History Foil / TheWorldEndsWithYou

** Neku and Shooter. Both of them are {{The Protagonist}}/{{The Hero}} in their stories (Neku in Main Story and Shooter in Another Day), have friends that {{foil}}s to them (Neku with Shiki, Joshua, and Beat and Shooter with Yammer), and are Tin Pin Slammer's players and fans (although, for AD!Neku. The Main!Neku doesn't treat it like SeriousBusiness). But whereas Neku is DeadpanSnarker ByronicHero, Shooter is HotBlooded IdiotHero. Neku and Shooter even get [[ColourCodedCharacters corresponding color designations]] in Another Day, where Neku is Blue while Shooter is Red. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Gary]].

** Neku and Shooter. Both of them are {{The Protagonist}}/{{The Hero}} in their stories (Neku in Main Story and Shooter in Another Day) and have friends that {{foil}}s to them (Neku with Shiki, Joshua, and Beat and Shooter with Yammer). Neku. Neku and Shooter even get [[ColourCodedCharacters corresponding color designations]] in Another Day. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Gary]].

** Neku and Shooter. Both of them are TheProtagonist/{{The Hero}} in their stories (Neku in Main Story and Shooter in Another Day) and have friends that {{foil}}s to them (Neku with Shiki, Joshua, and Beat and Shooter with Yammer). Neku. Neku and Shooter even get [[ColourCodedCharacters corresponding color designations]] in Another Day. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Gary]].

** Neku and Shooter. Both of them are TheProtagonist/TheHero in their stories (Neku in Main Story and Shooter in Another Day) and have friends that {{foil}}s to them (Neku with Shiki, Joshua, and Beat and Shooter with Yammer). Neku. Neku and Shooter even get [[ColourCodedCharacters corresponding color designations]] in Another Day. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Gary]].

** Neku and Shooter. Both of them are {{The Protagonist}}s/{{The Hero}}es in their stories (Neku in Main Story and Shooter in Another Day) and . Shooter and Neku even get [[ColourCodedCharacters corresponding color designations]] in Another Day.

* Shooter and Yammer. Both of them are {{Best Friend}}s, Tin Pin Slammer's players and fans, YoungerThanTheyLook, and wear FingerlessGloves. But whereas Shooter is HotBlooded IdiotHero who simply slams his pins with his heart and soul, Yammer is DeadpanSnarker extremely knowledgeable of Tin Pin Slammer who illegally customizes his pins to have additional abilities. As result, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Shooter]] [[CheatersNeverProsper is much better at Tin Pin Slammer]] which made [[GreenEyedMonster Yammer jealous of his skills]]. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Gary]].

** Neku and Shooter. Shooter and Neku even get corresponding color designations in Another Day.

* Uzuki and Kariya. Both of them are AffablyEvil Reapers and have VillainousFriendship towards each other. But while Uzuki is an AlphaBitch {{Jerkass}} who is easily excitable and easily [[HairTriggerTemper angered]] and wants to do nothing but get promoted up through the ranks of the Reapers is revealed to have issues of [[CantCatchUp her own failings as a Reaper]] and wants to move up in order to bring Kariya up through the ranks with her, not wanting to feel like she’s dragging him down to her level.

* Uzuki and Kariya. Both of them are Reapers

* Uzuki and Kariya.

** Neku and Shooter. He and Neku even get corresponding color designations in Another Day.

* Shooter and Yammer. Both of them are {{Best Friend}}s, Tin Pin Slammer's players and fans, YoungerThanTheyLook, and wear FingerlessGloves. But whereas Shooter is HotBlooded IdiotHero who simply slams his pins with his heart and soul, Yammer is DeadpanSnarker extremely knowledgeable of Tin Pin Slammer who illegally customizes his pins to have additional abilities. As result, [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Shooter]] [[CheatersNeverProsper is much better at Tin Pin Slammer]] which made [[GreenEyedMonster Yammer jealous of his skills]]. A complete ShoutOut towards [[Franchise/Pokemon Ash and Gary]].

* Shooter and Yammer. Both of them are {{BestFriend}}s, Tin Pin Slammer's players and fans, YoungerThanTheyLook, and wear FingerlessGloves. But whereas Shooter is HotBlooded IdiotHero who simply slams his pins with his heart and soul, Yammer is DeadpanSnarker extremely knowledgeable of Tin Pin Slammer who illegally customizes his pins to have additional abilities. As result, [[CheatersNeverProsper Shooter is much better at Tin Pin Slammer]] which made [[GreenEyedMonster Yammer jealous of his skills]].

