Takemichi Hanagaki/Synopsis

History
In his first year of elementary, Takemichi regularly hung out with his childhood friend, Kakucho. One day, the latter complains about the unfairness of his recent fight while defeated on the ground. Takemichi then says he will avenge him, but Kakucho replies with the goal of becoming stronger himself. Kakucho would later transfer to a different school in their second year.

Much later during the summer of his sixth grade, Takemichi meets Hina and Kisaki for the first time through intervening on middle school kids harassing Hina after calling them out on hurting a cat. Calling himself "the Hero", he charges at the middle schoolers. He is easily defeated by the three by being stomped on. Then, a man in a mechanic outfit shows up telling the middle schoolers to stop hurting Takemichi. They are scared away as the former dents a steel pole. Takemichi asks the man on how to be like him, to be a real hero. He assures Takemichi, say he will definitely become strong and gives a power for when he wants to save someone one day.

After he graduated middle school, Takemichi ran away from everyone, including his friends. He then starts living on his own, occasionally working at several part-time jobs but ending up losing each one due to poor skill. During this time, Takemichi gained a tendency to keep apologizing to people. He would later work at the rental shop.

Toman Arc
While watching the news, Takemichi learns that the only girlfriend he has ever had has died after getting involved in a gang dispute initiated by the Tokyo Manji Gang. Later that day, at Shinjuku train station, he solemnly wonders where exactly he went wrong in his life before getting pushed on the railroad. As he braces for impact, he is surprised to find out that it never comes. Instead, he is transported twelve years in the past, on July 4, 2005, when he and Mizo Middle Five, his middle school friends, stir a fight against Shibuya Third Mid’s second years. Eventually, Shibuya Mid’s third years come and beat the Mizo Middle crew. Annoyed at his and his friends' defeat, Takemichi reflects on his shameless, pushover, apologetic life before remembering the Tokyo Manji Gang conflict he heard of earlier on national television. He recalls Hina, his middle school ex-girlfriend, then drops by her residence to find out how she looked twelve years ago. At the Tachibana residence, Takemichi meets Hina, who tells him off for his habit of getting into fights. He then visits the neighborhood park, where he witnesses Naoto Tachibana, Hina’s younger brother, getting bullied by a group of delinquents. After scaring the bullies away, Takemichi tells Naoto to look after his sister on July 1, 2017, the date of their apparent death in twelve years. Naoto heeds his warning, and they shake hands. Takemichi then wakes up and finds out that he is in the year 2017. He meets Naoto, his savior, who claims to have changed his fate on July 4, 2005, by performing a time leap that essentially altered the future and rescued him. However, Hina remains deceased. For this reason, they work together to save her.

Two days have passed since then, and Takemichi learns all the details about the Tokyo Manji Gang case, which Naoto marshals after becoming a detective in the Metropolitan Police Department. They soon devise a plan to prevent Toman’s current Top 2, Manjiro Sano and Tetta Kisaki, from meeting in the past to deter Toman from existing in its present form. After theorizing that Naoto became a part of Takemichi’s power upon their encounter twelve years ago, they share a handshake, and Takemichi time leaps again. In the past, Takemichi finds himself in Masataka Kiyomizu’s fighting ring. He gets knocked out. When he wakes up, Kiyomasa's gang beat him while Kiyomasa himself nearly kills him with a bat. Discouraged, Takemichi visits the Tachibana family’s home to return to the past and back out on the rescue mission. However, he meets Hina, who swears to protect him, which prompts Takemichi to promise the same and change his mind. The next day in school, Atsushi Sendo tells Mizo Middle Five that one of their members, Takuya Yamamoto, is the predetermined fighter in that day's battle. During the fight, Takemichi interferes and challenges Kiyomasa one-on-one. He loses. Afterward, Ken Ryuguji, the current Vice President of Toman, arrives at the scene and punishes Kiyomasa for his arrogant behavior. Mikey appears behind him and calls Takemichi his friend, then kicks Kiyomasa's face. He and Draken shut down Kiyomasa's fighting ring and leave. In the evening, Akkun thanks Takemichi for stepping up and rescuing Takuya from the fight. He confesses that if it were not for Takemichi’s bravery, he would have attacked Kiyomasa with a knife. The next day, Mikey and Draken visit Takemichi in school to hang out. However, Hina arrives and slaps Mikey across the face. After Takemichi demands Draken to let her go, Mikey forgives Hina as Draken commends him for protecting her. Later, while strolling on a riverbank, Mikey tells him that he is reminiscent of his late older brother. Mikey then announces his dream of building a new age of delinquents and invites Takemichi on that journey. As he parts ways with Mikey and Draken, Takemichi walks past a group of delinquents and subconsciously recognizes one of them to be Kisaki.

After school, Takemichi is in Hina’s room to study for their finals. She thanks him for saving Naoto from the band of bullies a few days ago and for encouraging Naoto to become a police officer. Hearing the fireworks outside, they visit the rooftop to watch the show. Takemichi contemplates the enjoyable moment and refuses to travel back to the present. As he cherishes the fireworks, he holds Hina’s hand. However, he realizes that it is Naoto’s and accidentally time leaps. In the present, Takemichi learns that his body retains a death-like state while his consciousness is in the past. He also finds out that time continues regardless of where his consciousness is present. Later on, while going through documents regarding Toman, Takemichi recognizes Akkun, who is currently a gang admin, in Naoto’s laptop screen. Takemichi contacts him, and they meet for the first time in ten years.

On the rooftop of Akkun’s hostess bar, Akkun tells Takemichi that he was the one who pushed him off the station platform. He also accuses him of being a time leaper as Naoto had seemingly foreseen the incident when he came to Takemichi’s rescue. Through tears, he reveals that he was only following Kisaki’s orders and that Mikey had changed after Draken’s death. Akkun jumps off the rooftop despite Takemichi’s objections. Before getting interviewed by the police, he instructs Naoto to look into Draken’s death. A few days later, Takemichi travels to the past again to save Draken from dying. Takemichi wakes up in a karaoke booth with a nude woman his age, but he scampers away and meets Hina along the street. Suddenly, Draken calls and invites him over to Musashi Shrine. At the shrine, Takemichi meets Emma, the woman he was previously with at the karaoke booth, and gets beaten by Hina. Later during the meeting, Takemichi learns about Toman’s current conflict with Moebius, which grew as such after Haruki Hayashida’s friend got into a fight with Moebius’s eighth leader, Nobutaka Osanai. Mikey declares war against Moebius on August 3, 2005, and Takemichi realizes that it is the day when Draken supposedly dies. To prevent Draken from dying, Takemichi plans to be his bodyguard and spy on him for a whole day. After following him and Mikey around town, Takemichi concludes that it is nearly impossible for Mikey and Draken to fight and dissolve Toman. Takemichi travels to the present to further investigate Moebius.

