NEO: The World Ends with You - Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head Walkthrough

A walkthrough and guide for Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head (Poach the True Golden Pig) in NEO: The World Ends with You (NEO: TWEWY). Included are all playable characters, obtainable items, enemy and boss strategies, progress updates, and a complete guide on how to clear Week 1, Day 5.

NEO: The World Ends with You - Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head Walkthrough

Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head in NEO: The World Ends with You

Here is our NEO: The World Ends with You main story walkthrough and strategy guide for Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head (Poach the True Golden Pig). Included also are lists of playable characters, obtainable items and collectibles, and normal and boss enemies.

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Characters

Here are the playable characters in this walkthrough:

Character Availability
NEO: The World Ends with You - Rindo Character IconRindo All Locations
NEO: The World Ends with You - Fret Character IconFret All Locations
NEO: The World Ends with You - Nagi Usui Character IconNagi All Locations
NEO: The World Ends with You - Minamimoto Character IconMinamimoto All Locations

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Obtainable Items

Here is a list of items obtainable in this walkthrough:

Item Location
Rare Metal Pin Obtained after defeating the Pig Noise at Tipsy Tose.
5000 Yen Pin After defeating the Pig Noise at Spain Hill.
1000 Yen Pin After clearing the Noise from Yusei Iseya (Good Noise Hunting) at Spain Hill.
Tigres Assemble! Pin Obtained from the Reaper in the red hood after helping the unsure buyer at Tower Records Shibuya.
Rare Metal Pin Obtained after defeating the Pig Noise at Scramble Crossing.
Rare Metal Pin Obtained after imprinting keywords on Yuika Kaga’s thoughts (A New Chapter).
Righteous Rabbit Pin Obtained after defeating the Noise for the Reaper in the red-hood at Scramble Crossing.
1000 Yen Pin Obtained after defeating the Pig Noise at Center Street.
Rare Metal Pin Obtained after defeating the Deep Rivers Players at Spain Hill.
Axion Pin After making all Deep Rivers Players in Shibuya leave.

Normal Enemies

Here is a list of enemies encountered in this walkthrough:

Enemy Location
Pig Noise Tipsy Tose Hall, Spain Hill, Scramble Crossing, Center Street
Jelly Madchester Center Street
Dixiefrog Center Street
Decadraven Center Street, Spain Hill, Tower Records Shibuya, Tipsy Tose Hall
Drum ‘n’ Stinger Center Street, Scramble Crossing
Garage Wolf Spain Hill, Tower Records Shibuya, Scramble Crossing, Center Street
Swing Shark Center Street
Mosh Grizzly Tipsy Tose Hall
Deep Rivers Player Spain Hill

Noispedia Enemy List

Boss Enemies

Here is a list of boss enemies encountered in this walkthrough:

Enemy Location
Fuya Kawahara Spain Hill
Gold Pig Noise Spain Hill

Week 1, Day 5: Head to Head Walkthrough

Gather intel on the golden pig

1 Walk east and listen to the man in the brown suit by the railing.
2 Continue east and listen to the Wicked Twisters’ conversation.

Scan around Tipsy Tose for the golden pig.

1 Use scan and approach the golden Noise symbol.
2 Prepare to battle the Pig Noise. Afterwards, you will get the Rare Metal Pin.

Follow the golden pig to Center Street.

1 Head east toward the exit to Center Street and listen to the Players.
2 Exit to Center Street.
3 Listen to Ryoji. Afterwards, listen to the conversation with Motoi Anazawa.

Scan Ryoji’s thoughts – Imprint Ryoji with a solution to his troubles

1 Use scan to read Ryuji’s thoughts and listen to the Wicked Twisters’ conversation.
2 Head southwest and scan the thoughts of the man in the blue jacket (It’s Fate) to get “Meet” keyword.
3 Go south and scan the thoughts of the woman in the white shirt and orange skirt (Time to Dig In) to get “High quality” keyword.
4 Head southeast and scan the man in the tracksuit (One More Try) to get “Protect” keyword.
5 Check the poster on the east building (Ard Mart) to get “Best friend” keyword. Listen to the conversation afterwards.
6 Head back to Ryuji and try to imprint on his thoughts (use and combination since it will fail the first time).
7 Afterwards, go east and scan the thoughts of the man in the suit (Breaking Point). Dive into his thoughts and defeat the Noise (Round 1: Jelly Madchester x1 / Dixiefrog x3, Round 2: Jelly Madchester x2 / Decadraven x3, Round 3: Decadraven x2 / Drum ‘n’ Stinger x1).
8 After clearing the man’s thoughts, you will get “Peace of mind” keyword.
9 Head back to Ryuji and imprint “Protect” and “Peace of mind”. Listen to the conversation aftewards.

Follow the golden pig to Spain Hill – Scan Spain Hill for the golden pig

1 Take the northeast exit to Spain Hill. You will get “Favorite” keyword along the way.
2 Listen to the conversation. Move forward and listen to the Deep Rivers Players.
3 Approach the main in the red uniform in front of Visual Effects and listen to him.
4 Go north up the stairs. When you large plaza, you will get “Spain Hill” keyword.
5 Go up the stairs to the east and use scan to initiate the battle against the Pig Noise. You will get 5000 Yen Pin afterwards.

Follow the golden pig to Tower Records

1 Continue up the stairs to the east and use scan. Check the boy (Yusei Iseya) radiating Noise aura to add him to the Social Network. You can then take on Good Noise Hunting (Erase the noise possessing the boy) by diving inside the boy’s thoughts. Prepare to battle the Noise (Round 1: Garage Wolf x2 / Decadraven x3, Round 2: Garage Wolf x2 / Swing Shark x1, Round 3: Garage Wolf x2). You will get 1000 Yen Pin afterwards.
2 Head back down the stairs and east to Tower Records Shibuya.
3 Listen to the Tower Records Event Manager. Afterwards, head south and listen to the Deep Rivers Players.
4 Head south and talk to the Reaper in the red hood.

