Summary
- Tokyo Revengers' third season, titled Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc, covers the conflict between the Tokyo Manji Gang and their new rivals, Yokohama Tenjiku, resulting in an epic battle to settle long-running feuds.
- Yokohama Tenjiku, formed by Kisaki Tetta and Izana Kurokawa, aims to defeat Toman and absorb its members while seeking revenge against Mikey and building a criminal empire.
- Kisaki and Izana's calculated attack on Toman leaves the organization disorganized and scattered, leading to devastating losses, including the murder of Mikey's younger half-sister, Emma Sano, and a final showdown that holds the future of the main cast and Tokyo Manji Gang at stake.
After the initial excitement waned around its unique premise — which blends time travel and the bosozoku subculture in mid-2000s Japan — Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers evolved into a tale of loss, love, and perseverance against insurmountable odds. The first two seasons of its anime adaptation by Liden Films garnered a considerable share of the spotlight, and the fanfare surrounding the series has continued into its third season even after the manga's conclusion in 2022.
The third and latest installment of Tokyo Revengers' anime adapts the Tenjiku Arc from the manga, covering the conflict between the Tokyo Manji Gang and their new rivals, Yokohama Tenjiku. At the very start of Season 3 — which is titled Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc — there is mention of an occurrence known as the "Kanto Incident" by Kisaki Tetta, one of the series' overarching antagonists. In effect, this event is the culmination of long-running feuds between the main cast, resulting in an epic battle to settle all scores.
The Rise Of Yokohama Tenjiku
After the fall of the Tenth Generation Black Dragons during the Christmas Showdown Arc, Kisaki Tetta was expelled from Toman by Mikey, for his role in conspiring against Takemichi and Chifuyu's attempt to rescue Hakkai from his brother Taiju Shiba. Overcome by rage at his dismissal from the organization that he yearned to take over, Kisaki plotted revenge and enlisted the aid of Izana Kurokawa of the S-62 Generation to form Yokohama Tenjiku and commence the Kanto Incident.
This new organization's singular goal was to defeat Toman and absorb its members, which would give Kisaki the vengeance he desired while allowing Izana to crush Mikey's spirit due to his own personal vendetta against him. Izana's hatred towards Mikey and Toman was the result of the abandonment he experienced as a child, where the only person who seemed to care about him was Mikey's older brother Shinichiro Sano. After Shinichiro's death, Izana vowed to end Mikey's life, giving in to the jealousy he had harbored for years. Apart from this, his secondary goal was to build a criminal empire by turning Tenjiku into a nationwide crime syndicate.
For this purpose, Izana allied with Kisaki and commenced a calculated attack against the higher ranking members of Toman, including its Division Captains. This move effectively crippled the organization, taking out the Tokyo Manji Gang's most powerful fighters in one fell swoop, leaving them disorganized and scattered. This was followed by the defection of Yasuhiro Muto, Toman's Fifth Division Captain and a former member of the S-62 Generation, who took Hajime Kokonoi along with him to Tenjiku. Only a few major figures in Toman such as Takemichi Hanagaki, Mikey, Draken, and Chifuyu Matsuno remained, until tragedy struck once again.
A Devastating Loss
As the final nail in the coffin created by Tenjiku's strategic assault on the Tokyo Manji Gang, Kisaki and Izana hatched a plan to murder Mikey's younger half-sister, Emma Sano. During a meeting between Izana, Mikey, and Seishu Inui at the grave of Shinichiro Sano, Kisaki rode in on a motorcycle and struck Emma across the head with a metal baseball bat, fatally injuring her. The incident — which took place on the day of Toman's final clash with Tenjiku — rocked Mikey to his core and turned him into an empty shell of his former self.
On learning of Emma's death, Draken began to lose his composure and attacked Mikey for his failure to protect her, which added to Toman's issues, as they could no longer rely on their Leader or Vice-Leader in the upcoming battle. With no one else to lead the way, Takemichi took it upon himself to rally the Tokyo Manji Gang's troops, as he resolved to end things with Kisaki and Izana for what they had done to Emma.
Despite some initial backlash towards his attempt to motivate Toman's members for their fight against Tenjiku, Takemichi was able to bring them over to his side. The fight at Yokohama's seventh pier took place on February 22, the anniversary of the day when Black Dragon was founded by Shinichiro Sano. With Takemichi as acting leader, the Tokyo Manji Gang arrived on the scene just as Izana finished subduing all of Tokyo's top hoodlums.
Events From Different Timelines
In the original timeline Takemichi returned to after the Christmas Showdown Arc, Tenjiku and Toman's fight had resulted in a sort of compromise between the two gangs. Tenjiku was absorbed by Tenjiku, allowing Kisaki and Izana to occupy high ranking positions in the gang's hierarchy, second only to Mikey. The new Tokyo Manji Gang then embarked on a path filled with violence, as most of its prominent members, including Draken, Hakkai, Mitsuya, and Chifuyu, were killed by Mikey, Izana, and Kisaki.
Eventually, this led to Mikey's own death at the hands of the adult Naoto Tachibana in the present. Finally, Takemichi and Naoto were themselves shot by Kisaki and Kakucho, which essentially eliminated Takemichi's ability to time leap. However, Takemichi's last minute leap back into the past before Naoto's death gave him one last chance to change the future, and prevent Toman's descent into darkness. The outcome of the final showdown is crucial to all involved, as the future of the main cast and the Tokyo Manji Gang is poised on a knife's edge.
Tokyo Revengers season 1 is available on Crunchyroll, while Seasons 2 and 3 can be found on Disney+.