History VideoGame / NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou

A playable demo was released on June 25, 2021 and the full game was released on July 27, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch and [=PlayStation=] 4, and September 28, 2021 for PC via the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore. The game was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 19, 2022.

* NothingLeftToDoButDie: [[spoiler:Shoka]]. Rindo is shocked to learn that [[spoiler:leaving the Reapers]] guarantees erasure, but doubly shocked to learn that [[spoiler:Shoka ''knew'' that, and is quite prepared to be erased rather than eternally run the Reaper's Game. Eventually defied when Joshua shows up and teleports Shoka into the RG.]]

** In Week 3, Day 3, it's shown how NPCs infected with plague noise rapidly succumb to [[EmptyShell Shibuya Syndrome]], but Fret is able to bring one of them back to lucidity with his Remind ability. Later [[spoiler: Fret is able to use it on Kanon after she's possessed to let her die as herself]] and on the final day [[spoiler: the party is able to apply it to the whole of Shibuya to cure the city of Shibuya Syndrome.]]

* HollywoodHacking: Apparently, [[spoiler:mundane hacking can be used to communicate between the RG and the UG. In this case, it appears to be because the RNS is an actual app distributed to Reapers and Players rather than a supernatural creation.]]

* BraggingRightsReward: Thankfully averted with the Black Cat pin set. The last game's Darklit Planet set could normally only be completed by either defeating both the FinalBoss and the strongest BonusBoss on [[HarderThanHard Ultimate difficulty]] or [[RandomNumberGod getting one of their drops as the random tradeable at WildKat]], leaving you with no clear target for them (unless you were playing the ''Final Remix''). Getting the different pins for the Black Cat set is not quite so brutal, and as such you can actually fight several bosses with them to get different other rewards.

* BrutalBonusLevel: In Another Day, [[spoiler:Rhyme can be found in Dogenzaka as a 10-chain Dive battle with a recommended level of 80 and a T-Rex Noise with a damage-increasing buff as the final fight]].

* SixthRangerTraitor: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[spoiler:Shoka initally joins the Wicked Twisters as TheMole in order to redeem herself in the eyes of the Reapers. However, her guilt over betraying the Twisters and her love of Shibuya causes her to refuse to come back to the Reapers, defecting from them in favor of the Twisters.]]

* DoubleUnlock: Social Network rewards. First you have to unlock the character's node itself by meeting said character. Then you have to activate it, which is done by doing their side-quest for RG NPCs, spending money for shopkeepers and automatically during story progression for important characters. Then you have to connect their nodes to Rindo through a chain of acquaintances. And only then can you actually redeem the reward by spending Friendship Points, which are gained from completing the side-quests. Somewhat downplayed, because most nodes are unlocked more or less with the story progress with little to no input from player (and you'll check every shop and cafe anyway), and most of the nodes with really important skills are activated the same way, requiring from the player only to do some quests to get a few FP.

** Though the original game was vague whether being Erased was any different from dying (or rather, failing to come back to life), ''NEO'' explicitly shows it removes all physical trace and memories of the affected from the RG, though people who were in the UG at the time can still remember them. [[spoiler:Rindo's second attempt going through the Final Day leaves him the SoleSurvivor, and when he's returned to the RG, everyone but him has forgotten about his friends.]]
** The Game can even cause ''entire cities'' to be erased from reality and memory. [[spoiler:When the Wicked Twisters learn about this, they're shocked that a city could just up and vanish like that without them having heard about it, but show they indeed have lost any memory of Shinjuku.]]
** [[spoiler:Kubo's exorcism removes him even more thoroughly than being erased. Even in the UG, people [[WistfulAmnesia only vaguely recall him]] when directly reminded, and Kubo is still physically gone when Rindo ''travels back in time'' to before it happened. However the consequences of his actions still remain and the heroes are left to deal with it.]]

** Week 2, Day 7. Just when it seems like the Wicked Twisters have ''finally'' defeated the Ruinbringers and come out on top, [[spoiler:it turns out their leader is none other than ''Shiba'', who coerces Rindo into conceding lest the Twisters all be erased by Plague Noise. Also, Shoka, who joined the team earlier that day, is revealed to have been spying on them for a chance at rejoining the Reapers, only to shock both Shiba and Rindo by saying she wants to stay with the Wicked Twisters.]]

A playable demo was released on June 25, 2021 and the full game was released on July 27, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch and [=PlayStation=] 4, and September 28, 2021 for PC via the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore.