* Shooter and Yammer.

* Neku with all of his [[VitriolicBestBuds Part]][[RedOniBlueOni ners]] and [[AntiVillain a]] [[MadMathematician few]] [[BigBad Reapers]].

* Joshua and Minamimoto. Both of them have total disregard for human life when it comes to their plans. However, [[CharacterDevelopment unlike Joshua, who learned to improve himself for the better and to expand his horizons]] (thanks to Neku's help), Minamimoto has no such revelation and remains a crazy son of a digit right to the end.

* Neku with all of his partners.

* Neku and [[BigBad Kitaniji]]. Kitaniji is essentially a look at what a grown-up Neku would be like if he had never learned the lessons he did in the game, with both of them wearing [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation headphones]], having a passion for the arts, and having a mutual dislike of other people, seeing them as inherently flawed and worthless. However, [[CharacterDevelopment whereas Neku learns to fully embrace Shibuya, faults and all, and appreciate other viewpoints and ideologies,]] Kitaniji flat out rejects them, instead of trying to force his will on others in an attempt to achieve total conformity.
* Neku and [[MadMathematician Minamimoto]]. Both are highly talented and motivated {{Broken Ace}}s with huge amounts of Imagination (Neku is one of the most powerful Players in the game while Minamimoto is regarded as a top-class Reaper with one of the highest erasure streaks in the history of the UG) that [[ManBehindTheMan Hanekoma]] takes a personal interest in for their use when it comes to the Reaper’s Game. They both believe that no one can ever truly understand them and share a distaste for cooperation and other people in general, and are mostly in it for themselves. However, whereas Neku learns to let go of his self-centered mindset and to use his talents for the benefit of other people besides himself, Minamimoto never chooses to reflect upon himself and stays a total asshole to the very end.
* Joshua and Minamimoto. Both of them have total disregard for human life when it comes to their plans. However, [[CharacterDevelopment unlike Joshua, who learned to improve himself for the better and to expand his horizons]] (thanks to Neku's help), Minamimoto has no such revelation and remains a crazy son of a digit right to the end.
* In gameplay, all of Kariya's attacks are supercharged versions of Neku's psychs.

* Joshua and Minamimoto. Both of them have total disregard for human life when it comes to their plans. However, [[CharacterDevelopment unlike Joshua, who both learned to improve themselves for the better and to expand his horizons]] (thanks to Neku's help), Minamimoto has no such revelation and remains a crazy son of a digit right to the end.

* Neku and [[MadMathematician Sho Minamimoto]]. Both are highly talented and motivated {{Broken Ace}}s with huge amounts of Imagination (Neku is one of the most powerful Players in the game while Sho is regarded as a top-class Reaper with one of the highest erasure streaks in the history of the UG) that [[ManBehindTheMan Hanekoma]] takes a personal interest in for their use when it comes to the Reaper’s Game. They both believe that no one can ever truly understand them and share a distaste for cooperation and other people in general, and are mostly in it for themselves. However, whereas Neku learns to let go of his self-centered mindset and to use his talents for the benefit of other people besides himself, Sho never chooses to reflect upon himself and stays a total asshole to the very end.

* Konishi and Beat, in many ways. Whereas Beat is a loudmouthed IdiotHero with a penchant for [[LeeroyJenkins charging into a fray with no plans]] and being fiercely devoted and protective of the people he cares about, Konishi is a calculating ManipulativeBitch who always tries to plan two steps ahead of everyone else and will [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstab just about anyone to achieve her goals.]]
* Neku and [[BigBad Kitaniji]]. Kitaniji is essentially a look at what a grown up Neku would be like if he had never learned the lessons he did in the game, with both of them wearing [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation headphones]], having a passion for the arts, and having a mutual dislike of other people, seeing them as inherently flawed and worthless. However, [[CharacterDevelopment whereas Neku learns to fully embrace Shibuya, faults and all, and appreciate other viewpoints and ideologies,]] Kitaniji flat out rejects them, instead trying to force his will on others in an attempt to achieve total conformity.
* Neku and [[MadMathematician Sho Minamimoto]]. Both are highly talented and motivated {{Broken Ace}}s with huge amounts of Imagination (Neku is one of the most powerful Players in the game while Sho is regarded as a top-class Reaper with one of the highest erasure streaks in the history of the UG) that [[ManBehindTheMan Hanekoma]] takes a personal interest in for their use when it comes to the Reaper’s Game. They both believe that no one can ever truly understand them and share a distaste for cooperation and other people in general, and are mostly in it for themselves. However, whereas Neku learns to let go of his self-centered mindset and to use his talents for the benefits of other people besides himself, Sho never chooses to reflect upon himself and stays a total asshole to the very end.

