Now that July has started, the weather in China has been hot,
and the distribution of air pressure has been bringing in warmth,
making the overall temperature higher than last year all across Japan.
The Kantou Koushin'etsu area as well as the Tokai region
will have clear, sunny, summery skies ahead.
The temperatures will be hotter inland,
so please beware of unexpected rainstorms in areas near the mountains.
Tragedy Unfolds as Large Truck Drives Into Shopping District During Festival
And now for our next story.
The escalating dispute between the Tokyo Manji Gang
has now claimed innocent victims.
Wait, seriously? That's insane...
Six were injured in this incident. One was sent to the hospital,
but is in cardiopulmonary arrest.
The ones who died at the scene
Potato Chippuns
have been identified as Tachibana Naoto-san, 25, from Shibuya, Tokyo...
Tachibana Naoto?
and another victim from Shibuya, Tokyo,
Tachibana-san's older sister, Tachibana Hinata-san, 26.
The MPD is on high alert.
Tachibana... Hinata?
Apparently, my one and only girlfriend, who I dated in middle school,
Tachibana Hinata, is dead.
Hey! I know you're in there!
Yes?
How many times do I have to tell you that your TV is too damn loud?
Sorry about that.
Honestly, kids these days...
Seriously, how many times do I have to tell you the same thing, Hanagaki Takemichi-kun?
DVDs need to go back on the shelves as soon as they're returned.
Hanagaki
I've told you this before, right?
I'm sor—
Yeah, I know. All you ever are is sorry.
Wow, that's lame!
Hey, old guy.
Huh?
You got a problem?
Yakitori
Uh, no... Uh, I'm sorry...
Dumbass!
Hey! What do you think you're doing?!
Shinjuku Station
I never thought that my life would
turn out like this.
The train bound for Shibuya and Shinagawa will be arriving on track 14.
Living in a crappy apartment with paper-thin walls.
Treated like an absolute moron by my manager, who's younger than me.
Please stand behind the yellow line.
Then those punks picked a fight with me, and I somehow ended up apologizing.
I've only had one girlfriend in my entire life, and that was in middle school.
To top it off, I'm still a damn virgin.
Where the hell did I go wrong?
Huh?
You're kidding.
The moment I thought I was going to die,
I didn't remember my parents or friends.
I remembered Tachibana Hinata.
Apparently, Tachibana-san from Class 2 likes Hanagaki.
Seriously? Why you, though?
What are you going to do? Some boys from another class came looking for you yesterday.
Don't give me that. Tachibana-san's super popular, you know.
Thinking back, my second year in middle school was when I peaked.
I was number two in a kickass gang of second-years.
And that was the only time I had a girlfriend.
Is this, like... the thing where you see your life flash before your eyes?
Shibuya. We have arrived in Shibuya.
Please make sure you have all of your belongings.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Hey, Takemichi!
Takemichi!
Huh?
What are you doing? Get off the train.
Wh-Whoa!
Hurry up.
Whoa, t-talk about nostalgic!
Makoto, who couldn't keep his hands off his dick!
The fool Yamagishi, who thought he'd be smart if he wore glasses!
Our leader, Akkun!
Takuya, who I knew since we were little!
Yamagishi, did you see this week's issue?
Hell yeah, I saw that pinup! It was insane!
Yo, guys. We're in public, y'know.
I'm starving. Wanna get something to eat?
I could go for a hamburger.
I've got a coupon.
Got enough for all of us?
Nope.
The hell, man?
Huh?
An open collar and baggy pants?
Who the hell is this lame-looking punk?!
It's me! It's me from middle school!
I was so lame!
But this was supposed to be when I peaked!
What's in my pockets?
A single 500-yen coin and a cellphone!
Yo, it's a flip phone!
Talk about memories!
7/4/2005 (Mon)
July 4th, 2005?
Uh, wait. Right now, it should be...
One, two, three...
This is exactly twelve years ago!
Hey, Takemichi!
The hell are you doing?
Who knew seeing your life flash before your eyes looked so realistic?
Seriously, Takemichi? Just fries?
And you got a small!
Well, I need change for the train ride home.
It would've worked out.
I'm glad your cousin's the leader of Shibuya Third Middle School, Takemichi.
Huh?
If any third-year tries to mess with us, we just need to namedrop Masaru-kun.
Wha?
My cousin?
Give it back~
Are they really talking about Masaru-kun?
Give it back!
