The second season of "Tokyo Revengers", which became popular after the anime aired and caused a huge boom, will begin airing in January! Although it is classified as a delinquent manga, it also contains deep suspense elements, such as the goal of saving a lover through a time leap and how a team that was supposed to be just a group of delinquents turns into the worst criminal group, and as a result it has been well received by many people. In this article, we will look back on the contents of the first season, which will lead to the second season, and summarize it!
Episode 1 Reborn
One day, Takemichi Hanagaki, a low-life part-timer living in a cheap apartment, learns on the news that his middle school sweetheart, Hinata Tachibana, and her younger brother, Naoto, were killed in a conflict with a criminal organization called Tokyo Manji Gang. This did not change his dreary daily life. However, Takemichi was pushed from behind by something on the station platform and fell onto the platform, and at the moment he was about to be caught in a train, he time-leaped into the past. This was 12 years ago, when Takemichi was a middle school student.
Episode 1②
The day Takemichi time-leaped was just before he and his friends went to pick a fight with a delinquent from another school. However, that fight was the day that his life was on the verge of being stingy. He was defeated in the fight, and after that he was forced to live a life like a slave. It was such a terrible day. Even knowing the outcome did not make Takemichi stronger, and he was defeated in the fight and left in tatters. That night, Takemichi helped a boy who was being harassed by a delinquent and found out that the boy was Hinata's younger brother, Naoto. Takemichi tells Naoto that Hinata and Naoto will die on July 1, 2017. Then, when he shakes hands with Naoto, Takemichi time-leaps again 12 years later. The person who appears there is Naoto, who was supposed to be dead.
Episode 2: Resist
Takemichi predicted the incident to Naoto, so Naoto survived and saved Takemichi. Takemichi changed the future and saved Naoto, but Hinata could not be saved. The cause of this was, as expected, the criminal organization, Tokyo Manji Gang. Takemichi travels back in time again, attempting to make contact with a certain person. These people are the current top two members of Tokyo Manji Gang, Sano Manjirou and Kisaki Tetta. The meeting between the two was the beginning of Tokyo Manji Gang and the root cause of Hinata's death. A handshake with Naoto triggers Takemichi to travel back in time again, but there he finds himself being taken advantage of by Tokyo Manji Gang member Shimizu Masaki (Kiyomasa).
Episode 2②
Takemichi once tried to run away from his middle school days when he was beaten up in fights, but he reaffirmed that he had Hinata and his friends from middle school. Then, he broke away from the person he had been running away from, and turned into Takuya, who was forced to fight by Kiyomasa and the others, and started a fight with Kiyomasa.
Episode 3 Resolve
The fight with Kiyomasa was one-sided, but Kiyomasa also began to be intimidated by Takemichi, who never backed down no matter how much he was beaten to help Hinata and his friends. Then, the atmosphere changed completely when a stranger arrived. It was Tokyo Manji Gang's number two, Draken, also known as Ryuguji Ken, and the head of Tokyo Manji Gang, Mikey, also known as Sano Manjiro, who was one of the culprits behind Hinata's death. For some reason, Mikey likes Takemichi and beats up Kiyomasa before going home.
Episode 3②
The next day, Mikey and Draken come to Takemichi's school. The two try to take Takemichi away, but Hinata steps in and the situation becomes explosive. However, Mikey and Draken never intended to do anything violent, and instead, they like Takemichi even more when he attacks Draken to protect Hinata. Mikey is certainly a delinquent, but Takemichi couldn't imagine that he would become the head of the worst crime gang in the future.
Episode 4 Return
Takemichi accidentally shook hands with Naoto and returned 12 years later. As expected, the handshake was the trigger to travel between the past and the future. Naoto was angry at Takemichi for accidentally returning, but he also learned something. Takemichi's time leap can only return to the present, exactly 12 years ago, and Takemichi is in a state of suspended animation during the time leap. It is then revealed that Akkun, who was able to avoid stabbing Kiyomasa by changing the past, is now a member of the Tokyo Manji Gang. Takemichi cannot believe that Mikey would become the head of a criminal group, so he goes to see Akkun in the present.
