#mikey is the reason why BD1st gen stopped. which meant if shin had lived in og timeline BD would have started again as if those past 4 years

[just-sp-in-inginthevoid]

So after establishing Shinichiro's mental health depends on Mikey since he's his last family member he knew of before his life collapsed

He would've become a – the – influential organized crimes member of Japan; stopping only because he had to take care of Mikey. By doing so, canon happens, and Mikey finds himself, in every single future timeline (final timeline aside) as the most influential criminal of Japan. Everyone dies around him or he makes them leave, the same way OG Timeline Shinichiro seems to do (albeit to a lesser extent, but then, OG timeline Shinichiro wasn't the most influential criminal in Japan - he was even arguably a criminal). Shinichiro's last 4 years in the OG timeline were a living hell. Mikey's life is a living hell. Shinichiro saving Mikey's life was a selfish decision; a world where Mikey's alive is paradise, no matter what may happen. Except the hands of time and Karma don't work that way – and a world where everybody dies but Mikey isn't a paradise world for Mikey. He has to lose everyone so as to stay alive; and he isn't even the one who made the decision. Yet, he's the one paying the price

Shinichiro and Mikey's arc are very similar. And I wonder if the curse isn't Shinichiro's grief or something else. One thing is sure though, and that is that it's Shinichiro's. Whatever that thing might be (aside a metaphorical depiction of Mikey's mental health but ehhhhhh) it's Shinichiro's. It's his curse, and it's his love, and it's his choices, and it's his selfishness, and it's his grief and it's his pain and—

And everyone, mostly Mikey, have to suffer the consequences that should've fell on him.

#mindless rambling #mikey is the reason why BD1st gen stopped. which meant if shin had lived in og timeline BD would have started again as if those past 4 years #were a 'break' - and there werent really since they were in shady business still for mikey #but like. if mikey had died as a child. a really young child. if he had died with his father. or if their grandfather wasnt alive and #shin and mikey had had to be separated by the foster care system. what then. #mikey was doomed by Shinichiro. Shinichiro was doomed from the start. and he is the one who doomed everyone else (almost) #tokyo revengers #tok rev #tr #tokrev #sano shinichiro #tr shinichiro #tokrev shinichiro #tr mikey #tr manjiro #tokrev mikey #tokrev manjiro #sano siblings #sano family #sano mikey #manjiro sano #tr spoilers #tokrev spoilers #tokyo revengers spoilers