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* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed. On the first day of the second Reaper's Game, Joshua solves Minamimoto's puzzle before Neku does, whereas in the game Neku was the one to figure it out.

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* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed. On the first day of the second Reaper's Game, Joshua solves Minamimoto's puzzle before Neku does, whereas in the game Neku was the one to figure it out. The puzzle was also a lot simpler in the game, only requiring basic math skills to solve (30+74=104), while in the anime, the solution requires the Players to calculate the square root of 10816 for the same result.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Rhyme's Noise form was rather weak in the game, albeit essential to forcing Konishi to reveal herself in the third phase of the Tigris Cantus battle. In the anime, she can hold her own against Konishi's Noise form.

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* AdaptationalBadass: AdaptationalBadass:
** In the games, Neku needs to physically obtain pins to expand his battle skill. In the anime, the pin powers seemingly manifest out of nowhere through his own will without even showing that he's actually equipping a single pin.
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Rhyme's Noise form was rather weak in the game, albeit essential to forcing Konishi to reveal herself in the third phase of the Tigris Cantus battle. In the anime, she can hold her own against Konishi's Noise form.



** Neku's attempt to [[spoiler:strangle Shiki]] as a trick set up by Uzuki has much less of a reason for him to go ahead with because Shiki's constant view of her phone showing Eri on it is dropped out. Neku is convinced rather quickly about [[spoiler:killing Shiki.]]



** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper (hence why Neku can scan and imprint on him), but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally.

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** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper (hence why Neku can scan and imprint on him), but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally. Doubles as AdaptationalBadass.



** The Red Skull Pin advertising mission has Neku and Shiki Imprint on The Prince instead of following Makoto around. It also ends with [[spoiler:a giant Noise forming from the Red Skull Pins which proceeds to wipe out all the other Players before Joshua intervenes and erases it]].

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** The Red Skull Pin advertising mission has Neku and Shiki Imprint on The Prince instead of following Makoto around. It also ends with [[spoiler:a [[spoiler:[[KaizoTrap a giant Noise forming from the Red Skull Pins which proceeds to wipe out all the other Players before Joshua intervenes and erases it]].]]


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* PutOnABus: Makoto's Shadow Ramen mission during Joshua's week never occurs, instead getting replaced with a standard mission to get to Towa Records. This also makes his appearance on the third week never happen, alongside his business boss, who's not seen using Reaper Creeper. [[spoiler:Makoto does show up in the final episode, though.]]
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** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper(hence why Neku can scan and imprint on him), but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally.

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** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper(hence Reaper (hence why Neku can scan and imprint on him), but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally.
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** Beat's Day 3 has Neku and Beat avoiding Reapers and clearing Negative Noise from a crowd that's clamouring for Red Skull pins instead of Uzuki being GM for the day.

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** Beat's Day 3 has Neku and Beat avoiding Reapers and clearing Negative Noise from a crowd that's clamouring clamoring for Red Skull pins instead of Uzuki being GM for the day.



** In Episode 11, Konishi does not explain her XanatosGambit to Beat and Neku. [[spoiler:Either Minamimoto will kill the Composer, or Kitaniji will be weakened enough that she can kill Kitaniji and take ovr as Conductor.]]

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** In Episode 11, Konishi does not explain her XanatosGambit to Beat and Neku. [[spoiler:Either Minamimoto will kill the Composer, or Kitaniji will be weakened enough that she can kill Kitaniji and take ovr over as Conductor.]]
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'''Kitaniji''': It is indeed!"

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'''Kitaniji''': It is indeed!"indeed!



* PrecisionFStrike: Beat says, "You bitch..." when Konishi refuses to let him and Neku past.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Beat says, "You bitch..." when Konishi refuses to let him and Neku past.past to where Kitaniji is waiting.



--->'''Joshua''': Kitaniji was our opponent. [[spoiler:He and I were playing to determine the fate of this ward... along with you]]. For you see, Shibuya's Composer is [[spoiler:yours truly.]]

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--->'''Joshua''': Kitaniji was our opponent. [[spoiler:He He and I were playing to determine [[spoiler:determine the fate of this ward... ward]]... along with you]].you. For you see, Shibuya's Composer is [[spoiler:yours truly.]]

