HEAD2HEAD (Week 1, Day 5)

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or character details follow.

Week 1, Day 5
Title	HEAD2HEAD
Protagonists	Rindo Fret Nagi Sho Minamimoto
In-Game Description	Struggling to earn the points they need, the Wicked Twisters follow Minamimoto's advice to steal points from rival teams. Rindo sets his sights on the Deep Rivers Society, but their leader, Fuya, gets the better of the gang, and their fortunes seem worse than ever.
Objective	Earn the highest number of Yen pins by erasing Pig Noise
Previous day	REAL(eyes/ize/lies)
Next day	in2 the ✖ing

"We will not allow ourselves to drift away when the going gets tough. If we merely float along wherever the river of life takes us, then we deserve to be trounced by the torrents of the downstream waters! We have just as much right to be here as anyone else! And we will fight for that right using the powers given to us, and return to the headwaters of the UG!"

— Fuya Kawahara as the Deep Rivers Society ambushes the Wicked Twisters

HEAD2HEAD is a day in NEO: The World Ends with You.

Events

• Rindo receives a Trailer of being attacked by Pigs and the Deep Rivers Society.
• Sho Minamimoto convinces the Wicked Twisters to sabotage the rival teams.
• The Wicked Twisters meet Motoi Anazawa, who teaches them how to imprint.
• The Wicked Twisters imprint on Ryoji so he can better sell his gilded pig toys.
• The Wicked Twisters are ambushed by the Deep Rivers Society and Piggo Doobles.
• Rindo Replays several times through the day to distract Deep Rivers Societists and to prevent Ryoji from selling his pig toys.
  • The Societists at ~10:00 Tipsy Tose Hall are distracted by Fret Reminding them about an art exhibit.
  • Rindo purposefully imprints Ryoji with a bad slogan at ~11:00 Center Street so the gilded pig toys don't sell.
  • The Wicked Twisters defeat the same group of Societists from Day 3 they fought at ~12:00 Spain Hill.
  • The Societists at ~13:00 TOWER RECORDS are distracted by a historical lecture from Buddy Rapids.
  • The Societists at ~14:00 Scramble Crossing are distracted by Rindo giving them the password and a false signal.
  • The Societists at ~15:00 Center Street are distracted by Miss Ammonia Banks arriving at TOWER RECORDS.
• Rindo changes their fate so the Deep Rivers Society doesn't have enough reinforcements to ambush the Wicked Twisters and defeats the team and the true golden pig.
• Fuya surrenders and breaks down into tears, to the Wicked Twisters' confusion.
• Shoka Sakurane finds and confronts Minamimoto but he scares her off.

Sidequests

• Good Noise Hunting: Nagi Dives into the mind of Yusei Iseya and erases the Noise possessing him.
• Fangirl in Crisis: Rindo imprints some advice on Yuika Kaga about how to play the newest chapter of Elegant Strategy.
• Don You Forget About Me: Fret Reminds the first customers of SPICY CURRY DON about the food they ate, finding that they wanted to try all the curry. Ken Doi is inspired to add the Triple Triad Plate to the menu.

Plot

The mission for the day is to locate and erase a Golden Pig Noise. The Wicked Twisters follow reports on the Pig's location through the city, fighting Gilded Pig Noise as they do, which resemble the Golden Pig Noise but are worth far less. They encounter several unrelated events along the way which they dismiss, and briefly help a salesman sell plush pigs on a street corner using Imprint. When the Golden Pig is reported at Spain Hill, the Twisters are ambushed by the entire Deep Rivers Society and a huge number of Gilded Pigs in an unwinnable battle.

Rindo uses his Replay ability to relive the day, taking more interest in the other events in the city which provide opportunities to distract the members of the Deep Rivers Society with artistic exhibitions and lectures. He also realises that the flood of Gilded Pig Noise was caused by widespread disappointment with the plush pigs, and so sabotages the salesman's efforts instead. When they arrive at Spain Hill this time, only a few members of the Deep Rivers Society have turned up, and the Golden Pig is clearly apparent. The Twisters are able to erase the Golden Pig and defeat the Deep Rivers Society, and their leader surrenders, moving the Twisters into second place and the Deep River Society into last place. The leader breaks down in anguished tears after surrendering, to the confusion of Rindo, Fret and Nagi.

Trivia

• When distracting the Societists at the Scramble Crossing, one of the incorrect options for the password is "simple and clean", referencing the Hikaru Utada song of the same name that was the theme song for the 2002 game Kingdom Hearts.