Moebius Arc
In the present, Takemichi and Naoto visit a construction site where Osanai allegedly works as a construction worker. They talk to Osanai but gain little information regarding the forthcoming battle on August 3. Takemichi travels to the past again to prevent the Moebius conflict from occurring. He tells Mikey to stop the fight, but he gets pushed aside by Pah-chin. Osanai soon arrives with Moebius and beats Takemichi. Afterward, Takemichi watches Pah-chin stab Osanai from behind. As Toman flees the scene, Takemichi faints. He later wakes up in a hospital, where he receives word from Emma that Toman has split into two: the Mikey faction and the Draken faction. As August 3 rapidly approaches, Mizo Middle Five visit Takemichi at home. Mikey and Draken later on follow. The two fight over Takemichi’s friendship and thrash his sentimental items, and Takemichi becomes angry. As he scolds the two for fighting, Mikey and Draken ridicule him for having feces stuck in his hair. Later in the day, at an open park, Mikey thanks Takemichi for resolving their friendship. Takemichi is in awe of Toman’s grounded principles. Hina then arrives and asks him out to the Musashi Festival on the 3rd of August. Two days later, at the festival, Takemichi meets Hina, and they roam around the venue. They play at a shooting range booth until rain pours, and they seek shelter underneath a tree. While helping her relieve her foot pain, Takemichi initiates a kiss, but they are interrupted by Kazushi Yamagishi, who informs Takemichi of a scheme to attack Draken. Yamagishi claims that not all of Toman is in favor of the outcome. Takemichi runs off to find Draken, but he stumbles upon Kiyomasa’s gang at Musashi Shrine with a mole from Moebius. Kiyomasa says that he will kill Draken and Red spots Takemichi. Kiyomasa’s gang binds Takemichi up until Hina arrives and saves him. She enchants him to keep fighting, and they kiss.

While walking through the forest, Takemichi meets Takashi Mitsuya. Together, they hunt down Draken’s location to rescue him. Takemichi learns that Ryohei Hayashi (Peh-yan) cannot accept Pah-chin’s arrest. He believes that Toman had abandoned him by not enacting Mikey’s plan to bail him out of juvie. As Takemichi and Mitsuya arrive at the parking lot, Mikey comes, and Takemichi realizes that a mole had organized the conflict. When the battle begins, Takemichi looks for Draken and Kiyomasa. However, he soon finds Draken already wounded. Takemichi carries him, and he sets off to a hospital on foot. While Emma and Hina call an ambulance, Kiyomasa arrives with his cronies and plans to finish them.

In an alleyway, Takemichi commences a rematch between him and Kiyomasa, as they had not finished their first battle in Kiyomasa’s fighting ring two weeks ago. Before Takemichi can punch him, Kiyomasa impales his hand with a knife. However, Takemichi launches himself at Kiyomasa and bites him. He then puts him in a chokehold until Kiyomasa faints. While Kiyomasa passes out, Red plans to attack Takemichi and Draken nonetheless. Hina and Emma flee, while Takemichi and Draken prepare to fight despite their wounded state. Suddenly, Mizo Middle appears and takes on the battle. As an ambulance and the cops near, Takemichi declares their victory. On the way to the hospital, Draken thanks Takemichi for saving him. He tells him to take care of Mikey on his behalf before his vital signs flatline. Upon Mikey’s arrival at the hospital, Takemichi calms down and patiently waits for Draken’s surgery to finish. Later on, a surgeon tells them that the operation was a success. As he exits the hospital, Takemichi rejoices in changing the present. He then looks around for Mikey and finds him crying alone at the back building.

A week after the big showdown, Takemichi visits Draken at the hospital. Draken gives him Mikey’s first Toman uniform and tells him that Mikey wanted Takemichi to own it. Takemichi accepts the gift and meets Mikey on the rooftop. There, Mikey confronts Takemichi about suspiciously foreseeing the conflict with Moebius. Before Takemichi can answer, Mikey drops the question by laughing at his strange outfit. Mikey thanks him for rescuing Draken. On the way to the Tachibana residence, Takemichi recounts the Battle of 8/3. He then meets Hina and gives her a four-leaf clover necklace. When he returns to the present, he finds himself in the CD DVD Rental Store, the business he used to work for, as an employee. He cannot find Hina’s death on the news. Consequently, he cannot find Naoto’s phone number in his contact list. However, he finds a scheduled meeting at a beauty salon and goes there instead. He soon reunites with Akkun, who fulfilled his promise of becoming a hairstylist, and cries over changing the present. Suddenly, Naoto calls and encourages Takemichi to see Hina for the first time in the present. As he and Naoto arrive at Hina’s apartment, Takemichi rues over Hina possibly refusing to meet him. He drops Naoto off at Hina’s flat but eventually meets her in the stairwell. Naoto suggests driving them around town to lift the atmosphere, and they agree. As they settle in the car, Takemichi notices the four-leaf clover necklace he gave Hina twelve years ago. Eventually, Hina invites Takemichi to walk around Umishita Park, where she asks Takemichi why he broke up with her there twelve years ago. He runs to the restroom out of fear, but once he exits, he meets Shuji Hanma, Moebius's former acting leader, who laments over Takemichi not being in the car. Arriving at the parking lot, Takemichi finds out that Akkun rammed a truck into the car where Hina was. Takemichi attempts to rescue Hina before the cars explode, but Hina has been paralyzed from the waist down and cannot walk. As an explosion transpires, Takemichi vows to save her once more by becoming the top guy in Toman.

