- "The Conductor and leader of the Reapers, able to stop time and terminate foes instantly."
- — Noise Report
Megumi Kitaniji is a boss in The World Ends with You.
Abilities[]
As Conductor, Kitaniji has an array of attacks at his fingertips. In his Reaper form, he will try and keep his distance from Neku and attack at range. He can fire an immense spiral of energy projectiles similar to the ones Minamimoto uses, and can also create orbs with the Reaper emblem on them which can also fire on Neku. In addition, he traces out a red line across the stage which acts as a path for a small, but very powerful laser. If Neku attacks Kitaniji at close range, he yells "Submit!" and projects a bizarre red snake-like shape from his arm.
This attack is very powerful, and has a fairly long reach; Neku should avoid this attack by dashing behind Kitaniji. The Conductor's final, and most impressive skill is his ability to stop time- he says "Time be still." Once Neku is frozen in time, Kitaniji darts away to perform his ranged attacks, before coming in close to use his biting attack. Neku must quickly dash away once the time freeze ends.
Despite his impressive power, Kitaniji is lacking in the speed department. He cannot teleport like Minamimoto can and moves only as fast as a regular Reaper. In addition, he is vulnerable to juggling psychs such as Piercing Pillar and Vulcan Uppercut, which will cancel all of his attacks without fail. He is a fairly easy boss once you get to fight him multiple times.
In the DS version, Kitaniji fights exclusively on the bottom screen, while Shiki Misaki fights Beat on the top screen. In Solo Remix, Shiki occasionally appears to perform attacks, and cannot be damaged.
Strategy[]
As mentioned above, juggling psychs such as Piercing Pillar and Vulcan Uppercut are very effective against Megumi, if enough are in your deck you can hit him non-stop and keep him from attacking at all. If you do get stuck in a time stop, be ready to dash. If you have a pin with the Velocity Tackle psych, such as the Wolf pin, you can dash right into Megumi, damaging him and avoiding his attack completely. Also make sure to have a strong healing pin incase you do get hit, as Megumi deals a lot of damage.
He teams up with Shiki in the DS version, which means you have to fight her too. Upgrade Beat’s defense a good bit, as she hits hard. Also make sure his attack stat is up there too. Have him do arial combos, which will allow him to dodge a good amount of Shiki’s attacks and avoid finishers that could take a good chunk of your health and add a debuff.