Administrator

Administrator (管理者, Kanrisha) is a major term in Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker.

History
Administrators, or heavenly deities, have existed since the dawn of time, supervising worlds with their warriors, or "Swords", at their side. They are, for all intents and purposes, like "gods", choosing the fates of the beings that exist in their realm. Each Administrator is chosen accordingly by the being known as Canopus, and as a result, they all have direct access to the Akashic Record, able to control the world as they see fit.

Appearances

 * Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker

Profile
Each Administrator, often being deities or supernatural beings bearing the names of stars within constellations and such, are chosen by Canopus, a being that carefully observes each world and determining their actions, only intervening if there is an "error" in the system. The process in which these beings are given control over a world is called the "Administrator System". Several Administrators, including future ones, have been named in the series, however only two have made an appearance. Those Administrators are Polaris, and Arcturus. It is possible to overthrow an Administrator, as was the case in the Kingmaker Ending, however unless the individual is a recognized, or "true" Administrator, Canopus will regard the person on the Heavenly Throne as an error, and will erase them so that a new Administrator can be placed. It is also possible to have a human sit upon the Heavenly Throne as an Administrator, however, because of the fact that they are human, they will be unable to leave the Akasha Stratum, thus isolated from the human world.

Devil Survivor 2
The Administrator, Polaris, had watched humanity for eons, but had seen that they had swayed from their original purpose due to having been given "freedom" to decide their own fates by one of her Swords: Alcor. In present day, Polaris enacts a trial upon humanity to see if they are still capable of evolving, erasing the world through the power of the Void and sending her Swords, the Septentriones, to test humanity. These trials were known by the Hotsuin family, due to Alcor's actions in teaching them the power to summon demons. Yamato Hotsuin also declares that Polaris is capable of changing the world as she sees fit, and has offered the humans who's ideals are aligned with the will of the species as a whole the power to create a new world order. Yamato states that the world's collapse is due to weak-willed people, and wishes to establish a world based solely on merit. Ronaldo Kuriki, however, disagrees with Yamato's ideals, and desires a world where all individual are treated as equals. To this end, the two formed their own respective factions in order to gain an audience with Polaris, each members believing in their own ideals. Daichi Shijima, however, believes that there is a better way, thus forming a faction of his own in order to bring them to their senses.

The player has the option to choose any of the three factions, however, if their Fate with the Anguished One has reached Rank 4, they can opt for a fourth path to overthrow Polaris, and make him the new Administrator.

In the Liberator Ending, Polaris is destroyed by the party. As their is no longer an Administrator present, nor a being capable of accessing the Akashic Record, the world remains in it's current state, with the Void replaced by an endless ocean.

In the Kingmaker Ending, Al Saiduq overthrows Polaris and assumes the Heavenly Throne. He then uses himself as the foundation for a new world, one free from the control of all future Administrators. Since he overwrote the Akashic Record, the world is then reverted to a new state, one free of culture and technology.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
In the Triangulum Arc, Canopus regarded Al Saiduq as an error, as he was not a true Administrator, and opted to erase him, however this action was thwarted by the protagonist, who's data became heavily corrupted as a result. Because of this, he was not present in the new world created by Saiduq. With the absence of an Administrator on the Heavenly Throne, Canopus appointed Arcturus to the position, and with him, his Swords: the Triangulum. Afterwards, it deactivated itself and slept for a majority until Arcturus was destroyed, and Saiduq once again accessed the Akashic Record to regress the world. Yamato stayed behind in the Astrolabe to repair the protagonist's data, knowing that he would be needed if they wished to succeed, as all but him and Saiduq were left alive after the Triangulum's assault. After the world was regressed, Canopus locked down the Astrolabe to prevent further misuse of the system, and upon noticing the absence of Yamato Hotsuin, created someone to fill the void, a Triangulum/human hybrid named Miyako Hotsuin.

At first, Miyako was unaware of her true purpose until she encountered Saiduq. Upon regaining her memories, she opts to make Saiduq a true Administrator, but in order to do this, the Triangulum, including herself and Arcturus, had to be destroyed with only their cores intact, and the Administrative Authority, the very thing that allows Administrators to assume their positions and change the world, transferred to him. However, Saiduq has given the Administrative Authority to the protagonist and his friends, in order to prevent another Administrator known as Er Rai from assuming the Heavenly Throne. Saiduq was apalled by the idea, and wanting to believe in his friends potential, but also Miyako's, rejected the idea. In response, Miyako knocked him out, and set her plan in motion.

Through out the course of the story, Arcturus and the Triangulum erase the world at a much faster rate than even the Septentrione invasion. The Triangulum are also simultaneously attacking the protagonist's data, rendering him as a threat, or an irregularity that didn't exist previously.