The Monado Mandala is the final dungeon of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. It is considered a part of the Sea of Souls.
History[]
The Monad Mandala seems to be referring to the ideas of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who postulated that the "monad" was the smallest individual unit of spiritual substances, the spiritual "equivalent" to the atom. In Gnosticism, it is the spiritual source of all things that flow with pleroma and is the true god from which all aeons originate.
"Mandala" is a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
Appearances[]
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Final dungeon
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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment[]
The party ends up in the Monado Mandala when the party foils Nyarlathotep's scheme by defeating Gozen and throwing the Ameno Torifune into the Sea of Souls. There, they meet Nyarlathotep impersonating Tatsuya Suou to psychologically attack him and remind him of his past failures. By exploiting Tatsuya's rejection against Philemon, Nyarlathotep conducts a final scheme against the party where he would abduct the amnesiac Eikichi, Lisa and Jun and force them to regain their memories of the Other Side; should all three of them recover their memories, Nyarlathotep will win and humanity will be destroyed as the Innocent Sin reality becomes the dominant one. The game will not let Nyarlathotep win as Jun will not recover his memories of the Other Side. Eventually, the party catches up to Nyarlathotep in a place resembling the same spot where they met him back in Xibalba, where he would try to break Tatsuya's spirit. However, roused by the rest of the party, Tatsuya refuses to fall for it. Angered, Nyarlathotep attacks the party with his strongest forms, but was defeated and left with no more ways to further follow up on the party.
Nyarlathotep concedes after the battle and leaves alongside Philemon, but not before leaving a remark that "he will return someday" as he is eternal. This dispels his rumor curse on Sumaru City and cuts off all connection of this reality with the Other Side. As an extra consequence of the Other Side's disintegration, Tatsuya, who came from the Other Side, seemingly ceases to exist alongside it, but he can briefly be seen by Maya during the post-credits.
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