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(Kanji Tatsumi's GUILDMAS2013 MANLINESS Ratings)
"All right, hey! So, sometimes...s**t, what was I going to say again...?
Sometimes, a man's got to do, what a man's got to do! ...You know what I'm sayin'? And when that time comes, a man's got to be able to stand on his own two feet and fight back against whatever's giving them s**t! Fighting, taking punks down, it ain't all there is to being a man, of course...but if you ain't got the power to make a bunch of punks back off, either, it's better that you know it ahead of time. So you can run, or call in some backup, like my Senpai.
Anyway, when it comes to being a man, NOBODY out there knows more than Kanji Tatsumi! And that's why I'm going to be the one tellin' you, from my own experience, who rates where when it comes to manliness!
And before you ask, you ain't gotta be a dude, either...Chie Senpai's Galactic Punt is overflowing with manliness...believe me."
"Oh Kanji-kuuun...did you just say that my kicks were overflowing with MANLINESS"
"Wha...?! You heard that Chie-senpai?! Oh...OH s**t!?"
"Kanji...take it from me: just run. Run, dude. And don't look back if you value your...uh...necessary parts?"
"Don't help him, Yosuke! He's MINE!"
"RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIIIII-HIHIIHIHIVES!"
"Teddie, why are you freaking out...?"
"GYAAAAA! Ch-Chie-senpai, not...THERE! YEOWCH!"
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"WE'RE DOOOOOMED!" Tier 0 - Lucifer Tier1. Nyarlathotep
2. Hitoshura
3. Tala Ivanov
4. Lewis Keys
5. Shadow Soji
6. Oda Nobunaga
7. Orochi Hetero
8. Lucifer
9. Cesc Fabregas
Tier 1 - Minato/Soji Tier1. Tiir Rumibul
2. Serph Sheffield
3. Dante
4. Ovan the Necromancer
5. Balmung of the Azure Sky
6. Naoya Toudou
7. Minato Arisato
8. Elizabeth & Margaret
9. Soji Seta
10. Tatsuya Suoh
11. Akashi Seijuuro
[Deity-Level
[NPC] Devils and Arcana-Level Shadows and Shades]
Tier 1.5 - Naniyori Tier1. Raiden
2. Naniyori (& the Riders of the Apocalypse)
3. Takaya Sakaki
4. The Children of Loki (Fenrisulfr, Jormungandr, Hel)
5. Hei Nanjou
6. Lord Seo Tachibana-Hakushaku
7. Jian Lin Kuei
8. JOKER
9. Devil King Leaders (Mori, Mitsunari, Date)
10. Gabi
[Fiend-Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 2 - Elke Shula Tier1. Embryon Brigadier Generals (Heat)
2. Haruto Mashiba (Okina Team Fool - Ultimate Persona)
3. Elke Shula
4. King Leo
5. Elite Devil Kings (Fuma, Katakura)
6. Izaya Amatsu
7. Vamp & Orochi-Kabuto
8. Zolf J. Kimblee
9. Elite Lin Kuei (Charo)
10. Sakurazaka Sai
11. Specialist Persona [Tokyo Team] (Murasakibara, Midorima, etc.)
12. Geirin "Kai" Kuzunoha
13. Dual-Persona [SEES Canon] (Akihiko, Mitsuru, Aigis)
14. Elite Taihaku/Iyokono Devils (Gyuki, Saizo Kirigakure)
15. Mihawk Dracule
16. Sieg Shimazu
[Tyrant-Level
NPC Devils]
Tier 2.5 - Zazi Tier1. Ultimate Persona [SEES Canon] (Junpei, Yukari, etc.)
