Same. The notion that the Dark Impulses is a curse born from murder makes sense, but the chapter presents it sooooo poorly it ruins the fun. Mikey flatly saying "I sometimes can't control myself" completely lacks impact and could have happened, like, within the first 20 chapters of the manga? This is supposed to be a big reveal, but it completely fails at feeling important.
Plus, the conclusion "now I can see the future, come at me all you like" is laughable. Until a couple chapters ago Toman new gen was getting their ass handed over to them and if a good beating is all it takes to solve the curse...Well, damn.
Tokyo Revengers
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Yeah, this reveal could have had a much bigger impact if it set up differently. The elements are all there and the notion of dark impulses have already been introduced long ago. But it was never across as actually meaning more than just a young dude going through puberty aggressions. A little bit more of a hint that there's a deeper meaning to it could have worked wonders.
In the same vein, the curse should have been set up much earlier. Not necessarily talk about a murder already but set it up by question "where does this power come from?" or "do these powers come with a drawback?". Leaving it a mystery would be fine but it creates the sense that there might be more to it. That way the reveal would have worked better I think.
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Actually that's one way of solving everything I had not considered. Kill Takemichi, no more time travel shenanigans, end of the story. Nice ^^
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The question is though if he has passed down the time travel gift to Mikey.
That aside, I think the same as last week. Not bad in concept but the execution in terms of set up. Like now even Whatshisname openly shouts out that it's a curse, before we meet the homeless guy we curses were not at element of the story at all. This should have been set up much better. As it is now, I can't shake off the "last minute addition" feeling.
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Wait what, the series is ending this soon? I mean it should have ended prior to this arc but rounding everything up now feels a bit rushed.
Be that as it may, I've been seeing for quite a while that I think an ending like in Butterfly Effect could happen. This chapter now makes this very likely.
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Ok. Not a bad ending, but definitely a rushed one. After all the drama and failed loops that went horribly wrong due to the tiniest detail and multiple deaths, the resolution feels far too easy. I said so before, it would have been perfectly fine if it had ended after Kisaki's death and Mikey's resolve to let everyone live in peace.
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Yup, it should have ended with the previous arc. As far as the actual conclusion is concerned, part of me wants to dislike it because it kinda makes all the previous struggles seem pointless since we now arrived at the perfect ending. But then I realize that timeloop plots usually do the retry thing until they get the best possible outcome.
Still if compared to Butterfly effect that one had a bittersweet ending. While this one is just happy go lucky and we skip all the parts that got us there. We don't see how Takemichi and Kisaki bond, they just did off screen. Same for everyone else.
One might say that the ending is bittersweet since the actual Takemichi died in the present but I don't see it this way. That Takemichi got the opportunity to live for a second time and do things better. That's far better of a reward than just fixing a key moment in the past. Also, it kinda goes against the entire premise of this series.
All in all I'm so-so on the ending. It definitely is a rushed job. And I wonder why the series is ending this abruptly. Does the author want to end it or has he been made to end it because the readers ranked it lowly? If it's the latter it would be quite surprising that a series that is selling the previous volumes well and which is quite popular to fall this quickly.
Well be that as it may, I would like to end this post with one little tidbit about this happy go lucky ending. Shouldn't Shinichiro still be cursed?
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For this chapter to work, it should have shortened the three gangs stuff, jumped to the end brawl and have what happened in this chapter be it's own arc.
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I pretty much agree. There's so many changes in character personalities implied with what this turn of events brought along. Seeing characters bonding in a different way would have so more rewarding than the VIIIIVVVOOOOOO that we've gotten instead. Honestly, what was the author respectively the editor thinking? This entire battle buffet part just seems like it wasn't supposed to be there originally. -
Okay so I believe the story ends next week. How did the final arc/wrap up work out? I as the story salvageable? Worth giving it a reread/chance?
