#Neo the world ends with you spoilers

[catncore]

LEGEND

[vitalitypopkat]

Occasionally I think about how in TWEWY, Beat and Rhyme have a memorial for their accident put there by people who knew them.

And Shiki has people (or at least Eri that we see) clearly mourning her death.

But Neku has...nothing. No memorial. No people thinking about this 14 yo kid that got shot and died quietly alone in a back alley with no one to help him. It was just cleaned up and nothing is left to show that he was even there.

I understand it's likely this way to help with the plot twist(s) but it really does hammer home how Neku really had no one before the start of twewy.

At least he has people that remember him later...

[gramophoneturtle]

Some photoshopped NEO Joshuas and some Composer versions cause I was feeling rusty. Plus some before and after gifs cause it was cool seeing the changes.

The Composer versions are actual redraws but for the human forms I just drew on top of the anime screenshots cause I was feeling lazy and wanted to try and keep the anime feel. I thought it might be easier but honestly I don't think it was because of the gradients they use on top.

Tagging @rainbow-nijisaki and @black-quadrant since apparently we were all thinking of anime NEO Joshua about the same time. I was doing Composer form redraws from anime screenshots when the redraws were first posted by rainbow-nijisaki, (so if you like these and you haven't seen those ones, please go check them out!) which inspired me to try some human NEO Joshuas. I guess we had anime related Joshuas on the mind!

[bird1nthehand]

HAPPY BDAY NEKU!!!!!

had to quickly draw smth for the main boy <3

[lblc]

imagine having coco as your only source of therapy for three years

[rivie-arts]

POV: You're about to get your ass kicked

I drew this last year after finishing neotwewy to practice clean lines and to project wishful thinking I had for the ending 😭

[hectopascals]

more nonsense, hot off the press

[shitpostingkats]

If nothing else, I'm glad I went to the trouble of getting the secret reports in twewy, because it means I got to fight Minamimoto an entire four times, so by the time I started playing NEO got to the fifth, it was like seeing an old friend again.

[gramoturtle]

Wings: Reapers, Pig Noise and Soul Pulvis

While playing around with ideas for my AU, I came across some interesting similarities between Reaper Wings and Soul Pulvis Wings.

We've seen both in the TWEWY and in the Animation that Minamimoto has had quite interesting wings. He has multiple pairs of wings. They can shatter or can gain a purple Taboo haze depending on the media. They're messed up in some way.

Even though Minamimoto isn't a Reaper in NEO, could our Chaotic Math Man have a new type of messed up wings as he continues to absorb dangerous birds?

Let's dive into that and see where that leads.

Shibuya Reaper Wings

First, let's take a look at a couple of Reaper Wings. We see some variations with the Shibuya Reapers.

Since they are similar to bat wings, I'm going to try and use the same terminology where I can.

Generally speaking, we have the Arm leading up to a central point called the Wrist where the Thumb(s) and Fingers can extend from. One outer Finger forms the outside edge of the wing and then multiple inner Fingers extend out from the Wrist and along the Arm. The Reaper wings also have a smaller extrusion right by the Thumb too, which can either be a second Thumb or another Finger. The Fingers extending downwards are connected by an Arc, which connects back to the Arm.

Coco's wings are smaller and more curvy while Kariya's are larger and sharper. Uzuki's are even larger, very rigid, and the inner Fingers don't all extend out from the Wrist, but along the Arm.

For the extra piece by the big Thumb, I'm leaning towards it being another Thumb, for theory crafting reasons way below. But if sticking with bat terminology, it would be another Finger I think.

Shinjuku Reapers

We kinda get to see Shinjuku Reaper Wings. I did some Level Correction to see some of their wings better. (Mourn the variety. It's hoodies only in Shibuya, if you're not good enough, or something.)

Anyways, they generally follow Kariya's wing style.

Pig Noise

In TWEWY, Pig Butoh (along with Polka and Tango, blue and red colour palette swaps) have Reaper like wings. In NEO, we have Pig Mambo (light) and Pig Bolero (dark). It's a little hard to tell but they appear to have the same wing shape as they do in TWEWY, just that they curl around in front. The overlap might make it look like it creates a "gap" like the wings like for the Pig Mambo (light).

