“Thou art I... and I am thou... From the sea of thy soul, I cometh... I shall lend you my strength...”
Seimen-Kongou is the initial Persona of Naoya Todo and a Demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series featured in Megami Ibunroku Persona.
Naoya first awakens to his Persona when he meets Philemon for the first time in the Collective Unconsciousness. He can be recreated in the Velvet Room, but has Worst affinity for everyone but the protagonist. When Seimen Kongou is returned to the Velvet Room at MAX Rank, he will yield a St Incense.
It evolves into Amon Ra and later into Vishnu over the course of the story.
Physical Appearance[]
Seimen Kongou is the initial Persona of the Protagonist. He can be recreated in the Velvet Room, but has Worst affinity for everyone but the protagonist. When Seimen Kongou is returned to the Velvet Room at MAX Rank, he will yield a St Incense.
Design Variants[]
Seimen-Kongou appears as a Persona card.
Seimen-Kongou was drawn as a tiny chibi character for the Megami Ibunroku Persona manga by Shinshu Ueda.
In-Game Appearances[]
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 Seimen Kongou sprite in Megami Ibunroku Persona  Seimen Kongou sprite in MIP: Iku no to Hen |
Mythological Origins[]
Seimen Kongou, also known as Shoumen Kongou (青面金剛) is a Rakshasa of Hindu lore and a protector deity in Japanese Buddhist lore. The first record of Seimen Kongou comes from the Darani Jikkyou, a 7th-century text. He originally caused disease and suffering, but he rededicated himself to protect from the ills he once caused. He often appears as a blue deity with four arms who carries a three-pronged vajra, a staff, a wheel, and a coiled rope. The four objects represent various things: the Vajra represents the indestructible power of Buddhism; the staff is a ceremonial tool; the wheel represents Buddha's teachings; and the rope is a hunting weapon that symbolizes power over evil.
Appearances[]
- Megami Ibunroku Persona / Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Megami Ibunroku Persona: Otherworldly Tower Chapter
Notes[]
- In Revelations: Persona, the Persona is known as Starion, and it's intro quote is "I'm you, you're me. I have emerged from your soul. I can help you."
- In Seimen Kongou's artwork, he is depicted as having three monkeys. This detail does not appear in his in-game sprite or in the manga.
- The three monkeys wear different accessories to cover certain parts of their body which follows the Japanese pictorial maxim the three wise monkeys. These include one monkey wearing a face mask that only covers the upper part of the face and its eyes ("see no evil"), one wearing a face mask that covers the mouth ("speak no evil") and one wearing headphones ("hear no evil").
- The design of Seimen Kongou was greatly inspired by Star Platinum in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, the third part of Hirohiko Araki's manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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