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Honestly ? No. If you're going to re-read anyway, I would recommand to skip the last arc and pretend it never happened. Stop after the Kisaki saga.
It's like Ivotas and Pariston said: the final arc was bloated with gang wars that felt completely out of place while the conclusion, albeit passable, is rushed in just 3 chapters when it could have been much more interesting if it had been introduced more organically and developped over the entire arc -
The conclusion is definitely a nice idea on paper but it's executed horribly. The good developments if you can even call them such just feel unearned. I'll explain what I mean with one example of the penultimate chapter:
It's a pity really because I think that this could have created a nice ending. Perhaps a little bit too happy of an ending for many but still not a bad idea after all the setbacks the protagonist experienced. But we had to go through a terrible slog to get here. If at least this ending would have gotten five more chapters to flesh things out a little bit I would say it is worth it. But as it is I agree with Seafarer, just read until the Kisaki arc ends. It's an amazing series until then.
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I expected a chapter like this and I'm still disappointed. Usually I like seeing where people end up after time has passed but I feel that works better if you show a bit more of the everyday life of the protagonist respectively the narrator. However here we are at a wedding which is not your everyday situation. So to get a glimpse of that there should be more focus on the protagonist respectively his very close circle. But nope, we get info dumps on where every single character ended up and that's it.
On that matter, I guess we don't need time to see how exactly Kisaki and Takemichi bonded so that the former is ok with the latter marries the girl he is interested in. It's not like Kisaki's jealousy has any importance to the plot right. It was just the main antagonists sole motivation so yeah, we can ditch that aside I guess.
Also what exactly became of the curse? Isn't that what's responsible for the entire mess in the first place. Or does Takemitchy "dispelling" the curse within Mikey a few chapters ago mean that the curse within Shinichiro when Mikey looped back too? How? I would be willing to accept it if the curse was within Mikey at that point because of this entire future self taking over past self thing. But the curse was still within Mikey's brother at that point. But I guess concluding the source of the entire conflict in this series is not important. We just accept that it's gone. Why? Because this is the final chapter. VIIIIIIIIIIIVVVOOOOOOOO!!!
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@Ivotas I was expecting mediocrity and, well, the chapter did not disappoint on that front.
It goes with everything we've been saying the past month. This sort of ending with just a snippet of everyone could have made sense if we had had a full-length arc focusing on the final loop. But instead, we get a botched fast-forward and have to buy that they lived happily ever after, no questions asked.
On the curse, my best guess would be that future-Mickey's curse was indeed dispelled when he killed future-Takemichi, and then both looped back early enough to prevent Mickey's accident. Therefore the Shinichiro in this timeline never had to go kill that bum and get the curse in the first place.
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Oh yeah, I guess that makes sense. Kinda slipped my mind as the author himself didn't think that something so integral to the story deserves a little more panel time.Still the Kisaki plot thread remains unresolved. Just becoming friends is not enough of an explenation. Ever since mankind created fictional stories, the concept of friendship, love and betrayal has been one of the most popular subjects. Saying they are friends and leave it to the audience to piece things together is super lazy. Especially because it's easy to come to the conclusion that Kisaki is still pissed and will betray Takemichi at some point.
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Why let the corpse rest when you can milk it for more 8 weeks.
https://mangadex.org/chapter/8aee54cb-30f8-4613-a3bd-35327fbbb2fa -
Well, those guys are super popular here in Japan. Honestly, I'm quite sure that the vast majority of actual customers are just young girls who freak out at the cast as if they are some male K-Pop idol. But that's not the issue here. The issue is why the mangaka didn't take advantage of it in the first place. This mini series that servers milking purposes is more interesting that the huge slog of VIIIIIIIIVVVVVOOOOO that we've gotten. I'm still baffled at the creative choice there.
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The second part of what should have been in the actual series instead of the final arc:
https://mangadex.org/chapter/8bc22d46-1f98-47f8-9b7d-b2610776611d/1