The story tells you the journey of one pathetic adult who tries to reclaim his long-lost regrets and undo that accursed past tragedy in his life.įirst thing first, the battle of the throne is viewed from Takemichi perspective.
While it can be a bit more unrealistic at times, the series still manages to pull it off fairly well despite the odds. It doesn't follow all its predecessors as it comes up with its brand new setting and premise.
Can TR still be considered as a good series in the end? My answer would still be yes, it is.Īs a newcomer to the time-traveling genre, TR manages to present itself as a brand new story with aįresh foundation.
It is a fact that watching TR can be a bit frustrating at times, with its endlessly slow pace of development, musclebrain characters that are only full of punches, an exaggerated fight filled with bloody spurts, and the poorly excused plot just because it needs to. Given the chance to prevent his ex-girlfriend’s tragic death at the hands of the Tokyo Manji Gang, Takemichi decides to fly through time to change the course of the future.Īlthough I want to bash Tokyo Revengers (TR) for all its worth, I found myself on the cheering side of the show.
It seems as though Takemichi can alter the flow of time. Takemichi urges him to protect his sister before inexplicably returning to the future. Without thinking, he admits to his seeming death before flashing back to the past. Half a second before a train ends his pitiful life for good, Takemichi flashes back to that same day twelve years ago, when he was still dating Hinata Tachibana.Īfter being forced to relive the very same day that began his downward spiral, Takemichi meets Hinata’s younger brother. A sudden news report on the Tokyo Manji Gang’s cruel murder of the only girlfriend he ever had alongside her brother only adds insult to injury. Today, he’s a nobody: a washed-up nonentity made fun of by children and always forced to apologize to his younger boss. He had respect, a gang of friends he could count on, and even a girlfriend. Takemichi Hanagaki’s second year of middle school was the highest point in his life.