Valhalla Arc
At Hina’s funeral, Hina’s mother hands Takemichi the remnants of her clover necklace. Afterward, he tells Naoto his goal of being Toman’s next leader and dissolves it. They later interview Draken on death row and learn that Kisaki is behind Toman’s downfall. As Takemichi time leaps to the past, he joins the nomination ceremony of Toman’s new Third Division Captain. He is disturbed to find out that Kisaki was elected and punches him out of anger. The Toman Captains reprimand Takemichi for interfering in the ceremony. However, Keisuke Baji appears and beats Takemichi on their behalf. Afterward, he tells Mikey that he will leave Toman and join Valhalla. As Baji retreats, Kisaki punches Takemichi for revenge.

Soon, Takemichi wakes up beside Mikey. They talk about Kisaki’s membership in Toman and Baji’s ejection from the gang. Mikey tells Takemichi about his childhood history with Baji and asks him to bring Baji back from Valhalla. Takemichi accepts, only if Mikey promises to kick Kisaki out of Toman in return. Mikey takes the offer, and they strike a deal. Afterward, he pronounces Takemichi as a Second Division member under Mitsuya’s care. Before Takemichi leaves Musashi Shrine, he discovers a charm with a photo of Toman’s founding members, but instead of what Mikey claimed to be five, there were six faces. The next day, Takemichi is with Mizo Middle Five. They congratulate him for becoming a Toman member, and he explains his and Mikey’s agreement. Deciding to learn about Valhalla, Yamagishi orients Takemichi to Valhalla’s ferocious number of 300 members. Suddenly, Kazutora Hanemiya barges in, looking for Takemichi. He then pulls him out of school and leads him to Valhalla’s hideout. There, he witnesses Baji undergoing a test of faith. After testifying as a witness, Takemichi finds out that Kazutora is the sixth Toman founding member. Alongside Baji, Kazutora plans to kill Mikey as revenge for making him kill Mikey’s older brother, Shinichiro Sano. Afterward, they schedule a fight against Toman on October 31.

On the way to school, Takemichi meets First Division Vice-Captain Chifuyu Matsuno. Chifuyu claims that Baji joined Valhalla to get back at Kisaki. Later at the Sano family grave, Mikey tells Takemichi that he cannot forgive Kazutora for killing Shinichiro. He asks Takemichi what he wants to accomplish, and Takemichi says that he wishes to be Toman’s new leader. As they leave the cemetery, Takemichi joins forces with Chifuyu. They investigate Kisaki by interviewing Osanai and learn that Kisaki is the mastermind behind the Battle of 8/3. Chifuyu also concludes that Kisaki is Valhalla’s secret leader. In the present, Draken tells Takemichi that Valhalla was a gang created for Mikey to lead. He also informs him that Mikey killed Kazutora while Kazutora killed Baji on Bloody Halloween. In the past, Takemichi is with Hina, who gives him a matching four-leaf clover necklace. On the day before the battle, Takemichi cautions Baji to stay alive, but Baji tells him that he does not care and will kill Mikey nonetheless. Later on, Mikey decides to continue the fight to bring Baji back from Valhalla.

During Bloody Halloween, Takemichi fights several of Valhalla’s men and boosts Toman’s morale. He later watches Mikey get beaten by Kazutora and then saved by Kisaki. In the process of stopping Baji from causing chaos any further, he tries to pin him down. However, he realizes that Kazutora is Baji’s killer, not Kisaki. Before Takemichi knows it, Kazutora stabs Baji from behind yet assures them that Baji is alright. Baji tells Takemichi to take care of Mikey and faces the Third Division alone.

As Baji dies, he tells Takemichi that he suspected Kisaki all along. Out of anger, Takemichi interrupts Mikey and Kazutora’s fight and tells them off. The charm he found on the Third Division Captain Nomination Ceremony falls out of his pocket, and Mikey picks it up. Recalling Toman’s foundation day, Mikey ends the battle. As the cops arrive, Takemichi leaves with the gang. Two weeks later, Takemichi and Draken visit Kazutora in the Tokyo Juvenile Detention Center to tell him that Mikey forgave him. Afterward, Draken tells Takemichi to come to Toman’s next gathering, then brings Takemichi to his home, where Draken thanks Takemichi for preventing him from killing Kazutora. Later that day, while strolling around Shibuya, Takemichi spots Emma out on a date with Mikey. Hina and Naoto appear, and together, they embark on a mission to find out if they are dating. Draken eventually clears the air and reveals that Emma and Mikey are merely half-siblings. Takemichi is astounded.

At Mitsuya’s middle school, Takemichi goes to the Home Economics club to receive his personally tailored uniform as a token of his bravery in battle. The next day, he arrives at the Toman meeting. He is in disbelief when he finds out that Valhalla is now Toman‘s affiliate. Then, Chifuyu nominates Takemichi as the new First Division Captain. Takemichi accepts and comes back to the past. However, he wakes up at the CD DVD Rental Store as a wealthy Toman admin rather than one of its employees. Meeting the grown versions of Mizo Middle Five, Takemichi seeks Chifuyu, and they show up at Toman’s upper echelon meeting together. He recognizes Hanma and the original Toman Division Captains but notices several new faces. Suddenly, Kisaki comes and asks to talk to him and Chifuyu privately. He confesses that he set up Bloody Halloween and apologizes for killing Baji. They share a drink, but Takemichi learns that it was spiked. When he wakes up, he finds Chifuyu beaten up. Chifuyu admits to being the mole who ratted Toman’s illegal business to the police, then causes Kisaki to fire a bullet at Takemichi’s thigh. Enraged, Chifuyu tells Takemichi that Mikey has disappeared and Draken is still on death row. However, Toman has not changed deep inside. While held at gunpoint, Chifuyu leaves Baji’s will and Toman’s welfare to Takemichi and dies.

Kisaki shoots Takemichi but misses as the lights go out. As he gains consciousness, Takemichi realizes that Kazutora, who he initially mistook for Baji, saved him. Kazutora beats him up for feeding into Kisaki’s heinous ways and wonders what went wrong in the gang’s administration. In tears, he and Takemichi vow to take the original Toman back. In Kazutora’s car, Takemichi asks him about current Toman’s background. Kazutora and Chifuyu supposedly teamed up with Naoto and successfully cornered Kisaki and Toman’s corrupt members from Black Dragon, but the latter died as a result. Kazutora drops Takemichi off at an alleyway to meet with Naoto, where Naoto arrests Takemichi and takes him to an interrogation room. He learns that he ordered Akkun to kill Hina as instructed by Kisaki and calls off the mission. Naoto disagrees and urges him to continue, then theorizes that Kisaki may have a so-called obsession with him and Hina. As their time runs out, Takemichi shakes Naoto’s hand and travels to the past once more.

