Takemichi Hanagaki/Synopsis

Toman Arc
As an adult, Takemichi is leading an awful life. His boss is six years younger who is constantly scolding him. He hears on the news that his only girlfriend in his life has died from a conflict involving the Tokyo Manji Gang, along with her brother Naoto. While he is waiting for the train, he is wondering where he went wrong in his life and then someone pushes him onto the tracks. He wakes up exactly 12 years in the past, July 4th, 2005, and is having a conversation with his friends from school. They are heading to Shibuya Third Mid to beat some second years and are depending on Takemichi's cousin Masaru if something goes wrong, as he is the third year and is claiming to be a boss there. Takemichi is a bit confused about what is going on, but while they are waiting for the second years to show up, some third years show up. They try dropping Masaru's name, but he ended up being just an errand boy for them, so they all get beat and are forced to become soldiers for Tokyo Manji Gang.

After that Takemichi goes to check Hinata, but as he sees her, he isn't able to explain why he is there. A bit later he saved a boy from some bullies and as he talks with him, he realizes he is Naoto, the younger brother of Hinata. Takemichi then explains to him how he time leaped and that his sister would die after 12 years, so he must protect her. As he shakes his hand, he wakes up back in the present and is in a hospital. There he is met by the future Naoto, who explains to him that he performed a time leap and had changed the future; because of Takemichi, he became a detective, but still wasn't able to protect his sister.

They work together and Naoto gives him as much information he has about Tokyo Manji Gang and tells Takemichi that Manjiro Sano and Tetta Kisaki, the top two Tokyo Manji Gang members, must never meet. As they realize shaking hands with each other is the trigger for his time leap, they do and Takemichi is taken back in time. Takemichi is suddenly in a fight with lots of spectators, but until he realizes what is going on, he gets knocked out. As he wakes up, he gets beaten for losing by Masataka Kiyomizu and his men. As they are about to leave, Takemichi mentions if he could meet Sano and Kisaki, but that angers Masataka who then takes his bat and beats Takemichi even more and warns him to never mention Sano name in front of him ever again or he will kill him.

Takemichi then runs away scared and decides to go meet Naoto to return to the present. He meets Hinata there and renews his vow to protect her. On the next day, Takuya, one of Takemichi's friends has to fight in the arranged fights, but as he is not good at fighting, the moment the fight starts, Takemichi stops the fight and proposes that he fights against Masataka, to which he accepts.

Masataka starts beating Takemichi, but Takemichi always manages to stand up and refuses to give up. In the end, Masataka asks for his bat, but then Ken "Draken" Ryuguji arrives, interrupting the fight by saying that he is losing the audience. Everyone starts bowing as Manjiro Sano "Mikey", the Touman's boss, arrives behind Ken. Manjiro approaches Takemichi and asks his name, but ends up calling him Takemitchy. Manjiro wonders if he is really a middle schooler and then said that from now on, he is his "pal."

He then beats up Masataka and stops the underground fights he was organizing. As everyone leaves, Takemichi's friends get excited because Takemichi was recognized by Manjiro. Akkun tells him that if Takemichi didn't take on Masataka, he would have tried to kill Masataka so they could be free from him.

On the next day, Mikey with Draken come to Takemichi's classroom and take him with them, while beating some guys in the hallway. Overhearing that Takemichi is being kidnapped, Hinata bravely stands up to Mikey and slapped him and grabs Takemichi's hand, trying to leave, but Draken stops them.

Seeing the situation Takemichi stops Draken and tells him to release Hinata. Mikey then tells Takemichi to prepare himself to die and Takemichi accepts but wants him to not lay a finger on Hinata. As Mikey is about to punch Takemichi, he stops and tells him that he is just joking and won't hit a girl. They leave peacefully with Takemichi and go near the river, where Mikey tells Takemichi he is reminiscent of his brother, and announces that he wants to make new age of delinquents and invites Takemichi to join him on that journey.

As Takemichi parts with Mikey and Draken, he walks past a group of delinquents and recognizes one of them to be Kisaki.