#yokothinks

[yokohamabeans]

So I went to Yokohama Chinatown and just had to check out this street...

Familiar?

Well...

Some aspects are different but I think it's the same street Wakui drew it out from!

(Also, I LOVE the vibes in Yokohama. I can see why Tenjiku digs it. I get it, I get it...)

#yokothinks #kakucho #kurokawa izana #fic ideas popping up with every step I take!! #roacish #TR spots IRL

[taeyeonschild]

these are all from asks i’ve received, and i’ve started like all of them cuz i’ve had too much time on my hands. but what would you all like first?? so that i have a clue what to focus on

also thank you all for the support!!! i love all of my new followers, and everyone who has interacted with my blog so far!!!

#what #yokothinks #kpop #stray kids

[yokohamabeans]

I was walking around Roppongi when I passed by a familiar place!

It’s where the Roppongi Battle of Ashes happened (or at least, was inspired by)!

If you guys would like to look it up, it’s Roppongi West Park. 

#yokothinks #TR spots IRL #Haitani Ran #Haitani Rindou #TR Braindumps #Next up on my list is Kokudo Station..... but there's really no other reason for me to go there #and train fares in Japan are pricey..... #also now that I've cleared up most of my asks I've turned anon asks back on hehe

[yokohamabeans]

With the new TR season, I hope that the fandom will stop using 'Hitto' as Kakuchō's surname... His name is JUST 'Kakuchō', NOT 'Hitto Kakucho'!! Hitto doesn't make sense as a surname in Japanese, and Kakuchō doesn't want a last name!!

#tokyo revengers #kakucho #yokothinks #I'm sorry this is just such a pet peeve of mine.... #i get it though if blogs have been using the 'kakucho hitto' tag for a long time and that it's easier to just stick to it for organization #but I still see him being referred to as such and it's wrong...... #shutupyoko

[yokohamabeans]

Ok so I caved in and bought TokRev CB4 on Booklive and I have to say I’m surprised that they included every single one of the character in the series so far!! 

Some points off the top of my head after a quick run-through:

The character profiles also consolidate all of the character’s images (e.g. their looks across all the different timelines, past and present)!! 

Even super minor characters (like the homeless time-leaper and Chifuyu’s dad, which is literally just his funeral portrait) get a super quick feature.

Kakucho’s profile was like 2-3 pages long because it included a review of his story in the manga, with a special focus on his and Takemichi’s friendship (actually, more like his admiration for Takemichi as his hero). It's mostly recap and repeated information, but still nice to see it!

There’s a page on the organizational structure of Bonten (nothing new), which kinda tells me that we probably won’t get more in-depth information on them in the later books (if any)? I actually think this is the last character book we’ll get, in fact.

Have to say it’s more than I expected! Feels more ‘conclusive’ than CB3.

ALSO I DON’T WANT TO BE A DEBBIE DOWNER BUT....

Waka’s hobby isn’t ‘trolling’ in the sense that he likes being an asshole. It’s trolling in the sense of recreational fishing with a trawl. (As further evidenced from the fishing gear in his room, and his ‘day in the life’ section). 

#yokothinks #tokyo revengers #also I wanna complain Wakui #BD got super 'clean' and proper drawings of their rooms #but Tenjiku only got sketches..... #care to explain the difference in effort????!!! #I kid I kid #TokRev CB4

[yokohamabeans]

Hiii! I saw your guesstimates and i wanted to say i'm impressed with the efforts and searches you do!

Btw, i wanted to share this idea with you... what martial arts do you think that fits your favourite TR characters?

Just a silly question, cuz i wanted to know what kind of fighting style you think they would use... :')

Hey there shinyicecube!! Again, sorry that it took so long for me to answer this... And thank you so much for your kind words!!

Hmmmm I don’t know much about martial arts tbh, and I think for the most part, most of the TR characters just brawl, so it’s pretty freestyle, imo! 

The clearest examples are...

Rindou - BJJ or Jiujitsu. Possibly MMA?

Mucho - Judo, as shown and stated in Chapter 160

Mikey / Baji - Judo, cuz of the Sano Dojo

South - MMA, as stated in the epilogue

Benkei / Waka - Presumably boxing/kick-boxing, cuz of their gym.

Other than them, there aren’t any distinct or explicitly mentioned martial arts style. 

But if you are to ask for my preferences / headcanons for my favourite characters...

