#takemichi: this is my friend!!

[nite-puff]

three guys and a güau-güau

drawing diamonds cuz they’re on the brain from rewriting the mondo fic.

reblogs are greatly appreciated!!! :D

[chodzacaparodia]

[double-gs]

If you could also reblog this so more people can see, that would be great! I can't wait to meet you all :)

Please check back on the comments once this poll is done!

[skateironicallycantskate]

something something kazuichi, hajime, mondo, and takemichi like the outsiders…

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Mikey: I'm finally at Manilla. Mikey: Damn it's hot outside. Mikey: Izana will probably certainly be mad that i didn't tell him where i'm gone but it was necessary for my plan Mikey: And i don't care what he thinks. He spends too much time with this fucker of Kisaki anyway. Mikey: Now i just have to wait Takemitchy here! Mikey: Mikey: wait, will the fact i sent this photo of us, considering that everyone is dead on it except us and that he'll certainly understand that i'm the one who killed all the others, will make him think he'll the next to be killed and will absolutly terrorise him? Mikey: And that he will not come, and rather ask for the police's protection? Mikey: Mikey: nah =) Mikey: i guess i'll wait in this abandonned building until my crybaby come!

Tbf Mikey was completely right and probably knew Takemichi was going to do the most unsafe option and not tell the police because Takemichi has a track record of doing rather risky things and walking straight into danger.

Mikey's plan isn't great but it definitely seems a little better when you remember who he's using it on.

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Shooketh Michi...digital and colored

[mazojo]

Emotional damage after today’s episode

[angryborzois]

TR characters as my friend's impressions of them

(I asked my friend who doesn't watch TR about the characters and here's what I got)

Izana: "I like cookies, OIGAGH" He's like a baker

Sanzu: "I act like I eat human flesh, but I like strawberry pure"

Shinichiro: coughs "I'm kinda hard-core. I like online shopping and girls who like hello kitty" has cardiac arrest

Bonten Rindo: "I like grapes and whatnot. My favorite books are nonfiction cause I'm about that kifw" British accent

Kisaki: metal noises

Hakkai: "I hide teddy bears under my bed and cuddle them, hoping one will take me away from this cursed reality. I also occasionally bake blueberry muffins because the smell makes me happy" snifflez

Bonten Ran: "I play girls because I'm lonely and I secretly like this one quiet girl, but she insulted me and my feelings are hurt. She said I look like a skunk, mummy said to ignore her" Australian accent

Kokonoi: aggressive hissing

Takemichi: "I watch turbo nonstop and I like eating SpongeBob ice cream"

Kazutora: "I can't see anything. W-.. where-where am I goi-" *falls off a cliff*

Hina: "I like collecting shells and eating pink muffins. I like chewing warm clothes and watching hello kitty" trips

Draken: "I run a business that screws over thousands of people. I'm also affected to my little pony"

Smiley: "H-H.." chokes on spit and coughs uncontrollably. "AHAUGGHE..HHHHGH..Hi"

Wakasa: "I was trying to pick up some corn I found laying in an abandoned field and all of a sudden, I hear a screech and a little boy screaming to his mom: "MUMMY, A ZEBRA". I have never wanted to hurt anyone as much as I did at that moment. Then I cried"

Mikey: "I've spent millions of dollars investing into the most chemically fatal gel to keep my hair like this" crusty comb

Atsushi: "I conjured up the power of the gods and defied the laws of physics. I AM gravity"

Angry: "I like waterr. I am waterr. I have an unquenchable thirst that haunts me every hour and I must bathe in the liquid smooth substance or else I will fade from existence"

[beechira]

“i’ve... always fought this battle on my own” did u tho?? did u really

[tamayokny]

you know what, i don’t care what y’all say...the tokyo revengers ending is good. i will defend it.

[nite-puff]

takemichi really is so lucky. who else in danganronpa is that queercoded yet has been unscathed by the writers’ inability to portray queer people in a nuanced and respectful way?

i mean the reason he’s unscathed is because he doesn’t show up in any of the games but-

[chodzacaparodia]

What I love about Takemichi and Chifuyu's friendship is that Chifuyu somehow combines Takemichi's two worlds - the one before Toman and the one when he was already a member of Toman.

What I mean is that Chifuyu is the only person from Toman who has developed a closer bond with Takemichi's friends that he knew before joining the gang.

I realize it's mostly a matter of them all being from the same division, but I believe their relationship goes beyond that. That the relationship between Chifuyu and Takemichi's old friends is not due to more "official", related to their division, relationships, but rather because they share a common friendship with Takemichi.

Takemichi had friends before Toman. However, when he joined the gang, he began to make new friends that did not clash too much with his old friends. Most of the time we see that these are two completely different worlds. Even when his old friends eventually join the gang themselves, I felt like they were a bit out of place.

This changes, however, when Takemichi's two worlds meet in a place that should be a safe space for the boy, where a normal teenager could hang out with his friends - in his room.

At that moment I thought that Takemichi's closest friends were in one place. That together they are here for him.

From that moment on, it is clear that they are not only members of the First Division, but also friends.

Chifuyu was not only Takemichi's friend, but also someone they could rely on. He became THEIR friend.

In case of problems, Akkun, Takuya, Kazushi and Makoto can turn to Chifuyu for help. And I firmly believe that it's not just because he's their vice captain, they can just trust him like someone close to them.

