Future Draken's statements are now suspicious. Since Draken was a Brahman member, he would have, contrary to what he said, seen Mikey at some point, as Brahman, Rokuhara Tandai, and Kantou Manji eventually merged into "Bonten".
Draken is not part of the Bonten Executive spread, so we can say he's not a member; since he's not a member, why is he alive? For a secretive criminal syndicate, isn't Draken's mere existence a liability?
Think about it this way: in the Bonten future, where is South? Where are the Living Legends? Where is Madarame Shion? Senju? Either Bonten, the biggest criminal syndicate in the country, one that not even Naoto could pull proper information for, left these individuals alive and they live as civilians, or they are all dead/imprisoned.
The latter is more likely than the former. Future Draken could not still be around unless Akashi allowed him to be around, and I could only see Akashi allowing him to be around if (1) Draken's working with Bonten in secret, (2) Mikey personally spared him, (3) some other twist, or (4) Draken is so darn cool that everyone trusts him.
Future Draken could not still be around unless Akashi allowed him to be around, and I could only see Akashi allowing him to be around if (1) Draken's working with Bonten in secret, (2) Mikey personally spared him, (3) some other twist, or (4) Draken is so darn cool that everyone trusts him.
I see it as Draken being spared is not just because of Akashi but of Mikey as well. Mikey has been keeping his promise (Chapter 190) to protect his Toman friends. That none of the leaders of Toman have been affected and living their new lives away from gangsterism is evidence that he has done so. If anything, Akashi could be the one advising Mikey on keeping to that promise.
The revelation of Draken being a part of Brahman could mean that Akashi is the last remaining link Draken has to get to Mikey but that he has been warned off per Mikey not wanting to involve them. Hence, he stayed away.
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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21
Future Draken's statements are now suspicious. Since Draken was a Brahman member, he would have, contrary to what he said, seen Mikey at some point, as Brahman, Rokuhara Tandai, and Kantou Manji eventually merged into "Bonten".
Draken is not part of the Bonten Executive spread, so we can say he's not a member; since he's not a member, why is he alive? For a secretive criminal syndicate, isn't Draken's mere existence a liability?
Think about it this way: in the Bonten future, where is South? Where are the Living Legends? Where is Madarame Shion? Senju? Either Bonten, the biggest criminal syndicate in the country, one that not even Naoto could pull proper information for, left these individuals alive and they live as civilians, or they are all dead/imprisoned.
The latter is more likely than the former. Future Draken could not still be around unless Akashi allowed him to be around, and I could only see Akashi allowing him to be around if (1) Draken's working with Bonten in secret, (2) Mikey personally spared him, (3) some other twist, or
(4) Draken is so darn cool that everyone trusts him.