Episode 4②
Although Akkun's appearance has changed since the past, he is happy to meet and talk with Takemichi. However, Akkun tells him a shocking truth. He was the one who pushed Takemichi onto the train tracks. Akkun tells Takemichi that Kisaki Tetta is controlling him with fear, that Mikey is practically missing, and that Mikey has changed because Draken died, and then he throws himself off the roof.
Episode 5: Release
Akkun says that Mikey's change was triggered by Draken's death. In a post from that time, it was written that Draken died on August 3, 12 years ago, when Toman split into Mikey and Draken factions and started a conflict. However, Takemichi can't believe that Mikey and Draken would fight each other. Takemichi and Naoto decide to uncover the truth behind Draken's death and change his death, so they time-leap back 12 years.
Episode 5②
When Takemichi time-leaped, he was pushed down by a mysterious blonde beauty in underwear. Takemichi ran away like a rabbit. After that, Takemichi happened to meet Hinata and was called by Draken to participate in a Toman meeting. There, the topic of discussion was the conflict with a group called Aimi Aishu. The best friend of Captain of the 3rd Division, Haruki Hayashida (Pachin), was attacked by Nagauchi of Aimi Aishu, and his girlfriend and family were also killed. This led to the decision to start the conflict on August 3rd. That was the day Draken was supposed to die.
Episode 6 Regret
Draken was the kind of person who would stop Mikey when he was about to go astray. Thinking that it was unthinkable for Mikey and Draken to be in conflict, Takemichi decided to return 12 years later and talk to Nagauchi Nobutaka, the head of Aimi Aishu. However, 12 years later, Nagauchi has become a shabby person, far from the person who was the head of the tribe 12 years ago.
Episode 6②
When I asked Nagauchi about it, he looked frightened and told me about the situation at the time. Aimi Aishu was indeed in conflict with Toman. However, he said that Draken's death was due to an internal conflict within Toman, and that a certain person was involved in it. Nagauchi didn't tell me about that person, but at the end he muttered that if only Draken hadn't died... In order to stop the conflict, Takemichi puts his body on the line to persuade the executives, but it is Nagauchi and the other Aimi Aishu who show up at the gathering. The conflict begins without any warning.
Episode 7 Revive
Takemichi tries to stop the conflict with Aimi Aishu that has already begun, but Takemichi is beaten by Nagauchi, and Par-chin, who has a grudge against him, challenges Nagauchi to a one-on-one fight, but is beaten so much that he finally faints. Mikey, who witnessed the fight, kills Nagauchi with one blow and it seemed that the conflict would end. However, the police's arrival and Par-chin's stabbing of Nagauchi and turning himself in sparked the next conflict.
Episode 7②
Takemichi wakes up in the hospital and learns from Emma that Toman is on the verge of internal division. He learns that it is likely due to Par-chin's capture, but Takemichi, who is on complete bed rest, is unable to obtain any information. Then, on August 1, Draken and Mikey come to visit Takemichi and meet by chance, and the situation becomes tense...
Episode 8: Rechange
During the fight between the two, Takemichi's personal belongings that are his memories are destroyed one after another, and Takemichi finally loses his temper. Takemichi attacks the two, and Mikey and Draken, as expected, reflect on their actions, and the two make up before they know it. The reason for the fight between the two was a clash of opinions between Mikey, who wanted to help Par-chin who had been captured even though he knew it was wrong, and Draken, who understood Par-chin's resolve. However, it seemed that the conflict and Draken's death had been avoided, but...
Episode 8②
Takemichi is invited by Hinata to enjoy the summer festival together. On the way, it rains and the atmosphere becomes a little nice, but he learns from a phone call from Yamagishi that the soldiers under Toman are not satisfied with Mikey and Draken's decision. In other words, the conflict is not over. Takemichi witnesses Kiyomasa contacting Aimi Aishu and planning to attack Draken. Takemichi is beaten up by Kiyomasa and detained. Also, Peyan, who was not happy about abandoning Pachin, was planning to betray Toman and attack Draken.
