- "Why join the brass and strut around doin' nothing? Sounds like a total bore. I like the field, simple as that. You can feel the pulse out here. People's ideas conflicting, changing... I like bein' in the audience. I'm a stargazer."
- — Kariya to Uzuki about Shibuya
The Composer is a day in The World Ends with You. For its equivalent in The Animation, see Rhyme and Beat.
Events[]
- Uzuki is made substitute Game Master, and challenges Beat and Neku to a game of tag.
- Beat reveals Rhyme is his sister.
- Neku and Beat chase a businessman across Shibuya to play Reaper Creeper.
- He gives advice to Makoto about his failed business.
- Kariya gives Beat a keypin.
Plot[]
- Neku and Beat wake up in the Scramble Crossing. They realize another day has passed when they were just at A-East looking for Mitsuki Konishi. Beat panics about how little time he has left to find Konishi, and when he wonders if there's an easy way out, Uzuki appears and announces she was made substitute Game Master. She offers a bonus round with Beat's entry fee, the pin, as a prize. Neku and Beat are first suspicious but go along with it. Uzuki says they'll be playing Reaper Sport 4, but Beat loudly sneezes over her. Uzuki runs off.
- Neku asks if Beat heard what the mission was. Beat remembers Reaper Sport 1 as Russian Roulette, Reaper Sport 2 as Hide-and-seek, but starts stumbling at the fourth Reaper Sport. A businessman in the RG wonders if he should consult Reaper Creeper, and Beat says that Reaper Creeper is the fourth Reaper Sport. Neku doubts him, but Beat starts watching him to play Reaper Creeper. The man wonders if he should be relying on Reaper Creeper so must and fickly tries to ask Reaper Creeper if he should quit, but decides he needs to do it cold turkey and goes to Center St. Entrance, then AMX. While running after him, Neku sees Uzuki teasingly laughing, but Beat is determined on the mission being Reaper Creeper.
- They find themselves at Tipsy Tose Hall, the man in a conversation with a crestfallen Makoto Miki. His business, Shadow Ramen, failed, and Makoto left the company, unsure of what to do in life. Beat is excited that it's a good opportunity for him to use Reaper Creeper, but Neku finds it reprehensible and argues that a decision as important as this can't be left to Reaper Creeper. At this point, the player can choose to use Reaper Creeper or refuse. If Creeping, he will ask what Makoto should do with his future. Going to any color has him try to convince Makoto to have more of that color in his life, stressing Makoto and making him run away. Beat will celebrate and consider the mission cleared. If choosing not to creep, he gives Makoto a pep talk telling him to ask his past self what to do. The businessman declares he's quit Reaper Creeper, and while Beat originally celebrates the newfound autonomy, Beat panics about failing the mission.
- Either way, Neku asks Beat if he's really sure if Reaper Creeper was the mission. Beat admits he can't remember much about being a Reaper since the two days he defected. He asks himself why he can't ever stop being forgetful, and says Rhyme used to say the same things a hundred times, recounting times Rhyme's calm reasoning and sayings helped them through Week 1. Beat says he tries to think things through but freaks out before finding the answer, even when Rhyme depends on him, and calls himself "some brother". Neku is surprised, and Beat explains they were from the same family, came to the UG together, and partnered up. He continues that Hanekoma gathered her soul into a Pin and Pacted it with Beat. Beat hated feeling trapped and became a Reaper to attempt to bring Rhyme back. The Noise on his shoulder when he was a Reaper was the Noise brought out of Rhyme's pin. Beat wants to become Composer to turn her to normal by taking out the old Composer. He asks Neku to help him, but Neku says he's on his last chance and can't afford to help save Rhyme, even if he wants to, if he wants to return to the UG with Shiki Misaki. Beat assures him that he'll bring them all back to life when he becomes Composer.
- Uzuki appears and berates them for not playing tag with her. While standing still and insulting Beat, Neku walks up and tags her. Furious, she issues a new mission to "defeat the pissed off Reaper", and when she's defeated, tries to issue another. Kariya takes her aside and tells her to calm down - when Uzuki says she wants a promotion, Kariya asks why. Uzuki confronts him over declining the officer role, and Kariya says he thinks the higher positions are boring and enjoys being a Harrier in conflicting Shibuya. He gives Beat a Lv. 3 Keypin, and Beat demands to have Rhyme back. Kariya makes a deal that if they can win the pin no-strings-attached if they defeat him tomorrow.
Walkthrough[]
Move away from the center of the Scramble Crossing, then talk to Shrimp. Follow him up through Center St. Entrance and AMX to Tipsy Tose Hall. Here, he will debate over if he should use Reaper Creeper or not to give Makoto advice. Choosing not to creep makes Shadow Ramen open during Day 6, Day 7, Another Day, and a New Day. Choosing to creep and going to black gives the Black Book Bag, a Secret Report item. After this, Uzuki Yashiro will attack. Defeat her to finish the chapter.
For the Secret Reports: both Pig Noise are found at 104 Building, the Pteropus Canor boss Noise is found at the Concert Stage, and as said in the above paragraph the Black Book Bag is gotten by choosing to creep and going to Black.
Noise[]
Rewards[]
| Event | First Playthrough | Subsequent |
|---|---|---|
| Confront Beat over the mission | (S) Air Cancel (DS) | 10,000 Yen |
| Defeat Uzuki Yashiro | (S) ATK Boost Beat | Casual Pendulum |
| Event | Reward |
|---|---|
| Random Reaper battle | 1,000 Yen per battle |
| Defeat the Vice Wizard of Slam, Pin Prof, and The Don at Tin Pin Slammer at the Stride | Tin Pin Artist |
| Clear wall to Station Underpass | Hot Dog |
| Choose "black" during Reaper Creeper | Secret Box (Replay) |
| Decline Reaper Creeper | (B) Black Cat Atlas, Vol 10 (one time reward, unlocks Advant-garde noodles Shadow Ramen) |
| Species | Location | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Pig Tango | 104 Building | Indestructo Man |
| Pig Polka | 104 Building | Diss |
| Initial | Subsequent |
|---|---|
| Black Book Bag | 500 Yen |
Secret Reports[]
- Collect the report for Beat, Day 2.
- Track down and eliminate all of this chapter's Pig Noise symbols.
- Get the black book bag. (Black!)
- Eliminate the boss symbol No. 89 within this chapter at Hard or above.
| Days in The World Ends with You | |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 • Day 6 • Day 7 |
| Week 2 | Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 • Day 6 • Day 7 |
| Week 3 | Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 • Day 6 • Day 7 |
| Extra | Another Day • A New Day |