any thoughts on tokikio's husband?
i had this idea that he would look sort of but not quite like nemuro, the same way that nemuro made his secretary dress like tokiko. i think that would be thematically fun, but i don't think enough about tokiko to know whether that would actually fit her character or not
That is an excellent question because Tokiko is rather hard to interpret for me as well! What kind of life did she live after Ohtori? I nevertheless have this view that Tokiko is one of the few who actually managed to "escape" Ohtori, to actually leave it behind and start a new life. So, what would it be like?
A quick note about Nemuro/Mikage. I think there is no way he would have made his secretary to dress in certain way :D. I think it's like it was said in the show, that he just saw a random woman whose appearance already reminded him of Tokiko (probably without noticing it himself, rather just thinking, hmmm, why does this woman look so unsettling, i cannot understand) and asked her to be his secretary then. (I also think that he pretty much ignored her after that. We don't see him interacting with her at all. I actually would like to write a bit funny fanfic from the secrtetary's pov where she is just really confused and annoyed, like, what does this weird teenager want for me, first he commanded me, then just ignored me in this small office room, what the fuck is wrong with him)
OKAY but back to Tokiko! Because she was able to leave Ohtori, I think she would not be so clinged to her past anymore. She has experienced tragic events: her brother has died, her trusted (?) friend (?) has committed a masscare and probably also died. I think she probably escaped to other side of the world and started a totally new life, leaving everything behind. Or at least tried to!
But what would her supposed husband be like? She says to Akio that she has a loving husband. I'd like to think it's true, not just pretense towards Akio. But would the husband be something like her old lover, Akio himself? (I think Tokiko had some genuine romantic feelings towards Akio, that it was not the case that Akio totally seduced her. It's also they both are clearly adults (or at least over 20). She was probably actually very invested in that at least for a while. I see a possiblity that has implied by @capturedbystars, that while Mamiya died, Tokiko was not present, because she was making out with Akio)
Nevertheless, because she was supposed to escape, perhaps her new husband was nothing Akio-like. It at least "feels" like a better option for me.
Would she then be inclined to hook up with a guy that reminds her about Nemuro, this exentric teenager that was part of her and her brother life for a while? I actually don't see it likely, because the show makes it really clear that Tokiko had no romantic feelings towards Nemuro. She was 5+ years older than him (and the show even makes the secretary break a fourth wall and state these exact words to the audience as a representer of Tokiko in the ep 23).
As I have elaborated elsewhere, I see Tokiko as a kind and good-intending person, who nevertheless might have both good and a bit adverse impact to Nemuro.
But what became of Tokiko after all that? I have no coherent answer. I favor the interpretation that she was able to escape and start a new life, but what would that mean in practice? What do you others think?