Tokyo Revengers
a review by justchopin
justchopin
5 years ago·May 3, 2021
98
/ 100
a review by justchopin
5 years ago·May 3, 2021
SYNOPSIS:
"JULY 4TH 2017. Remember that date, Naoto!! And protect your sister." - Takemichi.
Those words said by our main character Takemichi Hanagaki triggered the start of a time manipulation era for both himself and Naoto. Why? Since Takemichi's ex-girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, and her brother Naoto Tachibana were going to die as victims due to the dispute of the gang Tokyo Manji. (Keep in mind that while reading any shounen/seinen manga, there's always something that a character does/says that triggers the fundamentals of the manga into starting.)
After telling Naoto those words, Takemichi finds himself back in his regular time regaining consciousness, with Naoto appearing and saying, "You changed my fate on July 4th, 2005. You leapt through time!!" Unforntantly, his middle school girlfriend didn't make it. Furthermore, she died, but with the help of Naoto, he can go back in time and save the love of this life, also fixing the dispute of Tokyo Manji.
CHARACTERS:
The characters are the heart of any animanga as the apple is the heart of any apple juice. While I'm officially caught up to the manga, I can even-handedly say the characters are a 10/10.
Protagonist:
I've never watched/read any main character like Takemichi before. He's unique in his standards. The determination he has to help everyone is unspeakable. Even though he's weak and inefficient when it comes to physical terms, but the way he has his influential mindset, to never give up no matter what, helps him win most of his fights or draws people to desire him.
Yes, the main character is extraordinary... but the side characters put me in awe!!! Why? Once you've read the manga and meet characters like Manjirou Sano, Chifuyu Matsuno, Ken Ryuuguji, you'll forget all about the main character and drool for the side characters. If we go into the depth of the secondaries, I can 100% say without being biased that the majority of the characters have received excellent character developments. For example, take Manjirou Sano, who's somewhat of a deuteragonist. At the start of the manga, he was your average vital gang member who didn't care about what's right and good moreover had emotional issues due to the loss of someone important to him. Currently around from where I'm at, he grew to be someone who could protect his companions/relatives and have solid morals while fighting his opponent. He additionally grew to be strong-minded so the passing of his beloved ones wouldn't bring him down.
Honestly, this manga did an excellent job on the antagonists because I've never hated any antagonist as much up until now. There's nothing I can say optimistic about the main antagonist (Tetta Kisaki) because he's shit end of topic. Regardless of Kisaki, there are many other antagonists that you can help but love mainly because of their backstories and developments.
Yes... I had to touch base on the female characters. Usually, when you read any animanga, people tend to look for female characters who aren't plot devices. Good news! There are absolutely no flawed female characters while reading this manga. The bad news, there are very few female characters in the manga. Regardless of that, the female characters in this are helpful and support the main characters/supporting characters progress in the manga, which is very rare while reading any animanga shounen.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
The art for the manga isn't godly as vagabond, berserk, claymore, etc., but it's something, and when I say "something," I mean it's something immeasurable. While reading any manga, the art has the be top-notch, or you won't enjoy it regardless of how good the story is. In my perspective, Tokyo Revengers has its elegant style, but it might take readers some time to process it because it isn't the same as your ordinary shounen manga art.
ENJOYMENT/ENDING:
There's a reason why Tokyo Revengers is of my favorites. Even though the manga isn't completed, I can boldly say this manga is a 9/10. While reading this manga, I've cried in different languages because of how the characters moved me. All I can say is that you should prepare yourself a box of tissue because this isn't your average sit and laugh manga.
I hope all of you enjoy this ride also ;p
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