#<- this one he also gets very very frustrated!! because koko is kinda the same way he is..

[oceanwithouthermoon]

saiki is such a fucking loser when it comes to romance (and also in general shh) that no matter who it is hes trying to date, he ALWAYS waits for THEM to confess. he will NEVER be the one to confess first..

i dont think he even CONSIDERS the fact that he could confess first, even though he can read their mind and knows exactly how they feel about him.. he waits and waits for a confession and when he doesnt get it, he gets really frustrated and is like 'i guess they just arent serious about me 😒🙄' BRO YOU HAVENT CONFESSED EITHER ?? YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO DO IT TOO WHY ARE YOU A HYPOCRITE ??

[kokoinupi]

hi op ive never spoken to you and your post just came up in my recommended so i hope its okay to dump my opinions on here lol. but like, i honestly think the same thing with all the complaints ive seen.

for me, the ending of tokyorev (and tbh all the plot writing thus far) is definitely not above criticism, there's been tons of plot holes and forgotten facts and pacing issues this whole time. and there are, of course, certain criticisms about the end in particular that are extra valid, such as, what happened with inupi's disappearing scar? you're really telling me they managed to stop the fire?? and most importantly, WHY WAS THE END ONLY TWO CHAPTERS??

but i can't 100% blame wakui ken for these problems, a lot of it im sure lies in deadlines and poor decisions made by editors, the life of a mangaka is tough and lacking a lot of control that fans seem to assume is there.

that aside though, we need to be focusing on if this the ending we deserve. after everything, does this ending fit the tone and genre of the story, does it fulfill the promises made from the start, does it feel like an appropriate ending to each character's journey? personally, i think it does. this feels like the right way to end everything. the problem i think the majority of the fandom is having is that it was so incredibly rushed that while, yes, tokyorev as a whole did deserve this ending, it didn't deserve it yet. i think if we had gotten another arc or two, and paced the denouement in a more palatable way, we would be seeing a lot less criticism of the ending itself. but i think a lot of people are confusing their disappointment in the delivery with the product.

that said, so many of the arguments are so stupid and nitpicky, and i feel like people are missing a lot of context clues that fill it out a bit more. yes, mikey and takemichi will remember, but they're not the only ones. not only do i think they would still relate the experiences of everything that happened to the people around them; they know from firsthand experience that sharing knowledge with their friends and taking some of the burden off their shoulders has only been a good thing, but also, chifuyu remembers!! this is really important to me, because there's no real reason why only chifuyu would remember along with them. which implies it could be more than just him too.

there's so many mysteries in how the final time leap happened, whether mikey and takemichi both count as the contact for each other, or if maybe someone else acted as a contact. you could say that chifuyu counted as a contact, hence why he remembered, but why would it only be him? why not... everyone else that was there at the kantoman fight?

the point im getting at here is, the missing chunk in the ending is very frustrating, especially combined with unanswered questions about how story arcs resolved in the final timeline (im personally very interested in how koko's character arc goes down, for reasons entirely unrelated to my url don't worry about it), but in a way, that openness is also an opportunity to think of your own answers, believe what you want of the ending, god forbid use some critical thinking and imagination? but it seems a lot of people in this fandom would rather complain about a happy ending than do any of that, which makes the tokyorev tag very sad to scroll through.

anyway sorry again op, im kinda sick rn and i have a lot of disjointed feelings about the ending and the fandom's response to it... it just seems so sad how negative everyone is being about what could be a very good ending given some fanon work to fill in what we weren't given.

I really really do not understand why people are so mad at the ending? You wanted a happy ending? You have it. You wanted draken back? You got it. But somehow you wanted him back without a time leap? What did you think he was gonna do? Be resurrected? You wanted everyone to be happy and alive? You got that. I understand it's been a bit rushed but why on earth would you be upset at having a happy ending where everyone lives when we've had so much death so far? YOU WANTED THIS AND NOW YOU HAVE IT AND YOU STILL FIND REASONS TO COMPLAIN.

And everyone complaining that "these aren't the characters we have struggled with" well how were you expecting an everyone lives ending without a time leap? You wanted an everyone lives ending! Would you have preferred everyone died? No because you'd have found something to complain about then too. The thing is, both takemichi and Mikey still remember, will always remember. The story has been about their shared bond, they will always know what they've been through. It doesn't mean everything is erased or that these are not the characters we know and love. Mikey and takemichi will always know how they came to be here and will always carry the same anxieties or even joys that they had before.

[cheesus-doodles]

WHADDUP WHADDUP WHADDUP 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 how would the other Yan boys react to y/n getting her uhm shit rocked 😳. I feel like some of them would freeze in utter rage, others would like try to hold her.

What if y/n kinda shuts down about the whole thing. I think I would do the same, I think I would just want to be held and spoken to gently. I'm imagining maybe some of the boys lash out around her (not at) and it just kinda startles her and she already really shaken up.

I'm just very enamored with the boys being kinda nurturing (as much as they can be) bc their PERSON has been hurt. I want all the fluff for us and all the ANGST for the people who hurt us haha.

I just want to be smothered with love ya know 😔✊️

Apologies is this doesn't really fit with how you think it might happen :) thank you!

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assjkdlnajldksa i want to be loved on by all my boys as well TuT

You thought you managed to sneak past your Black Dragon friends lounging about in your living room initially by just acting normal - dropping your keys on your side table next to your front door and making for your room, smoothie in hand. But right as you were about to climb the stairs, Inupi flatly asks you where you were going and how long you were planning to hide those bruises from them and you freeze. Crap. This boy had spotted the marks up and down your arms the moment you walked through the door and had waited to see if you would come clean with what happened or if he needed to confront you.