** Neku and Joshua. They are the very obvious foils, and it can be argued that this contributes significantly to both of their character developments. Both have very negative outlooks on the world, initially, and have extraordinary trouble understanding other human beings around them. Joshua even goes so far as to constantly point out these similarities between them, egging Neku on about it, until Neku points out that he actually has a desire to understand people and not just give up on understanding them altogether (which comes as a genuine surprise to Joshua). Also, there's the fact that Joshua was responsible for Neku's death and involvement in The Reapers' Game, making him technically an antagonist all along, which makes their similarities [[MirrorCharacter equal parts interesting and ironic]], and even emphasizes the different viewpoints between the two of them. It's also implied that Neku's change of heart over the course of the game is what spurs on Joshua's change of heart and ends up actually saving the day.

* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Neku Sakuraba]]. Picks up at least [[RuleOfThree three]] throughout his time in the Reaper’s Game.
** [[BirdsOfAFeather Joshua]] can be considered the logical extreme of Neku’s previous mindset, with both of them having trouble being able to understand others, only instead of showing outright disdain like Neku, he opts for a more smug, self-righteous temperament. However, unlike Joshua, who has made this mindset more or less his way of life, Neku finds himself caught between his old worldview and newfound beliefs throughout Week 2 and eventually develops a desire to actually understand people and not give up on them altogether, which comes as a genuine surprise to Joshua.
** [[BigBad Kitaniji]] is essentially a look at what a grown up Neku would be like if he had never learned the lessons he did in the game, with both of them wearing [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation headphones]], having a passion for the arts, and having a mutual dislike of other people, seeing them as inherently flawed and worthless. However, [[CharacterDevelopment whereas Neku learns to fully embrace Shibuya, faults and all, and appreciate other viewpoints and ideologies,]] Kitaniji flat out rejects them, instead trying to force his will on others in an attempt to achieve total conformity.
** [[MadMathematician Sho Minamimoto]] is a very big one for Neku. Both are highly talented and motivated {{Broken Ace}}s with huge amounts of Imagination (Neku is one of the most powerful Players in the game while Sho is regarded as a top-class Reaper with one of the highest erasure streaks in the history of the UG) that [[ManBehindTheMan Hanekoma]] takes a personal interest in for their use when it comes to the Reaper’s Game. They both believe that no one can ever truly understand them and share a distaste for cooperation and other people in general, and are mostly in it for themselves. However, whereas Neku learns to let go of his self-centered mindset and to use his talents for the benefits of other people besides himself, Sho never chooses to reflect upon himself and stays a total asshole to the very end.

* Konishi and Beat, in many ways. Whereas Beat is a loudmouthed IdiotHero with a penchant for [[LeeroyJenkins charging into a fray with no plans]] and being fiercely devoted and protective of the people he cares about, Konishi is a calculating ManipulativeBitch who always tries to plan two steps ahead of everyone else and will [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstab just about anyone to achieve her goals.]]

** Neku and Joshua. They are the very obvious foils, and it can be argued that this contributes significantly to both of their character developments. Both have very negative outlooks on the world, initially, and have extraordinary trouble understanding other human beings around them. Joshua even goes so far as to constantly point out these similarities between them, egging Neku on about it, until Neku points out that he actually has a desire to understand people and not just give up on understanding them altogether (which comes as a genuine surprise to Joshua.) Also, there's the fact that Joshua was responsible for Neku's death and involvement in The Reapers' Game, making him technically an antagonist all along, which makes their similarities [[MirrorCharacter equal parts interesting and ironic]], and even emphasizes the different viewpoints between the two of them. It's also implied that Neku's change of heart over the course of the game is what spurs on Joshua's change of heart and ends up actually saving the day.