Both the Reaper and Pig wings have a connecting Arc across the Fingers. However, the Pig Noise has an extra piece where the Arm connects to the body, not like the little Thumb or extra Finger by the big Thumb for Reaper Wings, and there is a circular cut or hole removed from the Thumb.

But in general, we can see that Reapers and Pig Noise have a similar structure to their wings.

Now let's get theory crafting!

Soul Pulvis

So how are Soul Pulvis wings and Reaper wings related?

I stumbled on this by trying to make a Reaper Wing look a little more like a Soul Pulvis wing, and then made a Soul Pulvis wing look a little like a Reaper Wing. Added an additional step, modified the other stages and I got something like this:

With that, we can see that the Soul Pulvis has a similar wing structure to the Reaper Wings:

The fully connected inner Fingers in the Reaper Wing gets separated from the Wrist. One Finger moves down to where it would connect to the body, kinda like the Pig Noise or maybe like Uzuki's Wings. A star "eye" symbol appears in the gap between the Arm, outer Finger and Arc. The Arm and Thumb have shrunk. The second Thumb or other Finger by the old big Thumb has grown and now is curving in the opposite direction, away from the Thumb. We could say that the central Star Eye is part of the Fingers or is an entirely new thing.

So what does this mean?

Well, if we were able to see Minamimoto's Reaper wings during NEO (say if, an Angel could still see them), I think they could be at various stages of the above transformation. Maybe they would not reach the same design as the Soul Pulvis wings, but I think they would at least have gotten influenced by his bird snacking.

But that's not all.

There is something else that is similar to the Soul Pulvis and is linked to some Minamimoto:

The open floating eyes that Felidae Cantus, Minamimoto from NEO's Another Day's Noise form, has. And it can be hard to tell, but there are Soul Pulvis flying circling around the fight, in addition to the mathematical formulas.

Keeping the Soul Pulvis and the open floating eyes that Felidae Cantus has in mind, we can see similarities. Let's do another transformation to make it clearer:

Most of the transformation occurs on the side closest to the body. There is a question of how the body side of the wing either grows another Finger or if the innermost Finger strengthens its attachment back to the other inner Fingers. But really they're not that different. And there are some similarities to the Reaper wings too. The tips of the Fingers are closer to the pointy Reaper wing spikes instead of the Soul Pulvis curves.

If the floating Eyes are not something separate, they could be Soul Pulvis wings that separated from their body.

This is why if we continue to use the same wing structure terminology, the Soul Pulvis and the floating Eyes that the extra bit near the Thumb, might be a second Thumb. Although, it could be that for Reaper-like wings that it would be a Finger, even though it's pointing in a different direction and isn't connected by an Arc.

So what does all of this mean?

Super theory crafting time! Let's consider everything so far:

Reaper Wings and Pig Noise Wings share similar wing structures.

Minamimoto in TWEWY and the Animation can have 2 additional pairs of wings compared to regular Reapers.

We've seen from TWEWY and the Animation that his (totally 100% normal) six wings can get messed up by shattering (TWEWY) or get a purple Taboo haze surround them (Animation). The Animation makes it clear that the haze is Taboo haze, which he gains once he gets very Taboo-ified.

Minamimoto has been consuming Soul Pulvis in NEO, so it may mess up his wings again.

There is a possible transformation from a Reaper Wing to a Soul Pulvis Wing.

Felidae Cantus has Soul Pulvis circling around their fight.

Soul Pulvis wings are very similar to the floating open Eyes that Felidae Cantus has.

Therefore, it is possible that our mainline NEO Minamimoto has messed up wings by absorbing the Soul Pulvis, and if Another Day Minamimoto is an even further Soul Pulvis infused Minamimoto - and if those floating Eyes are not something separate or a transformed/part of a Soul Pulvis - there is a possibility that the floating Eyes are his wings.

Now there are only 3 in the fight, which is not 2 or 6. But this is a different Minamimoto. Maybe his wing growth is in progress. Maybe he's learning and can't convert all his Wings into Eyes. Maybe he wants the fight to be fair(-ish). I dunno! But let's consider a Minamimoto who grew so skilled that he could turn his wings...Into weapons!

Anyways this was mostly an exercise in seeing how I could potentially mess up Minamimoto's Reaper wings and this is where it got me. If there is cool fan media of this or someone makes cool stuff based on this, feel free to send it my way cause I'd love to see it!