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* IronicEcho: Joshua asks "Work for you?" when initiating a fusion attack with Neku. In the last episode, he asks this question of Neku before [[spoiler:returning Neku's memories, allowing him to see that Joshua really did kill him.]]



** The ending adapts [[spoiler:the Secret Reports]] by having some of their most important points--specifically, [[spoiler:the explanation of Hanekoma's backup plan and some implications about the Higher Plane and Angels]]--into a conversation between [[spoiler:Joshua and Hanekoma]].

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** The ending adapts [[spoiler:the Secret Reports]] by having some of their most important points--specifically, [[spoiler:the explanation of Hanekoma's backup plan and some implications about the Higher Plane and Angels]]--into a conversation between [[spoiler:Joshua and Hanekoma]]. Joshua also mentions that [[spoiler:Hanekoma will be punished for assisting Minamimoto with his Taboo Noise sigil.]]

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* BluntYes: One such exchange happens after Joshua tells Neku about his fascination with the Reaper's Game in Episode 5.
-->'''Neku''': The UG's full of [[spoiler:dead people fighting for their lives]]. You somehow find that charming?\\

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* BluntYes: BluntYes:
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One such exchange happens after Joshua tells Neku about his fascination with the Reaper's Game in Episode 5.
-->'''Neku''': --->'''Neku''': The UG's full of [[spoiler:dead people fighting for their lives]]. You somehow find that charming?\\


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** Another happens near the end of the penultimate episode.
--->'''Neku''': [[spoiler:Making everyone think alike]]? You think that is paradise?\\
'''Kitaniji''': It is indeed!"
** At the very end, a flashback has Kitaniji ask the Composer about his plan to erase Shibuya.
--->'''Kitaniji''': You would erase something that still holds so many possibilities?\\
'''Composer''': Since its denizens have grown too dull and clouded to see that potential? Yes.


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** In the final episode, Joshua announces his victory, but explains that he doesn't mean The Reaper's Game.
--->'''Joshua''': Kitaniji was our opponent. [[spoiler:He and I were playing to determine the fate of this ward... along with you]]. For you see, Shibuya's Composer is [[spoiler:yours truly.]]

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* AdaptationalBadass: Rhyme's Noise form was rather weak in the game, albeit essential to forcing Konishi to reveal herself in the third phase of the Tigris Cantus battle. In the anime, she can hold her own against Konishi's Noise form.



* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: The anime skips over pins being the source of everyone's psychs which leaves everyone's abilities unexplained such as how Mr. Mew can move, Neku being able to use several pins unlike everyone else, or why Neku and Shiki are standing together to power up.

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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: AdaptationExplanationExtrication:
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** In Episode 11, Konishi does not explain her XanatosGambit to Beat and Neku. [[spoiler:Either Minamimoto will kill the Composer, or Kitaniji will be weakened enough that she can kill Kitaniji and take ovr as Conductor.]]


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* PrecisionFStrike: Beat says, "You bitch..." when Konishi refuses to let him and Neku past.
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** Episode 9 has a flashback to [[spoiler:Beat and Rhyme's deaths]], a brief scene in which Beat and Neku erase some Noise spawned from customers who can't buy the red skull pins, and a scene in which [[spoiler:Konishi watches Kariya and Uzuki succumb to the O-Pins' influence.]]
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** Beat reveals why Rhyme is so important to him.
--->'''Beat''': If I'd listened to her and turned back, she never would've died. But 'cause she had to [[spoiler:have a stupid loser brother like me]]...\\
'''Neku''': [[spoiler:Brother]]?!\\
'''Beat''': Yeah. Rhyme is my-- or ''was''-- my [[spoiler:little sis]].
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: After Konishi starts to address Beat by name, including his EmbarrassingFirstName, he yells, "THAT'S! BEAT! TO! YOU!"

