History Manga / TokyoRevengers

** By the time Takemichi realizes that he hasn't seen [[spoiler:Emma]] in the present, [[spoiler:Kisaki kills her]]]].

An anime adaptation by Creator/LidenFilms premiered in April 2021. A live action film and stage play premiered in the same year. A second season of the anime is set for October 2023.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite Takemichi telling past Naoto about him and his sister's deaths, they are both unable to prevent Hinata's death at the festival on July 1st, 2017. Additionally, despite making friends with the commander of the Tokyo Manji Gang, Takemichi still apparently ends up disassociating with them, and [[spoiler:Akkun]] will still push him onto the train tracks the same day.

An anime adaptation by Creator/LidenFilms premiered in April 2021. A live action film and stage play premiered in the same year. A second season of the anime would be released in January 2023.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Mikey and Draken are the commander and vice-commander of the Tokyo Manji Gang respectively 12 years ago and the fighting skills to definitely prove it.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hina manages to slap [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mikey]] when defending Takemichi from him.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the Tenjiku arc, [[spoiler:present-day Naoto]] is fatally shot and killed while trying to protect Takemichi.

* HollywoodHealing: Characters get horribly beaten but are able to recover and walk in the next chapter like nothing happened.

* GoOutWithASmile: From the moment he takes his own life and all throughout his dying moments, [[Baji]] never stops smiling.

* ShoutOut: The Tokyo Manji gang is loosely inspired by the infamous Tokyo-based [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/関東連合 Kantō Rengō]] gang, while their clothing is based on their predecessors, the ''UsefulNotes/{{Bosozoku}}'' gang [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ブラックエンペラー Black Emperor]] (changing their swastika symbol to a left-facing manji). Likewise, the main villain Tetta Kisaki is loosely inspired by the Kantō Rengō's former leader Shinichi Mitate, the mastermind behind the 2012 [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/六本木クラブ襲撃事件 Roppongi Club Assault Case]] (a homicide by mass beating that quickly dissolved the gang). Mitate was nicknamed "残虐王子" / "Cruel Prince" for his honor student grades, allegedly high IQ and violent personality. Finally, the Kantō Rengō was involved more than once in murders of unrelated bystanders by accident (i. e. mistaken as targets), just like in Hinata's death: besides the mentioned Roppongi Club Assault Case, they were involved in the "Toyo Bowl Case", where they lynched a boy who was mistaken as a rival gang member.
** While it may be a coincidence, the Kantō Rengō had a friendly relation with the Sino-Japanese street gang [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/怒羅権 Dragon]], which sounds similar to Draken.

** During Mikey's fight with [[spoiler:Izana]], [[spoiler:Izana]] sees spoiler:Emma and Shinichiro]] standing behind Mikey in support.

* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:In present-time of the final arc, after Mikey jumps off a building, Takemichi grabs his arm and begs him to hold on. Mikey eventually gives in after Takemichi scolds him with a FullNameUltimatum]].

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Draken is killed in the final arc, and his last moment of consciousness is him meeting Emma.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Middle school Mikey, despite still being violent, was a lot nicer and moralistic than who he becomes in 2017. This also somewhat extends to Toman itself.

** For a while, Kazutora was removed from the Tokyo Manji Gang's founders' narrative after [[spoiler:unknowingly killing Mikey's older brother]].

** [[spoiler:Kisaki mortally wounds Emma in the Tenjiku Arc and she dies before Mikey reaches the hospital.]] Takemichi even mentions that he is appalled that he would go as far as to hurt a girl to get what he wants.

* NecessaryFail: Every time Takemichi thinks he fixed something in the past, something worse happens in the present time that drives him to time leap once more.
* NeverMyFault: Kazutora's main flaw. Whilst trying to steal a bike for Mikey he ends up breaking into a shop and [[spoiler:killing the owner. It turns out the owner was Mikey's older brother.]] Unable to handle what he's done Kazutora decides it's Mikey's fault. It takes [[spoiler:Baji's death]] to finally get him to take responsibility for his actions.

* OneCastMemberPerCover: Every volume cover features a different character, but there's a few volumes that have two characters.