(Master Post of TWEWY Series Analysis)

[heartgrooooove]

[lindseybots]

Happy 15th anniversary The World Ends With You and Happy 1st anniversary NEO: The World Ends With You!

[catncore]

My personal headcanon is my Hanekoma acts as Shoka's guardian post NEO. Joshua knew Hanekoma was the safest place for her and who better to take care of a spicy kitten than a CAT.

She was resistant to him at first but over time she came around. He was extremely patient and didn't force her to do anything she felt uncomfortable with. He also showed genuine interest in her interests and would as her actual questions rather than vague questions about FanGo, sometimes even going with her on raids and doing trades with her.

It also helps that Neku and Shiki frequently would come by when he's properly situated back in the cafe. Shoka had some form of familiarity while residing in the RG and adjusting to being alive again and she was kept safe from living on the streets.

[ashery24]

It's already 25th in Spain so...

Happy Christmas!

This @twewyss is for the Discord user DazzlingSky that asked for "Something Christmasy with Joshua and any reapers (Or Haz) you like! Can just be something general around town or a Christmas event"

What I understanded: Joshua pulls a mega Christmas party with all the Reaper in Miyashita Park.

Also DazzlingSky didn't mind shippy stuff so I have made a KiriKagi version and there's a hint of another, secret and crack, paring ;)

There's also a couple of Easter eggs :3

Also, some highlights:

And, to finish, the ✨Extra✨

Or

Why are Beat and Shoka in the party ^U^

[gramophoneturtle]

A different kind of NEO TWEWY Animation edit.

[bird1nthehand]

Happy belated birthday to Rhyme TWEWY the world!!!

[pmiller1]

Why was you online account Swallow, Shoka?

Shoka: It's my favourite animal, Duh.

Beat: Woah! It not a Kitty, Kitty girl.

Shoka: Cat are up there, Worms-for-brains.

Fret: Oh oh oh! Are we talking about favourite animal? Mine is the Squirrel.

Rhyme: Squirrel?

Fret: Yep, those big fluffy tail and how they climb up to tree, it so cute.

Rhyme: Wow. Fret, I didn't think you'd like Squirrel. I kind of like Squirrel, too.

Fret: Hey if you like had some cute image of Squirrel.

Rhyme: Oh show me!

Nagi: Well that is one of many thing that you had in common with Lord Tosai. Lady Raimu.

Fret: Well what's your Boss?

Nagi: Snake. I have some pet snakes at home.

Rindo: R-Really? You have pet snake.

Nagi: Ten snakes.

Fret: Ten?!

Nagi: Not all of them is own by me, Most belong to my brothers, sisters, cousins.

Rindo: Still shocking.

Nagi: Perhaps. But it would be nice to tell us about your favourite Lord Rindo.

Rindo: Dragon. Why else did I name myself after one.

Fret: Emm... Rindude, Dragon aren't real.

Rindo: Oh and the afterlife isn't one big game?!

Fret: Okay, you got me there.

Shoka: But seriously, Rinrin. Do you have favourite animal that is at least real?

Rindo: Not really. The close things is the Komodo Dragon. But really, I'm more into Mythical animals then the normal one.

Shoka: Yeah... that partly why I want with Griffin.

Fret: What about you Neku. What your favs?

Neku: Cat, Partly due to CAT Mural and... partly due to Shiki and Mr Mew.

Shiki: Witch is my Favourite too, I've use to owned a Cat before.

Shoka: Ah yes. The OG Mew.

Beat: Mine is sea otter.

Shoka: Sea otter?

Neku: Wait, Sea otter? I thought it was Rhino?

Beat: It was, but man, Eri sure make me see how cool Sea otter are. I can see why she like them herself.

Shoka: Oh, that would explain why most of the beach wear have Mr Mew looking like a Sea otter.

Shiki: Yeah, Eri idea. And to think he had enough for being mistaken for a pig.

Fret: And a teddy bear.

Shoka: Urg. And how on earth did you mistake him as a bear?

Fret: Well who would buy a teddy cat?

Shoka: Almost everyone around here, Mr. Big Smart Expert Man!'s

Rindo: He kind of had a point. Teddy bear is more popular.

Nagi: Indeed. He could had mistaken that all plush animal are teddy bear as any idiot would.

Fret: Damn Nagi. Just when he was pulling me up.