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Shadow Matter are a group of bosses and monsters first introduced in Death end re;Quest 2, so far they are exclusive to Death end re;Quest 2 and haven't appeared in any other game since.
Death end re;Quest 2[]
The Shadow Matter stem from Julietta Nolan's curse placed on the town of Le Choara, many regular enemies you fight in the game are classified as Shadow Matter, outside of regular enemies all major bosses in the game are also a form of Shadow Matter, most of them once having been other people that get transformed due to emotional stress.
Mai and Rotten first encounter a special kind of Shadow Matter called ''Dark Shadows'' in Chapter 2, they spawn at fixed locations in Le Choara and serve as a roadblock you have to maneuver around since touching them causes a bloody hand to appear on screen and an instant game over.
The party (now including Liliana) first learns some Shadow Matter might have been human initially after fighting the Succubus and Mai noticing it spoke their language, suggesting it used to be a human. This theory is later proven by them seeing Liliana's mother transform in the Mother Fearest Shadow Matter in Chapter 5.
In Chapter 5 you also start encountering the ''Berserker'' type of Shadow Matter which physically resemble the Dark Shadows from before, although they come in different color varieties. They show up in the middle of battle and will mark an area in battle, at the start of it's turn it will instakill any party member standing inside of it. Different colors of Beserkers will mark areas differently, Yellow Berserkers use an increasingly large circular area, while Purple Berserkers use a variety of lines and cones.
In Chapter 10, Julietta is transformed into a Shadow Matter after Mai, Rotten, and Liliana encounter Sanae Toyama. However, Mai's reunion with her sister is short-lived as Julietta ambushes them and stabs Mai from behind. Julietta reveals that Sanae is genetically compatible with Marbas, and can thus serve as a vessel. With 665 souls, Julietta's plan is nearly complete, with Sanae dead and at least 666 souls accrued, Julietta attempts to have Marbas inhabit her body. Unfortunately for Julietta, she is merely transformed into a Shadow Matter by her own curse.
After beating the main game and making a new game+ save, interacting with the phone and entering this game's Pain Area, you can eventually fight the Nihil Shadow boss on the fourth floor of the Pain Area, it looks like a regular Dark Shadow type Shadow Matter. Defeating it grants access to the fifth and final floor of the Pain Area.
List of Shadow Matter[]
- Kidnapper
- Succubus (Chitsuba Idean)
- Mother Fearest (Liliana's mom)
- Skinshank
- Frenzied Midra (Midra Dollhart)
- Julietta
- Nihil Shadow
Trivia[]
- Shadow Matter are reminiscent of Mary Skelter's ''Nightmares'' as they both serve as bosses at the end of a dungeon, can chase the player while distorting the area around them and can sometimes stem from humans transforming into them due to emotional distress.
- The only boss Shadow Matter in the main game of Death end re;Quest 2 to not be confirmed to be human are Kidnapper and Skinshank
- Skinshank's model is reused in Mary Skelter Finale as the Madonna, Help Doll, Mad Nurse and Dismentor enemies but now wearing a medical cap, wielding a syringe and being recolored.