TWEWY The Animation Episodes 9 and 10

Episode 9 

So like I said this episode covers Days 2 and 3 of Week 3. There are some changes from the game, but it’s all mostly there. Day 2 starts of with the pair at Miyashita Park Underpass and Beat telling Neku how he and Rhyme died. In the game this occurs later when Kariya is giving them puzzles, but it does make sense for the anime to cut that since a puzzle wouldn’t translate over well.

From there they realize that the red skull pins are silencing the town, and free Eri from some Noise. I actually really like that they keep bringing Eri back, it keeps things in perspective with how Shiki is still basically a hostage of the game. The day ends as Uzuki and Kariya tell them that they have to do a mission from them to get Rhyme back.

Day 3 then is mostly Beat and Neku trying to take down Uzuki and Kariya. This was one of the coolest battles in the game, and I think they did an excellent job with it here! We get a Beat fusion as well! It’s then revealed that they weren’t given the real Rhyme, the Game Master played them all. Kariya hands them a keypin instead, and the episode ends with Uzuki and Kariya being taken over by the red skull pin while the Game Master melts into the shadows.

I am a little sad that they changed the mission that Uzuki and Kariya give them. Beat is still hilarious in the anime, but one of the funniest parts of the game is when Beat sneezes so loudly that Neku can’t hear the mission from Uzuki. And of course the mission from Kariya is cut in favor of Beat just telling Neku his backstory. The change makes sense, but still drops a fun scene.

Episode 10

Episode 10 was mostly Week 3 Day 5, plus the beginning of Day 6. Day 5 consisted of Beat and Neku figuring out that they have yet to check out Udagawa, and getting attacked by possessed Uzuki and Kariya. They defeat those two by removing the pins and realize that Mr. H messed with the Taboo Noise sigil on the ground. From there they head to Cat Street where they find the cafe trashed. They realize that Mr. H left a keypin there that'll get them into the Shibuya River. The day ends when they're attached by Taboo Miniamoto.

Day 6 is then just the two of them heading to the Shibuya River. Konishi materializes from the shadows briefly before disappearing.

I'm pretty confused by these changes from the game. In the game, going to Udagawa and going to Cat Street are two different days, so you don't head to the Shibuya River until Day 7. Which makes sense, that's where the big boss is, so that's where you go on the last day. What is the anime going to do with this extra day on their hands? It'd be pretty lame to just send Beat and Neku back to the Scramble Crossing after they get to the River. 

The other thing that they had to remove was in Cat Street Beat steals Neku's phone and takes random pictures of the past, one of them just happens to have Mr. H in it. It's a funny moment, and Beat is still hilarious in the anime, but I missed it.

Anyways, it'll be interesting to see what happens with the anime from here. I have no idea what to expect.