Rumor (Persona 2)

Rumors are an important plot element in the Persona 2 Duology.

Appearances

 * Persona 2: Innocent Sin
 * Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

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Sumaru City, in the Persona 2 duology, has the ability to create "Rumors", which is the ability to turn words into reality just by spreading them and having the population believe in them. In game, it can be used to unlock now features around Sumaru, such as creating additional weaponry and medicine stores, spawning demons of the Rumor Race to get new items and expand the inventory of current stores with advanced medicine or weaponry. The people in Sumaru City uses this ability to make the city prosper, ensure good fortune and create loving relationships. Rumormongers receive these information, spread them and turn them into reality.

However, the power has a much more sinister side, which is any event that has a negative influence to humanity, most notably those that pertain to world destruction, can become reality due to rumors, regardless of how nonsensical or childish they might sound.