Takemichi awakens at a bowling alley with Hina. As he gets a strike, a boy his age does so too and recognizes him as the new First Division Captain. He then introduces himself as Hakkai Shiba, the Vice-Captain of the Second Division. However, Takemichi freaks out as he recalls him being a former Black Dragon member.

Black Dragon Arc
Takemichi remembers Kazutora telling him about Hakkai, who happened to be Black Dragon’s future 11th leader. As he and Hakkai become friends, Takemichi grows suspicious about his history of murdering countless Black Dragon members in exchange for gold and glory. As Hakkai admits to being Mitsuya’s close confidant, Takemichi aims to prevent them from fighting so that Hakkai will not become corrupt in the present. Eventually, Takemichi and Hakkai, along with Hina and Yuzuha Shiba, Hakkai’s older sister, arrive at the Shiba residence, where they encounter the Tenth Generation Black Dragon.

Takemichi recognizes one of the Tenth Generation members to be Hajime Kokonoi, a future Toman admin he met in the gang’s upper echelon meeting. Yuzuha tells him and Hina to run, but Taiju Shiba arrives and slams him to the ground. As Taiju repeatedly punches Takemichi, Hakkai saves him by leaving Toman and joining Black Dragon. He later wakes up with Hakkai carrying him on his back. They talk about Taiju being a Black Dragon leader despite Hakkai’s allegiance to Toman, and Takemichi realizes that Hakkai will soon kill him. Takemichi wakes up in his room and laments over fighting Black Dragon all alone. However, Mizo Middle and Chifuyu are in the room with him. As they discuss the simmering conflict with Black Dragon, Chifuyu talks to Takemichi privately and calms him down. Eventually, Takemichi tells Chifuyu that he is a time leaper and admits everything he has done, starting from the day he died at the train station. Chifuyu believes him, and they form a team.

Two days later, at Toman’s hideout, Takemichi is present in the meeting to discuss the conflict with Black Dragon. As Hakkai requests to leave Toman, Takemichi interferes and attempts to bribe Mikey with dorayaki into declining Hakkai’s request. Annoyed, Mikey shuns him and proceeds with the meeting. Mitsuya takes over and strikes a peace agreement with Black Dragon, with Takemichi and Chifuyu tagging along. The peace agreement ends successfully, but Hakkai becomes a Black Dragon member in exchange for Yuzuha’s freedom from Taiju’s domestic abuse. After the meeting, Takemichi tells Chifuyu that he wants to return to the present since Hakkai will no longer have a reason to kill Taiju. However, Chifuyu tells him not to. Hakkai then arrives and describes his abusive situation at home. He tells Takemichi that he plans to kill Taiju to avenge himself and Yuzuha. As Hakkai leaves, Takemichi and Chifuyu join forces to stop Hakkai and crush the Black Dragon.

At Danny’s restaurant, Takemichi proposes a battle plan, but Draken rejects to not break the peace agreement Mitsuya created. As the other Toman Captains leave, Kisaki proposes an alliance with them. Hanma threatens to harm Takemichi as Chifuyu rages at Kisaki. With no other choice, Takemichi ends up following the two to a karaoke bar, where they meet up with a mole from Black Dragon. Koko shows up and punishes the mole but gets bribed by Kisaki to leak information regarding Taiju’s holiday schedule. After finding out that Taiju is habitually alone on Christmas in Church, Kisaki devises a plan to stop Hakkai from murdering his brother. Takemichi teams up with him and Hanma despite Chifuyu’s protests. On the way home, he meets Hina and Naoto. He and Hina sit on a bench and talk until she mentions Kisaki. Takemichi finds out that she and Kisaki attended the same cram school together. She also says Kisaki had met him before. Hina tells him that she loved him since the day they met, when he saved her from a band of bullies, then reminds him to meet her at Umishita Park on Christmas Eve. As he leaves, he remembers the day Hina died in the present, when she told him about their breakup on the 24th of December. Ascertain that he could never break up with Hina, Takemichi walks home but eventually meets Masato Tachibana, Hina’s father, who asks him to break up with her.

On December 24, at Umishita Park, Takemichi breaks up with Hina under her father’s orders. Hina is angry and beats him up. However, Takemichi convinces himself that dumping her is the right choice to prevent her from getting hurt. Takemichi arrives at a brief gathering with Chifuyu, Kisaki, and Hanma, and they run through their plans for the last time. The next day, on Christmas, Chifuyu gives Takemichi Baji’s old sash. They later go to church and commence their battle plan. Takemichi meets Hakkai and talks him out of killing Taiju, but the latter shows up and restrains Hakkai. Takemichi realizes that Kisaki and Hanma double-crossed them. Takemichi gets repeatedly punched by Taiju, but Yuzuha shows up and lunges a knife through Taiju’s backside. Hakkai gets angry at Takemichi for telling Yuzuha about his plan of murdering his brother, but Yuzuha tells him that it was Kisaki who had goaded her into stabbing him. Consequently, Takemichi realizes that she was Taiju’s original killer and wallows in despair for failing to protect him. Upon Mitsuya’s unexpected arrival, Takemichi meets Chifuyu, who Kisaki previously restrained, and fights Koko. When Mitsuya gets knocked out, Hakkai charges at Taiju, but Takemichi stops him with a headbutt. Determined, Takemichi unwaveringly fights Taiju until the latter takes a knee. Hakkai pleads with Takemichi to help him. He then reveals that he had lied about protecting Yuzuha. In actuality, she is the victim of Taiju’s abusive deeds. Having heard his confession, Takemichi swears to protect him as a member of Toman.

