History Recap / AvataroSentaiDonbrothersEp43ATimeTravellingMysteryUnravelled

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/BackToTheFuture Biff Tannen]] can relate, Taro.]]

Haruka attempts to come up with a new story for her manga work, however Shinichi and the others are unimpressed by it. In the midst of all this, doubles of the former two appear in front of them, claiming to be from the future.

Meanwhile, Tsubasa remembers the one who saved him from the Forest of Slumber was in a rabbit costume. He learns from Haruka that said person is none other than her arch-nemesis ''Naoki Shiina'', and meets up with the secretive mangaka. Just who is Naoki Shiina...!?

Meanwhile, Tsubasa remembers the one who saved him from the Forest of Slumber was in a rabbit costume. He hears from Haruka that said person is none other than her arch-nemesis ''Naoki Shiina'', and meets up with the mysterious mangaka. Just who is Naoki Shiina...!?

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Future!Haruka says that the Donbrothers in her future are immensely fractured, which has gotten so bad that she almost pummels Taro ''on-sight''. Their FriendlyEnemy relationship with the Noto has also soured (if it even exists in their timeline) - Future!Shinichi loses it upon spotting Sonoza, who's [[DrillSergeantNasty implied to have been a considerably-worse editor to his world's Haruka]].

** Shinichi initially assumes this of his counterpart: he’s rich and writes tanka as a hobby.

* BrickJoke: After Haruka explains the reason her manga has two of the same character being that they’re the same person from two different points in time, Kijino chimes in that he thought they were twins. Later, when the parallel world future versions of Haruka and Shinichi appear, Kijino comes to the same assumption.

* DramaticUnmask: During the fight between the two Murasames, Naoki's mask comes off... and it's another Haruka.

** Also applies to the past and future Murasame. The latter lack a “mother” and is a lot more stoic and implacable, whereas the current one uses his Mother’s advice to fight.

* FutureBadass: Beyond being a far superior Manga writer to the present Haruka, future Haruka also both is capable of using Omikoshi Phoenix and actually landing a hit on Taro.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Downplayed given it isn't meant to de-motivate, but Future!Saruhara succinctly sums up Taro's emotional immaturity and why it's the reason he's unhappy. Taro is so taken aback that he asks Sonoi about it during their later fight and [[IgnoredEpiphany shunts the topic away behind bravado]].
--> '''Future!Saruhara''': [[StaticCharacter It seems that if nothing else is a universal constant, you are]]. [[MiseryBuildsCharacter You've never had the misfortune that leads people to dream, which also means you don't understand happiness]].

** Future!Saru Brother fights Sonoza for being a terrible editor-mentor for his Haruka, with Present!Saru Brother joining in after failing to mediate their conflict.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Future!Haruka says that the Donbrothers in her future are immensely fractured, which has gotten so bad that she almost pummels Taro ''on-sight''. Their FriendlyEnemy relationship with the Noto has also soured (if it even exists in their timeline) - Future!Saruhara loses it upon spotting Sonoza, who's [[DrillSergeantNasty implied to have been a considerably-worse editor to his world's Haruka]].

Haruka attempts to come up with a new story for her manga work, however Shinichi and the others are unimpressed by it. In the midst of this, copies of the former two appear in front of them, claiming to be from the future.

Meanwhile, Tsubasa remembers the one who saved him from the Forest of Slumber was in a rabbit costume. He hears from Haruka that said person is none other than her arch-nemesis mangaka ''Naoki Shiina'', and meets up with them. Just who is Naoki Shiina...!?

* FutureBadass: Beyond being a far superior Manga writer to the present Haruka, future Haruka also both is capable of using Omikoshi Phoenix and actually getting a hit on Taro.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Future!Haruka (as Naoki Shiina) saving Tsubasa from the Forest Of Slumber is how he was able to destroy his Juto duplicate.

* IgnoredEpiphany: Taro finds himself unable to process Future!Saruhara pointing out his emotional shortcomings. When he duels Sonoi later and [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike finds out he has the same confusion]], the two decide to ignore the topic completely and bottle such a "feeble" idea away.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Future!Haruka says that the Donbrothers in her future are immensely fractured, which has gotten so bad that she almost pummels Taro ''on-sight''. Their FriendlyEnemy relationship with the Noto has also soured (if it even exists in their timeline) - Future!Saruhara loses it upon spotting Sonoza, who's [[NoodleIncident implied to have been a terrible editor to Haruka]].

