◤ The World Ends With You ◢

(Note that there're a couple of spoilers.) Something I am reading other than The Hobbit.

This short book, also referred to as It's a Wonderful World, focuses on a protagonist named Neku Sakuraba who suddenly died, but revives in the "Underground" (abbreviated as UG) of Shibuya (the UG is the same Shibuya, but those who die revive in this area). However, he has no memories of his death. In order to go retrieve his memories, he must play a game for seven days where he has to do missions. He must cooperate with other people to survive.

Just like The Hobbit, there are many resemblances. Neku always wears headphones, especially while speaking to somebody. In my opinion, I find his headphones to be the "wall" between him and, well, other people. It's like he ignores people by simply listening to music...or that 'glass wall' that he can never pass through, metaphorically speaking.

I can describe Neku as a nihilistic person, according to our philosophy terms we learned recently. Neku doesn't cooperate with his partner and often wanders off by himself. He's very independent, and didn't really care for other people at all. However, as he progressed with his teammate in the game, he was able to learn about friendship and trust, and what it meant to break it.

I'm awfully sure at least someone who reads my blog post felt like they were betrayed or betrayed someone else, even if it was a small thing.