Takemichi fights Taiju alongside Hakkai until Mikey arrives and takes the lead. Takemichi watches as Mikey brings Taiju down. Then, Draken comes and announces that he has beaten the Tenth Generation members. Takemichi rejoices in completing his mission and passes out. When he wakes up, Mikey takes him to Hina’s apartment and he apologizes for breaking up with her. They make up, and Takemichi promises to bring her to Musashi Shrine on New Year’s. Mikey invites Takemichi for a midnight ride, and Takemichi learns that Shinichiro, Mikey’s older brother, was the boss of a motorcycle gang. Mikey is reminiscent of him and requests Takemichi to scold him as Shinichiro would have on days when he seemingly loses himself. A week later, Takemichi goes to Musashi Shrine with Hina to celebrate New Year’s. They write their wishes on an ema, but Takemichi loses him in the crowd. As the New Year countdown begins, Mikey throws Takemichi’s ema in the air, which contains his wish of becoming everyone’s hero.

On Toman’s first meeting of the year, Seishu Inui announces that the 11th Generation Black Dragon is now a Toman affiliate. Mikey assigns him and Koko under Takemichi’s division as per their request, then kicks Kisaki out of Toman. Chifuyu tells Takemichi that he had given Mikey a general report of the Christmas Conflict, but did not expect him to go as far as expelling Kisaki from the gang. Over the next day or so, Mikey surprises Takemichi with a CB250T motorbike that matches his own. Afterward, he and Chifuyu are at the riverbank, where Takemichi bid his final goodbye to the past. He thanks Chifuyu for being his partner through thick and thin, then goes to the Tachibana family’s home to travel back to the present. Before shaking hands with Naoto, Takemichi tells him to protect Hina. As Takemichi time leaps, he recalls meeting the Toman captains one last time to take a commemorative photo with them. In the present, Takemichi finds himself in a funeral home, where he is greeted by a young woman named Luna. He enters the venue and realizes that Mitsuya has died. Hina also died the same way she did at Umishita Park four months ago.

In his apartment, Takemichi finds the photo he took with the Toman captains. Naoto appears and informs him that Mikey has killed Toman’s top brass, including Kazutora and Pah-chin once they were released from prison. Kisaki is dead as well. Takemichi denies that Mikey is behind the massacre, but Naoto ascertains that he is the murderer. After identifying the standard Philippine postmark on the envelope that contained the Toman photo, Takemichi flies to Manila, Philippines in hopes of meeting Mikey. In Manila, at the ruins where Shinichiro allegedly found the engines of Mikey’s and Takemichi’s motorcycles, Takemichi finds Mikey seated atop a junk pile. They converse for the first time in twelve years; Mikey asks Takemichi why he left Toman and reveals that Draken and Mitsuya shielded him from the nefarious direction that Toman was headed. With Takemichi not around, Mikey went rogue and killed them. To pay for his sins, he asks Takemichi to shoot him. Takemichi is enraged. He yells at Mikey for talking lightly about killing people, but Mikey pins him down and levels his gun with Takemichi’s forehead. He commands Takemichi to kill him, but he refuses. Suddenly, Naoto fires a bullet at Mikey’s head and kills him instead. As Mikey dies, Naoto realizes that he had his gun on safety all along. Takemichi pledges to change the future to save himself, Hina, and Toman from dying.

In the year 2006, Takemichi strives to become stronger by punching a tire. Chifuyu spots him in the rain and asks what he is doing. Takemichi tells him about the hostile future he witnessed and Chifuyu is stunned. Noticing his bloody knuckles, Chifuyu hurls Takemichi to stop him from harming himself. As Takemichi cries over Mikey’s death, Chifuyu swears to help him achieve a better future for all. They then go to a bathhouse together and form a plan. While showering, Takemichi wonders how Mikey ended up the way he did in the previous present timeline and suggests that Kisaki’s banishment from Toman may have caused it.

Tenjiku Arc
A week has passed since Takemichi time leaped. He is in Chifuyu’s bedroom reading his manga collection until he gets a silly idea to fight Kanagawa’s delinquent groups to make a name for himself and defeat Mikey. At Shibuya station, Takemichi plans to take off to Yokohama to execute his plan, with Chifuyu leaving him behind, but he soon encounters a group of delinquents in red high-collar uniforms. The group corners him and brings in a wounded Akkun. Takemichi exposes himself as a Toman member by recognizing him, but Chifuyu attacks and tells them to run.

While running away from the group of delinquents, Takemichi meets Makoto Suzuki and Yamagishi, who help him and Akkun escape. Makoto apologizes for starting the feud and tells Takemichi that they are being chased by a newly formed Yokohama gang called Tenjiku. Learning that 300 members of the gang are in Tokyo, Takemichi sets off to rescue Chifuyu alone. However, he runs into a few of Tenjiku’s members and gets beaten up. Mizo Mid shows up and protects him from harm.

As the First Division members gradually become exhausted, Kisaki appears. He introduces himself as Tenjiku’s General Staff Officer and tells Takemichi that he will create his own version of Toman. Kisaki leaves, then Kanji Mochizuki drags Chifuyu and leaves his team to finish off the First Division. Fortunately, Toman’s Fourth Division twin leaders, Nahoya and Souya Kawata, arrive and scare Tenjiku away. They invite Takemichi and Chifuyu to raid Yokohama and drop them off for a short while as they question a Tenjiku member of the gang’s hideout. Alone, Takemichi tells Chifuyu that he recently met Kisaki. He then tells him of his suspicions about Kisaki being a time leaper because of his consistent objective of creating a version of Toman that is most convenient for him. He and Chifuyu plan to confirm Kisaki’s time-leaping abilities and help the Kawata twins raid Tenjiku’s hideout. In Yokohama, Takemichi watches Smiley defeat Kakucho one-on-one. He and Toman plan to leave after the battle, but Takemichi recalls Kakucho as his childhood friend from elementary school. Takemichi commends Kakucho for being a Tenjiku Heavenly King, but Kakucho says that they are now enemies. As a loyalist of Izana Kurokawa, Tenjiku's boss, he asks Takemichi to save him from Kisaki’s manipulation.

