Tokyo卍Revengers

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Synonyms: Tokyo Manji Revengers

Japanese: 東京卍リベンジャーズ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Mar 1, 2017 to ?

Genres: Action, Award Winning

Themes: Delinquents, Time Travel

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Wakui, Ken (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.41¹ (scored by 86,893 users)

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Ranked: #181²

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Popularity: #35

Members: 175,055

Favorites: 16,199

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MangaShounen Magazine (Weekly)Wakui, Ken (Story & Art)

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Takemichi Hanagaki's life is at an all-time low. Just when he thought it couldn't get worse, he finds out that Hinata Tachibana, his ex-girlfriend, was murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang: a group of vicious criminals that has been disturbing society's peace for quite some time.

Wondering where it all went wrong, Takemichi suddenly finds himself traveling through time, ending up 12 years in the past—when he was still in a relationship with Hinata. Realizing he has a chance to save her, Takemichi resolves to infiltrate the Tokyo Manji Gang and climb the ranks in order to rewrite the future and save Hinata from her tragic fate.

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Tokyo卍Revengers has been published digitally in English as Tokyo Revengers by Kodansha USA since October 16, 2018.

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Sano, Manjirou

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Ryuuguuji, Ken

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Hanagaki, Takemichi

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Matsuno, Chifuyu

Supporting

Baji, Keisuke

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Mitsuya, Takashi

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Hanemiya, Kazutora

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Tachibana, Hinata

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Kawaragi, Senju

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Hanma, Shuuji

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Aug 1, 2020

168 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

mrmidorimochi (All reviews)

209 people found this review helpful

You could say that this manga is the combination of the delinquents genre and the concept of time travel, all in one: an unlikely combo which end up working beautifully. It is also about friendship, total bromanship, and the thick ties that connect these guys that go through fights and hardship together. Don't just read the manga synopsis and decide not to read this, it is much MUCH deeper than it so implies.

Story: 10/10
Wakui Ken has set in place a very solid story structure within Tokyo Revengers that continues to carry the plot at a steady cadence, never letting it fall into monotony. There read more

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May 24, 2021

179 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 3

obskyr (All reviews)

152 people found this review helpful

Who needs time travel when the solution to everything is gang fights?

Tokyo Revengers is a story with a spectacular premise… that is promptly squandered. That's what makes it so frustrating to read: it entices you with aspects that are truly unique; aspects that give you a glimpse of tremendous potential – and then devolves into run-of-the-mill shonen schlock.

The time-travel mechanic, detailed in the first few chapters, works in a novel way: Takemichi, the protagonist, can only travel exactly 12 years back in time, and from there only exactly 12 years forward again. While he's in the past, time keeps progressing in the present (with him in a comatose state), and while he's in the present time keeps progressing in the past. This means that if, say, someone dies in the present (or sometime in the last 12 years, for that matter), he can travel back and set things right – but if someone dies in the past? Well, then there's no traveling back before that and fixing it. This is a fantastic way to ensure that there still are stakes – something most other time travel stories could learn from. And indeed, a lot of the intrigue comes from there! Sadly, though, that's about the extent to which Tokyo Revengers explores its premise.

Though the manga hits a high point in around volume 3-4, with Takemichi following the central conceit of retroactively saving his girlfriend, going back in time to diagnose and tangibly solve problems – I truly felt that it was great for a few brilliant chapters there – it loses its footing afterward, and becomes an entirely different story. A palpable loop emerges: go back to the present, see that things went wrong in a different way this time, go back to the past, and… oh! There's a new rival gang, the existence of which has never been mentioned before, and conveniently enough, they're the source of all the problems this time! I guess the only thing to do is fight them. Even when the present offers an interesting plot hook – “this character grows up to be a psychopath; you need to make sure he has a better youth” – the result is invariably the same: “actually, that was all because of this new rival gang.” In this way, Tokyo Revengers deftly nullifies its own premise to become a bog-standard shonen manga where fighting the villain of the week is always the answer.

It's a terrible shame that a manga with such a stellar premise, such fantastic art, and such undeniably heart-tugging moments should falter so utterly, but falter it does. Coupled with an motley crew of other sizable blemishes – new characters keep being introduced at far too rapid a pace for you to care about them, the deuteragonists are forgotten about; barely appear through large swaths of the story and receive little to no character development, the manga's view of women is on the further end of “iffy”, and its morals are out of whack (“sure, he's a psychopath who indiscriminately beats people bloody, but he's not a bad guy!”) – Tokyo Revengers ends up being largely an exasperating, unenjoyable read.

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Jul 11, 2019

225 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

Trivialmadness (All reviews)

222 people found this review helpful

You don't read stories like this because of their groundbreaking qualities; you read them because they can be so much fun.

