same thoughts, no matter how i see it, the tj route will just contradict the whole theme of the story(moving on, freedom, new beginning). second chance romance would js seem out of place ngl. and if it's not jo who's gonna be the main route, then he's character throughout the series would be entirely useless(since his role was supposed to be likr 'freedom' to ian and help ian escape thr gang)
i could see ian ending up alone making sense than ian ending up with tj ngl
righttt like in terms of the story concluding logically ians options are literally anything but tj since he's spent the whole manga running from him and what he represents basically
my personal opinion but TJ has been far far too out of focus romantically for majority of the manga to feel like an actual option. Like most of their feelings are shown in the backstory long before when the main storyline is happening. Since then they've just had a toxic sexual relationship, where neither is quite happy. like the only way I see them tg is if the entire plot with Jo is straight up ignored and Ian and TJ return to their relationship in the past. But then that makes the whole manga feel redundant, u get what i mean? idk i can't see how TJ actually makes sense as a love interest, he feels more like a clingy ex who wont move on. id be annoyed if after everything things just go back to how they were before and Ian chooses TJ.