Hang on a sec. What's so good about having Masaru-kun around?
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.
Wh-What?
Huh?
What are you talking about?
You hit your head or something?
Come on, Takemichi.
We're gonna go pick a fight!
Bring it.
Come to think of it,
Masaru-kun did mention that he was the leader at Shibuya Third Middle School.
We're gonna have us a little war with the second-years at that school!
Yeah!
Huh?
We're gonna go over to their school and fight them right now?
Hey, someone say something.
Takemichi, they think we're wusses, so we gotta fight.
They think we're wusses? And that's why we're fighting?
You don't need to act like you're scared!
Aren't you gonna greet them with a backfist as soon as we see them, just like always?
Backfist?
Yeah, Takemichi's always all fired up.
Lead the way, Charge Commander!
Yeah!
Hey, you're spilling things!
Wait... Wait, wait.
Shit is moving way too fast!
I do recall something like this happening.
I guess we did go talk to my cousin Masaru-kun about picking a fight at that school in Shibuya.
Hey!
You guys from Shibuya Third?
Y-Yes...
What grade you in, huh?!
Fighting, huh?
Fighting?
I haven't fought in, like, ten years!
They're gonna yell at us! Are we gonna get punched? We're gonna bleed! I'm scared! It's gonna hurt!
Shit! I might just piss myself!
I don't wanna! Depending on where they hit us, we could die! Nooo!
W-We're just first-years, so we don't know about the second-years.
What? You're just first-year brats?
You even got any pubes yet?
Uh, no... yes.
Were the guys I hung out with always so gung-ho?
Since when?
Shit! I can't keep up!
C-Calm down! This is still just my life flashing before my eyes!
Well, that's weird.
We can't seem to find those second-years anywhere.
Everyone we talked to are either first- or third-years.
The hell's goin' on?
Are they all avoiding us?
Hey! Maybe they heard we were comin' for them and freaked out!
For sure!
Wait... I remember this park.
Well, delinquents from Shibuya are nothin' but wannabe fancy little city boys anyway.
Takemichi?
Fancy little city boys?
They're not!
Hey!
Are you the little shits lookin' for our second-years?
These guys are... third-years!
Our second-years... are on a school trip.
They're third-years in a biker gang.
They're the real deal...
Real delinquents!
We're gonna bash your faces in one by one, so line up.
Y-You guys are third-years, right?
We've already talked with your boss, Masaru-kun.
Masaru?
Hey, Masaru!
Yeah? You don't need to yell. I can hear you.
Go buy us all drinks, Masaru!
Uh, sure...
Um, who's paying, though?
Huh?
Let's say every time my fist meets your face, it's worth a hundred yen.
Let's see, one, two...
Oh, I'll pay.
Hey, Takemichi...
Right. Masaru-kun was their errand boy.
He was just showing off to me because I was a year younger.
I just remembered what happened after this.
Not only were we scared shitless, but we lost our only chance out of it, and then...
Hey, stand up!
We got the shit kicked out of us.
We're sorry!
You spineless little dweebs.
You've got some nerve, callin' yourselves delinquents.
You guys get to be little soldiers for the Tokyo Manji Gang, startin' today.
Better work your asses off.
Ow...
You okay?
The Tokyo Manji Gang...
That's right. This is where it all started.
Our hellish days spent doing their bidding.
All of us.
Graduation Ceremony
That's why I got the hell away from my hometown after graduating middle school.
I started living on my own and working.
Quit slackin' off!
Sorry!
But nothing went right.
You can't even manage that?
Sorry!
I'd just apologize.
I'm very sorry!
Again... and again.
I just spent my life apologizing.
Damn it.
This sucks.
My life's ending, and I'm reliving the worst part of it.
I hear you loud and clear, God!
You wanna say that my life was utter shit!
I'm sure you'll succeed, Hanagaki-kun.
The escalating dispute between the Tokyo Manji Gang has now claimed innocent victims.
Tragedy Unfolds as Large Truck Drives Into Shopping District During Festival
Tachibana...
The Tokyo Manji Gang...
That's right. The reason Tachibana dies twelve years in the future...
It's all because of them!
But I guess that has nothing to do with me.
Wait. Tachibana's...
Ow...
You okay, Takuya?
You better not tell anyone that I cried.
God damn it.
Man, I'm starving.
I want some katsudon.
I can't eat. My mouth's all busted up.
Takemichi?
What's wrong, Takemichi?
Sorry, I've gotta go.