Episode 9 Revolt
Takemichi, who was saved by Hinata, rushes to Draken. When he and Mitsuya, who joined him on the way, head to the place where Draken was said to have died, Draken was fighting Aimi Aishu alone. The two of them make it in the nick of time, and Mikey also rushes to the scene. However, Mikey intuitively senses that someone is pulling the strings behind Peyan's betrayal. Appearing there was Hanma Shuji, who is currently the top leader of Aimi Aishu. Furthermore, everyone from Touman also gathers, and the conflict with Aimi Aishu begins again.
Episode 9②
After abandoning Pa-chin, Peyan betrayed Touman and confronted them. Mikey tells him that he is not okay with Pa-chin being captured. Meanwhile, Takemichi was desperately searching for Draken. However, by the time Takemichi found Draken, he had already been stabbed by Kiyomasa and collapsed.
Episode 10 Rerise
Draken has been stabbed! However, Mikey is unable to move due to his fight with Hanma Shuji. Takemichi carries Draken on his back and carries him from the scene alone. Hinata and Emma rush to the scene and call an ambulance, and although the situation does not allow for any distractions, it seems that they have escaped the greatest crisis. However, Kiyomasa and the others appear and they find themselves in a desperate situation.
Episode 10②
Seeing Draken trying to get up even in a battered state, Takemichi confronts Kiyomasa alone. While suffering from intense pain after being stabbed in the palm of his hand with a blade, Takemichi chokes Kiyomasa and wins. However, there were other enemies besides Kiyomasa. Both Takemichi and Draken were seriously injured and in a desperate situation, but Takemichi's classmates rushed to their aid.
Episode 11 Respect
Thanks to the efforts of their classmates, Takemichi and Draken are safely taken away in an ambulance. The fight between Mikey and Hanma is ultimately not resolved, and Hanma leaves after announcing the birth of the most vicious motorcycle gang alliance, "Baruhara," and his appointment as its vice-president. Draken goes into cardiac arrest and undergoes emergency surgery, but somehow manages to survive. Peyan, who caused the incident, also sheds tears when he learns that Draken was the one who cared about Pachin the most.
Episode 11②
After somehow succeeding in his mission to save Draken, Takemichi time-leaps back to the future. There, Takemichi is working at his part-time job again. Furthermore, Akkun, who was dead in the previous past, has achieved his dream of becoming a hairdresser, and Naoto, who contacted him, tells Hinata that he would not have been involved in the conflict.
Episode 12 Revenge
Takemichi finally reunites with Hinata, and although he is a little timid and about to run away, many things well up inside him from the chance reunion. Things turn out so sweetly that Naoto gets annoyed, and Hinata takes Takemichi to a place that brings back memories. However, Hinata sheds tears there. In this future, Takemichi has dumped Hinata.
Episode 12②
Takemichi, unable to understand the situation, goes alone to calm down. However, he has a bad feeling when Hanma Shuji from the future appears in front of Takemichi, and when he returns to the parking lot where Hinata is, a large vehicle rear-ends Hinata's car and it bursts into flames. The perpetrator was Akkun, who was supposed to have changed the future. Akkun leaves behind the same words he said to Takemichi in the past. And Hinata, who was caught up in the situation, was also in a situation where he could not be saved. Takemichi vows to help Hinata at all costs and decides to time leap again.
[Tokyo Revengers: Holy Night Battle] Summary of Season 1 - First Half
I've put together the first half of Tokyo Revengers Season 1! This work became extremely popular after it was made into an anime, and compared to the original, it seems like the main character Takemichi's presence was more emphasized! Although it's a delinquent manga, Tokyo Revengers has suspense and sci-fi elements, so I think it's been well-received by a wide range of people! Season 2 will start airing in January 2023, so I'm looking forward to it!
