#ahhhh I'd love to read the whole thing again from his pov

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I feel like there was a bit of a missed opportunity for Takemichi to go through an arc of his own in a man vs self kind of thing. Let me explain:

I don't remember who unfortunately, but I saw a post somewhere that talked about how future takemichi and past takemichi were two different people even if they technically were the same person. This is evident by some observations Hina made, such as how he seemed more mature and how he treated her coldly at one point, as well as some other characters being aware of the difference between past and future takemichi because they knew about his ability (chifuyu saying things like "oh, you traveled back?") and not to mention the fact that past takemichi was about to cheat on Hina with Emma before takemichi time traveled back. And that's another thing: when he time travels back to the past, he finds himself in situations that are unknown to him and he has to figure out what's going on before fulfilling whatever mission Naoto gave him. He's in these situations because of his past self and what he's doing while takemichi is back in his original time. When he travels to the past, his body in the present becomes what we could call a husk since he's asleep. But when he travels to the present (technically the future) the life of his past self goes on, doing his own thing with the new situation and timeline that takemichi made happen thanks to him changing the past.

On to my main point: takemichi's consciousness is what travels through time, along with his memories, feelings, knowledge and character development. When takemichi goes through character development, he takes it with him no matter which body he's in. But the same can't be said for his past self. Like l said earlier, past takemichi is a separate thing, and he doesn't have the same memories or knowledge that present takemichi has. Past takemichi remains constant and doesn't go through the same character development as present takemichi because they have separate conciousness. So, thanks to the fact that they're two different people but also the same person, it would've been interesting if there was a point where present takemichi had to battle with the decisions and consciousness of his past self, having to undo certain things or try to predict what he'll do since it could change the future. I'm not sure how wakui would execute that whole thing, but it would be interesting to see. Plus, I feel like it would really solidify takemichi's character as a whole: the hero who wants to save everyone, but to do so he has to save them from himself.

Oh you're right that would've been pretty cool to see! Like you said though no idea how Wakui would've done that (it's kinda funny to imagine future Takemichi having post it note wars with his past self, like leaving basic instructions for himself before he leaps like "don't cheat on Hina!!!!!!!!".

That being said though i do think past Takemichi went through some chatacter development too. We definitely can't say for sure because we never get his pov and we have no idea what his past self was thinking the whole time. But since past Takemichi was still hanging around Mikey, Draken, Chifuyu etc, was still in toman and even leading a division while future Takemichi was busy in the future i think it's safe to say he probably changed at least a little bit. Past Takemichi is still a hero too or has that desire to be a hero, both Takemichi's have the same core ideals anyway it's just the future one is the one to experience everything first hand which solidifies his motives and personality more.