Koko initially is calm because he has no idea what Inupi is referring to (wasn’t wearing his glasses), but as you reluctantly shuffle closer and hold out your arms when Inupi asks you to, this baby boy flies straight into a panic, grabbing your wrists and turning it this way and that, asking you what happened and where you got the black and purple bruises that littered your arms and neck from, some very obvious in the shape of handprints. And you contemplated for a moment just telling a white lie - you didn't want to see anyone die just because they decided you would make an easy target to vent their frustrations on the Black Dragons' aggressive expansion. But before you could answer, Inupi already is lifting your shirt revealing the much worse bruising underneath, clearly those obtained from a fight. You wincing at the light touch of fabric was the last straw, Koko’s panic turning into full-blown anger, though he has at least enough control not to let it all out in your face when you were already clearly overwhelmed. Forces himself to calm down before he starts speaking, keeping his voice as neutral as he can manage, asking you what happened and who did this. When you do tell them, you get a scolding for still going to buy a smoothie, but its nowhere as harsh as you had expected, just making you promise that you would call them immediately if this ever happens again - which it won’t, because you’re never leaving the house alone again.

Inupi accompanying you to the kitchen so that he can put on some soothing balm and ice the worse ones, but also to turn your attention away from Koko not only sending out orders to the rest of the Black Dragons to start giving actual hell to that gang, but also putting a bounty out in particular for those for dared laid hands directly on you - they will be dealt with directly and only by Koko and Inupi who were itching to pay back the hell you must have gone through, being assault out of the blue for something that you weren’t even involved in. It was time to send a clear warning to anyone who thought that you were an easy target, a weak link in the Black Dragons - there was a reason why none of the usual brutal delinquents that made up the fierce gang dared to even look your way, but it was nothing your fragile self needed to know or be apart of. Your friends would handle that for you.

If it were the Tenjiku boys on the other hand, I think the reaction to finding you sliding up with bruises and a smoothie would be way, way worse. And you definitely know what your friends are like and can probably guess what their reactions would be, so you already tried to “walk it off” with the hopes some time and your ice cold smoothies would at least help the bruises to fade. Sadly it doesn’t work like that, and you had no choice but to shamble home before your phone goes off and they start sending out search parties. Izana would immediately fall silent upon opening the door and finding you outside and his expression would completely blank out, but the anger. Oh boy, the anger that roars to life in his eyes is enough to make you flinch even if you know its not directly at you. You hear your name calling from behind Izana, but the rest of the boys are wondering why the white-haired boy was frozen in the doorway, so Kakucho comes over to check and instantly notices the bruises up and down your arms. Izana grabs you by your wrist and hauls you in, and all the while you try to kind of pretend that everything’s alright even though it hurts even on the lightest touch - but obviously everyone present can read your face with ease.

Ran tugs you into his lap as you are dragged into the living room, wrapping his arms around your waist and resting his chin on your head as the others quickly realize that the bruises weren’t your normal kind from being clumsy - the black and purple bruises were 100% those from being held down way too hard for your easily marked skin. Tension in the room feels like it can cut with a knife, Izana demanding to know who did it and the other boys keenly listening - even Shion was unusually silent and serious. Rindo disappears for a bit, returns with numbing cream, bandages and ice packs that you usually stock in your kitchen for them when they swing round after gang fights, both Ran and Rindo helping you out of your school shirt so that they can assess the full extent of damage, before quickly getting to work patching you up.

Start talking, and talk fast because the white-haired boy is mad - and he is downright pissed that you didn’t care to let them know that you were attacked (just a message or a call and they would have come running, you knew that), or worse still, tried to protect your attackers instead of coming straight home and letting your Tenjiku friends deal with it. The moment your friends hears that you weren’t just randomly attacked, but that it had been targetted precisely because you were spotted hanging out with them, all hell breaks lose.

Be prepared to duck in a snap, or don’t because Ran and Rindo will watch out for you and shift you around, Izana will have sent his phone hurling through the air, followed quickly by chairs and tables as he throws a huge temper tantrum. Obviously being the ruthless gang that they were, Tenjiku would have its enemies, but hardly anyone present in your house can believe that any other person with two brain cells would dare to lay a finger on you when everyone knows who you belong to. But under the combined stress of what you just went through earlier on, Izana being absolutely furious, and the others trying to get more information out of you, you shut down, face going blank. Grabs his uniform and storms out, Kakucho shooting the Haitani brothers a look before turning and chasing after Izana - it was clear that the scarred boy would rather stay with you, but as Izana’s right hand man, he was duty bound to follow his boss and round up the rest of the gang. On the opposing end, despite the two brothers lusting for blood and itching to get revenge, their first priority would be to make sure that you would come out of this fine, and in the state that you were, they were more than willing to sit this one out - no words needed to be spoken for them to know that neither Izana nor any of the other boys wouldn’t permit you to be left alone ever again.

Doesn’t matter how long you take to recover, Ran and Rindo would be patiently waiting for you with a fresh smoothie and tubs of your favourite ice cream on the other end, which they said you could have once you go take a shower and get ready for bed (because you’re not doing anything else today no matter what you insist, you need the rest to feel better).

Your Tenjiku friends take it as a personal insult that you of all people were attacked - to them, it didn’t even matter whether you had been randomly selected or targetted, the moment the rival gang lifted a finger against you, their fate was sealed, and they were destined to be wiped off the map. No one is spared when Izana is out for blood - anyone even remotely involved in the incident or was in the vicinity but didn't step in is getting thrashed. Even the brothers get their turn prowling the night for the last few shaking stragglers - no doubt that the hospital would be very, very busy that week.