*A spoiler free preview*

First, I'd like to point out that this is not a story about national socialists. The 卍 symbol in the series' name is a Buddhist symbol, manji. The original character of prosperity and good fortune has also become popular youth slang in Japan with an array of cool meanings, and regardless of its intended meaning in here, Tokyo Manji Revengers makes for one heck of a cool name.

Comradeship, bromance and bad blood - that's what gang stories are made of. If you're drawn to them like me, this one won't let you down since 99 percent of its characters are some sort of juvenile mobsters, gangsters and thugs. Our wimpy main character Takemichi is an ex-delinquent who discovers he's able to travel back in time and embarks on a quest to make things differently the second time around. As we can guess, turns out that changing the past is not so easy and can alter the future unexpectedly.

If you prefer you stories solid and logical...Tokyo卍Revengers doesn't have much of that: time traveling is like taking a taxi, outrageous plot twists just keep coming and sometimes there's so much going on that the story seems to forget what its primary target was. For those who don't mind, the story can be crazy engaging. I found myself slightly interested at first, somewhat immersed later on and at the moment I'm craving to know what kind of turn it's going to take next.

The more I have gotten to know all the characters, the more I've liked them. Our main guys are the Tokyo Manji Gang aka Toman, whose infernal conflicts and struggle for power against other gangs lay the foundation of the story. Takemichi is the kind of phlegmatic character who has to discover his guts and resolve in order to take action in the middle of all the fighting and scheming. Being a cry-baby, the butt of all jokes and chronically clueless, he's still a sympathetic character who has made me say time and time again "That's my boy!". Also, his puppy love with Hina is the sweetest.

What I really like about the art is how much effort have been put into making different hairstyles, clothes and accessories and how great the characters look in their badass styles. In general, the art is good and fitting and simple enough to follow with ease even in the action scenes.

Despite the never-ending plot twists, Tokyo卍Revengers is actually a pretty simple story. Simple, and cool. The characters are already my bros and I'm interested in seeing how the upcoming scenarios are going to play out.

TL; DR
Tokyo卍Revengers is a railway engine which prefers the journey over destination, gradually accelerates and takes random routes at intersections. Recommended for people who like bad boys, ass-kicking and getting thrown in the face by constant cliff-hangers and turns of events.

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Apr 21, 2020

154 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

birdsyoongi (All reviews)

62 people found this review helpful

Tokyo revengers is interesting. It starts off with an exciting premise; a seemingly naive, innocent guy who has to go back into the past to save his girlfriend. The story that follows as our hero gains courage and makes friendships that he wouldn't otherwise have if not for the time leap are narrated quite compellingly. These friendships and the MC's relationship with his girlfriend in fact form the heart of the story and we understand his desperation, his motivations and the reasoning for decisions he makes as the story progresses. The plot twists in the beginning were convincing, but somewhere in the middle, the author loses his steam and the plot twists seem start to seem contrived and introduced solely because the author didn't know how else to keep the plot moving forward. A great example of this is how, at the very beginning, we are introduced to who apparently is the main villain of the story, but then we move onto other small fries before the author finally pulls out another guy as the main villain in the very recent arc. There have been no clues about this new villain from the start of the story and yet we are to believe his background and intentions - why? Because the author says so in 2 chapters worth of background. The old villian is cast aside and we don't know why/how he is obsessed with the MC baring a couple of panels over 150 chapters. This essentially means there is no sense of brooding over the antagonist's schemes because of his poor development and this sense of fear is especially needed because that is what turns a good story into a great one.

The second protagonist - Mikey (who I believe could in fact be the antagonist of the story because of the author's tendency to jump between villains like he is playing football), and his relationship with the MC is interesting and the author creates a camaraderie between them that makes us believe that their relationship is reminiscent of the one Mikey had with his brother. However, Mikey's relationship with Ken is also very similar to his relationship with the MC, thus taking away the uniqueness. If I had to pick one relationship that seemed unique and written beautifully compared to a lot of shounen manga, I have to give it to his relationship with his ex-gf. The author narrates their relationship beautifully and we see why they care for each other as much as they do.

A minor complaint I have with this manga is the fact that the MC seems to never train and is a bit of a wuss, and usually I wouldn't have a problem with that, but, over the course of 150 chapters, I have yet to see him engage in a compelling fight. He is excellent at being the voice of reason and strives his best to endure in fights as much as possible, I just wish there was a training arc of some sort where he puts his best into learning how to fight. It seems a little ridiculous that we are to believe this guy grows up to become the biggest yakuza when he starts bawling at every opportunity available.

This came at a time when I was feeling the drought of good manga and it might be recency bias, but despite it's shortcomings, the art, characterization and plot of this manga deserve one read at the very least.

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