* Depending on how you see it, Beat and Rhyme. Beat seems HotBlooded and devoted to becoming the best skater ever, while Rhyme is calm, but doesn't have a dream of her own. It eventually turns out that they're the opposite of how they seem at first; Beat initially lacked motivation, while Rhyme "had a million reasons to live", in Beat's words, and she kept believing in him.

** Neku and Joshua. They are the very obvious foils, and it can be argued that this contributes significantly to both of their character developments. Both have very negative outlooks on the world, initially, and have extraordinary trouble understanding other human beings around them. Joshua even goes so far as to constantly point out these similarities between them, egging Neku on about it, until Neku points out that he actually has a desire to understand people and not just give up on understanding them altogether (which comes as a genuine surprise to Joshua.) Also, there's the fact that [[spoiler:Joshua was responsible for Neku's death and involvement in The Reapers' Game, making him technically an antagonist all along,]] which makes their similarities [[MirrorCharacter equal parts interesting and ironic]], and even emphasizes the different viewpoints between the two of them. [[spoiler:It's also implied that Neku's change of heart over the course of the game is what spurs on Joshua's change of heart and ends up actually saving the day.]]

** Neku and Beat. The former is a DeadpanSnarker who gradually learns to open up to people and fight for the sake of people besides himself, while the latter is especially devoted to his partner [[spoiler:and sister]] to the point where he would [[spoiler:join with the Reapers in the hopes of restoring her to normal]].

* Depending on how you see it, Beat and Rhyme. Beat seems HotBlooded and devoted to becoming the best skater ever, while Rhyme is calm, but doesn't have a dream of her own. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:they're the opposite of how they seem at first; Beat initially lacked motivation, while Rhyme "had a million reasons to live", in Beat's words, and she kept believing in him.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'':
** Neku and Joshua are also very obvious foils, and it can be argued that this contributes significantly to both of their character developments. Both have very negative outlooks on the world, initially, and have extraordinary trouble understanding other human beings around them. Joshua even goes so far as to constantly point out these similarities between them, egging Neku on about it, until Neku points out that he actually has a desire to understand people and not just give up on understanding them altogether (which comes as a genuine surprise to Joshua.) Also, there's the fact that [[spoiler:Joshua was responsible for Neku's death and involvement in The Reapers' Game, making him technically an antagonist all along,]] which makes their similarities [[MirrorCharacter equal parts interesting and ironic]], and even emphasizes the different viewpoints between the two of them. [[spoiler:It's also implied that Neku's change of heart over the course of the game is what spurs on Joshua's change of heart and ends up actually saving the day.]]
** Shiki and Neku. Shiki being a cheerful, empathetic, energetic NiceGirl to Neku’s initial sour, cynical, self-centered {{Jerkass}} personality. [[NotSoDifferentRemark However, it then gets revealed that they’re both lost and confused about themselves]], which Neku himself notes and relates to.
** Shiki and Joshua. Despite Shiki not having any face-to-face contact with Joshua in the main game. [[MoralityChain She constantly encourages Neku to be more thoughtful and caring for others]], appealing to Neku’s better nature, whereas [[TheCorrupter Joshua tries to passively encourage Neku to give in to his hatred of others and self-defeating cynicism.]] She is also more supportive and encouraging of Neku in contrast to Joshua’s constant trolling of him.
** The game's manual openly states that Neku and Beat are complete opposites. The former is a DeadpanSnarker who gradually learns to open up to people and fight for the sake of people besides himself, while the latter is especially devoted to his partner [[spoiler:and sister]] to the point where he would [[spoiler:join with the Reapers in the hopes of restoring her to normal]].
** And, depending on how you see it, Beat and Rhyme, too. Beat seems HotBlooded and devoted to becoming the best skater ever, while Rhyme is calm, but doesn't have a dream of her own. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:they're the opposite of how they seem at first; Beat initially lacked motivation, while Rhyme "had a million reasons to live", in Beat's words, and she kept believing in him.]]
** Konishi and Beat, in many ways. Whereas Beat is a loudmouthed IdiotHero with a penchant for [[LeeroyJenkins charging into a fray with no plans]] and being fiercely devoted and protective of the people he cares about, Konishi is a calculating ManipulativeBitch who always tries to plan two steps ahead of everyone else and will [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstab just about anyone to achieve her goals.]]

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