Review of Tokyo Revengers season 4 episode 1(spoiler alart)
The episode starts with a recap of Season 3 up to Kisaki dying, then drops you straight into Emma's funeral. Mikey gives a little thank-you speech, and Draken kneels and apologizes to her grandpa, who says she probably still loves him (I'm not crying, you are). Inupi and Koko say their last goodbyes, and the next day Kakucho buries Izana's earring. We also find out Kisaki and Hanma were behind basically everything. Their accomplices get locked up, but Hanma is on the run.
Meanwhile Takemichi is a mess. He can't stop thinking about Kisaki, who turns out to be just a regular guy and not a time-leaper. He's weirdly impressed by how smart he was, then randomly screams and jumps in a river while Chifuyu tries to distract him. That night he finally tells Mikey everything: the time leaps, his sad pre-2005 life, and how sorry he is he couldn't save Baji and Emma. Mikey doesn't blame him at all. He says he knew from day one that Takemichi could carry the world, and calls him his hero.
Then the rest of Toman shows up, Mikey tells everyone they won, they all scream their hearts out, and then he casually announces he's disbanding Toman. Total silence. He lines up the captains one by one, and Draken calls him selfish but goes along with it. Chifuyu asks Takemichi what he'll do now that there's no reason to stay. Hakkai pitches a time capsule, and a week later everyone buries letters to their future selves, to be opened in 12 years on Toman's birthday. It ends with Mikey giving Takemichi a bike ride and telling him to go back to the future. Takemichi, in tears, promises he will.
The Mikey and Takemichi heart-to-heart is the highlight, especially hearing why Mikey picked him in the first place. But Kisaki's send-off feels flat, since we never hear him say he isn't a time-leaper. Toman breaking up also feels rushed. Nobody argues with Mikey, and we don't see his reasoning. Still, after the endless Kisaki arc, I'm happy to move on.

Meanwhile Takemichi is a mess. He can't stop thinking about Kisaki, who turns out to be just a regular guy and not a time-leaper. He's weirdly impressed by how smart he was, then randomly screams and jumps in a river while Chifuyu tries to distract him. That night he finally tells Mikey everything: the time leaps, his sad pre-2005 life, and how sorry he is he couldn't save Baji and Emma. Mikey doesn't blame him at all. He says he knew from day one that Takemichi could carry the world, and calls him his hero.
Then the rest of Toman shows up, Mikey tells everyone they won, they all scream their hearts out, and then he casually announces he's disbanding Toman. Total silence. He lines up the captains one by one, and Draken calls him selfish but goes along with it. Chifuyu asks Takemichi what he'll do now that there's no reason to stay. Hakkai pitches a time capsule, and a week later everyone buries letters to their future selves, to be opened in 12 years on Toman's birthday. It ends with Mikey giving Takemichi a bike ride and telling him to go back to the future. Takemichi, in tears, promises he will.

The Mikey and Takemichi heart-to-heart is the highlight, especially hearing why Mikey picked him in the first place. But Kisaki's send-off feels flat, since we never hear him say he isn't a time-leaper. Toman breaking up also feels rushed. Nobody argues with Mikey, and we don't see his reasoning. Still, after the endless Kisaki arc, I'm happy to move on.

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