hello! a couple of months ago (I think) I sent you an incredibly long ask about neo twewy lol, so I was thinking that the site might have swallowed it...did you receive it?

hi anon! (twewy anon? hiii!!)

sorry for the late reply, it's hectic times at work at the moment, but i haven't seen anything recently! so unfortunately i think it might have been swallowed up by tumblr's usual brokenness? last i heard from you (well, from twewy anon) was when you just finished the main story. argh it really sucks when you write a long comment and it just disappears into the ether, i hope you can remember what you wrote!

i'm kinda... not very far along since where i was during the winter holidays (still working on week 2 akgj;aljgkajg it's slow going) but i did! get through the big plot twist in week 2! [obligatory spoiler tag!!! although i think everyone and their cat has finished neo twewy ahead of me by now] and can i say i absolutely did NOT in a million years imagine Beat popping up in the Game again. i mean i suspected that it wasn't Neku a couple of days in (i also did notice that the supposed Neku's hair was blonde while original TWEWY Neku's hair was more orange-y-ish, but i also thought maybe... no bleach or hair dye while on the run in the UG, maybe?). but then Beat was all YOYOYO and i just hollered at my computer for a good five minutes, i was just so taken off guard by it. to be honest i was sort of spoilered for Joshua's identity in the original game (although not his motives) so i think i didn't get the full impact of his reveal, whereas this time the surprise of Beat's appearance totally worked on me. i love the games so much the twists are just so great lmao.

(but also WHERE IS NEKU WHERE IS HE).

ngl though, i am loving older!Beat in this game. i think the stakes were higher in the original game where he was so concerned about Rhyme so he's freaking out all the time, but here he's just so zen and mouths off everyone giving absolutely no shits and i love his conversations with Uzuki and Kariya. i do like that it's implied that he was also looking for Neku, but also it's fascinating to me that the Twister gang are all playing the game alive. because in the original game Kariya said that playing the game alive means they have more power at hand to draw on. and also, someone is out there recruiting players for the game (again), with a specialized player pin to boot...

anyway i'm still slowly working my way through the game and dodging spoilers left and right! a lot of people have stopped the embargo on spoilers (very fair, it's been nine months) but i'm trying hard! to go into things as blind as possible! wish me luck!