Izana - Sikaran, a kind of Filipino Martial Art that focuses on kicking. From what I’ve seen, it resembles the high kicks that Izana did in the Kanto Incident when he fought Mikey! 

Kakucho - I think he’ll go for something brutal and with heavy strikes. I can see something like Krav Maga and Muay Thai for him. (Also because I personally just love watching Muay Thai hahahaha)

#yokothinks #TR braindumps #TR headcanons #shinyicecube #asks #Kakucho #Kurokawa Izana #haitani rindou #sano manjirou #baji keisuke #terano south #imaushi wakasa #arashi keizou

[yokohamabeans]

Idea pitch: The Bear but instead of a shoddy mismanaged restaurant, Shinichirou leaves a shoddy mismanaged bike shop to Mikey--

#listen to me the dynamics work out PERFECTLY #takeomi also already has Richie's loser-ness (affectionate) down pat #guess which show transformed me on a spiritual level 😫 #yokothinks

[yokohamabeans]

What do you think of each of the Tokyo revengers girls? I want to hear some opinions on them (if anyone is seeing this and wants to say something about them please do! I want to hear as many opinions as i can)

Ahhhh, this was asked like months ago.... I'm so sorry to take so long to get to it....! I hope you've been well since!!

In general, I think Wakui has tried his best to portray the TR girls as strong and in the best light he can, but of course if you are to compare it against other works with really good, strong and driven female characters, it may seem to fall short. I personally like all of the female characters in TR though, and think that Wakui could have done a lot more with them! (well, this actually goes for a lot of his other male characters too...)

Hina: Shows her strength by being Takemichi's anchor, voice of reason and unwavering source of courage, imo! I like her, but in a pretty neutral way. I just think her relationship with Takemichi is really unfair against her... If you think about it, she spends most of her time with the 'other Takemichi' who we all know is not the Takemichi she fell for. That's.... rough..... And when the 'real Takemichi' finally time-leaped back to her, he straight up left her right before their wedding to die...... (I'm talking about the Bonten Timeline, of course). IMO: GIRL YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER!!

Yuzuha: She's actually WAY WAY WAY stronger than most of the male characters!!! She's a bad boss bitch that's what she is!! This is a girl who has endured years of abuse from her brother so that she can be strong for her other brother..... She was even prepared to kill and go to jail for him!!! The fandom doesn't appreciate you enough, Yuzuha.....

Senju: A physical representation of strength for the TR girls!! I think she has a lot more potential and could have received soooooooo much more development as a character. She's a high school kid, traumatised by a childhood incident which she has been struggling with every day of her life, and leading an actual gang of older men. Boss bitch behaviour, but Wakui should've shown us more of it!! I also WISH Wakui had drawn her beefier and more muscular.... as she should be...........

Emma: Hina has heart, Yuzuha has strength and Senju has power, and even though it doesn't seem to be directly portrayed as such, I think Emma has the brains. Hear me out: this girl is really perceptive and emotionally in tune with others. A girl of high EQ. I'm sure Draken looks towards her for advice (Mikey too, though it may be harder for him to admit)

I must say that Wakui's portrayal of girls is a little 'traditional' and kinda 'black and white', and 'good or bad', in the sense that they don't really have many moral and psychological grey zones. Yuzuha comes the closest to it, though. Then again, his manga has always been about the fellas, so I guess that's why he doesn't focus on them much?

#yokothinks #asks #ineedabreaksoimadethis #TR braindumps #Tachibana Hinata #Kawaragi Senju #Sano Emma #Shiba Yuzuha

[yokohamabeans]

Hey, what do you think about the new chapter of the Tokyo Revengers? That Kisaki, Hanma ,Izana and the rest of the negative characters suddenly became good and kind?

Oh man.... Chapter 277.... Hooo boy. Warning: incoherent, saltyish rant ahead cuz I'm commuting and these are just off the top of my head.

Well, don't get me wrong. I'm appreciative of the fact that everyone (Kakucho especially) is alive and well but, I just thought it was pretty bad writing...

Firstly, one of the many things that drew me to TokRev is that major characters can die anytime, which I thought was pretty unique for such a straightforward mainstream shonen story, especially one about TEENAGERS in modern 'normal' Tokyo. Draken's death was heartbreaking but well done imo. Even Izana's. So for Wakui to suddenly write all of them off like that makes me wonder... What was the point in those 'deaths' then???