* OutOfFocus: Pah-chin is one of the founders of the Tokyo Manji Gang and is also the captain of the 3rd division. However, after he stabs Osanai, he decides to turn himself into the police and is pretty much missing from any of the action since.
* PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd: [[spoiler:Emma is mortally wounded by Kisaki, and while Mikey carries her to the hospital, he tells her how she and Draken will get married and what their lives will be like in the future. However, Emma dies before he is able to bring her there.]]
* ProneToTears: Takemichi is a very emotional guy and whether he's sad or overflowing with passion, he's liable to bursting into tears. It reaches the point that Akkun even refers to him as "Crybaby Hero."
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Moebius not only attacks Pah-chin's friend, but they also rape his girlfriend in front of him. This [[EvenEvilHasStandards horrifies]] all of the Tokyo Manji Gang, especially as one of their core values is to not hurt any girls, and motivates them to help Pah-chin avenge his friend.
* RealMenWearPink: Mitsuya is good at cooking and sewing after growing up taking care of his two younger sisters. He is also the president of the sewing club at his school and creates Takemichi's uniform once he officially becomes a member of the Tokyo Manji Gang.
* TheReveal: Takemichi finds out from Naoto that Akkun stabbed Kiyomisa when he was 16, becoming nothing more than a low-level punk when he was released. However, the real reveal was what happened when Takemichi traveled back in time; him standing up to Kiyomisa and freeing his friends out of servitude prevented Akkun from stabbing Kiyomisa - eventually [[spoiler:turning him into a top lieutenant in Toman 12 years later.]]

** Both Takemichi and Naoto still remember events that happened before Takemichi goes back in time to change them.
** However, it's inverted in the case of the past Takemichi, who is the only one unable to remember what his future self did with his body and makes choices that his more knowledgable and confident self isn't aware of while between trips, like trying to sleep with Emma while he's dating Hina. As a result, Takemichi has to deal with starting off in a completely unfamiliar situation before pursuing his goal.

** In the final arc, [[spoiler:every major incident directly leading to the BadFuture that Takemichi had previously prevented are starting to become undone. Draken dies, and Mikey murders for the first time.]]

* SocialCircleFiller: Takemichi's friends are rarely given focus with the exception of Akkun. After Chifuyu appears, Takemichi spends most of his time interacting with him.

Takemichi Hanagaki is a part-timer who lives in a crappy apartment and works at a job where his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. One day, on the news, he founds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, Hinata Tachibana from middle school, was killed by the infamous Tokyo Manji Gang. As if to hammer in how much his life has hit rock-bottom, he gets pushed onto the train tracks. However, instead of dying, he time-leaps twelve years back to the past, when he was in middle school. To save Hinata and change his own life, Takamichi must ascend to the top of the Tokyo Manji Gang.

* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Kisaki's motivation has always been trying to get back at Takemichi for capturing Hinata's affection, and that no matter what he did, Hinata rejected him in all timelines. He would rather let Hinata die than let her be with Takemichi, so he had her killed.]]

** By the time Takemichi realizes that he hasn't seen [[spoiler:Emma]] in the present, [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie Kisaki kills her]]]].

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: The story shifts between 2005 and 2017.

** Draken is the one who keeps Mikey from succumbing to his worst instincts. As Takemichi put it, Draken is Mikey's heart. Draken [[spoiler:dying on August 3rd]] is what drives Mikey to make Toman as ruthless as it is in the present.
** Takemichi also later realizes that [[spoiler:Emma]] had kept Mikey grounded even after [[spoiler:Shinichiro and Baji's deaths]]. After [[spoiler:she dies]], all his losses hit him hard and he is DrivenToSuicide in the post-Kanto incident present timeline.
* NecessaryFail: Every time Takemichi thinks he fixed something in the past, something worse happens in the present time.

* ForWantOfANail: This is basically the core idea behind the premise. Takemichi's meddling in the past keeps opening up new avenues and causing chain reactions, requiring even ''more'' meddling. In the first arc alone, he prevented Naoto's death and inspired him to become a police officer, then stopped Akkun from stabbing Kiyomasa and being subsequently arrested, allowing him to make it up the ranks of Toman. It just keeps escalating from there.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: The founders of the Tokyo Manji Gang are Mikey, Draken, Pa-chin, Baji, and Mitsuya. However, after Takemichi finds the photo tucked away in Baji's charm, he learns that Kazutora was once part of the gang.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:Hinata reveals that she and Kisaki first met Takemichi in elementary school after he saved her from some bullies (though he did end up getting beaten up). It was LoveAtFirstSight for her.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Baji dies in Chifuyu's arms as he smiles.]]

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Kokonoi changes sides several times throughout the story. He starts out as a member of the Black Dragons, and after they are defeated, he joins the Tokyo Manji Gang under Takemichi's division. He is then forced to join Tenjiku on the condition they spare Takemichi and Inui, but he later grows to favor them as they can make more money than the Tokyo Manji Gang. After Tenjiku is defeated, Kokonoi goes on to join the Bonten, a new gang formed by [[spoiler:Mikey]].