At a Toman emergency meeting, Mikey declares a war against Tenjiku. Suspecting that such a war will play right into Kisaki’s plans, Takemichi time leaps to the present. He notices that Izana is now a Toman admin and is described by Naoto as a former Black Dragon leader rather than Tenjiku’s boss. Naoto investigates Izana, while Takemichi ventures out on his own to do the same. He visits Udagawa Church to start his investigation, and luckily meets Taiju praying for Hakkai. Takemichi interviews Taiju at his restaurant, where he and Naoto exchange intel regarding Toman. Takemichi learns that Shinichiro was Black Dragon’s founder while Izana commanded the Eighth Generation and eventually formed Tenjiku. Suddenly, Inupi and Koko appear to abduct Takemichi under Izana’s orders. Taiju tells them to escape through the back entrance, but Kisaki shows up and shoots Naoto. Izana follows and mandates Kakucho to shoot Takemichi. Before Naoto dies, Takemichi shakes his hand, and time leaps. In the past, Takemichi tries to time leap to the present but fails. Confirming that Naoto has already died, Takemichi recounts their time together out loud. Unbeknownst to him, Hina overhears him talking about the future. As they part ways, Takemichi lays out his objectives and goes to Mikey’s house with Draken. Takemichi tells Mikey about Izana being Tenjiku’s leader, then finds out from Emma that Izana is her older brother. They look through Izana and Shinichiro’s letter exchanges and conclude that Izana has a personal grudge against Mikey, which he plans to act on now that Shinichiro is dead. At home, Takemichi informs Chifuyu about his findings. He instructs him to not interfere with his mission, but Chifuyu convinces him otherwise. As Mizo Mid comes and swears to help him crush Tenjiku, Haruchiyo Sanzu and Yasuhiro Muto drop by and restrain the First Division. Meanwhile, Takemichi is knocked out and abducted. When he wakes up, he is in an abandoned warehouse with Koko and Inupi.

Mucho suspects him as a traitor, hence the abduction, but Koko calls out Mucho’s bluff and exposes him as a member of the S-62 Generation. Mucho also reveals himself as a Tenjiku founding member. Afterward, he states his goal of killing Takemichi and Inupi to recruit Koko in Tenjiku so that the gang can prosper with the help of his financial abilities. Takemichi stands his ground and charges at Mucho to rescue Koko, but he is eventually defeated. Beaten and bloody, Takemichi carries Inupi after losing against Mucho. He promises to retrieve Koko back from Tenjiku and calls them both his friends. Inupi leads Takemichi to his and Koko’s hideout, which happened to be Shinichiro’s former bike shop, and asks him to be the 11th Generation Black Dragon leader. Takemichi empathizes with Inupi and accepts.

Later at Musashi Shrine, Takemichi and the First Division give a general report about Mucho’s betrayal. After Toman’s final pep rally before taking on Tenjiku, Takemichi visits Shinichiro’s grave with Inupi, who presents him as the new Black Dragon leader. To their dismay, Izana arrives at the same time Mikey and Emma do, and a confrontation erupts between them. Takemichi drags Emma away from the scene. As Emma comes back from a vending machine to hand Takemichi a drink, Kisaki appears on a motorcycle and whacks Emma with a baseball bat. On the way to the hospital, Emma asks Takemichi to take care of Mikey, then dies. At the hospital, Takemichi follows Mikey and Draken outside. Draken blames Mikey for failing to protect Emma and Toman as Takemichi tries to break them apart. As he encourages Draken to accept the tragedy, he envisions Hina and realizes that Draken could not possibly come to terms with her death. Defeated, he lies on the ground in tears. Back inside the hospital, Takemichi reminds Mikey of the upcoming fight with Tenjiku. Mikey is unresponsive and ignores him. Takemichi tells him that Kisaki is behind Emma’s death and that he will fight Tenjiku alone if needed. In a hallway, Hina sobs over the news. Takemichi attempts to lift her spirits by drawing finger faces and recounts his days as an apologetic pushover who knew nothing but to fail. As he leaves, he swears to protect Hina even if it means dying.

Chifuyu picks Takemichi up at the hospital, and they head for Musashi Shrine together. Takemichi encourages Toman to continue the fight, but several of its members withdraw. Mitsuya and Smiley arrive in wheelchairs and tell Toman to pursue the Kanto Uprising. As a result, Takemichi leads the gang to Yokohama Bay’s seventh pier where the showdown will occur. Upon their arrival, Takemichi volunteers to partake in the S-62 Generation’s leading battle ritual, but Peh-yan takes his place and wins against Shion Madarame. With Peh-yan’s victory, Takemichi commands Toman to attack and commences the fight. Toman clears a path for Takemichi to reach Kisaki, but Kakucho challenges him to a duel. Kakucho expresses his disappointment in him for commencing the battle, but Takemichi calls him out for knowing about Emma’s death. Their fight continues until Kakucho takes down all Toman captains in one go after Angry defeats the Tenjiku leaders. Takemichi is left standing and gets beaten up, but he impresses the crowd by refusing to surrender. Suddenly, Kisaki holds him at gunpoint. Takemichi encourages him to shoot, but Kisaki is in disbelief and fires at his foot. Irked, Kisaki punches him across the face but Akkun picks him up. As Toman regains their strength, Takemichi punches Kisaki and confronts him.

Izana blocks Takemichi’s punch and plummets him to the ground. Takemichi fights back but halts his actions as Mikey arrives at the scene. Mikey thanks him for leading Toman on his behalf while Hina apologizes for tagging along. She also apologizes for telling Mikey and Draken about his time-leaping abilities. As Mikey enkindles Toman’s spirits, Takemichi thanks her for coming to his rescue.

Draken speaks with Takemichi regarding his powers. He swears to help him in his mission, and they watch Mikey and Izana fight together. When Izana brandishes a gun, Takemichi tells him that using such a weapon in a fistfight is cheap. As the battle ends with Tenjiku’s loss and Izana’s death, Kisaki escapes the pier with Hanma on a motorbike. Takemichi and Draken race after them until Hanma hits Draken with a steel pipe. Despite having an injured foot, Takemichi runs after Kisaki, who hurls a brick at his face. They engage in a fistfight until Takemichi recognizes the location as the venue of Hina’s death in twelve years. He asks him why he is obsessed with Hina, but Takemichi receives a vision where Kisaki attempts to propose to her. Having known Kisaki’s intentions in repeatedly killing her, he thwacks the gun out of Kisaki’s hand and points it at him.

However, Takemichi is distracted as Hina and Mikey arrive. Kisaki runs away. Takemichi follows him, and he stops in the middle of a pedestrian lane. Kisaji confirms that he is not a time leaper, but eventually gets run over by a truck. With Kisaki’s death, the Kanto Incident comes to a close.