2. Elite Servants of the Mori (Spears 2-4, other)
3. Izuru Shimazu
4. Cid Raines
5. Persona Fusion [I. Team Canon] (Yukiko, Yosuke, etc.)
6. Orochi (Liz, Ray, etc.)
7. Kuzunoha (Raidou, Kyouji)
8. Embryon Captains
9. Sakurazaka Kaori, Denmark, and Kei Munakata
10. Teros, Kazuna, and Yoshizo [Highest-Level Shadow Servants with Shadow Forged Apparel]
[Elite-Level
NPC Demons and Boss-Level Shadows]
Tier 3 - Nuri and Namatame Tier1. Namatame Taro
2. Kisa
3. Persona-Fusion [I. Team]
4. Mataki Hito
5. Strega Reverse-Shadow Masters [Nuri Televaldi]
6. Elite Shadow-Servants [Highest-Level Shadow Servants] (Havok, etc.)
7. Nito "Jakken" Kuzunoha
8. Dual-Persona [SEES-2]
9. Avengers, Devil Kings, Taihaku Demons, High-Ranking Lin Kuei
[Very High Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 3.5 - Mitsuo Kubo Tier 1. Shadow Elites [Messiahs, Messengers with Shadow-Forged We aponry/Armor] (Sano, others)
2. Highest-Level App-Users [Both Demons and Training]
3. Embryon Lieutenants
4. Ultimate Persona-Users [SEES-2, Okina Group, and I. Team]
5. Strega Evolved Reverse-Personas
6. High-Level Kuzunoha Apprentices (Shu)
[High-Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 4 - Embryon Major Tier1. Strega Reverse-Persona-Users
2. High-Level App-Users [Both Demons]
3. Shadow Fusion [Messiahs, Messengers]
4. Evolved Persona-Users [SEES-2, Okina Group and I. Team]
5. Embryon Majors
6. Kuzunoha Apprentices (Asuka, Yatsuda)
[Med-High Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 5 - Embryon Ensign Tier1. Strong Lin Kuei
2. Shadow Persona-Users [Messiahs, Messengers]
3. Embryon Ensigns
4. App-Users [One-Demon, Evolved Class]
5. New Persona-Users [I. Team, Okina Group, SEES-2]
6. Yatagarasu Summoners (Red)
7. New Characters of an Original Class [Kiki-Jiki, etc.]
[Medium-Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 6 - App-Users1. New Lin Kuei Alchemists
2. App-Users [First Demon]
3. New Atma-Users
4. New Summoners
5. Anti-Shadow Units [w/out Persona]
[Low-Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 7 - Ryotaro Dojima Tier1. Ryotaro Dojima
2. Badass Normals
3. Lin Kuei Enforcers
4. JSSDF Soldiers
[Lowest-Level
NPC Demons]
Tier 8 - Naoki Konishi Tier1. Normal PC Characters
Tier 9 - Nanako Dojima Tier1. Nanako Dojima
2. Saya Ebisawa
Tier 10 - Vulcano Rosso Tier1. Faust's Bullies
2. Vulcano Rosso
3. Stoney Val Viper
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This does not change the fact that NPC battles, despite the tier, are still controlled by the NPC. And just because you're on a tier below someone doesn't mean that you can't fight against them...but you're more than likely going to lose, and usually will follow their lead to some degree. Also, fighting in teams against someone on a higher tier gives you a good chance against them. Moving up multiple tiers, though [like the I. Team at the Tournament trying to fight Raiden], usually ends very, very badly.
--Any NPCs which appear but do not have profiles may vary in Tier Rank, which may not be explicitly stated before their introduction. Generally if they do not have a profile and appear during an event under the control of Arena Emperor, assume that the battle against them will be treated like any other NPC battle with that NPC as the lead to whose posts and actions you must react.
[--"[PC]" denotes a Playable Character class or Evolution which can be obtained by Player Characters.]
[--Ratings with a [.5] are characters whose powers fluctuate under different circumstances and can achieve a status sometimes reaching the heights of the Tier above it and sometimes the lows of the Tier below it, though usually they average somewhere in between.]
[--Consider, when looking through the Tiers, character vs. character analyses. Would Character A reasonably defeat Character B in combat? Tiers should represent accurately, to some degree, what would likely happen in each situation.]