Sensible, Senseless (Week 3, Day 1)

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Beat, Day 1
Title	Sensible, Senseless
Protagonists	Neku, Beat
In-Game Description	Neku enters one more Game: this time his last. He heads to Hachiko in search of a partner...
Previous day	Joshua, Day 7
Next day	Beat, Day 2

"Here I go again... At least this time it really ends. ...... (Shiki's out. They made her my entry fee. Joshua, too. Took the bullet for me. Rhyme's gone. Noise got her. And Beat left to join the Reapers. One Player after another...gone. ...... I'm the only one of us left-- the only hope we have."

— Neku to himself

Sensible, Senseless is a day in The World Ends with You. For its equivalent in The Animation, see Emergency Call.

Events

• Beat defects from the Reapers to partner with Neku.
• The Underground goes on Emergency Call, equipping all the Reapers with O-pins.

Plot

On the beginning of Neku's third week, he reflects on all of the people he's lost during the Game: Shiki, taken as his entry fee; Joshua, erased trying to protect Neku; Rhyme, erased by the Swing Shark; and Beat, who became a Reaper. His phone buzzes with the mission, to reach 104 in 60 minutes. Neku checks Statue of Hachiko for a partner.

On the rooftops, Uzuki is burnt out from working, even playing games with Kariya. When Uzuki wonders if the game is legal, Kariya describes it as being a loophole in a "gray area juuust short of black". Kariya admits he's never seen three games in a row, and wonders what the Game Master Mitsuki Konishi and the Composer are planning. They decide to get to work while there's still a Player.

At Hachiko, Neku calls out for partners. He can't find anyone when his phone gets a postscript, informing him that the game only has one Player. Neku starts thinking about how to survive 7 days without partner, like running from the Noise, but he realizes if one mission requires erasing Noise, he'd lose. He runs from Frog Noise, but gets surrounded by Noise summoned by Uzuki. She starts counting down until she erases him when Beat interrupts and objects to the Game. He calls Uzuki and Kariya dishonorable for complying with Beat's special op to erase his friends and erasing a defenseless Player. Kariya threatens Beat and tells him he's treading on thin ice - Beat disregards it because Shibuya isn't cold enough for ice, and in the silence makes a pact with Neku, defeating the Noise Uzuki set. When Uzuki summons more Noise at them, Beat escapes with Neku. Kariya tells her to report the incident. As she begins her report, Kariya states "the real party" is starting.

Neku and Beat's pact.

At West Exit Bus Terminal, Beat tells Neku he partnered up because he saw the Game as unfair and as returning the favor of Neku giving him Rhyme's pendant. Beat asks Neku how he's playing the game again, and Neku recounts the end of his second week: after Joshua protected him from Minamimoto's level i flare, Neku was in the Room of Reckoning being congratulated by Kitaniji. He says Joshua and Minamimoto were erased by the attack, and the Game was invalid due to Joshua being an illegal player. Kitaniji explains the partners of living players can be punished with erasure for abetting in their crimes, but as thanks for erasing Minamimoto, Neku will be allowed to play the Game once more. He will be disqualified from any Games after, his Entry Fee of Shiki Misaki will be carried over, and a new entry fee was already taken from Neku. Beat orders Neku to come with him to the Station Underpass, then runs off.

A wall blocks the exit to Station Underpass, but Beat charges into the wall and tears it down. He tries to break the wall to the Shibuya River, but is repelled by the wall. He's confused by how the keypin he has doesn't work and Neku suggests he may have the wrong key. He convinces Beat to give up the Shibuya River and do the mission.

Beat tries to break down the Shibuya River's barrier.

At the Dead God's Pad, Konishi reports news of Beat's rebellion to Kitaniji. She asks him to handle Beat personally as Game Master, but Kitaniji wants to discuss with the Composer. Konishi asks why they need to consult the Composer when Beat as a Reaper hasn't scored a single point and has been with them for eight days, but Kitaniji reminds her that they punish the crime, not the criminal.