Huh? Go where?
I forgot...
What did Tachibana look like?
This is it.
Tachibana... Tachibana...
Here it is!
Yes?
Wait, Hanagaki-kun?
Y-Yeah.
Her voice... I remember it.
Hanagaki-kun!
Were you fighting again?
You can't keep getting into fights like that!
You just got into a fight over the dumbest thing last week!
Are you okay? That looks like it hurts real bad.
Did you at least disinfect it?
You're all swollen up.
Want me to get you some bandages?
Tachibana... Hinata.
Huh?
Why the hell am I crying?
Sorry, it's nothing. I'll go home now.
Hanagaki-kun!
I just... wanted to see you.
You're lying! Something happened.
You're not acting like yourself.
Huh?
Just tell me!
I want to know everything about you!
I'm your girlfriend, you know.
You dummy.
Sorry...
That's right.
She was always getting mad at me.
She was small, but so strong-willed.
Bye-bye. I'll see you tomorrow at school.
I always loved the cheerful way she'd say, "Bye-bye."
And yet, I...
Damn it!
This isn't all of it, is it?
Don't lie to us!
Jump, damn it!
See? You did have more!
Shut up! I'm trying to have a moment here!
Hurry the hell up!
Quit wastin' our time.
Hey.
Huh?
Shut the hell up, you dumbasses!
You just keep running your mouths! Yapping and yapping and yapping...
I'm seriously in the shittiest mood right now.
Piss off, or I'll kill you.
S-S-Sorry!
P-Please excuse us!
U-Um...
It's really d-dangerous to leave that there.
Oh, my bad.
Um, thank you for helping me.
Listen up. When guys like that bother you,
show a little more confidence.
Be prepared to get hit, but don't back down.
You don't need to take notes!
Anyway, just face them head-on!
That'll be enough to scare off half-assed punks.
Right!
Confidence and resolve... All shit I never had.
So, hey... what's your name?
Tachibana.
I'm Tachibana Naoto.
Huh?! Wait, are you Tachibana's little brother?
Oh, I do have an older sister.
The hell, man? Shoulda told me that sooner.
Wait, are you one of my sister's friends?
Tachibana Naoto...
That's right. In twelve years, he's going to die, too.
I'm Hanagaki Takemichi.
You can call me Takemichi.
Uh, I won't, but okay.
You like your sister?
Huh?! Where'd that come from? No, I don't!
Really? Why not?
Because... she's always bossing me around and telling me what to do.
I see.
Still, though...
Take good care of your sister.
I love your sister.
I love her so much that I don't know what to do with myself.
I just remembered that today.
I'm sure you don't understand, huh?
This is gonna sound crazy,
but on this day in 2017, I fell off a platform onto the train tracks.
I thought I was dead, but suddenly I was in middle school.
I was me from twelve years ago again.
What do you call that?
Time travel!
Yeah, that!
I might just be having a long-ass dream.
But you know...
I think God just let me see Tachibana one last time.
Huh? What do you mean?
On July 1st, twelve years from now...
Your sister's... going to die.
And that's also when... you're going to die.
July 1st, 2017.
Make sure you remember this date, Naoto.
And protect your sister.
But yeah, I'm sure this is all hard to believe.
If this is real, then I want to change the future.
I fell so far that I forgot about her until I heard she'd died.
Feeling pathetic... Feeling grim and frustrated...
I want to do all of this over.
I'm counting on you.
Okay, I will.
He's awake!
Um... Where am I?
The infirmary at the station.
You fell from the platform onto the tracks.
J u l y
Tuesday
July 4th, 2017?
Was that all a dream, then?
Wait...
I actually survived that?!
I don't have a scratch on me!
Could I have some time alone to speak with him?
Sure.
This man saved your life.
Huh?
It's been a while.
Who are you?
I'm Tachibana Naoto.
Huh?
That day, you changed my fate.
Huh? That day? But... wait, you died...
You traveled through time!
That's how I survived and saved you.
You changed the present by traveling through time.
Takemichi-kun, twelve years ago today,
this is what you told me.
Make sure you remember this date, Naoto.
And protect your sister.
I studied really hard and became a police officer...
so that I could protect my sister.
Th-Then Tachibana is...
I'm truly sorry, Takemichi-kun.
My sister...
has died.
I did everything that I could possibly think of!
But... But...
Please help me.
I know you'll be able to save my sister.
Me? Save Tachibana?