

Mitsuki Konishi reports to Megumi Kitaniji on Joshua, Day 4 that Taboo Noise attacked some Reapers on Route 5, and even with Minamimoto going AWOL, Player counts are dropping fast. Neku and Joshua are attacked by Taboo Noise the same day. The Taboo Noise play an important role during Weeks 2 and 3 their first mention is in Joshua, Day 2 where Koki Kariya and Uzuki Yashiro flee from Noise attacking them and Kariya says he thinks it's Taboo Noise. The Taboo Noise refinery sigil in Udagawa Back Streets. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or character details follow. It is impossible to escape from a Taboo battle once forced into one. Many feature unique attacks not shared by the rest of their family as well. They are also on the high end of damage dealing within their respective Noise family, which makes them harder to fight against, and often are more aggressive than their cousins. Puck-passing (in the DS version) or Cross Combos (in The World Ends with You -Solo Remix- and The World Ends with You Final Remix) are important due to the fact that the player without the puck, or not performing a Cross Combo, will deal considerably less damage to Taboo Noise. Due to their high resistance to almost all sources of damage, defeating Taboo Noise requires high level pins and good puck-passing work. Creating them also requires a high amount of capability, making it impossible for most Reapers to make them.įighting Taboo Noise is much harder than their normal counterparts. Because they are technically "artificial" Noise, this is the only current method known of how they are made. These are shown as a blue noise symbol surrounded by Japanese writing on walls and floors, which can be seen a few times made by Sho Minamimoto in the timeline. Unlike regular Noise, which Reapers can create at will, Taboo Noise can only be created using Taboo Noise Refinery Sigils. It should be noted that many Taboo Noise symbols will also contain regular Chump/Negative Noise species alongside at least one Taboo variant. Taboo Noise symbols can be dragged away from Neku during a scan to prevent unwanted Taboo Noise battles, but only if they have not already reached him. Unlike regular Chump Noise symbols which drift harmlessly when Neku scans, or Boss Noise, and Pig Noise, which float in place, Taboo Noise symbols will charge at him in haste to initiate an inescapable battle. Their Noise symbol is also shaded in a monochrome-like manner, being a mid-gray tone in color. Each taboo noise is a recolor of the noise that came before it in the Noise Report. All of their eyes are red, which is representative of their aggressive nature.

Taboo Noise take on a gray-scale monochrome coloration, being a mix of black and a range of grays from dark to a light, near white.
