Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen

In spite of his best time-leaping efforts, Takemichi Hanagaki continuously fails to prevent the present-day death of Hinata Tachibana, his adolescent love. The adult Takemichi grapples with grief and the ramifications of the Tokyo Manji gang's criminal empire—an unintended product of his timeline meddling. Though the gang once operated under the idealistic Manjirou "Mikey" Sano, it has now been taken over by the malicious Tetta Kisaki and, as a result, has abandoned its original optimistic intent.

Despite feeling hopeless, Takemichi travels to the past once again to investigate Black Dragon, a rival motorcycle gang whose actions ultimately lead to Hinata's demise. There, he meets the young Hakkai Shiba, a fellow gang member whose older brother, Taiju, tyrannically rules Black Dragon. When Taiju brutally beats Takemichi in a one-sided street brawl, Hakkai attempts to withdraw from Tokyo Manji in apology—an act that Takemichi must prevent to spare Hakkai a grim future.

Through a shared tragedy, Takemichi bonds with Chifuyu Matsuno, establishing a close comradery both boys desperately need. With Chifuyu on his side, Takemichi works to unravel the fates of Black Dragon's members, fighting to create a happy future for his loved ones.

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Sano, Manjirou Main

Hayashi, Yuu Japanese

Hanagaki, Takemichi Main

Shin, Yuuki Japanese

Matsuno, Chifuyu Supporting

Karino, Shou Japanese

Ryuuguuji, Ken Supporting

Fukunishi, Masaya Japanese

Baji, Keisuke Supporting

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Mitsuya, Takashi Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Hanemiya, Kazutora Supporting

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Kurokawa, Izana Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Hanma, Shuuji Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Tachibana, Hinata Supporting

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Naya, Ryousuke Producer

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Itou, Hirofumi Producer

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Aug 16, 2023

WDUNE

Recommended

Plot:
I believe that the mangaka of Tokyo Revengers has a wonderful and strong ability to twist the plot and direct it into places you never thought of, BUT, he has this weakness of never untwisting that twist in a good way, meaning, When you give me a surprising turn in the events (in a good way of course) you will have to explain how this unexpected turn happened and why it happened and if you fail to explain it in a good, smooth, and logical way, no matter how good this twist is it will become a bad twist, and that's Ken Wakui's writing fragility ... in my opinion where he never fails to surprise me but almost always fails to elucidate these twists, But I said almost impossible because he was capable of clarifying the biggest twist/mystery which was what happens to his body when he goes back to the future and how timelines change which is something I liked.
And since this is a continuation of a previous season, we see the storyline and the world-building getting bigger and bigger each arc even though the timeline seems tighter and the end is closer with every passing episode.

Art style:
I'm gonna start by saying Coloring of scenes, characters, backgrounds is eye captivating, and the precise drawing of some things like clothing, vehicles, and bikes, and buildings shows that the mangaka cares a lot about such things which raises the level of the art style in this anime. But to be fair, what a stupid character design, you either give me the body and voice of a 40-year-old or the body and voice of a teenager, you can't just give me a character that dead serious looks and sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger and then tell me he's 16 years old. Also, the characters' physique is really irritating, the bodies are all standard but then the heads are twice the size they should be.

Animation:
Except for some short scenes in fights and scenes of certain hard angles where it lost a bit of its smoothness, the animation level was high for most of the season, and what matters most is the consistency of the animation and the coordination between animation and art style to make them seem more suitable and appropriate and that was well done.

Characters:
characters development is either so slow or so sudden, this kind of development would be perfect for an anime with the episode number of One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, or Conan, but not for a 37-episode anime, we don't clearly see a change in the personality of a character and sometimes like in flashbacks we see the moment that character forever changed but it happens like a tick in a clock, instant. it either takes a whole season to see change and it happens vaguely or it happens immediately. This makes the anime less surprising and more predictable, and don't misunderstand me, I don't think the characters' development is bad, I just would've loved it if it was more perfectly paced.
Even though the flashbacks didn't help that much in pacing the character's development, we did witness very good flashbacks that made us more attached to the characters in specific and the whole anime in general.

Antagonists:
The villains are well written and properly fitted into the story and never fail to pull me more and more whether they are new villains or already existing ones. It's all good, but I would appreciate it more if we were shown, informed, or aware of how many gangs there is and what areas each gang controls because I think that would've made the world more understandable, and every time we find out there is still another gangs/enemies it adds to the joy of the watching experience of course, but at some point, it becomes an overused and a cliché way of building the story and providing plot twists.

Fights:
Peer-to-peer fights are rare in this season, there is always a massive difference in power between the two sides.
And it's goddamn impossible for someone to black out in this anime, someone got shot in the head for god sake, and still didn't fade away. Even though this is considered a non-superpower anime it still has some exaggeration in characters' power and endurance, and the balance between characters' power, endurance, and stamina couldn't have been worse, some characters are weak as a pigeon but can bare the power of a human tank hits nonstop, and what makes it more annoying is seeing a character taking a deadly hit and they show us the knocked out eyes, then immediately that character stands up as if nothing happened.