** Inui joins the Tokyo Manji Gang after the Black Dragons are defeated and grows to genuinely admire Takemichi.

** Every time Takemichi returns to the present, only to find out Hinata and his friends are dead, he falls into a deep state of depression. After saving the Tokyo Manji Gang from Valhalla and learning in the changed timeline [[spoiler:he was directly responsible for Akkun and Hinata's deaths]], he considers giving up until Naoto boosts his morale.
*** After Takemichi dissolves the Black Dragons, the present timeline goes FromBadToWorse, and it ends up with [[spoiler:Naoto fatally shot]], leaving Takemichi [[spoiler:with no means to time-travel back to the present and without a valuable informant]]. Takemichi breaks down upon confirming [[spoiler:Naoto is dead in the present timeline]] and is unsure of what to do next.

** After Takemichi prevents [[spoiler:Draken's]] death on August 3, 2005, the series' first HopeSpot gives way to [[spoiler:Akkun attempting to murder Takemichi and killing Hinata in the process.]] Furthermore, [[spoiler:Draken is on death row.]]
** After Takemichi prevents [[spoiler:Mikey from killing Kazutora after Baji's death]] on October 31, 2005 (Bloody Halloween), an event that would have caused Valhalla to absorb and corrupt the Tokyo Manji Gang, he finds himself becoming one of the gang's top administrators. However, because [[spoiler:Kisaki wasn't fully stopped]], this results in [[spoiler:Takemichi being manipulated into orchestrating Akkun and Hinata's deaths]], as well as [[spoiler:Chifuyu getting shot by Kisaki]].
** After Takemichi causes the Black Dragons to dissolve on December 25, 2005 (Christmas) and get [[spoiler:Kisaki kicked out of the Tokyo Manji Gang]], [[spoiler:Mikey ends up being so hollow after Takemichi leaves the Tokyo Manji Gang due to Izana manipulating him and loses trust in the other Tokyo Manji members. He eventually kills the Tokyo Manji members and also threatens to kill Takemichi, only for Naoto to shoot him. Meanwhile, the Tenjiku target Takemichi and succeed in killing Naoto.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: During Bloody Halloween, [[spoiler:Baji is fatally stabbed by Kazutora]], but he later [[spoiler:stabs himself so that he dies on his own terms instead of letting Kazutora be blamed for his death]].
* BigBad: Kizaki Tetta. He is the main influence on the Tokyo Manji Gang that turned them from a rambunctious delinquent gang to one of the most dangerous organizations in Tokyo. He is implied to be responsible for Hinata's (and originally Naoto's) deaths, and also implied to have [[spoiler:ordered Akkun to push Takemichi on the train tracks.]]

** Mikey compares Takemichi's determination to his older brother Shinichiro. In fact, in the BadFuture, it's repeatedly shown that Takemichi eventually grew to influence him in a similar way.

* BolivianArmyEnding: In 2017 during the Tenjiku arc, Takemichi and Naoto seek help from Taiju Shiba, who gives them information on Tenjiku. However, they are ambushed by Tenjiku in mid-conversation and Taiju decides to hold off the entire group to help Takemichi and Naoto escape.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Takemichi eventually learns that on Christmas of 2005, he broke up with Hinata. When he relives these events, he understands that it's because Hinata's father pressured him to leave Hina due to his standing as a delinquent, not to mention he was preparing to enter an extremely dangerous fight against the Black Dragons.
* BreakingTheFellowship: After defeating [[spoiler: Tenjiku and learning about Takemichi's time-leaping, Mikey chooses to disband Toman while they're on top. This works well for the Toman members, who go on to survive and live honest lives in the future... except Mikey, who becomes the leader of Boten, leading Takemichi to time leap one last time to save Mikey.]]

* ButNotTooForeign: Emma is half-Japanese and half an unknown ethnicity given her appearance and her name. Mikey is full Japanese, but he decides to adopt a "foreign-sounding" name so that she won't feel alone.

* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Izana]] is fatally shot when he instinctively protects [[spoiler:his
MoralityPet Kakucho]] from Kisaki, showing that there is still humanity in him.

** [[spoiler:Mikey]] himself becomes suicidal in the present timeline. In the final arc, he attempts to go through with it.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: In his childhood, Kokonoi attempts to sneak a kiss at Inui's older sister while she is sleeping, but she catches him and advises he should save it for the person he loves. Shortly after [[spoiler:she dies]], in a flashback, Kokonoi kisses Inui while he is sleeping, imagining him to be her.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Right before Emma dies, she asks Mikey to tell Draken that she loves him.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Every single character has different hairstyles in the past and present, with the exception of Naoto, whose change is noted by his mature looks and height.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Mucho]], the captain of the [[spoiler:5]]th division of the Tokyo Manji Gang, later joins Tenjiku.
* ForWantOfANail: Takemichi's meddling in the past has so far saved Naoto from his fate and inspired him to become a police officer, as well as prevented Akkun from stabbing Kiyomasa and being subsequently arrested, allowing him to make it up the ranks of Toman.

