#Thinking about my Kanon-Kariya dynamic

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Any Reaper interaction is bait to me specifically

[ngc-5194]

Hello, Lemon Drop! I hope you've had a lovely day so far 💛💛💛 I know literally next to nothing about twewy but I would be inch rested to hear your thoughts about it anyway 👀 if you'd like!

hello happi!! and hehehe ty for enabling me <333 /hj

The first character I first fell in love with - Shiki!! I think you'd like her too honestly, Happi! She was always just so kind and sweet and upbeat despite their situation, (not to mention mr. mew is Iconic) and I really loved her a lot. Were I in Neku in that situation, I think the exact same thing would've been claimed as my second entry fee, the best friend vibes she gives off are simply Too Strong.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now - Beat, honestly. Ok, so, I'll be real, I didn't especially love Neku at the start of the game either, but (considering he's the main character) I knew that I would grow to like him, no matter how much of the game it took playing through. Beat, on the other hand, I wasn't really sold on. He very much had his valid reasons for disliking Neku, and I thought he was a pretty fun character, but until like... halfway into Week 2, I found him... kinda boring? As he had more and more development and screentime though, I grew to really like him! :D

The character everyone else loves that I don’t - One Mr. Sho Minamimoto. Listen, he's fun, sure. In NEO he was great, but I just don't see the appeal. If I wanted to listen to someone scream math terms at me that they (canonically) don't completely understand, I would just go to my brother. His whole Taboo Noise plot and Leo Cantus are pretty cool though, I will admit.

The character I love that everyone else hates - Hmm,,,, I guess Yammer? Though really I think that's only a lack of people remembering him instead of actively hating him. This question doesn't really apply because I really haven't seen an exuberant amount of hate for Any character (esspecially not the ones I really like). Maybe Josh sometimes???? but there's an equal if not greater pushback of love for him, and he's one of my favourites, so ????

The character I used to love but don’t any longer - Kanon, I suppose? She never really clicked for me the way most of the rest of the cast did, but I liked her, I thought she was pretty cool. Her death didn't affect me much, but it was certaintly felt. Kinda all went up in smoke (and it's technically the writer's fault but) when offical ages were released. Kanon, a 23 year old, flirting/encouraging Fret, a 15 year old, to flirt with her is just... Not It. It's a bad look.

The character I would totally smooch - (On the cheek) Rhyme, Shoka, Eiru, Shiki, Joshua (probably maybe), and Rindo :D

The character I’d want to be like - Eri No offense to the rest of the cast, but both before and after the Game she seems to be the most put together of them all. And the one (1) thing she did wrong was accidentally cause a misunderstanding between her and Shiki. A misunderstanding in which she was trying to compliment her friend. Or the Prince, in a sense. How confident in himself he is is something quite a few people strive for. Though, I perhaps would just like to be just a bit more self confident not,,, Quite as much as he is.

The character I’d slap - *chanting* Kubo! Kubo! Kubo! Kubo! He probably wouldn't even feel it, but consider: I don't care, it'd be worth it <3

A pairing that I love - Erishiki. I am always soft for best friends to lovers. (Meaning, yes, Frindo is in here too) And, of course, Joshneku. That,,,,, their dynamic is simply Very Good, and I wish Joshua had gotten more time in NEO

A pairing that I despise - Uhh,, Mr H x Joshua and Uzuki x Kariya. The vibes are simply Off for me on those two. For,,,, a number of reasons. 💙

[hishima]

ok ok. thots on neo

ok so it was good. like rlly good

first off the characters:

absolutely loved rindo and fret from the beginning and they only got better from there. their dynamic is SO FUNNY and I love the way they are besties <3

I didn't like. love Nagi as much at first?? but by the end I absolutely adored her and all the stuff she did on w3d6 maybe made me cry a bit :")

shoka my beloved. love the little goth bitch i want to give her a hug. also think it's great how much her VA and design fit her character

on that note rindo/shoka surprised me by how cute they were like *points at rindo* AHAHHAHAH YOU HAVE A CRUSHHHHH

sho is so funny i love him and i want to study him. you go funky math man, great job at foreshadowing and having unclear intentions <3

when beat showed up I was YELLING. squeenix really pulled one over on me I genuinely thought it was neku but I'm glad it wasn't. beat and fret have an EXCELLENT dynamic

AND NEKU. he's my best friend my silly rabbit my poor lil meow meow I like feeding him food he doesn't like to see his cranky face its funny <3 thanks for carrying my team king

AND SHIKI MY DARLING 😭 so glad we finally got to see her beautiful face..... sadly no eri but i'll survive

reallyyyyyy loved rhyme's design and it was nice to see them. my baby all grown up and hacking <3

I've already said my thoughts on kanon <3 she's wonderful. the other team leaders idc about tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ok so the shinjuku reapers

ayano kinda 😳

tsugumi (not a reaper but IDC!!!) loved her <3

SUSY K!!! he's a cool guy and my friend and when it was revealed that he cared so deeply for his friends I just...... 😭

ngl shiba had me pissed!!! for a fair bit of the game but I gotta say I am a shiba enjoyer now. genuine regret for his actions without being a little bitch about it and care for his friends got to me :")

hishima. actually obsessed with this guy. idk it's just the combination of his appearance and demeanour being so serious and the implication that he's actually not being serious at all and is a deadpan joker and a funnyguy deep inside. if this seems wrong to you don't worry about it. I know things

kubo. crusty nasty old man i'm glad he got literally exorcised. would love to study him though. maybe give him a twitter for enrichment or something

haz had me actually annoyed he was really irritating and kind of a little bitch. shibuya's great ofc he doesn't realise that because he spent 70% of his screen time saying *hannibal voice* "tell me, friend. what is human connection to you" anyway I like him but he'll never be joshua

SPEAKING OF. fuck that guy (affectionate) the twelve yr old voice rlly messed with me but whatever. glad he stayed true to himself and did a few genuinely good things via causing problems <3 very on brand

so glad kariya and uzuki didn't get divorced for real ^_^ hope they're enjoying their ramen

ok that's about it for characters i'm sure there's more but yea

GAMEPLAY/STORY

EXCELLENT.

actually didn't expect neo to have such a strong story I was super impressed and i'm sure I'll pick up on even more on a second playthrough

the writing was great. especially the dialogue and character interactions. pure gold

the battle system took a bit to get used to but I ended up really enjoying it

some of the fights were pretty challenging since I kind of sped through the first two weeks without fighting much noise

but a bit of grinding meals did the trick :-)

loooooooooove shopping in this game it's integral to the experience

the new noise designs were great but

FUCK THE CHAMELEONS. AND THE PLAGUE WOLVES I HATE YOU </3

my attention span for this is running out so I'll finish up

THE SOUNDTRACK

showstopping amazing unique vibrant full of zest for life

seriously it did not disappoint

my fave track rn is probably bird in the hand it's such a banger

anyway to conclude. I have waited years for this and it exceeded my expections. everyone say thank you squeenix