[♪ theme music]
[all grunting]
It's over for you.
[Takemichi] Who the hell are these guys?
I've never heard of Tenjiku. [panting]
These guys were never part of the past before.
[♪ suspenseful music]
[gasping]
[Kisaki] I bet you have no idea what's going on.
Let the Kanto Incident begin.
[Takemichi] Don't tell me he's…
TOKYO REVENGERS
TENJIKU FIRST GENERATION, YOKOHAMA
[Kisaki] I used to be Captain of Tokyo Manji Gang's Third Division,
but now I'm General Staff Officer of Yokohama's Tenjiku, Tetta Kisaki.
General Staff Officer of Tenjiku?
[snickers]
[Takemichi] Why you…
You mean you joined them as soon as you got kicked out of Toman?
[Kisaki] Takemitchy, your mind can't even begin to fathom me.
I'm going to build my own Toman.
Your own Toman?
One day, Mikey
will have no choice but to accept me.
Ah…
[Takemichi] What's he talking about? And what'd he mean
by "hero"?
[brakes screech]
[motorcycle engine revving]
[Hanma] Kisaki!
Time to get going.
[Takemichi] It's Hanma!
You're in a hell of a pinch, Takemitchy.
But don't let it end here.
Let's meet again.
[motorcycle engine revving]
[Takemichi] Kisaki…
Hey, isn't Toman made up of five divisions?
[Takemichi] Who's this guy?
Do the other four suck this bad too?
[grunts]
Toman ain't shit!
[groans]
[Takemichi] Chifuyu!
I got word we're brawling with their Second Division in Shinjuku.
I'm headed there.
Make sure these guys can never cause us trouble again.
[groaning] I should have stayed home.
Listen up!
Crush Toman before that bastard Kakucho shows up.
[Kanji] We, Team Mochizuki, will get all the glory.
I'll leave these punks in your hands.
-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!
[all groaning]
This isn't a fight. It's a lynching!
[Takemichi] Tenjiku's going to sic all these guys on us
when we're already beaten to a pulp?
Akkun.
Takemichi, escape when you get the chance.
I won't stand for these jerks to defeat everyone in the First Division.
Holy shit! I want to run.
I was so looking forward to reading next week's comics.
We've got to protect Takemichi!
Got that, Makoto and Yamagishi? [yells]
[engine revs]
[all groan]
-[all] Huh? -What's wrong?
Bikes are ramming into us!
[all yell]
It's the Meguro's Twin Devils!
[Takemichi] What the hell?
Run!
[gang member 1] They're going to run us down!
-[all yell] -[soft groan]
[gang member 2] Help!
We're going to die!
[grunts]
What's up, First Division?
[Takemichi] These… These guys are insane.
You goddamn bastard!
[Takemichi] Holy…
Is this guy Fourth Division Captain Nahoya Kawata?
Wait. I thought Nahoya was always smiling.
-Look at that. -[gasps]
Takuya?
I found him lying in the street, so I picked him up.
He's injured, so make sure you get him to a hospital.
Uh, sure.
I'm worried about him.
[Takemichi] He's angry, but he sure is kind.
[Nahoya] Hey, hey, Takemitchy.
[gang member grunts]
That guy ain't me.
What?
There's two Nahoyas?
-[Yamagishi] They're twins. -[grunts]
-Didn't you know that? -Huh?
Even their hair colors are different.
-Huh? -We're saved!
Huh? I think there's someone caught on my wheel.
[Yamagishi] The smiling one with the heart of a demon is
the older brother, aka Smiley.
All you guys, get checked out at a hospital.
[Yamagishi] The angry-looking one with a heart of gold is…
-You guys, too. -…the younger brother, aka Angry.
There.
[Yamagishi] They're the Captain and Vice-Captain of the Fourth Division.
What?
The captains of the Fourth Division are twins?
What's your deal? You've been in Toman longer than us.
[Souya] Mocchi's going to Shinjuku, huh? We're going too, right?
[Nahoya] Yeah, but I'd like to outfox them.
Chifuyu, can you stand?
Sure can.
Chifuyu!
Takemitchy and Chifuyu, ride on back.
[Takemichi] Oh, uh, sure.
[Souya] Hold on tight.
Let's go raid Yokohama.
Time for a counterattack, huh?
Huh? A raid?
[engine revving]
[shouting] Take care of Takuya!
-[Takemichi] Hey! -Yeah?
Are we really going to raid Yokohama right now?
You'd better believe it. We'll be like bam ka-pow to Tenjiku.
"Bam ka-pow"?
[Takemichi] What's he talking about?
HOMAGE TO AMIDA BUDDHA
[Nahoya] Anyway, Chifuyu.
Mocchi beat your ass, right?
What? He didn't beat me.
He just sucker-punched me. That's all.