A few days later, at the Yokohama City Hospital, Takemichi checks on Kakucho to console him about the recent battle. He also tells him that he has not stopped shaking since then.

Bonten Arc
Takemichi is at Emma’s funeral with the rest of the Toman members. After some time, he is seen at a riverbank with Chifuyu, where he tells Chifuyu that Kisaki is not a time leaper. He gets mad over Kisaki’s death because he died without getting the chance to properly face him. Takemichi then goes to Musashi Shrine and tells Mikey all about his time-leaping journey. By the end of his story, Mikey calls Takemichi his hero. He then summons Toman and honors Takemichi for building his own era. As all of Toman gathers, Mikey announces the gang’s disbandment and calls on its leaders one by one. He tells Takemichi that the gang’s disbandment is necessary to alter the future, then concludes the gathering with an endless chant.

One week later, Takemichi watches Mikey bury a time capsule that they plan to open on Toman’s anniversary in twelve years. Takemichi then rides with Mikey on the way home, and they bid each other goodbye. The next day, on March 16, Takemichi fretfully tells Chifuyu that he wants to time leap to two days ago. Takemichi explains that he had forgotten to give Hina a gift on White Day, but Chifuyu crafts a plan to make up for it. When Takemichi meets Hina at the playground, he is surprised when Hina apologizes for still being upset over the Kanto Incident. Takemichi abandons Chifuyu’s plan and gives Hina the ring he had kept in a box tucked underneath the slide. With the ring, he tells her to marry her in twelve years.

Naoto arrives at the playground, shocked by Takemichi’s abrupt proposal. Takemichi tells him that he has successfully accomplished his mission, and they shake hands. In the present, Takemichi finds himself in the men’s restroom and assumes that he traveled back on his wedding day. However, he meets Hina outside and learns that it is Pah-chin’s wedding reception. At their shared table, Takemichi cries as he sees Hina and everyone else alive, but he wonders where Mikey is. Draken tells him that he could not make it to the wedding because he runs a restaurant overseas, and becomes relieved. As they walk home together, Hina tells Takemichi that they will be getting married in June. The next day, Takemichi is at Mitsuya’s design studio, where he works as a fashion designer. Takemichi spots Hina’s wedding dress and gets his suit personally tailored by him, reminiscing the day when Mitsuya made his first Toman uniform. A few days later, while watching the news in his apartment, Takemichi receives word of another gang dispute that destroyed the city by a crime syndicate called Bonten. He watches the news further, then recognizes a familiar tattoo pattern at the nape of a Bonten member.

At Sugoaku, the Kawata twins’ ramen shop, Takemichi tries to recall where he saw the tattoo design. Hina calls him out for ignoring her, then Angry serves them their ramen. As he eats, he notices the commemorative photo Toman took on its disbandment day. He asks the twins how Mikey is doing, but Smiley tells him that he does not know. Angry says that he has not seen Mikey for over a decade, and Takemichi is shocked. Looking at Hina’s earrings, he notices that the tattoo pattern he saw in the Bonten footage earlier resembles Izana’s hanafuda earrings. He rushes to the D&D Motorcycle Shop where Draken is tinkering with a bike and confronts Draken for lying to him. Draken tells him that Mikey is a lost cause and advises Takemichi to no longer pursue him. Stubborn, Takemichi meets up with Naoto, who he had asked to research Bonten's background. He learns that Izana is dead and that Mikey is alive and well as Bonten’s leader. Takemichi desperately denies it and shakes Naoto’s hand, but fails to time leap.

Takemichi later consults with Chifuyu about the failure, and Chifuyu tells him that he attempted to investigate Mikey's situation, albeit also a failure. Afterward, he tells him to drop the mission and instead look forward to his wedding with Hina. Outside Chifuyu’s pet shop, Kazutora tells Takemichi that he shares the same sentiments. Together, they join forces to look for Mikey and converse with him. Two and a half months later, at Akkun’s beauty salon, Akkun tells Takemichi that the Mizo Mid crew has not found a single clue on Mikey’s whereabouts. Takemichi instructs him to drop the search, then receives a call from Hakkai. Hakkai tells him that he is back in Japan and that they may now gather to open the time capsule. Later in the evening, the Toman members unload their keepsakes from the capsule until Mikey’s letter is all that is left. Takemichi reads through his letter that wished for their success. As the members leave, Takemichi is left alone with his capsule that contains a handwritten letter and a videotape, which he does not recall putting in the box twelve years ago.

At Akihabara, Takemichi plays the tape and realizes that it is a video compilation featuring the Sano family. However, at the end of the tape is Mikey warning Takemichi to stay away from him in the present. He explains his “dark impulses” and tells him to live a happy life. He later meets with Kazutora and calls off the search. Back at Mitsuya’s studio, Takemichi watches Hina model her wedding gown. Afterward, he thinks about Mikey and decides to look for him once more. After searching countless hideouts, Takemichi gives up and criticizes Kazutora for giving him helpless leads. Seeing the direness of the situation, Kazutora tells Takemichi to back out on the mission since his wedding is in three days. Crestfallen, Takemichi goes to a bowling alley where Bonten reportedly hangs out often. Takemichi solemnly recounts his efforts in looking for Mikey until Sanzu appears and points a gun at his temple. Mikey sits a few rows behind him, and Takemichi hands him an invitation to his wedding. After Mikey instructs Sanzu to leave them alone, Takemichi asks him what he exactly means by his “dark impulsivity” and speaks of his desire to save him. However, as he turns around, Mikey shoots him in the chest.

A few moments later, after Mikey jumps off a building, Takemichi catches his hand midair and scolds him for constantly bottling his emotions rather than seeking help. Mikey is brought to tears by Takemichi’s words and asks Takemichi to save him. As his strength begins to give out, Takemichi time leaps once more, but this time, to the year 2008.

Three Deities Arc
Takemichi runs to school after time leaping ten years earlier rather than the ordinary twelve. In school, he meets Mizo Middle Five and Hakkai who are still his friends in high school. He then looks for Chifuyu and tells him that he is back in the past after shaking hands with Mikey. Later on, Yamagishi orients him about Tokyo’s new delinquent world: in light of Tokyo Civil War Era, Tokyo is equally led by three gangs, namely Rokuhara Tandai, Brahman, and the Kanto Manji Gang, with each gang led by a leader that is recognized as a “Deity.” Mikey is the leader of the Kanto Manji Gang that controls Shibuya. As Takemichi absorbs the information, Chifuyu reminds him to apologize to Hina for delaying their wedding in the future.

