WHAT. Tatsuki was the previous leader?! And he's still that strong?? Possibly stronger than Kyara? How is Yakou going to win this... And now we have to wait for the next batch. Good work as always Team Duwang.
I wonder what the deal was with Tatsuki in that flashback. It seemed like he was having trouble finishing his speech there with Yakou. Health issues maybe? That'd be ironic considering what he's doing currently. Lol
Still, pretty awesome how he swiftly reacted to Kyara's surprise kick. As if I needed any more reason to be enamoured with this guy. He's just too cool.
I'm not certain, but I think it's extremely likely. The face has the 'wrinkles' that Tatsuki has. I imagine we'll get a flashback to that part again soon.
I'm thinking that Kyara got pissed and started fighting him, and after that Tatsuki either got wounded from the fight or got excited/restless from having an intense fight. And as a result, decided to quit and become a referee? I guess he shortly quit after this incident, since Kyara's time as a referee is when Usogui had his challenge with the current leader.
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He also looks a lot older in the Leader flashback than he does now. Wonder if being a referee made him more energized or something.
It makes sense why the Minister of Foreign affairs girl of Kakerou called him leader before correcting to say Zero back when the Funeral Division first entered the tower. I thought the confusion was just due to the leader and Zero being related, but obviously it now makes way more sense in hindsight.
There's quite a few instances of Zero being hinted as the (former) leader of Kakerou at the start of the arc, very interesting seeing them in hindsight.
Damn so it means that he is the father of the leader since no one has ever beaten the surpassing the leader game and since the place of the leader goes from father to son.