Tokyo Revengers Episode 21 Discussion

Pre_Yum said:
Holy hell... just what all Takemichi didn't want to happen, did actually happen. Everything's going in the wrong direction. This episode really portrays why Mikey became the person he did in the future after all that. Mikey's anger was nowhere near stoppable by anyone. Hanma getting destroyed there proved that. Mikey's eyes are just glued at this point on Kazutora.

Even, Takemichi felt helpless in that situation. This is just beyond what Takemichi would've thought. I don't know what Takemichi's gonna do now. This whole situation is just getting from bad to worse. Damn... Baji.

AcceleratorAngel said:


Lol are you mentally stable mate?

There is literally nothing that takemichi could do at this point, he ain't no messiah that can save anyone, he's clearly limited in the amount of stuff he can do.

Also this complete episode was solely focused on baji, only tiny bits towards the end were from takemichi side of view, everything else was focused on baji and his ordeal of saving everyone at the cost of his own life.

Adizcool said:
This was the first episode of the series I genuinely hated. I really don't know what the author was thinking here. The entire time Mikey was beating the shit out of Kazutora, I was screaming for them to check Baji's pulse since there was no way in hell he was dead. And lo and behold, after a few minutes he stands up, comes down and kills himself.

Was that the best solution you could come up with?! "MiKEy DoNT KilL KaZuTORa BeCause I'M ThE One WhO KiLLeD Me". Yeah, the only reason it came to that was because Kazutora gave you a fatal injury! Why would that placate Mikey at all?

Also, were we supposed to feel sad when Baji died? We barely knew his character. All I could think about when he was talking with Chifuyu was "Ok". He is portrayed as some tragic character who sacrificed himself for his friends but the only thing in my mind during that scene was this is dumb. Also, let us not forget these are middle school children. We are basically seeing 13-14 year olds killing each other and themselves. Every time I remembered that. the episode felt even more ridiculous and dumb.

Another thing that pissed me off was why is Tachemicchi such a crybaby? I understand Baji's friends getting sad and pissed but Takemicchi was the one crying the hardest at Baji's death. Why? He knew Baji even lesser than the audience and even that was not a lot.
Damn this episode pissed me off a lot.

sockerdricka said:


Lol dude, I won't ask about your mental health but is your brain OK? Did you ever hear of logical thinking, cause and effect? Did we not watch the same episode?

Takemichi watched his loved ones die (sometimes horribly) one after another, he went back in time with a determination to try to change that fate.
And then he mostly stood still and didn't lift a finger while his friend was getting his head bashed in with an iron pipe, and while he watched everything unfold that he came there to stop. He basically didn't move, just gasped and screamed and cried.

Of course this is done purposefully by the author because the show can't end yet, it needs to keep going naturally. It's just pisspoor writing to have him stand there gawking without lifting a finger for the majority of episode after episode.
Even if it needs to be like that for the story to continue, it breaks the suspension of disbelief too much for many people who watch the show and ruin the story because it's done so poorly.

Let's not talk about the most logical option, assassinate the person responsible for all known present and future evils and who made the person you loved the most die in horrible agony. It's the simplest and most obvious thing in the world for everyone to see and there are chances for it everywhere, but then again, the story would end. And also then the MC wouldn't be a "good guy" by anime logic if he kills the person responsible for destroying everything he holds dear and killing everyone he loves. Again, suspension of disbelief (and dat anime logic).

AcceleratorAngel said:


Lol are you mentally stable mate?

There is literally nothing that takemichi could do at this point, he ain't no messiah that can save anyone, he's clearly limited in the amount of stuff he can do.

Also this complete episode was solely focused on baji, only tiny bits towards the end were from takemichi side of view, everything else was focused on baji and his ordeal of saving everyone at the cost of his own life.

Greycas said:



That was my point, the sequence of events was clearly awkward, everything happens for no real reasons except the author's will.
You can't make characters act like this, one committing suicide for his friends without actually developing their relationship or it will feel rushed and cringe. The previous episodes were so sloppy, not to mention the animation.


Takemichi is not left out, he is just a spectator of the scene because he does not want to do anything. He absolutely knows the sequence of events, yet he does not anticipate anything and does not act accordingly. The author describes a character with an IQ of 80, just above mental disability. How can you handle that? Then takemichi ends up crying because things did not change, It's just ridiculous.

SouthRzVa said:
That's it. This show has reached a new low in terms of shit writing. Like... are you for real?

As expected, Takemichi didn't do shit AGAIN but of course plot-kun was there to cover for him. I mean, Baji had to literally resurrect to stop Mikey from murdering Kazutora because our MC was too busy crying AGAIN... and then everyone just goes full retarded so that Takemichi can reappear in scene as the voice of reason and make us believe he actually had any relevance in this shitshow of an arc. Ridiculous.

Not to mention I also can't stop laughing at Baji and his retarded idea of committing modern day seppuku as only available way to stop Mikey from killing Kazutora. Dude... at least tell Mikey that Kisaki is the real enemy here. Don't just repeat it to the only two guys who already knew it.