An Unconventional Victory (SMT IV)

Now, here's the opposite of getting softlocked. Against King Kenji, a panicked Trafuri ends the battle, but the Yamato Perpetual Reactor room can simply be reentered immediately following that. Doing so completes the main quest without having to re-fight Kenji, and the game continues with the dialogue that would normally be expected after beating Kenji.

I'm guessing that this happens since the reactor room can be entered multiple times later in the game. As such, there's no flag restricting access to the location after entering once, unlike the White and Lucifer. Also, the game apparently links the completion of the main quest to visiting the room a second time rather than actually beating King Kenji, allowing for further progress in the game. I assume that Kenji is programmed to be present upon entering the room for the first time only, and the game counts Flynn remaining in the room after victory as visiting a second time.

It's very unlikely for this to occur through normal gameplay (as in, without intentionally trying to trigger it with Panic Caster); Kenji only begins using Ancient Curse at around 25% HP, the panic effect is often offset by sleep and bind from Ancient Curse, and Kenji starts using Deceit Chain (which has an additional bind effect) at around that time as well. The odds of Flynn or a demon only suffering from panic, losing control, and subsequently selecting Trafuri in this battle are so low, I'd wager that it's only happened a handful of times among all SMT IV players, but apparently it has happened according to firsthand sources.

[lowhp_comic]

Kenji felt embarrassed that his enemies just decided to leave and so he awkwardly stepped down as king to build on his self-confidence

[MixRedo]

What if you
Wanted to protect the Yamato Perpetual Reactor
But Flynn said
Bye

[finalsurvivor]

Panic Caster is now a skill that people can actually care about getting. What a turnaround.

[BAIGAMING]

I found that forum post where this happened to someone 2 years ago, it's so interesting that someone posted about it and nobody noticed he was telling the truth about a game glitch until now.

[_GLXC]

first time a boss was defeated by an attack that missed

[FungalFury]

Kenji dropped his guard and finally died of exhaustion, truly a kings end.

[YurificationTrademark]

This could help in speedrunning for SMTIV, though I'd say it'll never happen.

[gthpregation_]

So now is the question: In which fights does it give a good reponse and where it has side effects?

[---oqkb]

So wait, this happens if a panicked demon casts trafuri? What about building a demon that only has trafuri, panik caster, and passive skills? So basically making a demon specific for speedrunning?

I know this sounds like it would take too long, but if you don't buy any skill expanding apps, you would only need 2 passives for this to work.

Maybe those apps are needed for speedrunning tho idk.

[darklordliam]

Now to figure out if this works on EVERY boss or just some of them.

[jellotrooper]

how are you fighting Kenji at LEVEL 44??? I grinded to atleast level 60

[tehnik]

Where's the video where you solo Lucifer with Rangda? I can't find it.

[ltb]

Damn, I wish this had happened for me. I hate this boss.

[nbaybbreastsaccount]

Since you didn't kill Kenji does that mean you don't get like 5 law points to your alignment scale?

[allmight]

Since i am currently playing this game and i am going for dex build i was allocating my stats like this
3 dex 2 luck and every third level 2 str and 3 agi
I was gling with 2 str so i can unlock the 100 str door is this a good point allocation and how much str does equipment and accesories give me? I want to know when to stop allocating points to str?