#tr 275

[colored-tr-panels]

the power of friendship broke the curse. they are in their disney princess era

[raamitsu]

⚠️ TR 275 LEAK PANELS ⚠️

by PepitoGoat

[il4k5]

[chenechen]

Mikey, I'm sorry, but

[miss-allsundays]

My take on Takemichi and Mikey's relationship

+ why I feel like what we've seen from chapter 275 is the perfect ending to their story.

[SPOILER FOR TR 275 LEAKS]

I know that many people have felt distraught/maybe disappointed with the new leaks, but I feel like Takemichi (possibly) dying by Mikey's hands, especially while trying to save him, perfectly summarizes their relationship as a whole: two people that very clearly love and care for one another (whether you view their bond as platonic or romantic it does not matter right now) and that at the same time can't be together because they destroy each other (both metaphorically and literally lol).

Right from the start, Mikey is introduced as some sort of rival for Takemichi, someone who is, at the very least, partially responsible for Hina's death; and although their relationship develops, Toman's 1st gen president still remains an obstacle to Hina's wellbeing and happiness, even if Takemichi has gotten much more hesitant on actually condemning his friend.

Mikey, instead, first approaches our protagonist because of the similarities between him and Shinichiro; then, of course, that develops into actual care for Takemichi, to the point where Manjiro trusts his friend enough to tell him about one of his biggest secrets, the dark impulses.

Throughout the course of the manga, this dynamic becomes more and more complicated: in the past timeline, we see the two teenagers only become closer and closer, and yet every time Takemichi travels to the future, the consequences of Mikey's curse become more and more evident.

What in the past is a simple friendship between two boys, in the future it shifts into a bond that makes both of them act irrationally and that causes pain for everyone involved in it: the main examples are Manila!Mikey, who kills every single one of their friends to gain Takemichi's attention, and the Bonten timeline, a future that the protagonist casts aside with “little” hesitance, despite it being the best outcome yet.

Their feelings for one another become very contradicting. 

Takemichi is well aware of the fact that, logically, Mikey is the problem, and yet he cannot bring himself to abandon him, no matter the cost: during the Bonten timeline, he should be happy and satisfied with the outcome, and yet, the fact that Mikey is not able to live a normal life with his friends stops the time-leaper from truly enjoying his “success”.

On the other hand, during that same future Mikey is doing the complete opposite: he goes to great lenghts to isolate himself from the others, deeming himself as almost a burden because of his dark impulses. And yet, it becomes clear that a part of him has never moved on from toman, and from all the people he cares for: he desperately wants to be alongside his friends, his family, and most of all, he wants to be saved from the curse that has been part of him for most of his life.

Mikey and Takemichi’s bond is a constant tug-of-war between selfishness and selflessness. 

Takemichi wants to save everyone, but most of all, he wants to save Mikey, which leads to decisions that might be considered selfish; Mikey instead, destroys all of his friendships because he does not want to hurt his loved ones furthermore, and yet he yearns for a savior, a hero.

And Takemichi is able to fulfill the role of the hero: his desire to save Mikey is so deep that it becomes detrimental towards not only those around him, but himself as well, resulting in his (again, possible, but not 100% certain) death.

Takemichi dying by Mikey’s hand is at the same time the best and worst outcome if we take all I’ve talked about into consideration: Mikey is saved from his impulses (which is something they both wanted), but it is at the price of Takemichi’s death.

In my humble opinion, this ending is genuinely the essence of their dynamic as a whole.

[hoesplay]

Tokyo Revenger cured my artblock but at what cost?

Below the cut is my trauma dump fanart for this chapter…

TR 275 SPOILER

I am in severe pain 🤡

[jaegckerman]

I'm gonna be lighthearted about this chapter in upcoming posts and take the piss to cope but i also definitely thought "oh that's how they used to be as kids 100% Haru going 'my -insert possession- :((' and Mikey just laughing like a maniac as he runs away with it"

[yougurrr]

exposing my views on some takes this fandom has bc why not💀(reason for me to post more)

1. mikey snapping out of his trance because takemichi told him that he’s still his friend

you know I was ready to defend mikey until someone reminded me of chapter 252 and it kinda demolished my entire argument…

I wanted to say that maybe, mikey was so moved by takemichi because he thought he didn’t have any friends left. you know, he tried his best to push them away, to make them despise him, so it would make sense for mikey to think that he has no one left and to get moved by take’s words but we literally have these 3 panels which confirms to mikey that his friends don’t hate him💀

or if it’s not a confirmation for mikey is at least one for US. tho pah clearly talked to mikey and mikey doesn’t seem to be in his dark impulse state so I really don’t know what to think anymore😭😭

2. “mikey openly loves takemichi since he didn’t break down screaming like this over anyone else’s death” (this is the take)

first, it’s obviously made by a shipper, but that doesn’t excuse how wrong this take is

I dislike this take because it’s comparing characters and how much mikey cares about them( friends AND family members)

draken,baji,emma,shinichiro even izana, all of them were important to mikey. just because he externalizes his feelings differently that doesn’t mean they weren’t as important as takemichi is to mikey.

plus let’s not ignore the fact that mikey KILLED takemichi. I’d scream like this too when I just have realized that I killed one of my friends💀💀 if everyone else can freeze then there also can be someone who’s screaming frantically like come on. of course he’s hurt but he’s also shocked

conclusion, this was supposed to be a post where I “do not entirely agree/ don’t agree at all” with these takes but I think I actually agree with the first one😭😭 tho if someone else can explain better what’s happening there i’d be very happy to hear them!!