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| “ | Knowledge of the truth is not everything. Yet drunk with truth, you exceeded your role and became too involved... Now, learn for yourselves whose wrath you have brought down! | „ |
| ~ Izanami chiding the Investigation Team for challenging her. |
Izanami is the overarching antagonist in Persona 4. She is a goddess that is interested in humanity, and wants to fulfill their deepest desire. She is also responsible for all of the events in the game, as she is the one who awakened Personas inside Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi and Taro Namatame, and as such also allowed them into enter the TV World. She did this because she wanted to learn more about humanity and their desire.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- She awakens the ability to enter the TV World for Adachi and Namatame. This led Adachi to indirectly murder Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi, and led Namatame to endanger several teenagers by pushing them into the TV World thanks to Adachi manipulating him into thinking that pushing them into the TV world would save them. And Izanami is indirectly responsible for this.
- She attempts to drown the entire world in fog, after believing that is what humanity has desired after observing Adachi, which would result in everyone turning into Shadows, pretty much giving them a fate worse than death as Shadows are a dull husk of negative emotions.
- Demeans Marie as a stunted failure despite being responsible for her previous state as well as being a part of her.
- While other gods in the series have attempted to wipe out humanity, Izanami stands out due to turning everyone into Shadows.
- While one could argue that she fails to Adachi, who attempted to do the same thing as her with lesser resources, Adachi couldn't have done it in the first place if not for Izanami granting him the powers to do so, thus making Izanami stand out.
- In all endings except the True Ending, she gets away scot-free without getting punished for her crimes, biding her time to unleash the fog on humanity again once the time arrives.
What Prevents Her from Being Pure Evil?[]
- She is slightly affable as, despite her smugness towards the heroes, she can be polite towards them and her last words towards them are her congratulating them for beating her.
- She is also an extremist, as her intentions of wanting to do what humanity desires was genuine and completely altruistic, not to mention misguided after solely observing Adachi.
- In Persona 4 Golden, Marie, or Kusumi-no-Okami, states that Izanami is a piece of her that split off from her, and that she is humanity's unconscious wish, and that Izanami is the part that represents wanting to grant humanity's wish. This likely gives her moral agency issues.
Trivia[]
- Izanami is the only NPE to come from Persona 4.
External links[]
- Izanami on the Villains Wiki.
- Izanami on the Megami Tensei Wiki.
- Izanami on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki.
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