** [[spoiler:During Mikey's fight with Izana, Izana sees Emma and Shinichiro standing behind Mikey in support.]]

** Mikey compares Takemichi's determination to his older brother Shinichiro and eventually comes to see him as such. In fact, in the BadFuture, it's repeatedly shown that Takemichi eventually has grown to influence him so much.

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Kisaki gets fatally wounded after getting hit by a truck, with his legs and arms twisted in unnatural angles.]]
* BolivianArmyEnding: In present time in the Tenjiku arc, Takemichi and Naoto seek help from Taiju Shiba, who gives them information on Tenjiku. However, they are ambushed by Tenjiku in mid-conversation and Taiju decides to hold off the entire group to help Takemichi and Naoto escape.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Takemichi eventually learns that on Christmas of 2005, he broke up with Hinata. When he relives these events, he understands that it's because Hinata's father pressured him to given his standing as a delinquent, not to mention at the same time he was preparing to fight the Black Dragons.
* BreakingTheFellowship: After they [[spoiler:defeat Tenjiku and he learns about Takemichi's time-leaping, Mikey chooses to disband Toman while they're on top. This works well for the Toman members, who go on to survive and live honest lives in the future... except Mikey, who becomes the leader of Boten, leading Takemichi to time leap one last time to save Mikey.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mikey is a very bizarre personality, but make no mistake - cross him, and he will ''end you''.
* TheBusCameBack: Kazutora turns himself into the police after [[spoiler:Baji's death]], but he plays a larger role in the present after he's released from juvenile detention, where he actively works with Chifuyu.
* ButNotTooForeign: Emma is half-Japanese and half an unknown ethnicity given her appearance and her name. Mikey decides to adopt a "foreign-sounding" name so that she won't feel alone.

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Izana is the Cain to Mikey's Abel. As a child, Izana kept in contact with Shinichiro and admired him as his "ideal" older brother, but he becomes crushed when Shinichiro had intended on Mikey to lead the Black Dragons instead. This causes Izana to grow extremely jealous and he creates Tenjiku with killing Mikey as its main objective. As Tenjiku's power rises, Izana becomes determined to "steal" everything Mikey loves, including killing their sister, Emma.]]
* ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists: In Chapter 5, just as young Takemichi considers the possibility of an event that could have changed Mikey, he passes by a young Kisaki, however he doesn't recognise the latter despite finding him familiar and having just been briefed about him as an adult by Naoto.
* ChildhoodFriends: Mikey and Baji have known each other since childhood.

* CrusadingWidow: [[spoiler:Present-day Draken (after Takemichi prevents his death) is sentenced to death and he did it to avenge Emma, who was killed by Kisaki.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Izana is fatally shot when he instinctively protects [[MoralityPet Kakucho]] from Kisaki, showing that there is still humanity in him.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hina manages to slap [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mikey]] when defending Takemichi from them.

** [[spoiler:Baji dies in Chifuyu's arms.]]
** In one of the altered present timelines, when the Tenjiku take over the Tokyo Manji Gang, [[spoiler:Mikey threatens to shoot Takemichi and is killed by Naoto, who shot in defense. Mikey dies in Takemichi's arms.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Izana dies with his eyes open.]]

An anime adaptation by Creator/LidenFilms premiered in April 2021. A live action film and stage play premiered in the same year.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Real Life example. Both the manga and the anime are infamous for having Aryan characters overusing swastikas and overall Nazi symbols, usually with the argument of “it’s not a swastika, it’s a manji and has a different meaning in Asia” even though those symbols aren’t being used in “Asian ways”, but are straight up Nazi-inspired.

!! Tokyo Revengers provides examples of:

* [[spoiler:Draken]] dies again in the final arc.

''Tokyo Revengers'' is a manga written by Ken Wakui, best known for his other hit yakuza manga ''Shinjuku Swan''. It launched in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' in 2017 and will conclude on November 16, 2022.

* CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler:Present-day Draken (after Takemichi prevents his death) is sentenced to death and he did it to avenge Emma, who was killed by Kisaki.]]

''Tokyo Revengers'' is a manga written by Ken Wakui, best known for his other hit yakuza manga ''Shinjuku Swan''. It launched in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' in 2017.

---> [[spoiler: '''Mikey:''' Sano Shinichiro was a time leaper.]]