English Dub Review: The World Ends With You: The Animation “Rhyme and Beat”
Overview
Neku and Beat search for Konishi, but they have no leads and something is stopping them from scanning people. Just then, Yashiro and Kariya appear with a challenge. Neku and Beat will have to fight the Reapers if they want to see Rhyme again.
Our Take
Neku’s gotta save Shiki and Beat’s got Rhyme to worry about. Nice to see Neku and Beat form a camaraderie over their goals. The Red Skull Pin has really taken over Shibuya. and it really makes CAT look a little suspicious. Neku really wouldn’t want to doubt his idol.
Nevertheless, the pacing continues to be pretty good. Konishi is back again and always seems to bring trouble where she goes. We also got Neku and Beat vs. Yashiro and Kariya in this episode. Pretty short flight but it remained one of the highlights. Though the Rhyme reward was a fake, Kariya handing them his Level 4 key pin was a clear indication of progress.
Overall, this was a pretty good episode. The consequences the reapers had to face are still unclear since they look under someone else’s control now. I also didn’t think Beat and Rhyme were siblings but I am also not really surprised, that was a sad backstory. But at least Minamimoto is back! The next episode should be fun stuff.
"There are also other characters that come and go (also owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate media company)."
Huh. Is that just referring to other characters from the show itself, or is this implying that the new season is going to have cameos from other WBD IPs