He definitely didn't beat me.
I'm ready for a revenge match right now.
You were out cold until just now. Don't push yourself.
Don't act tough, Chifuyu.
Mocchi's a freaking beast, man. Even we lost to him.
What?
You both lost to him? Is that Mocchi guy that tough?
Yeah. He's been our perpetual enemy even before we joined Toman.
Back when we formed the Twin Devils gang,
we got in tons of brawls with the Jugem gang from Kawasaki.
[Nahoya] Neither of our gangs could defeat the other.
Let's settle this with a one-on-one between us captains.
Bring it on.
KANJI MOCHIZUKI KAWASAKI JUGEM LEADER
[Nahoya] He kicked my ass.
[gasps]
Then I challenged him, but got beaten too.
[Nahoya] You got knocked out cold, Angry.
[Souya] And you were frothing at the mouth.
How can you enjoy talking about a defeat so much?
Doesn't it piss you off?
We don't pick fights we can win.
Just like you, Takemitchy.
[gasps]
Anyway, since Tenjiku's sent out their main powerhouse Mocchi,
Toman's got to raid them now.
-Look, Smiley. -Huh?
[Takemichi] Tenjiku guys.
Hey, hey. Speak of the devil, or something like that.
Get off, Takemitchy.
Huh?
Oh, right.
We're going to question these guys about Tenjiku's hideout.
You guys wait here for us. Sorry.
-[Nahoya] Hey, you assholes! -[gang members groan]
[Souya] We got a question for you!
That's more like torture than questioning.
[Nahoya] Hold up, assholes!
[Souya] We just want to talk!
-[Takemichi] Chifuyu. -Huh?
I saw Kisaki.
What?
I bet it was him who planned Tenjiku's attack.
What?! Really?
Why him?
I don't know. But…
I think I've figured out something that's been bugging me for a long time.
[Chifuyu] You figured out something?
[Takemichi] It's always seemed so weird.
No matter how many times I try, I fail.
Draken was saved, but I failed.
Kisaki and BLACK DRAGON were driven out of Toman, but I failed.
No matter what I did, the future never got better.
Why?
Chifuyu…
What if…
After I change the future,
what if there's someone else who changes it even more?
Huh?
What if Kisaki can also travel through time?
Huh.
That's totally ridiculous! There's no way!
But the truth is, I travel through time.
So it wouldn't be crazy if someone else could too.
Well, yeah. Maybe so…
Remember what you told me at the bathhouse?
Oh…
You mean about how Mikey needed Kisaki?
Mm.
With Kisaki out of Toman, Mikey took on all of Toman's darkness.
So he turned out like that 12 years later.
[gasps]
That's what I believed.
[gasps]
I believed that was why I couldn't change the future.
Hey there, hero.
But I was wrong.
There's no way Mikey would need Kisaki.
What's more, Kisaki's remained consistent.
I'm going to…
Kisaki has always…
…build my own Toman.
…tried to build a Toman that does what he wants.
What Tenjiku's doing now is also…
You mean Kisaki's come from the future over and over again like you
and is remaking Toman to suit him?
[Chifuyu gasps softly]
I'll admit,
that would explain why you keep failing no matter how many times you try.
If all of it was just as Kisaki planned it…
[♪ dramatic music]
[inaudible]
My hero.
I'll make him pay.
[sighs]
Hey, Takemitchy.
I get why you're so upset.
If everything I'd worked my ass off to fix
got screwed up every time by Kisaki, I'd be pissed too.
But you know, Takemitchy.
[grunting]
Quit making that face.
[grunts]
Chifuyu?
Man, you look like this.
If I were in your shoes, I'd probably be like that too.
But is Kisaki right here now?
Can you see him right now?
What's important now is figuring out what the deal with Tenjiku is.
Even more so if Kisaki's pulling the strings.
If Kisaki can also travel time, then he's getting desperate now.
What? He's getting desperate too?
I mean, he died in the future, right?
[gasps]
[Takemichi] That's right!
So that means he can't go back to the future.
This time, he's failed too.
Unless we first find out if Kisaki can travel through time,
we won't get anywhere.
Kisaki's in Tenjiku.
He might be at their hideout.
[Nahoya] Hey!
We found out where Tenjiku's hideout is.
[Souya] We're going in!
-[snickers] -[grunts]
[both grunt]
It's a big world out there.
Never thought there was a monster like you in it.
Guess even Toman's got someone with balls.
Now things are getting fun.
[Mitsuya] This guy's Mochizuki, who used to be in Jugem.
[Tenjiku member] Hey, Mocchi.
Don't keep all the fun for yourself.
[Mitsuya] The Haitani Brothers?
[groans]
Gotcha, Mitsuya.
Sorry about the cheap shot.
Who the hell said you could steal my kill, you sons of bitches!
