Plague Noise

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Plague Noise shown in Remind.

Plague Noise, known in the Japanese version as Disease Noise (ディジーズノイズ, Dijīzu noizu), are a special type of Noise in NEO: The World Ends with You. Created by Game Master Shiba Miyakaze, they are prominent from the beginning of Week 3 onwards as part of his "Sudden Death" mode implemented for the rest of the Reapers' Game.

Plague Noise are more powerful than regular Noise. They are capable of going between the Underground and the Realground, eroding the barrier between them and leading to an Inversion, furthering Shiba's plan of erasing Shibuya. Plague Noise can enter the minds of Players, Reapers, and residents in the RG to slowly eat away at their Soul, causing the victim to become paranoid and outwardly aggressive. Eventually, only an empty husk of the victim is left as the Noise moves on to another victim. This condition is known in the UG as Reverb, and the symptoms as perceived by the RG are dubbed Shibuya Syndrome.

Plague Noise cannot be encountered on the field. In battle, they fight identically to their normal Noise counterparts, but being attacked by them will drain the Groove meter by an almost substantial amount.

General Appearance

Plague Noise come in the varieties that other Noise can come in, but they have the distinct appearance of a transparent frame-like structure. In this state, they are invulnerable to being attacked. When exposed to UV light, they turn opaque and take on a metallic appearance; they can be damaged and erased in this state.

List

• Plague Grizzly
• Plague Frog
• Plague Batrakos
• Plague Wolf
• Plague Stinger
• Plague Jelly
• Plague Nemopilema
• Plague Pachy

Trivia

• Plague Noise can be seen as a parallel to Taboo Noise from The World Ends with You as more powerful Noise encountered mid to late in-game that can attack Players and Reapers alike.
• Kubo made use of the Plague Noise in two ways for his plans to erase Shibuya. Though the Plague Noise themselves can cause an Inversion like with Shinjuku, the spreading of Reverb through the Plague Noise also benefited Kubo's backup plan to make use of the Noise generated from Rindo's Reaper Pin using Replay. This is due to the only means of counteracting the old cognitive thoughts the Noise are made of is by the present time period's collective thoughts, and the Reverb prevents people's minds from fighting back against the Noise.