skill with Magatsu-Izanagi, he has a unique second physical attack animation, in which he lunges at his enemies and stabs them repeatedly. This animation is unused during the actual boss battle.
- Unlike other Personas that a protagonist can equip in their respective games, Magatsu-Izanagi is the only one capable of being equipped by both a Wild Card user and one who wields it without the use of the Wild Card.
- As the negative form of Izanagi, he has different animations when attacking or casting spells. Izanagi looks more dignified, while Magatsu-Izanagi makes more arrogant and threatening movements. Also, unlike Izanagi, Magatsu-Izanagi wields his spear in an under-hand fashion.
- Also in Ultimax, Magatsu-Izanagi also acts very feral in its actions almost like a berserker (very much like Thanatos), such as using claw rips during Adachi's 5C moves, tackling his opponent during his 2C attacks, and also using a vicious claw slash for Ghastly Wail (and impaling its opponent to death if they are inflicted with fear).