* AnAesop: Just like the original, the world really does end with you. This game puts a spin on it though - while the original's message can be interpreted as "misanthropy and shutting out the world will only lead to suffering", this game's interpretation of the original ArcWords is more along the lines of "you need to take a chance and be decisive with your life if you want it to go your way". The core thrust of Rindo's CharacterDevelopment is learning to make decisions and take risks, as well as trusting in himself and his allies to win the day. As such, the message can be seen as an addendum to the first game’s. Trust in others and yourself.
** In that vein, another lesson that can be divulged from that is “going with the flow will not necessarily get you through life”. Rindo and Fret try to go with the flow and believe that things will go their way. Shoka tells them from the beginning that coasting by will not let them win the Reaper’s Game at all. What cements this is that unlike the first game’s Reaper’s Game, you will not survive the game by just finishing the days mission or having someone else complete it. Players have to actively work to get more points so their team doesn’t end up in last place, which will get them erased by the end of the week. Nothing goes their way until Rindo begins making big decisions. Unlike the first game, the right choice isn’t readily available for the team and Rindo needs to use his brain along with TimeTravel to think his way out of a problem.

** Don’t measure people’s worth based on their immediate usefulness. When Nagi and [[spoiler: Beat]] join the team, Rindo immediately believes they're not very useful because they don’t measure up to Minamimoto and what he thinks of [[spoiler: Neku]], strength-wise respectively. Both end up being useful but in different ways that ultimately benefit the team and [[spoiler: Minamimoto ends up ditching the team when they’re no longer useful to him.]]
*** A lesson in that vein is, don’t rely on someone strong to carry you through life.

* BossInMooksClothing: The Maximizaurus Rex, a dinosaur-type Noise new to ''NEO'' that can be found as random overworld encounters during Week 3. Each one has '''44,000 HP''', more than most bosses in the game, and their damage output is nothing short of astronomical and can easily wipe your team with a few good hits.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: At the end of Week 2, [[spoiler:when the Wicked Twisters actually managed to beat Tsugumi, putting them in first place and dethroning the Ruinbringers as the week's leaders due to the points earned from the act, Shiba turns up, reveals himself as the Ruinbringers' actual leader, and summons a horde of [[MadeOfAir Plague Noise]] to threaten Rindo and the others into conceding their 'loss' against Tsugumi and putting the Ruinbringers back in first place for the week, or he'll have them DevouredByTheHorde and take the points advantage that way. The Wicked Twisters reluctantly give in to his demands, facing the fact that [[FixingTheGame it's impossible to win the reaper's game fairly]] unless they get stronger than Shiba and the Ruinbringers by the end of the next week.]]

** Though the original game was vague whether being Erased was any different than dying (or rather, failing to come back to life), ''NEO'' explicitly shows it removes all physical trace and memories of the affected from the RG, though people who were in the UG at the time can still remember them. [[spoiler:Rindo's second attempt going through the Final Day leaves him the SoleSurvivor, and when he's returned to the RG, everyone but him has forgotten about his friends.]]

** [[spoiler:Kubo's "exorcism" [[UpToEleven removes him even more thoroughly than being erased]]. Even in the UG, people [[WistfulAmnesia only vaguely recall him]] when directly reminded, and Kubo is still physically gone when Rindo ''travels back in time'' to before it happened. However the consequences of his actions still remain and the heroes are left to deal with it.]]

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Rindo's [[TimeRewindMechanic time reset ability]] is first put in use to save Fret from being crushed by a falling truck, and gets used all throughout the game whenever Rindo's first attempt at a day ends in disaster, which is often. [[spoiler:Each time he uses the ability, the deleted timeline becomes fuel for a Dissonance Noise strong enough to destroy Shibuya which will be unleashed at the end of the Game, meaning he is unwittingly making sure the bad future of Shibuya's erasure will occur. This then gets taken UpToEleven when Rindo uses it one last time to stop the Dissonance Noise itself and save his friends from erasure.]]

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* TheTeam: The Wicked Twisters, loosely following the FiveManBand lens.
** TheLeader: Rindo Kanade.
** TheHeart: Tosai "Fret" Furusawa.
** TheSmartGuy: Nagi Usui.
** TheLancer: Sho Minamimoto.
** [[spoiler: TheBigGuy: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito.]]
** [[spoiler: SixthRanger and TheChick: Shoka Sakurane.]]
** [[spoiler: EleventhHourRanger and TheAce: Neku Sakuraba.]]

** TheDragon: Sho Minamimoto.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Very early on when Rindo first gets his player pin from Fret, he accidentally drops it. Someone who we only see from the waist down picks it up and hands it back to Rindo. Astute players will recognize him to be [[spoiler: Joshua]].
* EasterEgg: [[spoiler: If you equip Beat with the Monocrow facemask that he wears before joining the party, he will wear it in battle.]]