Arriving at the Scramble Crossing, Beat teaches Neku his fusion with a confusing mnemonic Rhyme taught him. They clear the wall and finally reach 104. There, Neku asks Beat if returning the favor was the only reason he had for partnering because he needs to trust his partner. Beat admits he has another reason. When Neku asks, Beat explains he wants to give Shibuya a new Composer - Beat declares it'll be himself. At the Dead God's Pad, Kitaniji relays the Composer's (in reality, Kitaniji's own) decision regarding Beat: strip him of his Reaperhood, equip every Reaper with O-pins, and put the UG on Emergency Call. Konishi is doubtful and believes its overboard, but Kitaniji reassures her it's the Composer's will. Konishi thinks to herself that he's hiding something that she needs to act on immediately, but she needs the hard facts first.

Walkthrough

After the opening, go to Statue of Hachiko. As Neku has no partner, run away from the first battle. After pacting with Beat, defeat the Noise. Arrive at the West Exit Bus Terminal, and move into the Station Underpass. Go towards the Shibuya River. Backtrack to the Scramble Crossing, where a Reaper gives the chance for a tutorial about Beat's fusions; practice as much as you need to on the noise, then select "That's enough". Go to 104 to end the chapter.

For the Secret Reports, the Girls' Uniform with Blazer is gotten by checking Hachiko, Uzuki and Kariya's boss noise are found by the Moyai statue at West Exit Bus Terminal, and the Pig Noise are in West Exit Bus Terminal and Station Underpass.

Noise

No.	Pic.	Noise	Location
03		Funkfrog	West Exit Bus Terminal, Statue of Hachiko, Scramble Crossing
05		Orchefrog	Statue of Hachiko, West Exit Bus Terminal, Station Underpass, Scramble Crossing
11		Orchesprog	Statue of Hachiko, West Exit Bus Terminal, Station Underpass, Scramble Crossing
13		Alterna Wolf	West Exit Bus Terminal
19		Happycore Bat	Station Underpass
24		Shrew Wave	West Exit Bus Terminal, Station Underpass, Statue of Hachiko
49		House Rhino	West Exit Bus Terminal, Station Underpass, Scramble Crossing
62		Bebop Shark	Scramble Crossing, Station Underpass
81		Uzuki Yashiro (Enemy)	West Exit Bus Terminal (Blue Noise) (Postgame)
83		Koki Kariya (Enemy)	West Exit Bus Terminal (Blue Noise) (Postgame)

Rewards

Note: The "Partner with Beat" event is listed separately due to the fact that the rewards are already in effect during the first battle with Beat, yet are not in Neku's inventory prior to the scene preceding the battle. Further, no notification is given for receiving the rewards of this event even after the battle, so it is assumed that they are granted earlier.

Main Story Rewards

Event	First Playthrough	Replay
Partner with Beat (no notification)	(S) Air Time (DS) (S) Hyperdrive Beat (Remix)	None
Win first battle with Beat	(S) Fusion Boost Beat (S) Suit Cards (DS) (S) Beat (Remix) 10,000 Yen	10,000 Yen
Escape from Kariya and Uzuki	(S) Beat: Co-op (Final Remix)	None
Complete Beat's Fusion tutorial	Hot Gaze 10,000 Yen Scarletite	Hot Gaze 10,000 Yen

Extra Rewards

Event	Reward
Examine Hachiko	Secret Box (Replay)

Pig Drops

Species	Location	Reward
Pig Jig	West Exit Bus Terminal	Tektite
Pig Rhumba	Station Underpass	Tektite

Secret Box

Initial	Subsequent
Girls' Uniform with Blazer	500 Yen

Secret Reports

• Track down and eliminate all of this chapter's Pig Noise symbols.
• Get the girls' uniform with blazer. (Meet up with the secret)
• Eliminate the boss symbol No. 81 within this chapter at Hard or above.
• Eliminate the boss symbol No. 83 within this chapter at Hard or above.