When it comes to their relationships with other members, I get the impression that they are more "official". Akkun, Takuya, Kazushi and Makoto do not have any major interactions with the other boys.

The exception may be the last battle, where Mitsuya's presence is more visible, but I can't imagine Mitsuya just hanging out with Akkun, Takuya Kazushi and Makoto. In turn, I can totally see Chifuyu spending time with them even without Takemichi's presence.

Yes, you could also say that Hakkai also became somewhat closer to Takemichi's "old" group of friends when they all ended up in the same high school.

But honestly, I doubt they would have developed a closer friendship if it weren't for Chifuyu's presence. After all, at some point Takemichi, Hakkai and Chifuyu became an iconic trio who came together to help the young Shiba. Their friendship was also on a completely different level. And Chifuyu was a person already in two of Takemichi's friendship groups. I don't think Hakkai would be able to make friends with the other guys right away, because Takemichi himself had never introduced his old friends to anyone else.

I have the impression that Chifuyu contributed more to bringing the boys closer to Toman than Takemichi himself. Because Takemichi himself didn't even introduce his old friends to this world. They themselves joined the First Division under Takemichi, but it was Chifuyu who became the bridge between the two worlds. I bet he started it all.

When Baji showed Chifuyu what friendship was, Matsuno began to take it very seriously. And at every step you can see his commitment to friendship, not only his own friendships but also other people's, often leading to him starting to form bonds with them.

[cringeyvanillamilk]

Psssst- can you draw my best friend and takemichi all lovey dovey?

i wanna surprise her heheh >:3

(She has freckles and a smoll antenna btw)

Then i’m right there being their no. 1 shipper who likes to tease both of them like

Making her all blushy XD

That’s all, thank you so much in advanceeee! 💖💖💖

(Also i just realized how my bestie loves the color green and how takemichi’s always associated with that color lol)

They look so cute together~! I'm happy that Takemichi is getting some love~! Here are some extra~!

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Survivor Taka with Takaaki and Takemichi and it's just...I dunno. A sort of tense and awkward air with a hint of sadness between all of them. Because Taka isn't...Taka. He's Kiyondo. He's not Takaaki's son anymore. And he's not the Kiyotaka Takemichi met all that long ago when Mondo brought him over.

They silently mourn Taka. Especially Takaaki who had previously slowly watched his son become less like himself and now in front of him not himself.

Just this...person.

Not the son he raised.

It makes him grieve his son, even if he was alive, this wasn't his Kiyotaka.

[appreciatingtokrev]

takefuyu qpr....

[revengesworn]

so i know i asked you all if i should post about the ending but in the end I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF, I'M SORRY, tr ending discussion under the cut

as a summary of my previous thoughts on the ending... my number one problem with it has always been the lack of an explanation for how mikey/takemichi managed to leap back in time together. to me, this makes it seem like they just got lucky that the leap worked at all, which ruins the theme of "you shouldn't take on your burdens alone/rely on your friends a little."

the reason it ruins it is because it comes across as like... mikey was right to push everyone away, because when he finally gave into his impulses and trusted takemichi like he told him to, he LITERALLY KILLED TAKEMICHI. and it was seemingly just luck that they both managed to go back??

i have, however, had thoughts since then which make the ending work a bit more for me personally. mostly, that the reason the curse was broken/they were able to go back was still ultimately a direct result of mikey deciding to trust takemichi/breaking the mindset of "i have to take everything on alone." specifically, in part because he trusted takemichi to save him and "gave into" the dark impulses, but mostly because in the moment takemichi was dying, he begged him to come back. basically he was asking takemichi for help; asking him to prove his beliefs right - that mikey should and can rely on others, and that it's okay to do so. basically i'm trying to help the ending to make thematic sense (to me), is the idea.

now... that's interpretation of the final leap is kind of a stretch. and not really stated or implied in canon, unfortunately. BUT i do think there's some symbolism to support it, like the heavy emphasis placed on mikey's tears that are implied to play a reason in why the leap worked (at least that's what it looked like to me??). mikey has been set up as a character who believes that crying is weakness, so seeing him openly cry represents the shedding of that belief/being willing to ask for help.

but anyway i've said all this before, so what are my new thoughts? well, not much tbh WHOOPS but in the past, i interpreted the dark impulses as being a result of not the curse on shinichiro/karma directly - the punishment for THAT was shinichiro's death at kazutora's hands. instead, mikey's DI are more a circumstantial result of him having been dead in the previous timeline.

and also in the past, i said that the DI appear due to his desire to not rely on others, and are therefore broken when he admits he needs help. i still hold to that, but now i also really like the idea of like... they also come about as a result of him believing he doesn't deserve to be saved, & that he can't be saved?? and therefore it's not just him admitting he needs help that breaks the curse - but also him admitting that he wants to be saved at all. maybe even coming to believe that he deserves it, or at least that he wants a future with everyone.

after all, he DID technically manage to save everyone (but himself) in the bonten timeline. it's not just that he needs help because he can't save everyone by himself. it's also that he needs help so that he can save himself, too, and that he deserves to be a part of that happy future he created for everyone as well.

does that... make sense?? at all?? lmao i feel like it's a meaningful distinction a bit, but idk if i phrased it in a way that makes that clear or that is indeed coherent at all. regardless though. those are my ending headcanons. but god i wish wakui implied all this a little more than what we got KSJFHDSKF