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-->'''Neku''': The UG's full of dead people fighting for their lives. You somehow find that charming?\\

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-->'''Neku''': The UG's full of dead [[spoiler:dead people fighting for their lives.lives]]. You somehow find that charming?\\


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* StealthHiBye: Kitaniji occasionally does this to Konishi, suddenly disappearing at the end of their conversations and leaving his glass behind.
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* SayMyName: Neku screams Joshua's name after Joshua shoves him off Park City to save him from the Level i Flare.
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** In Episode 6, Neku concludes that he and Joshua are outmatched by the Taboo Noise, and should flee. Joshua says that isn't an option, and as he says that, ''another'' Taboo Noise is shown cutting off their escape.

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* ButHeSoundsHandsome: A subtle example in Episode 5, when Joshua smugly says that the Composer could easily erase Shibuya if he wanted, almost proud of it. Those who have played the game know that [[spoiler:Joshua is the Composer.]]



* WhamShot: In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
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In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].Shiki]].
** In Episode 5, Neku scans Joshua, and [[spoiler:sees a flashback to the day he died. After a shadowy figure shoots Neku, the shooter is revealed to be Joshua.]]
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* BluntYes: One such exchange happens after Joshua tells Neku about his fascination with the Reaper's Game in Episode 5.
-->'''Neku''': The UG's full of dead people fighting for their lives. You somehow find that charming?\\
'''Joshua''': I do.
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** Beat challenging Neku in a race to Tower Records is a lot more foolish considering [[spoiler:a humongous Noise erased all the other Players]] just the day before in the anime.

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** Beat challenging Neku in a race to Tower Records is a lot more foolish considering [[spoiler:a humongous Noise erased all the other Players]] just the day before in the anime. In the game, Kariya and Uzuki set the trap at Tower Records because Kariya is convinced that easy missions for the previous three days followed by a mission with no time limit will cause the players to lower their guards.
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** Similarly, Neku's second entry fee is revealed in such a way after [[spoilr:Shiki disappears and Neku demands to know whether Kitaniji revived her.]]

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** Similarly, Neku's second entry fee is revealed in such a way after [[spoilr:Shiki [[spoiler:Shiki disappears and Neku demands to know whether Kitaniji revived her.]]

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* TheStinger: After the end credits of Episode 3, which concludes the first week, Joshua smirks and chuckles.



* WhamLine: TheReveal that [[spoiler:the Players are dead]] is conveyed differently in the anime.
-->'''Shiki''': The game that we're playing... isn't free. And [[spoiler:my appearance]] was the entry fee I paid with. Since [[spoiler:I still needed a body to play, they gave me Eri's. So yeah, I don't really look like this]].\\

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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
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TheReveal that [[spoiler:the Players are dead]] is conveyed differently in the anime.
-->'''Shiki''': --->'''Shiki''': The game that we're playing... isn't free. And [[spoiler:my appearance]] was the entry fee I paid with. Since [[spoiler:I still needed a body to play, they gave me Eri's. So yeah, I don't really look like this]].\\


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** Similarly, Neku's second entry fee is revealed in such a way after [[spoilr:Shiki disappears and Neku demands to know whether Kitaniji revived her.]]
--->'''Kitaniji''': Don't act shocked; it only makes sense. A game with such great rewards isn't cheap. To play a second round you must first pay a second price.\\
'''Neku''': Oh no!\\
'''Kitaniji''': Oh, yes! We take what Players value most, and the thing currently holding that place in your heart... is [[spoiler:Shiki Misaki.]]

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** While he's still otherwise rough around the edges and aloof, Neku warms up to Shiki much quicker than he did in the game. There are fewer instances of him calling her a "stalker" and demanding that she stop following him around.

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** While he's still otherwise rough around the edges and aloof, Neku warms up to Shiki much quicker than he did in the game. There are fewer instances of him calling her a "stalker" and demanding that she stop following him around.around, and he switches to using her name much sooner than in the game, when he only did so after defeating the first Game Master.


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*** After [[spoiler:Rhyme is erased and Beat is sure to follow her]], Neku doesn't cynically deride the concept of friendship. This may be partly due to the fact that the event in question is later on, after Neku and Shiki have already bonded.


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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After a despairing Beat says he [[spoiler:has no desire to live now that Rhyme is dead]], Hanekoma asks Beat, "So then you're going to [[spoiler:let her sacrifice go to waste]]?"


