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Revengers (Japanese: 東京卍リベンジャーズ[a], Hepburn: Tōkyō Ribenjāzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since March 2017. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films premiered in April 2021. A live-action film adaptation is scheduled to be released in Japan in July 2021. As of July 2021, the Tokyo Revengers manga had over 32 million copies in circulation. The manga won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2020.
Plot
Moebius arc
Takemichi Hanagaki, a 26-year-old freeter with no hope in life, learns one day that his middle school ex-girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, as well as her younger brother Naoto, are killed by the Tokyo Manji Gang. When Takemichi is pushed in front of a train, he teleports exactly 12 years into the past to 2005. Takemichi relives his middle school years, and after revealing to Naoto that Hinata will die, Takemichi is suddenly transported back to the present, creating a time paradox where Naoto survives and is now a detective. Naoto deduces that Takemichi is able to travel back 12 years when they hold hands. Using his knowledge from the future, Takemichi vows to save Hinata.
In the past, Takemichi's friends are forced into underground matches led by Kiyomasa, a member of the Tokyo Manji Gang. Takemichi's determination to protect them gains the attention of the Tokyo Manji Gang's leader, Manjiro "Mikey" Sano, and he becomes acquainted with the gang. During this time, the Tokyo Manji Gang declare war on Moebius, a rival gang, to avenge Pah-chin's friend. Takemichi learns that Mikey's second-in-command, Draken, will eventually be killed and lead to Mikey becoming violent. Draken survives the rumble, but Pah-chin turns himself into the police after stabbing Moebius' leader, Osanai. This causes infighting within the Tokyo Manji Gang, as they disagree on how to help Pah-chin.
Takemichi resolves Mikey and Draken's dispute, but on August 3, 2005, the Tokyo Manji Gang are attacked by defectors from the gang. Takemichi learns that Peh-yan colluded with the defectors out of anger for Mikey and Draken letting Pah-chin be arrested, while Kiyomasa had stabbed Draken for humiliating him and causing him to be exiled from the Tokyo Manji Gang. The Tokyo Manji Gang wins the fight and Draken recovers from his injuries.
Valhalla arc
Takemichi returns to the present, only to find out that Hinata and his friends still die in the current timeline. With only the clue that Tetta Kisaki transformed the Tokyo Manji Gang into a violent organization, Takemichi returns to the past to find that Kisaki has recently joined the gang, planning to use Pah-chin's absence to become his division's new captain. Moreover, Keisuke Baji is leaving to join Valhalla, a gang with no known leader, after being recruited by Kazutora Hanemiya, a former co-founder of the Tokyo Manji Gang. Mikey promises Takemichi that he will remove Kisaki from the gang if he is able to bring Baji back.
Takemichi discovers that Mikey holds a grudge against Kazutora for killing his older brother, Shinichiro, two years ago. In addition, Takemichi learns through Chifuyu Matsuno that Baji pretended to defect from the gang to investigate Kisaki. Furthermore, he learns that Kisaki had created Valhalla for Mikey to be its leader, and the Tokyo Manji Gang will eventually be absorbed into Valhalla after a rumble on October 31, 2005 known as "Bloody Halloween"; their loss had been caused by Mikey killing Kazutora out of rage over killing Baji.
During Bloody Halloween, Baji rejoins the Tokyo Manji Gang in mid-battle. Though the Tokyo Manji Gang wins, Takemichi is unable to prevent Baji's death. Moreover, Valhalla is absorbed into the group, and Kisaki uses their defeat to boost his status in the Tokyo Manji Gang, becoming the new captain of its third division. However, Takemichi is able to prevent Mikey from killing Kazutora, and Kazutora decides to turn himself into the police. For his efforts, Takemichi is officially made a member of the Tokyo Manji Gang under Takashi Mitsuya's division.
Black Dragons arc
After returning to the present, Takemichi once again discovers that the Tokyo Manji Gang has grown into a large-scale crime organization after absorbing the Black Dragons and his friends still die. When he travels back to the past, he learns that Hakkai Shiba is forced to leave the Tokyo Manji Gang and join the Black Dragons under the orders of his abusive older brother, Taiju, their current leader, an event that affects the Tokyo Manji Gang's merge with the Black Dragons. Mitsuya makes a deal with Taiju that he will allow Hakkai to join on the condition that he no longer beats Yuzuha, the Shiba brothers' sister. Takemichi and Chifuyu reluctantly cooperate with Kisaki to predict the following events, learning that Hakkai is planning on murdering Taiju on December 24, 2005 to free himself and Yuzuha.
