#🍓🍊 tr ramblings

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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

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Idk if this had been addressed or not but the Tachibana parents look exactly like Kisaki and Hinata as a married couple

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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.

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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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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.

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considering Takemichi most likely met Kisaki before he became a full-on delinquent in the final timeline, it's so odd to me that he just let Kisaki makeover himself with the obviously Takemichi-inspired hairstyle like ... my guy. he wasn't only obsessed with Hinata in all those other timelines. he was also deeply obsessed with you and idolized you. that Takemichi didn't suggest a different style or colour suggests to me that he really didn't understand the meaning behind it and focused more on preventing an obsession with Hinata (which makes sense), but this is why I can't help but think Kisaki had, at the very least, a lot of long-lasting admiration for Takemichi in this timeline.

I've also considered that maybe Takemichi doesn't gel up his hair in this timeline, since it's not shown, but Kisaki, who didn't know any delinquents, dying his hair blond to be like Takemichi (and staying blond into adulthood) is still telling. if this is the case, then I don't even want to unpack Takemichi suggesting the gelled up style to Kisaki, because we can pretty much say for certain that Kisaki got the inspo. from Takemichi in the other timeline. so where would he have gotten the inspo. from in this timeline ಠಿ⁠_⁠ಠ

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I find it really interesting that wisteria are supposedly Kisaki's favourite plant. It is mostly symbolic of longevity and love in Japan, but the Korean symbolism for devotion that transcends death is so fitting for him

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Is this anyone else's hyperfixation timeline or it just me?

I'd love to hear any headcanons (or even prompts) y'all have for this timeline! It's not talked about enough and I love to hear thoughts about it

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I have a theory that if Kisaki had a canon appearance as a delinquent without his hair gelled he would have been a more popular character

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Going absolutely insane over the idea of a confused, miserable Hinata who was never told the details of the Kanto Incident mourning for Kisaki and visiting his grave. Look me in the eyes and tell me Takemichi told her the complete truth about what had been going on... I don't buy it ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ He didn't want her to feel in any way connected to all the suffering that had happened, so he hid the truth from her.

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Kisaki being dainty even when he becomes a delinquent is something that can actually be so personal

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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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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*

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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