Complete the Reapers’ special mission

1 Read the unsure buyer’s thoughts to get “Buy” keyword.
2 Go north and read the thoughts of the man in the suit (Damn Signal) to get “Internet” keyword.
3 Go to the Tower Records building in the northeast to get “Tower Records” keyword.
4 Head back to the unsure buyer and imprint “Buy” and “Tower Records”. Afterwards, talk to the red-hooded Reaper to get Tigres Assemble! Pin.

Follow the golden pig to the Scramble Crossing – Scan Scramble Crossing

1 Exit south south to Scramble Crossing.
2 Prepare to battle the Pig Noise. Afterwards, you will get Rare Metal Pin.
3 Go west and listen to the conversation.
4 Head southwest and check on the girl (Yuika Kaga) near the subway stairs to add her to the Social Network.
5 Check on Yuika again to get “New characters” keyword and unlock A New Chapter Social Network side quest.
6 Listen to Nagi to get “Cherish” and “Abandon” keywords.
7 Imprint “Cherish” and “Favorite” on Yuika’s thoughts to get Rare Metal Pin and Friendship Points.
8 Defeat all the Pig Noise in the area. Afterwards, listen to the conversation.

Follow the golden pig to Center Street

1 Talk to the Reaper in the red-hood at the entrance to Center Street (northeast).
2 Prepare to battle the Noise (Garage Wolf x1 / Drum ‘n’ Stings x1). Afterwards, you will get Righteous Rabbit Pin.
3 Exit to Center Street.
4 Move forward and listen to the conversation about the man in the suit possessed by Noise.
5 Head east in front of Shepherd House and listen to the Deep Rivers Players. Afterwards, prepare to battle the Pig Noise.

Follow the golden pig to Spain Hill (Revisit)

1 Head to the main plaza to the north and listen to the conversation with Fuya Kawahara.
2 Travel to 10:00 Tipsy Tose Hall. The Social Network will also be updated (Fuya Kawahara).

Avoid getting ambushed by the gilded pigs and the Deep Rivers Society

1 Go south and listen to the Deep Rivers Society Players.
2 Head to Scramble Street and examine the poster in front of Taiseido to the east. Listen to the conversation afterwards.
3 Travel back to 10:00 Tipsy Tose Hall and approach the Deep Rivers Players to the south again.
4 Travel back to 15:00 Center Street and approach the man in the suit with the Noise aura. Afterwards, dive into his thoughts and defeat the Noise (Round 1: Jelly Madchester x3, Round 2: Decadraven x3 / Swing Shark x1, Dixiefrog x4 / Garage Wolf x2).
5 Afterwards, piece together the thoughts fragments using Remind. Head northwest and use Remind on the woman wearing a hat and green jacket (The Bare Necessities).
6 Travel back to 11:00 Center Street. Use Scan and read the schoolgirl’s thoughts (I’ll Be Back) to get “Soul” keyword.
7 Go south and read the thoughts of the man wearing a camo jacket (A Real Tearjerker) to get “Cry” keyword.
8 Go south and then west to get “Low price” keyword from Nagi.
9 Read the thoughts of the boy (That Guy) to get “Rival” keyword.
10 Go back to Ryoji and imprint “Soul” and “Cry”. Afterwards, listen to the conversation with Kariya.
11 Travel to 14:00 Scramble Crossing and talk to the Deep Rivers Players.
12 When asked for the password, answer with the “The river flows swift and clear.”
13 Travel to 10:00 Center Street. Use Remind and piece together the fragments of the picture. Afterwards, go south to the Deep Rivers Players.
14 Listen to the Deep Rivers Players.
15 Travel to 15:00 Center Street and head in front of Shepherd House to the southeast.
16 Listen to the Deep Rivers Players. Afterwards, travel tp 13:00 Tower Records Shibuya.
17 Listen to the Tower Records Event Manager to get “Time” keyword.
18 Go south and listen to to the Deep Rivers Players.
19 Travel back to 10:00 Tipsy Tose Hall.
20 Listen to the man in the suit near the railing. Afterwards, travel back to 12:00 Spain Hill.
21 Move north and listen to the Deep Rivers Players in the alley to the west. Afterwards, prepare to battle them.
22 Go north and listen to the man in the red cap and shirt in front of Visual Effects. You will also get “Shibuya River” keyword.
23 Go up the stairs northwest and scan the lady in the blue skirt (Endless Stairs) to get “Go up” keyword.
24 Pass by Kaie’s shop (north) to get “Tell fortune” keyword.
25 Head back to the man in front of Visual Effects and imprint “Go up” and “Shibuya River”.
26 Travel back to 13:00 Tower Records Shibuya.
27 Talk to the main in the blue suit and white tie (Next Match) and scan him to get “Attitude” keyword.
28 Head south and listen to the Deep Rivers Players.
29 Walk east along the shops and listen to the Wicked Twisters’ conversation to get “Appropriate” keyword.
30 Scan the schoolgirl (Baby’s First Shopping Spree) to get “Bad” keyword.
31 Imprint “Appropriate” and “Time” on the Tower Records Event Manager’s thoughts.
32 Travel to 15:00 Center Street.
33 Head to Shepherds House and listen to the Deep Rivers Players. You will also get the Axion Pin afterwards.
34 Use Replay and select “Change our Fate”.
35 Listen to the conversation with Fuya. Afterwards, prepare to battle the Fuya, Deep Rivers Player x2, and the Golden Pig Noise.
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