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== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==

** While you might know that the [[Theme Naming|brands are designed to match the animals of Chinese Zodiac]], their shops are also introduced to the player in their official order, give or take "natural" progression through the game: Mus Rattus (Rat) and D+B (Ox) are the first two you become familiar with, and Wild Boar (Pig) is the last. Gatito is not available during one's first playthrough, since it represents the Cat that was "left out" of the Zodiac.

** If you look at the Lightning Arrester pins, you will find a recurring theme: The Pegaso ones are named respectively "Thunder Rook" and "Lightning Rook", the rook being the chess piece representing a tower, while the "Electric Warning" pin from Mus Rattus shows the drawing of a radio tower on it. A tall tower is the structure most likely to be hit by lightning during a storm.

** While [[Word of God]] states which pins they are actually using, Shiki and Joshua fight by controlling and throwing around objects, respectively (the "Sexy" line of pins of D+B and Dragon Couture's "Live Slow, Die Fast"-pins respectively), and Beat launches death from above (Wild Boar's "Fly" and "Fresh Line" pins). Their attacks weren't just chosen randomly, they're fighting with psychs from their signature brands.

***** Play undub or find his quotes on youtube. He clearly says "zetta ose" and "zetta osen da yo". Do not see why they should have changed it in localization.

** Throughout the game, [[Fun with Acronyms|Minamimoto enjoys spelling out SOHCAHTOA in seemingly random ways.]] When he first meets you and Joshua, he states "Some Old Horses Can Always Hear Their Owners Approaching". This may seem random, but he's actually {{spoiler|hinting to Joshua that he knows his true identity as his former master}}.

* The barrier of the Shibuya River is in fact the symbol of Anguis Canuts -- a.k.a. {{spoiler|Megumi Kitaniji's Noise form}}. It was a rather subtle hint of who was ''really'' waiting for you, and, to a certain extent, {{spoiler|who was really in control}} all the time Neku was involved in the Reapers' Game.

** One of the areas at the end of the Shibuya River is named '[[wikipedia:Rubicon|Rubicon]]', and the saying 'Crossing the Rubicon' is an idiom for [[Point of No Return]]. When you reach the Shibuya River and it's 'Rubicon' area, the characters are literally at 'the point of no return', in both [[Point of No Return|the trope]], and for themselves -- {{spoiler|Neku couldn't enter the game again, and was pretty sure that he was screwed due to all his 'rule breaking', Beat was [[Everything Fades|fading away]] due to his misbehaviour as a Reaper, Joshua was erased ([[Not Quite Dead|or so they thought]]), Rhyme was stuck as [[The Heartless|Noise conjured by a pin]], and Shiki was was stuck as Neku's entry fee}} -- so they could only keep going forward to {{spoiler|try and take down the Composer}}, or go down trying.

* Kariya at one point calls Joshua "[[Le Petit Prince|The Petit Prince]]". A reference to the story by [[Antoine De Saint Exupery]], yes? In the book, the titular prince is described as a boy who "asks lots of questions, and ignores the ones that he is asked". What is Joshua's defining trait for most of the game?

** One of the key points in that story was also that to befriend the fox, the Prince had to get close to him in small, daily, incremental steps in order to build trust, and that with that trust friendship could exist. What was the point of this game again?

* At the startup screen where you select "New game" or "Continue", "New game" is the Red Skull Pin and "Continue" is the black Player Pin. If you're starting a new game, you begin as {{spoiler|a ''living person''}} by taking the red pin, and if you're continuing, you take the Player Pin because {{spoiler|you're ''already dead'' and playing the Game}}!

* Neku is shown keeping his head down, lost in his bubble with his headphones on as he walks through the crowded Shibuya streets, the game trying to show that he should take those off and learn to see the people around him. ''Have you looked at yourself while you play this game in public?''

* Neku listens to music a lot, and his name, roughly, means sound.

* Kitaniji (and presumably everyone else in the UG) treats the Composer as God. While this seems to make perfect sense at first glance, it becomes a little confusing once you find out that {{spoiler|the Composer is actually ''beneath'' the Angels in the celestial hierarchy}}. But ''then'' you remember that the Secret Reports also make it clear that {{spoiler|everyone in the UG except for the Composer himself is completely oblivious to the fact that the Angels even exist. Because of this, it makes perfect sense for them to think of the Composer as an omnipotent God; for all they know, he's the highest being there is.}}

** That and he's making do all the dirty work, because he's outright not even trying.

* All the Player really dislike BRAVE+, The reason is this, It a Medicine, It isn't meant to Taste Good, Just Give the 20 Plus Bravery, As the Names said. --[[User:P Miller 1]]

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