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My take on relying on his friends is that they're the one capable of changing the future for they have better connection and MC is just another bridge for them and this time, I have hope that MC will be able to do this since Mikey has some sort of bond with him （/TДT)/
But mikey is not an antagonist, the reason takemichi could return to the past its because mikey also wanted to change his life, so i don't think he needs to "beat" mikey
So how do you think this is all going to play out? Even though I like the story and the MC I don't like that he repeatedly gets his ass beat but he doesn't try to change that, he usually relies on his friends to beat the main bad guy, but how's he going to beat the antagonist this time if the one he's fighting is the one who he relies on to win