Music:
This anime musical staff from songwriters to composers and producers did a great job by introducing to us the terrific opening and ending of this season, the themes of this anime are catchy and beautiful to listen to, even independently and without watching the anime I'd still listen to them, the opening theme though was more beautiful and more fit to the anime, but most importantly, they are properly compatible with the events of the anime. While the soundtracks and background music weren't too good to remember, I still don't think there was a moment where I felt that there should be music here or there should be better music here, meaning that the music composers made good choices throughout the whole anime.
Also, sound effects were perfectly executed, from Voice-over, hits and kicks, walking and running, bike sounds, and sound in general.

Ratings:

Plot: 8/10
The plot showcases impressive twists and turns but occasionally falls short of delivering clear explanations, slightly impacting narrative satisfaction.

Art Style: 6.5/10
While the meticulous detailing and coloring are commendable, character design inconsistencies and proportions could use improvement for a more cohesive visual appeal.

Animation: 8/10
The season maintains high animation quality for the most part, but occasional lapses in fight scenes slightly affect overall fluidity.

Characters: 7.5/10
Character development's mixed pacing, while suited for longer series, impacts predictability; well-crafted flashbacks enhance attachment, yet slight imbalances persist.

Antagonists: 7.5/10
Villains are well-integrated, though the repeated introduction of new adversaries occasionally leans towards a clichéd approach, affecting narrative freshness.

Fights: 6/10
Infrequent peer-to-peer fights exhibit imbalanced power dynamics; occasional exaggeration in character abilities disrupts realism and engagement.

Music: 7.5/10
Themes effectively complement events, with opening and ending themes standing out; while soundtracks align well, memorability could be enhanced.

Attraction and Enjoyment: 8/10
Now it might be because of my love for this anime, but I still enjoyed it so much despite the drop in the general level of this season from the previous one.

Overall: 7.4/10 - Good.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 21, 2023

kevboy1991

Mixed Feelings

So the first season was kind of good but i was completely annoyed by the main character, so now that the second season aired i was kind of unsure if i should try watching it, but i did and i got exactly what i expected, even more annoying protagonist ( he's seriously so badly written) and a story that's not exciting in any way, you know every time he gets back something different is messed up it's not a suprise anymore.

if they had given Takemitchi some kind of good character developement then i would say this is getting good, but that's not happening, so i ... think season 3 to X will have no surprises and will be the same mechanic over and over again

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 1, 2023

Marinate1016

Not Recommended

Tokyo Revengers S2 is actually impressive. Impressive in the sense that it manages to be worse than season 1 in every aspect, which is saying something considering how laughably bad the writing and animation were at some points. I debated whether or not a review was even worth it for this dumpster fire, but I decided I’d air my thoughts out on this disaster. This will not be my most eloquent review, but it’s how I feel.

Season 1 was serviceable. The story wasn’t the strongest, but the yankee gang setting was new for me and the mystery of Hina’s murder was enough to keep me ... around. This season’s arc was some of the worst writing I’ve ever seen. The world that the author has created requires us to totally suspend logic. Are there no parents in this universe? Gangs of hoodlums just stand outside fighting all day? 14-15 year olds moving drugs, murdering people, terrorising local communities?

The Black Dragon gang is the main antagonist of the season, led by a 6’8 14 year old who beats his siblings. I could not help but laugh at so many of the plotholes in this season. Just a total lack of common sense from every character. So many situations that could have easily been avoided or solved with common sense. Yes, I know it’s a shonen anime and you’re going to have dumb characters and some ass-pulls, but this was too much. It was at every corner and every episode. Particularly the final boss fight in the last few episodes made me genuinely scratch my head time after time. That’s not even beginning to bring up how dumb Takemichi acts at every opportunity. Instead of taking the simple logical route for any given problem he has to overcomplicate things. Whether it’s the Taiju fight, dealing with Hina, Naoto, etc., he is just an insufferable character and it’s very hard to like a show when you have a MC like that.

I think if you don’t take the story seriously and just watch it to see how bad the writing is, how bad the character designs look, how poorly animated the fights are, how dumb Takemichi is, etc., you will have a lot of fun. Kind of like those honest movie trailers on youtube. Sit back, relax, unplug your brain and you’ll have a blast.

Touched on it earlier, but the art and animation this season were atrocious. It’s almost like they just did this season in MS Paint or something. Characters are stiff as a rock, often models are inconsistent, the fights look like they’re in slow mo, etc. I’ve seen the manga panels of this series. A lot of scenes were brutally butchered in the anime, ones that were meant to be emotionally powerful fell flat because of the utter disasterclass that was this season’s art direction.

But you know what, somehow I did find myself enjoying this show. It was so bad that it was actually good if that makes sense. Halfway through I just completely checked out mentally and reached a weird mellow mindset where I just cruised along with this show seeing where it took me and that was kind of fun. Regardless, that’s not saving Tokyo Revengers S2 from being one of my lowest scored anime.

Tokyo Revengers S2 gets 4 clover necklaces out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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