#🍓🍊 tr ramblings

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when Takemichi is finally old enough to get his hands on some beer in the final timeline he's so excited because it is his favourite brand from the timeline he originally came from, but then he drinks it and discovers that his tastebuds aren't developed to like it yet so he cries. "I'm supposed to like this!" he exclaims, and then Hinata laughs at him for failing to seem mature

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I just had a premonition that this scene will not be animated in season 3/it will be cut out

It's a shame because this is one of my favorite scenes, but because it's Kisaki-sympathetic I sense that at the very least the dialogue will be significantly altered or cut down, maybe eliminated entirely. I always got the vibe that Mr. Wakui was foreshadowing something different from (or something more than) the Kisaki + Takemichi reunion in a restarted timeline (ie, a Hanma time leaper moment), but we never got that, so the scene might be reduced, maybe to just this panel, for some foreshadowing of the reset timeline. Other than that, I feel like the producers will be worried this scene asks the viewer to like Kisaki, which it doesn't, and that would also lead to the scene being altered.

[strawberryclementine]

While it's nice that the cast got a happy ending, the rush-through of the final timeline in Tokyo Revengers overlooks so much trauma and manufactures happiness for the cast in a highly presumptuous way, and I don't care for how it diminishes the events of the entire series. It's presented to seem pleasant (maybe even perfect) but Takemichi relived almost his entire life while on a constant guard to "protect" numerous people who didn't know him yet, with only the support of one person who didn't know what he went through in all the other timelines. Imagine how all-consuming that self-imposed responsibility is! Takemichi's hero complex consumed him for two decades until he could reach a life he had always wanted with Hinata, but she is completely oblivious to it. She has no idea what Takemichi has been through to reach this point. She has no idea who Takemichi really is! How can something so orchestrated be what he always wanted? Isn't he exhausted? How is he supposed to live after reaching an age he has now reached twice, in two separate lives? What is he supposed to do with himself with all that he knows? How does he carry on?

Anyways, depending on the direction of the wind or the phase of the moon, I'll go from thinking of the final timeline as this horrific Twilight Zone situation in which Takemichi is driven to madness but then I'll laugh at the idea that he's upset he can't drink beer for like ten years after time leaping to grade one.

[strawberryclementine]

wait how did it take me this long to realize that if there's a Tokyo Revengers musical then Kisaki will probably definitely be singing in it??? Will there be a Hinata + Takemichi duet????? OMG ♥️♥️

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RIP Kisaki Tetta you would have loved Will Wood

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thinking about how much Kisaki Tetta would hate the Barbie movie

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I love Kisaki *listens to will wood*

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Naoto, Hinata, and Kisaki (three characters that are integral to the series): *exist*

TR merch team:

[strawberryclementine]

buzz cut Kisaki is actually really great don't even bother trying to convince me otherwise because he's just so funny,, also for anything I write with him in the final timeline you best believe that if he's blond he also has that buzz cut: not that faux-hawk "I'm obsessed with Takemichi" look, but the dorky "I want to look like a delinquent but I actually just resemble a tennis ball" look

[strawberryclementine]

Kisaki's Birthday is tomorrow (or today depending on where u are) and I have absolutely nothing prepared for him •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀ so sorry, my king

[strawberryclementine]

Tokyo Revengers manga spoilers below cut (final arc)

The end of Tokyo Revengers is actually so wild.. I genuinely forgot they killed Kakucho because I just erased it from my memory. The editors wanted to torture our hearts more for no reason at all, huh TT_TT anyways, I love finally seeing him animated <333

[strawberryclementine]

(about prev post) what I love about this advertising for the Tokyo Revengers musical is that the Kisaki / Hinata obsession is actually being shown already!!! It's being advertised!!! Literally the driving force of the series and it's somehow seldom examined or discussed that this is what roped Takemichi into his situation!!! Why does the story never fully even address how intrinsically tied he, Hinata, and Kisaki are??? How they are all mutually obsessed and incredibly, incredibly lonely???? How loneliness is the most painful thing and can manifest itself in vastly different ways???????

How will the musical end, I wonder? It must have an actual ending (and not be one inconclusive arc) since it's a stage production, which means it'll be different from canon, which means maybe they'll focus on this trio and their loneliness and their obsession and their love and their hatred and--- *gets stabbed by kiyomasa*

[strawberryclementine]

If they change Kisaki's pose when they animate this panel I'm suing

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how did he go from being a shonen villain to a shoujo protagonist in one panel

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I find it really funny that in the character book ranking for Least/Most Likely To Get Married they simply did not include Kisaki, even though this man getting rejected in every timeline is a major catalyst for the whole series ...

I can't tell if Wakui just didn't include Kisaki because he has very few fans and the fans want to see which other characters wouldn't be married/wouldn't want to get married, or if he actually thinks Kisaki would get married before these guys, but either way, this is quite funny to me!

I personally think Kazutora wouldn't allow himself to have a relationship because he is guarded and feels he doesn't want or deserve a relationship because of the chance of getting hurt or hurting others. I headcanon Mikey as being aromantic, but I think we can say for sure that Hakkai is not, and the fact that he is ranked below Kisaki is hilarious. Hakkai, you miss 100% of the shots you never take, smh 😔

If Kisaki saw that he wasn't last he'd probably be so happy LOL

[strawberryclementine]

obsessed with the idea of a young Final Timeline Kisaki confessing his feelings to Takemichi because he's deliberately taken Hinata's place as the first person to treat him so warmly and tenderly in this timeline and he just blurts, "What about Hina???" and Kisaki is confused and responds, "Huh? So you're rejecting me, right?🥺" because Takemichi and Hinata aren't even dating yet and it hits Takemichi all at once the precarious ✨situation✨ he may be in so he quickly says, "No, no, of course not!" and Kisaki quietly asks, "You have feelings for me too, then?🥹" and Takemichi just takes a deep breath and says, "Give me a minute," before contemplating all his life choices like