** It's implied the AlternateTimeline the future selves came from is this - not only have the Donbrothers been fighting a ForeverWar for so long that Haruka had to use her Kibi-Points just to take a temporary vacation to pursue her manga career, outside from Haruka and Shinichi being a couple the rest of their Donbrothers do not get along well. Not to mention, their Don Murasame is more ruthless and reckless due to lacking a "Mother" figure to guide him and their Sonoza was a horrible editor to Haruka that the mere sight of him reduces Saruhara to unrestrained rage.

** It's implied the AlternateTimeline the future selves came from is this - not only have the Donbrothers been fighting a ForeverWar for so long that Haruka had to use her Kibi-Points just to take a temporary vacation to pursue her manga career, outside from Haruka and Shinichi being a couple the rest of their Donbrothers do not get along well. Not to mention their Don Murasame is more ruthless and reckless due to lacking a "Mother" figure to guide him and Sonoza is implied to have done something so terrible to Haruka that Saruhara treats him like an ArchNemesis on sight.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Future!Haruka says that the Donbrothers in her future are immensely fractured, which has gotten so bad that she almost pummels Taro ''on-sight''. Their FriendlyEnemy relationship with the Noto has also soured (if it even exists in their timeline) - Future!Saruhara loses it upon spotting Sonoza, who's [[NoodleIncident implied to have done something terrible to Haruka]].

* WhamEpisode: Naoki Shiina this whole time is Haruka from the future of a parallel universe, who used her Kibi-Points to take a temporary leave from the Donbrothers to further her manga career while also having hitched herself to a future version of Shinichi. A glitch in fulfilling her request ended up sending them back to the present time, with a future Don Murasame on her tail for being an anomaly.

--> '''Future!Saruhara''': [[StaticCharacter No matter where or when we are, you're still the same]]. [[MiseryBuildsCharacter You've never been so unhappy you've had a dream, which is why you do not know true happiness]].

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Future!Haruka says that the Donbrothers in her future are immensely fractured, which has gotten so bad that she almost pummels Taro ''on-sight''. Their FriendlyEnemy relationship with the Noto has also soured - Future!Saruhara loses it upon spotting Sonoza, who's [[NoodleIncident implied to have something terrible to Haruka]].

* WeirdnessCensor: Taro doesn't react much to the Future Donbrothers. In fact, when Haruka explains how fractured the team is in the future, he's response is to find it interesting.

* IgnoredEpiphany: Taro finds himself unable to process Future!Saruhara pointing out his emotional shortcomings. When he duels Sonoi later and [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike finds out he has the same confusion]], the two decide to ignore the topic completely and bottle such a "feeble concept" away.

** It's implied the AlternateTimeline the future selves came from is this -- not only have the Donbrothers been fighting a ForeverWar for so long that Haruka had to use her Kibi-Points just to take a temporary vacation to pursue her manga career, outside from Haruka and Shinichi being a couple the rest of their Donbrothers do not get along well. Not to mention their Don Murasame is more ruthless and reckless due to lacking a "Mother" figure to guide him.

* BadFuture: Shinichi initially assumes this of his counterpart: he’s rich and writes tanka as a hobby.

* LetHanging: PlayedForLaughs when Haruka realises that with “Naoki Shiina” having vanished, there is now no way for her to resolve her plagiarism accusation.

* WhamEpisode: Naoki Shiina this whole time is Haruka from the future, who used her Kibi-Points to take a temporary leave from the Donbrothers to further her manga career while also having hitched herself to a future version of Shinichi. A glitch in fulfilling her request ended up sending them back to the present time, with a future Don Murasame on her tail for being an anomaly.

->'''Shinichi:''' Naoki Shiina: the mysterious mangaka who turned my career upside-down.\\
At some point, it became my goal to surpass him...

Haruka attempts to come up with a new story for her manga work, however Shinichi and the others are unimpressed by it. In the midst of this, copies of the former two appear in front of them, claiming to be from the future. Meanwhile, Tsubasa remembers the one who saved him from the Forest of Slumber was in a rabbit costume. He hears from Haruka that said person is none other than her arch-nemesis mangaka ''Naoki Shiina'', and meets up with them. Just who is Naoki Shiina...!?

* EmotionsVsStoicism: Taro reveals he doesn't see the point in pursuing dreams and believes it's much more important to deal with the present reality. Future!Shinichi points out this sort of thinking is a large part of why Taro couldn't understand true happiness, which he refuses to accept. He later asks Sonoi about this, and is satiafied when Sonoi admits [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike he feels the same way]] regarding the matter.

* FutureBadass: Beyond being a far superior Manga writer to the present Haruka, future Haruka also both is capable of using Omikoshi Pheonix and actually getting a hit on Taro.