Sho Minamimoto

* General
* Noise

"The world's made up of numbers. Do the math and you'll find your desired solution."

**Sho Minamimoto** is the secondary antagonist of The World Ends With You.

## Canon

A lot of Sho's past is unknown. It's assumed that they were a Player who won the Reapers' Game and joined the Reapers. At one point, they began to lust over the position of Composer for reasons unknown.

Sanae Hanekoma taught Minamimoto how to refine Taboo Noise, as the Reaper was Hanekoma's backup plan to make sure Shibuya survived (unbeknownst to Sho).

Having been aware of Joshua's human form, Sho aimed to hunt him down in the RG, believing that the Composer had no power in the RG. However, Sho had been wrong there. They chased each other in the RG, and ended up in the backstreets... right where Neku had been. Joshua shot at Sho, hitting their right arm. Sho retaliated with multiple gunshots of their own, but the Composer stopped them in midair, prompting Sho to escape into the UG.

## Pre-Paradise

Minamimoto had been preparing for the second week of Neku's Game.

## Plot Involvement

Having woken up in their own room, Sho's first thought was that the room was "zetta cool". Then it occurred to them that something wasn't right, given they've never had the luxury of having such a room. They made their way out and began wandering around, trying to figure out the situation and get a general idea of the area.

In the process, Minamimoto found themselves in the Coconut Mall. They continued to make their way around until they found themselves in a dark hall. They ended up finding themselves at multiple dead ends. With the lack of light and their continued steps drawing further and further from where they came in, Sho became lost. Eventually, they found a light not too far off, but on their way to it, they tripped. The grim heaper would find themselves face to face with none other with Schezo Wegey, who had been using a spell to create the light. At first, Sho had tried to make him hand over the light, but it occurred to Sho that they may be Noiseless. And while they felt they could take on Wegey without any Noise, Sho had a feeling that it would be best to keep their lack of defenselessness a secret. That way - in Sho's eyes, anyway - they could catch others who try to ambush them by surprise, and CRUNCH! Throw them in the heap. As much as they thought cooperation was garbage, they had no choice but to work with Schezo. And that they did. Though, they did butt heads. At first, Sho was very aggressive with Schezo, shaking his hand roughly and insisting the dark mage was the one who needed experience. Then, Minamimoto had realized that they were getting on Schezo's nerves just as much as the dark mage had been getting on Minamimoto's! This gave the grim heaper the bright idea to enrage the guy, because if Sho pulled the right strings, they could use this to their advantage. And so began Sho's nagging and taunting towards Schezo. Sho insisted that they head towards what Wegey assumed to be a dead end ahead, deciding that the dark mage should be the one to go ahead rather than the grim heaper because Wegey was "the fractal with the experience". While Schezo told Sho that no one would hear their screams for help if they go on ahead, Minamimoto let the dark mage know that they could easily "throw him into the heap". This prompted Schezo to go ahead and slash at Sho, in which the grim heaper responded with a dodge in the nick of time, and they teleported out. Granted, Sho could have done so prior, but it was fun messing with Wegey nonetheless.

Sho then participated in Roselyn's magic class, making quite the noisy showcase for their introduction. (WIP)

Later on, Sho would get a Chao, which they called "Eureka".

Heading to the caverns with the Chao, they would encounter Goro Majima and Schezo Wegey once more. At first, Sho was planning to iterate Schezo until Eureka stepped in and convinced them otherwise. Schezo had tried to snag a hug from the Chao before he threw a pebble at the dark mage, making a noise akin to that of Sho's "So zetta slow" phrase. And then Sho and the Chao took their leave.

## Character Relationships

* Schezo Wegey - An antagonist turned protagonist from Puyo Puyo. Sho encountered him in the dark halls of the Coconut Mall, and while they did butt heads, Sho decided to go and enrage the hell out of the poor guy. Sho used to see Schezo as a stepping stone of sorts, and a bit of entertainment for themselves as well. However, after some encounters in the digital chatrooms, it's safe to say that Minamimoto hates the guy's guts. Luckily, Sho finally blocked the dark mage on the chatroom, but that doesn't mean they won't end up encountering each other in-person.
* Eureka - Sho's Chao. They care deeply for the little guy, the chao himself seeming to be the only individual that Minamimoto considers at their level, if not higher. At first, Sho was planning on training him to be a strong warrior or something of the sort, but now? Sho's going with the Chao's flow. And frankly, they've influenced Eureka quite a bit.
* Goro Majima - A main character from Yakuza. They met him within some caverns. Majima had been, frankly, shitting on Sho within the chatroom, and it just happened coincidentally that he met Sho, their Chao, and Schezo in the same place. While Majima had been ready to watch Sho and Schezo duke it out, he had seemed to support Eureka's "betrayal" of Wegey. Sho and Goro haven't spoken since.

## Trivia

* Sho is obsessed with mathematics, and can't help but use such terms in regular conversation.
* They stand at 5'11".
* Sho is the youngest Game Master to date.
* They have a preference for they/them pronoun-wise, but don't mind he/him.