You always hog the spotlight.
And strike a dumb pose.
[older Haitani brother] Who the hell cares who took him out?
Toman's not a gang that can be crushed if we stick to your kind of thinking.
We've got to attack now while their guard's down.
[older Haitani brother] Let's finish this today.
[younger Haitani brother] Already bossing us around? [grunts]
[soft groans]
[Mitsuya] It's not just the ex-leader of Jugem,
but they've even got the goddamn Haitani Brothers with them.
Tenjiku is serious shit.
SHIBUYA CENTER STREET
Hey, shouldn't somebody stop them?
Then you go do it.
-[bystander 1] Where are the cops? -[bystander 2] They'll kill them.
[groans]
Next.
SHION MADARAME, TENJIKU'S BIG FOUR THE NINTH GENERATION BLACK DRAGON LEADER
Who the hell are you people?
-[all laugh] -Huh?
[all yell]
[gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
A lot more guys here than I expected. Not really a hideout. More like…
A clubhouse.
[Takemichi] Holy shit! There are at least 100 of them!
Huh?
You finally showed up, Toman.
"BRAWLER" KAKUCHO TENJIKU'S BIG FOUR
Huh? We "finally showed up"?
They've been waiting for us.
Ooh.
Let's see who gets the most kills.
[Kakucho] You've got to be kidding. Just four dudes?
-[laughter] -[Kakucho] Huh?
[chuckles]
Hey, you guys get out of here.
[surprised chatter]
-[indistinct chatter] -[Kakucho] I told you to get out.
Are you deaf?
-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!
[gang members exclaim]
[Takemichi] What's going on here?
[Kakucho] Originally, I wasn't going to fight fair.
But I changed my mind.
I'll fight all of you alone.
[grunts]
[Nahoya] Oh, really? Think you're cool, don't you, asshole?
I'm Tokyo Manji Gang Fourth Division's Captain, Nahoya Kawata.
If you're fighting solo, then so am I.
-Nahoya! -Hey, that's not fair!
Go for it, Smiley!
I'm Kakucho, one of Tenjiku's Big Four.
Sorry, but the first guy I want to beat the shit out of is
Tokyo Manji Gang's First Division Captain,
Takemichi Hanagaki!
-What? -Oh.
I've heard the rumors.
First Division's Captain means you're the toughest of all of you, right?
[gasps]
Uh, actually,
that's not really true.
He fights with his kindness, not his fists.
Takemitchy!
[Takemichi] I can't let things end here.
I don't care if he's one of Tenjiku's Big Four, I'm not going to lose.
[♪ suspenseful music]
[laughs]
[Mikey] You want to escape into the sea too?
Yeah.
Swim, swim, swim.
In the Taiyaki-kun song,
how do things end for it?
I don't know. I forgot.
Nice bike
you got there.
Thanks.
I'm Izana Kurokawa.
See you around.
Hm.
You can do it, Takemitchy!
[Takemichi] Wait!
I get the feeling I've seen this guy before.
-Oh shit. This guy's tough. -Yeah.
Be careful, Takemitchy!
Focus, Takemitchy!
[grunts]
Bring it on.
[panting]
[yelling]
-Yes! -He did it! Awesome!
A lucky head-on punch!
What?
[Takemichi] Th… That's the first time I knocked down a hoodlum with one punch!
You really stole the show with that one, Takemitchy!
-[Takemichi] When did I… -[Souya] You did it!
…get so good?
Huh?
Damn it! That pisses me off, Takemichi!
Then I'll avenge you.
Kaku-chan!
[Takemichi pants]
Kaku-chan?
-Huh? -Huh?
About time you realized, Dummy-michi.
Haven't seen you since second grade.
Oh yeah! You moved away.
How you been? Kind of weird to ask though.
You haven't changed, Kaku-chan.
You've always gotten into fights.
Same goes for you. You're as weak as ever.
You aren't much better.
Where'd you get that scar?
Screw you!
I'm actually damn tough.
I lost on purpose just now.
You haven't changed since then either.
You were my hero.
[soft gasp]
Takemichi, there's something I want to ask you.
Huh?
What kind of guy is that Tetta Kisaki?
Why did he get kicked out of Toman?
He tried to take over Toman, but failed.
I see.
Kaku-chan, I've got a favor to ask you too.
Hm?
Help me see Kisaki.
There's something that I've just got to find out from him.
Sorry, but I'm not obliged to help you.
My hero now is the leader of Tenjiku, Izana Kurokawa.
Huh?
I've devoted my life to him.
In other words, you and I
are enemies.
Kaku-chan…
Kisaki is Tenjiku's General Staff Officer, so he's close to Izana.
You'll have to attack if you want to see him.
Takemichi.
Beware of a traitor.
Huh?
A traitor?
Translated by Brian Athey