When Has Thinking Ever Got Anyone Anywhere?
Still hugely enjoying NEO: The World Ends with You, an incomprehensible and delightful love letter to Shibuya.
Food's expensive now that you have to order for everyone in the team, but the thought of everyone eating together is cute, so I'll allow it.
My head goes 'feed everyone the most efficient stat-boosting foods', but my heart goes 'give everyone food they'll like', and my heart is stronger.
I love that Fret's always ready to go along with us. Whatever we suggest, he'll agree to it, even if we can't explain our reasons. He may have no idea what's going on here, but he's going to back us up.
Is Fret, the character I immediately disliked when I first met him, my favourite character in NEO: The World Ends with You? This is exactly what happened with Joshua.
I hope Nagi also warms to Fret, at least a little. Her instant disdain for him is entertaining, but I feel her character is limited by the fact that she's only really able to interact with Rindo; she ignores Fret and worships Minamimoto. (Or, as my phone tried to write instead, she ignores Feet and worships Longframlington.)
I'm a big fan of Rindo ending up in horrific situations - seeing the lorry land on Fret, dying at Susukichi's hands in front of Fret and Nagi - and then rewinding time to get out of them. Great potential for trauma there.
It also raises interesting questions about what happens to the inhabitants of the original timeline when he changes things. And I'm curious about what happens to the original Rindo when future Rindo uses his time-travel powers! Where is the original Rindo when the future Rindo is inhabiting his body? When future Rindo jumps back out, does the Rindo who's left there remember what just happened, or is he left completely bewildered after a blackout?
Fret mentioned Neku being in the Game three years ago, but he shouldn't know the specific number; nobody's specified that it's been three years! Is this a 'Fret knows too much' plot point, like Joshua addressing Neku by name before Neku introduces himself, or is it just a continuity error? Hmmm.
Strange tension between Rindo and Fret as we move into the second week. Fret is being really possessive and jealous, in a way that tips me from 'huh, Fret's constant desire for Rindo's attention sort of makes it seem like he has a crush' to 'Fret definitely has a crush, even if he's not consciously aware of it, and isn't managing it well'. Don't get angry because your boyfriend is texting other people, Fret. Has something changed between them, or is Fret's bad mood at being denied their victory just sharpening the jealousy that was already there?
This game does away with the bravery requirement for clothes, meaning that the boys in the party are absolutely happy to wear dresses straight out of the gate. It's a shame you can't actually see the clothes they're wearing, because I bet Fret is rocking the miniskirt I've equipped him with.
Food's expensive now that you have to order for everyone in the team, but the thought of everyone eating together is cute, so I'll allow it.
My head goes 'feed everyone the most efficient stat-boosting foods', but my heart goes 'give everyone food they'll like', and my heart is stronger.
I love that Fret's always ready to go along with us. Whatever we suggest, he'll agree to it, even if we can't explain our reasons. He may have no idea what's going on here, but he's going to back us up.
Is Fret, the character I immediately disliked when I first met him, my favourite character in NEO: The World Ends with You? This is exactly what happened with Joshua.
I hope Nagi also warms to Fret, at least a little. Her instant disdain for him is entertaining, but I feel her character is limited by the fact that she's only really able to interact with Rindo; she ignores Fret and worships Minamimoto. (Or, as my phone tried to write instead, she ignores Feet and worships Longframlington.)
I'm a big fan of Rindo ending up in horrific situations - seeing the lorry land on Fret, dying at Susukichi's hands in front of Fret and Nagi - and then rewinding time to get out of them. Great potential for trauma there.
It also raises interesting questions about what happens to the inhabitants of the original timeline when he changes things. And I'm curious about what happens to the original Rindo when future Rindo uses his time-travel powers! Where is the original Rindo when the future Rindo is inhabiting his body? When future Rindo jumps back out, does the Rindo who's left there remember what just happened, or is he left completely bewildered after a blackout?
Fret mentioned Neku being in the Game three years ago, but he shouldn't know the specific number; nobody's specified that it's been three years! Is this a 'Fret knows too much' plot point, like Joshua addressing Neku by name before Neku introduces himself, or is it just a continuity error? Hmmm.
Strange tension between Rindo and Fret as we move into the second week. Fret is being really possessive and jealous, in a way that tips me from 'huh, Fret's constant desire for Rindo's attention sort of makes it seem like he has a crush' to 'Fret definitely has a crush, even if he's not consciously aware of it, and isn't managing it well'. Don't get angry because your boyfriend is texting other people, Fret. Has something changed between them, or is Fret's bad mood at being denied their victory just sharpening the jealousy that was already there?
This game does away with the bravery requirement for clothes, meaning that the boys in the party are absolutely happy to wear dresses straight out of the gate. It's a shame you can't actually see the clothes they're wearing, because I bet Fret is rocking the miniskirt I've equipped him with.