It doesn't make sense to have every single character suddenly become members of the 'good' Toman, when they weren't even good people in the first place. Their goals don't align with Toman's 'code or honour', Kisaki and Hanma especially, even members of Tenjiku. I suppose with Shin alive, Izana can be talked into joining Toman but a huge part of his character was his jealousy of Mikey which happened whether or not Shin died, yknow? Izana, from the start, wanted Shin's full attention and love, and wanted to be the one and only. (I suppose a lot could've happened off screen to change Izana's mind and perspective, but then it's not really Izana, huh?)

And a huge reason why the S62 joined Izana (aside from being beaten into it) was that they were essentially promised a leading position in Japan's underworld alongside him (as part of Tenjiku). Now that they're in Toman, they're probably just a step or two above a regular lackey in Toman. I just don't see how or why Tenjiku, Kisaki and Hanma needed to be part of Toman.

Many other blogs here already brought up other points I've been feeling about the TR ending, especially about the impact of it on their entire characters and personas. I'll reblog ones that made me fist my table in agreement too if you wanna know what else I think of it!

(Speaking about personas... You're telling me that Takemichi was essentially a 26 year old stuck in the body and life of a 7 year old?? That's rough buddy...)

TLDR: I'm happy for the characters, but they're not the ones we know anymore... The manga ended too fast and suddenly, there's too much to explore and too many unanswered questions.

#tokyo revengers #yokothinks #also I'm so sorry I have no idea how to tag your user #T_T #asks

[taeyeonschild]

i’m considering maybe doing a few smau reactions

#what #yokothinks #kpop #stray kids #stray kids reactions

[yokohamabeans]

TR 258

HOLY SHIT OKAY TAIJUU’S COMEBACK WAS BADASS AS HELL. TAIJUU FANS, I GET IT. I FUCKIN GET IT!!! Now we REALLY need Kazutora to make a return too and bring it all full circle.

Also, watch Sanzu get up all perfectly fine in the next chap despite being TOTALED and BODIED by a full speed motorcycle cuz, well, THAT’S ANIMANGA armour for you!!

Also, a teeny tiny part of me is kinda hopeful (?) that Kakucho is not dead yet?? I have no real basis aside from how the ‘narrator’ (i.e. voice in the side notes) has yet to actually declare that Kakucho’s died. It’s been vague in 257 and 258 (i.e. only “Kakucho is…” or “Kakucho has…”). And the supposed ‘death scene’ doesn’t feel as drawn out or ‘dramatized’ as Baji’s / Emma’s / Draken’s. And Kakucho’s CB3 profile actually kinda makes his future sound hopeful? He still has the Tenjiku dream to achieve on Izana’s behalf 🥲 Guess I’ll have to wait till the end of the battle to know the final death score. I mean either way I’ve also accepted his death BUT yknow I’m just sayin’…….

#tokyo revengers #tr 258 #yokothinks #tokyo revengers spoilers

[yokohamabeans]

I'm back from the Tumblr dead!!

I had a break and spent it travelling and of course that also means diving straight into an abyss of emails to catch up on upon my return 💀

Anyway just wanted to give a big shout-out to my lovely lovely lovely moots who reblogged and commented on ROAC Im still dizzy from reading all of it y'all know who you are g!!!! 😭❤️

#yokothinks #tbd #also I'm just waiting to see if Tenjiku is gonna appear in the last ep of S2 #tbh I haven't really watched S2 beyond the first ep cuz of adult Tora

[yokohamabeans]

Record of Ragnarok / Shuumatsu no Valkyrie is one of the most ridiculous things I've come across but god damn do I have a new hyperfixation

#yokothinks #i fear i may become a snv ror blog #but can you blame me when there are characters like poisedon and qin shi huang and beelzebub #this show is cursed because it got us lusting after the fucking Buddha #CURSED!!!! #this show makes no sense #the anime has entirely random things going on #i love it

[yokohamabeans]

Being drawn back into TR is miserable cuz I'm in the middle of work and I can't stop thinking about writing my fic 😭

#yokothinks #i go to the toilet like 5 times each hour just to open gdocs and stare at what I've written #good thing no-one's around in the office today to call me out

[taeyeonschild]

guys so my problem is that i’m so hyper fixated on felix that i could pump out a whole 1000 word fix about him in like 5 minutes. but l can’t write anything else for the LIFE of me.

i might just only post content about felix at this point. i think i’d be way more active 😭

#what #yokothinks

[taeyeonschild]

i’m back 😌 i’m working on a little smth for you all!

just you wait!!!

#what #yokothinks