Dearly❤beloveD (Week 3, Day 2)

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Week 3, Day 2

Dearly❤beloveD is a day inNEO: The World Ends with You.

Synopsis[]

Shoka Sakurane asks the Twisters to help her Reaper friendAyano Kamachi who is infected withPlague Noise. When they meet her, even aDive cannot manage the level of Noise infection, and Rindo is forced to useReplay to ensure that Shoka is prepared to erase her dearest friend. As Ayano is erased, it's revealed that she voluntarily absorbed a lethal level of Plague Noise herself in an attempt to have Shoka return to help her in order to persuade her to rejoin the Reapers.

Plot[]

Rindo has a vision ofNagi Usui andShoka Sakurane screaming as if in danger. When he awakes, Shoka tells him that the Reverb is leaving people soul-dead throughout the city and the sky is showing closer and closer signs of anInversion. She also says that she has recieved a message fromAyano Kamachi claiming that she has become infected with Reverb. The Twisters are shocked that Shiba would attack a Shinjuku Reaper with Plague Noise, and Shoka asks if they could try to help Ayano as a favour to her, which they agree to.

After meeting up withHishima Sakazuki again and chasing a Support Reaper through several spots around the city, the Twisters eventually meet Ayano in Miyashita Park. She explains that she voluntarily absorbed Noise to encourage Shoka to meet her, and tries to pursuade Shoka to rejoin the Reapers to start a new life. Shoka encourages Negi to useDive and they do so, learning several of Ayano's memories, in which she helped mentor Shoka when she first became a Reaper after winning the game, promised to mediate with Shiba and keep her safe. She then mentions a change inTsugumi Matsunae's personality, a "him" who keeps talking about destruction, and a promise to keep Shoka safe and "make him pay". At that point, the Plague Noise start to overwhelm Ayano and the Dive exits. Shoka begs Negi to attempt to Dive a second time, but she is unable to do so, saying that the Noise is deafening. Ayano apparently attacks Shoka beforeReplay activates.

Going back in time, Rindo revisits the day's conversations with Shoka, learning about her background and the Shinjuku Reapers, and that Shiba was involved in erasing Shinjuku but many of the Reapers did not agree with this, but were forced to go with his orders. He is able to convince Shoka that it may be necessary to directly fight Ayano, and they return to the park where they do fight Ayano's noise form. Winning the fight clears the Plague Noise briefly, and Shoka briefly embraces Ayano who calls her "my darling" as she is erased.

Kaichi "Susukichi" Susuki arrives, claiming that he intended to help protect Ayano, but is glad that he's been able to see her again briefly and states that no-one could have survived the level of Noise infection she absorbed; that she must have been willing to do anything to reunite with Shoka. He then tells them that while they have been doing this, Plague Noise have flooded the city, and even erasing them by Diving will not remove the Reverb they caused.

The afterpiece shows that the effects of Reverb have been noticed in the RG, and named "Shibuya Syndrome".

Walkthrough[]

There are multiple possible routes which will work to persuade Shoka. What follows is the "perfect route", which will net the player one reward per scene. Rewards will only be received the first time the player achieves the perfect route for a scene.

• How to fight her
• If they're practically family
• If they helped each other out
• Say we might be too late

• If Ayano did something to him
• If they trusted each other
• Assure her I'm here for her
• "I've got your back."

• If they came to destroy Shibuya
• If they like it here
• If she never adjusted
• What makes the city special

• When she became a Reaper
• What happens after becoming one
• Her favorite thing about the city
• "I'm here for you."

• "You know what I want to say"
• "I know you don't want to fight"
• "It's up to you how we handle this"
• "I'm on your side"

Noise[]

For Ayano's Noise form, seeIris Cantus.

Secret Reports[]

Notes[]

• The day's title, "Dearly Beloved", is most likely a reference to a popular music piece in theKingdom Hearts series. Previously, there was also aKingdom Hearts reference with the option of "simple and clean" on one of the past days.
  • This only applies in the English version, as the Japanese version calls this day "Butterflies, Flowers", so it is likely it is just the English localizers having some fun with insertingKingdom Hearts references.
• Susukichi uses another Reversi term - "making a loud move", which refers to a move which offers the opponent a large number of responses.
• You will gain theCity Walker achievement on this Day, since it is impossible to visitMiyashita Park any earlier, and impossible to reach this day without having visiting everywhere else.