We now return to our previously scheduled massive cliffhanger as Takemichi is held at gunpoint by Kisaki and gets saved by...Kazutora!? Out of prison and the spitting image of Baji from behind, but he wasn't actually there to save Takemichi. He was there for Chifuyu, and he blames Takemichi for not stopping the corruption of Mikey and Toman. And it wouldn't be Tokyo Revengers if Takemichi wasn't getting the @#$% kicked out of him
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Oh dang, Pah-Chin and Peh-Yan got executed! Peh-Yan even tried to take the bullet for Pah. Mikey's really purging all the old guard. We don't even know what happened to Mitsuya
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Well, at least Kazutora was able to come around enough to Takemichi to agree to work together stop the current Toman and save Mikey...which involves stopping the Black Dragons who ended up fueling Toman with money but corruping them from within (along with, of course, Kisaki). And Naoto's involved too! Except then he arrests Takemichi, although at least it seems like Kazutora wasn't planning to sell him out to the cops
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We've ragged on Automitchy a lot, but seeing how different he was in this timeline compared to normal Takemichi down to the voice and mannerisms was really jarring. And not only that, the real gut-punch of the episode, Takemichi in this timeline was the one who ordered the hit on Hina and made Akkun do it. What's worse is he had no idea what he was doing, he just went along with what Kisaki told him to do like a loyal dog, and didn't even care that Akkun's pregnant wife was missing. At least he reacted how you would expect from learning what happened, but the damage was done
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Why is Kisaki so obsessed with killing Takemichi and Hina? It seems like that's the one thorough line every time Takemichi leaps back to the present-day. And then there was Kisaki's weird reaction to Takemichi before he was about to shoot him. Dude actually cried
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I'm not surprised that Takemichi is utterly broken after realizing how badly things got screwed up to the point where he's become the one killing Hina. And what has Takemichi really changed up to this point? Every time he goes back small things change but everything still sucks in the present day. At the same time, though, Naoto still believes in him because Takemichi has saved people in his time leaps and they're closer to stopping Toman now than they ever have been before. So there's still a chance he can save Hina and save Toman, all he has to do is shake Naoto's hand and hopes when he comes back he's not in a jail cell
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Nothing more rewarding for Takemichi's newfound resolve than a bowling date with Hina! Turns out Takemichi isn't great at much but he's a pretty great bowler! And Hina is as adorable as always. Seeing Hina alive and well is always the best pallet cleanser on this show
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I guess Takemichi isn't the only guy on a bowling date as we see Hakkai with a girl right next to him! Seems like he'll be pretty relevant to this arc too
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The new OP is no Crybaby but it serves it's purpose well of showing Takemichi, Chifuyu, and all the other players in this arc as they come together with what I expect will be another tense and explosive arc as Takemichi tries to stop the Black Dragons and this time save Hina and Toman for good
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