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* DemotedToExtra: Higashizawa's presence is somewhat reduced, as the anime omits the scene in which he gives a BreakingSpeech to Shiki.


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* VillainsOutShopping: Kariya and Uzuki are having Mexican hotdogs in Spain Hill when Beat approaches them. He lampshades the trope.
-->'''Beat''': [[TranquilFury You two took everything (from me), and smiling the whole time...]] ''(pounds the table with both fists)'' [[SuddenlyShouting NOW YOU'RE MAKING SMALL TALK? SCARFING HOT DOGS]]?

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* WhamShot: In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].

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* WhamShot: TranquilFury: In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in 3, Beat's tone when confronting the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].Reapers responsible for [[spoiler:Rhyme's erasure]] is disturbingly calm before he begins SuddenlyShouting.


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* WhamShot: In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].

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* FeedItABomb: Neku sends a fireball down Draco Cantus' mouth which leaves him vulnerable for the follow-up Fusion Attack.

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* FeedItABomb: Neku sends a fireball down Draco Cantus' mouth mouth, which leaves him vulnerable for the follow-up Fusion Attack.


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* WhamShot: In Episode 2, Shiki sees [[spoiler:her old best friend Eri, who looks just like her, although unlike in the game, Eri isn't dressed like Shiki]].
* WhamLine: TheReveal that [[spoiler:the Players are dead]] is conveyed differently in the anime.
-->'''Shiki''': The game that we're playing... isn't free. And [[spoiler:my appearance]] was the entry fee I paid with. Since [[spoiler:I still needed a body to play, they gave me Eri's. So yeah, I don't really look like this]].\\
'''Neku''': What the heck are you saying?!\\
'''Shiki''': The Reaper's Game is an examination to see who is worthy of [[spoiler:a second chance at life. I died in an accident.]]\\
'''Neku''': Wait... how?! When did I...? [[spoiler:I'm dead]]?
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* PocketProtector: After Shiki learns about Neki having two Player Pins, she proposes that he keep the second near his heart so it can "stop a bullet like a miniature shield."

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** While he's still otherwise rough around the edges and aloof, Neku warms up to Shiki much quicker than he did in the game.

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** While he's still otherwise rough around the edges and aloof, Neku warms up to Shiki much quicker than he did in the game. There are fewer instances of him calling her a "stalker" and demanding that she stop following him around.



** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper, but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally.

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** In the game, Futoshi is just a regular guy who happens to be working for 777, a Reaper, Reaper(hence why Neku can scan and imprint on him), but in the anime, Futoshi is also a Reaper and can interact with Players normally.


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** Beat is shown [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent leaning forward]] and rather uncomfortable hearing Shiki and Rhyme talk about the latter's brother. It's because [[spoiler:he's Rhyme's brother.]]


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* FreudianSlip: In Episode 2, Shiki, while looking at some outfits in a store window, calls Neku "Eri," due to not looking at him and briefly forgetting that she's not with Eri.


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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When Shiki and Rhyme are talking about the latter's brother and how nice he is, Beat is shown leaning forward and looking a bit uncomfortable in the background, [[spoiler:foreshadowing that he's Rhyme's brother.]]

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** Draco Cantus is formed from Noise combining with [[spoiler:Kitaniji instead of him combining with Neku's partners]].

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** Draco Cantus is formed from Noise combining with [[spoiler:Kitaniji instead of him combining with Neku's partners]].partners, allowing Shiki and Beat to actively participate in the fight]].
** The Level 5 keypin [[spoiler:left with Hanekoma's letter]] takes the Harmonizer Pin's place in performing the final Fusion Attack.
**Neku's second Player Pin [[spoiler:was explicitly given by Joshua to counteract the Red Skull Pin rather than being a hidden spare that protects Neku when Kitanji destroys his Player Pin in an attempt to expose him to the Red Skull Pin's effects]].


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** Beyond the Room of Reckoning is the Composer's room [[spoiler:filled with CAT's art.]]


