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| “ | So zetta slow! | „ |
| ~ Sho Minamimoto's most famous quote. |
| “ | Any tree can drop an apple. I'll drop the freaking moon. | „ |
| ~ Sho Minamimoto |
| “ | This is my Game. And I only allow two things. Flawless calculations... and beauty! | „ |
| ~ Sho Minamimoto |
Sho Minamimoto is one of the secondary antagonists of the video game The World Ends With You and a major protagonist in NEO: The World Ends With You. As an officer of the organization known as the Reapers, he is responsible for coordinating lesser Reapers in the Reaper Game, in which the recently deceased compete for the chance to return to life.
He is voiced by Fujimoto Takayuki in Japanese and Andy Hirsch in English.
Biography[]
The World Ends With You[]
The Second Week[]
For the second week of The Game, Minamimoto is chosen as the game master, and as opposed to the previous one, Yodai Higashizawa, his instructions for the day involve puzzles and math. About halfway into the week, Sho stops issuing missions to Players altogether, which is extremely unusual for the Game. Sho is preoccupied with his own plans, creating Taboo Noise, which is a capital offense among the Reapers. He is eventually tracked down and defeated on the 7th day by Neku Sakuraba and Yoshia "Joshua" Kiryu, but Joshua is seemingly killed in the process, obliterated by Sho's Level-I Flare attack.
The Third Week[]
Sho returns in the third week, having recreated his body via a Taboo Noise sigil. His power is greatly magnified in his new form and Neku and Beat find that they can't destroy him. He reveals his plan to use his new power to overthrow the current composer of Shibuya with Mitsuki Konishi. However, he is defeated and crushed beneath a pile of junk. Whether or not this actually killed him is ambiguous.
Another Day[]
In the alternate dimension of "Another Day", Sho is seen once again, but not as a villain. Under the alias Dr. Pin, as he is a master of the popular game Tin Pin Slammer. He helps Neku and the others out in their quest to return the Pins that were stolen at a recent Tin Pin tournament. While still an eccentric and not terribly reliable, Dr. Pin is helpful in his own way.
A New Day[]
In the "A New Day" chapter (exclusive to The World Ends with You: Final Remix), Sho is resurrected by Coco Atarashi as a partner for Neku.
NEO: The World Ends With You[]
Sho Minamimoto returns as a playable character in NEO: The World Ends With You. He allies with the Wicked Twisters in order to advance his own agenda. During the first week, he takes an interest in Rindo Kanade's time travel abilities and monitors him closely. At the end of the week, he deserts the Wicked Twisters. Minamimoto returns on the fourth day of Week 3, and battles the Twisters in his Leo Cantus Armo form. He puts them on the ropes, until they are saved by Neku. Minamimoto explains that Rindo's time travel powers create a unique breed of Noise before leaving. He returns one final time on the Final Day'' to help the Twisters protect Tsugumi Matsunae from a Plague Noise attack so she can convince Game Master Shiba Miyakaze to ally with them. At the end of the game, he declares his continued intent to overthrow the Composer of Shibuya.
In Another Day, Minamimoto allies with an alternate universe version of the Wicked Twisters in order to complete the Reaper Romp so he can attend Shibuyapalooza. After completing the Reaper Romp, he parts ways with them. Despite Another Day taking place in an alternate universe, it is implied that the Minamimoto who appears in this story is the same Minamimoto from the main story.
Other Media[]
Kingdom Hearts[]
Although lacking a physical appearance, Sho Minamimoto appears in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance as a opponent one can face in the Flick Rush minigame.
Personality[]
Sho is one of the youngest Reaper Officers in history. Mitsuki Konishi notes that his aptitudes are off the charts in intellect, tactics and combat potential. However, he has one major weakness: he will not cooperate with others. He is brilliant, but also eccentric and defiant. Sho is extremely fond of mathematics and frequently makes roundabout math references, as well as using math terms as battle cries.
Sho Minamimoto believes "the world is garbage" and enjoys creating "art" to demonstrate this point: this art is usually nothing more than large pile of assorted garbage.
In NEO he becomes an ally to the Wicked Twisters though he is rather condescending and shows little to no moral support. While he's primarily on the side of the good guys for his own reasons he is significantly better than he was in the first game, as Neku points out he's much less psychopathic and goes out of his way to save Coco from plague noise.
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