Chapter 271 of Tokyo Tevengers advances the story and depicts the first time Shinichiro travels to the past, although it is frustratingly lacking in the mechanics of time-leaping. Nobody knows who the elderly man is who is presumed to be a third-time traveller. Shocking revelations about Shinichiro and his Dark Impulses caused many readers to turn the page in this chapter. However, in Tokyo Revengers chapter 271, Wakui further convoluted the ideas of time-leaping and introduced several contradictions into his story.
Details spoilers for Tokyo Revenger’s Chapter 271
In the previous chapter, when Haruchiyo was released from prison, Shinichiro brought him and Baji to see Mikey, who was in poor condition. After Mikey passed away a month later, Shinichiro was completely distraught. Wakasa led him out to a bar where he met some folks who said they’d encountered a time traveller. While questioning them about the whereabouts of the time-leaper, Shinichiro beat up the entire gang. Red Hot is the title of chapter 271 of Tokyo Revenger.
A Review of the Chapter
Beginning under a bridge, Shinichiro and Wakasa encounter the old guy in Tokyo Revengers, chapter 271. After failing to persuade Shinichiro, who also does not believe in time travel, the latter quits. After explaining that he had to “murder the person in front of him” to obtain the ability to time travel, the elderly man informs the eldest Sano brother that he will not give up his power. Shinichiro finally snaps and kills the man with a steel pipe. The elderly guy mockingly informs him that Shinichiro has also made the decision to take his life.
After ensuring the man’s death with more beatings, the ex-president of the Black Dragon waits eagerly to go back in time, but nothing occurs. Shinichiro feels terrible about the fact that he had to take a life. When Sanju goes to check on Shinichiro the following day, he lets Baji know. The young guy was about to commit suicide by leaning over the side of a bridge, but the child, on his way to the Sano home, saw him and hurried to prevent it. It’s the one-year anniversary of Mikey’s accident, and Shinichiro tells him he really wants to relive it.
He felt he had taken a life in vain and lost all will to continue living. Shinichiro thinks his life is over as he plummets toward the dirty water below. But at that same moment, telltale indicators of time travel began to occur around him. As Shinichiro opens his eyes, he is suddenly back on the morning of Mikey’s accident, seeing his younger brother play blissfully with the toy plane.
Observations
The old man’s identity remains unclear in Tokyo Revenger’s chapter 271. It may be someone from the official chronology, or it could be someone completely out of the picture up to this point (dubbed timeline 0). The elderly guy remains evasive about the origins of his time-travel abilities. The concept of triggers was completely left out of the conversation. The elderly guy stated nothing about the last time-leaper other than the fact that he had to murder the person in front of him. While killing the old guy, Shinichiro’s expression mirrored Mikey’s in similar Dark Impulse episodes.
Many comparisons between the two eras are really drawn in Tokyo Revengers chapter 271. The scenario in which Shinichiro murders the elderly man is a carbon copy of the one in which Kazutora murders him, right down to the brothers’ shared Dark Impulses. The climactic struggle between Haruchiyo and Baji, in which Haruchiyo hits his sister, is evocative of this scene. Strangely, in the Bonten timeline, Mikey’s fall from the roof mirrors Shinichiro’s fall from the bridge.
As a point of interest, Haruchiyo was there for both events. The first time Shinichiro jumped across time was like the first time Takemichi jumped. Both of them leapt from a cliff or, in the case of the latter, were forced off and plunged to their deaths. There appears to be no cause for either Bumper.
Last words
The time-jumping in Tokyo Revengers Chapter 271 is more convoluted than ever. Kazutora should be a time-leaper if murdering the previous time-leaper is the means to acquire the power, as he did so when he murdered Shinichiro. Takemichi, on the other hand, should not be a time-leaper as he did not commit any murders and was the target of an assassination attempt. Perhaps the guy who shoved Takemichi already suspected him of being a tome-leaper and committed the crime in an attempt to seize control of the school. Haruchiyo’s role in the story has grown substantially. Unlike Takemichi, it’s probable that this was Shinichiro’s first and final time travelling experience. On the other hand, Haruchiyo is likely to be his catalyst if he does develop this habit. Whatever the situation may be, Wakui, the mangaka, has to provide a more consistent explanation of time travel in his stories. We hope the upcoming chapter delves more into the nuances of this power’s transmission.