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* FeedItABomb: Neku sends a fireball down Draco Cantus' mouth which leaves him vulnerable for the follow-up Fusion Attack.
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** The ending adapts [[spoilers:the Secret Reports]] by having some of their most important points--specifically, [[spoiler:the explanation of Hanekoma's backup plan and some implications about the Higher Plane and Angels]]--into a conversation between [[spoiler:Joshua and Hanekoma]].

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** The ending adapts [[spoilers:the [[spoiler:the Secret Reports]] by having some of their most important points--specifically, [[spoiler:the explanation of Hanekoma's backup plan and some implications about the Higher Plane and Angels]]--into a conversation between [[spoiler:Joshua and Hanekoma]].

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** Jousha uses regular [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and his level 2 Fusion Attack to fight instead of trying to adapt his unique fighting style of locking onto foes with his phone and raining junk down.

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** Jousha Joshua uses regular [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and his level 2 Fusion Attack to fight instead of trying to adapt his unique fighting style of locking onto foes with his phone and raining junk down.down.
** The ending adapts [[spoilers:the Secret Reports]] by having some of their most important points--specifically, [[spoiler:the explanation of Hanekoma's backup plan and some implications about the Higher Plane and Angels]]--into a conversation between [[spoiler:Joshua and Hanekoma]].


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:The ending reveals Sota, Nao, and 777 were all resurrected like Rhyme, something that did not happen (or at least was not shown) in the original game.]]

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* CurbstompBattle: Neku and Beat get hit with this ''hard'', courtesy of [[spoiler:Taboo Sho]]. The only reason they aren't finished off before the day ends is because [[spoiler:Sho]] has bigger things to do.



* DeusExMachina: Literally. [[spoiler:When an extremely powerful Noise appears after the Day 5 mission and starts Erasing players, Joshua appears atop 104 and banishes it with a snap of his fingers.]]

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* DeusExMachina: Literally. [[spoiler:When an extremely powerful Noise appears after the Day 5 mission and starts Erasing players, Joshua appears atop 104 and banishes it with a snap of his fingers.]]fingers]].



** The lock screen of Neku's smartphone shows a particular graffiti image on it. [[spoiler:It's the CAT mural, Neku's favorite place in the city and the place where he was killed.]]

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** The lock screen of Neku's smartphone shows a particular graffiti image on it. [[spoiler:It's the CAT mural, Neku's favorite place in the city and the place where he was killed.]]killed]].



** Furthermore in regards to the above, [[spoiler:the massive Noise that is formed from the darkness of the transfixed crowd uses the Noise symbol that acts as a barrier for the Shibuya River, the face of a snake. Anyone who has played the game and knows of his Noise form would realize that this has ties to Megumi and his plot.]]

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** Furthermore in regards to the above, [[spoiler:the massive Noise that is formed from the darkness of the transfixed crowd uses the Noise symbol that acts as a barrier for the Shibuya River, the face of a snake. Anyone who has played the game and knows of his Noise form would realize that this has ties to Megumi and his plot.]] plot]].
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** In the fight against Konishi, [[spoiler: Beat is the one to take Rhyme back instead of Neku, after gaining a BattleAura out of HeroicResolve to stop Neku from being erased. The two of them then power up Rhyme with their Fusion to take down Konishi]].
** [[spoiler:Taboo Minamimoto]] is shown pinned down under light projectiles in the Room of Reckoning rather than under a trash heap in the Trail of the Bygone.
** [[spoiler:Berserk Shiki]] is stopped by defeating Anguis Cantus and then taking away the Red Skull pin while they're down instead of [[spoiler:Neku destroying the pin after Beat takes a hit for him against Shiki]].
** Draco Cantus is formed from Noise combining with [[spoiler:Kitaniji instead of him combining with Neku's partners]].


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** After Konishi's defeat, the Players are brought straight to the Room of Reckoning where [[spoiler:Berserk Shiki]] and Anguis Cantus are fought together.


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* BattleAura:
** Beat gains one against [[spoiler:Konishi when vowing that he's not going to let anyone else die]].
** Neku gets one when [[spoiler:talking about his own growth as an objection to Kitaniji's plans for Shibuya]].


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* ChainPain: Beat is able to summon chains from his skateboard, as taken from his level 2 Fusion Attack.

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