Meeting up with Hina, Takemichi becomes more determined to take down Mikey and his gang and bring him back from his dark impulsivity. Takemichi later sees Pah-chin, Peh-yan, and Mitsuya, who Chifuyu suggests recruiting for Takemichi’s comeback plan. However, Takemichi realizes that they have already outgrown their delinquent phases. Suddenly, he gets a call from Draken and visits D&D Motors. Together, they ride out on a motorbike and discuss Takemichi’s final time leap to the past. As Draken talks about Mikey’s downfall, they encounter Rokuhara Tandai Representative South Terano, who attempts to recruit Draken into his gang.

The atmosphere heightens as Brahman of Shinjuku shows up. Its Vice President Takeomi Akashi tells Takemichi that he aims to recruit him into Brahman, but Kakucho appears and states that they had scouted Takemichi first. While Rokuhara Tandai’s leaders show up one by one, Takeomi beckons Brahman president Senju Kawaragi to come forward and attack South. Takemichi is in awe that Senju is Brahman’s boss despite her small physique. As the scene unfolds, he continues to wonder why both gangs are currently after his allegiance until he declares his goal to defeat Mikey and his gang aloud. He gets ridiculed by South before the cops arrive. Afterward, he flees on a motorbike with Draken and learns he is currently a member of Brahman.

At D&D, Inupi warns Takemichi of the dangers that surround Brahman before allowing him to venture outside where Draken talks to its leaders. Inupi tells him that Brahman resembles a Yakuza gang rather than an ordinary motorcyclist group and expresses his concern for Draken’s involvement with them. He advises Takemichi to be careful. Outside the establishment, he finds Draken demanding Takeomi to not get the former Toman members involved in Brahman’s business. Takemichi breaks up the fight and asks them to explain the situation. Senju, who happens to be listening to the two argue all along, informs him that Draken’s mission aligns with Brahman’s in taking down Mikey and the Kanto Manji Gang, hence their alliance.

Takeomi then tells him that he once adored Toman’s sincere intentions in leading Tokyo with a fresh view of its delinquent world and states that Brahman’s purpose is to conquer the evil that Mikey promulgates with Kanto Manji. Senju recruits Takemichi into the gang herself while Draken forbids it. However, Takemichi weighs out his options and accepts Senju’s offer. Draken welcomes him into the gang while Senju hands him an umbrella and makes him a gofer. Senju invites him over to Harajuku the next day, where Takemichi learns that she is a girl.

As they roam around Harajuku, Takemichi asks Senju about her relationship with Takeomi. Senju tells him that he is her older brother and that the surname “Kawaragi” is merely fictitious. Later on, she admits that Sanzu from the Kanto Manji Gang is also her older brother, although they are rather distant from each other. Takemichi pieces all the information together and realizes that the current Kanto Manji Gang is Bonten in the future, affirming that Sanzu was the person who held a gun to his head during his encounter with Mikey. Afterward, he and Senju get a snack together and bid each other farewell. Before Senju runs away, she throws him her finished ice cream stick and accidentally triggers a future vision of her death upon contact.

On the way to Draken's home, Takemichi solemnly remembers the vision he had of Senju's death. As he presses the elevator button, he accidentally triggers another vision where his torso is drenched in blood. He panics but proceeds to follow Draken into his room. There, they talk about Mikey's condition in the latest timeline and his so-called "dark impulsivities." As he and Draken walk through the hallway, Takemichi accidentally bumps into an adult worker and spills her tomato juice on his shirt. While she frets over the mess, Takemichi realizes that it is the vision he recently had and theorizes that he can see the future.

After some time, Takemichi and Draken go to Brahman's headquarters for a gang meeting. Draken tells him about Brahman's origins and he becomes progressively impressed by Senju's feats. As the meeting starts, Senju signals Takemichi to come forward and welcomes him as Brahman's newest member before declaring a war between the Three Deities. After the meeting, he and Senju go to an amusement park and talk about the future battle. They make a wish on a tanzaku soon afterward, where Senju promises to protect him while Takemichi wishes to defeat Mikey. As they shake hands to declare their friendship, Takemichi sees a clearer vision of Senju's death.

Takemichi looks around for Senju after she excused herself to the restroom. However, he is suddenly met with a group of Rokuhara Tandai's men who point a gun toward him. Senju comes back and sprints to his location to save him, but Takemichi refuses to let her die and protects her from the bullet. Fortunately, Draken comes, and they are both saved. Rokuhara Tandai's cronies skitter away after their failed murder attempt while Draken falls to the ground after getting shot in the chest thrice.

Takemichi runs to his aid and consoles him. However, Draken dies before the ambulance arrives. Takemichi becomes unresponsive despite Senju's efforts to talk to him. Not long after, Rokuhara Tandai arrives at the amusement park after hearing the news about Draken's death. Kanto Manji follows with Mikey in the lead. Takemichi is surprised to see Mikey for the first time during the time leap and watches as the Battle of Three Deities begins.

Amid the showdown, Takemichi interrupts the fight between Mikey and South to rescue the latter from getting killed. Unfortunately, Mikey does not listen to him and breaks his right arm. After confirming that South is dead, Takemichi demands Mikey stop causing harm any further. However, he gets beaten up and knocked out.

He wakes up in a hospital and meets Koko upon waking up. Koko tells him that he has been unconscious for three days and that Senju dissolved Brahman to save him. As he leaves, Chifuyu comes in and blames him for time leaping which caused Draken to die. Takemichi takes the blame all to himself and requests him to leave. Once Chifuyu is gone, he promises to continue his mission all alone to prevent from hurting those closest to him.

A week after the war, Takemichi meets Mizo Middle Five and Toman's former members who came to visit him. The members apologize for their ignorance regarding the situation and offer to help Takemichi in his goals. Seeing that it is dangerous to get them involved, Takemichi declines their offer and vows that he is fine. After the group leaves, Hina comforts him as he cries in her arms.

Kanto Manji Arc
At night, Hina and Takemichi watch a firework show at the hospital rooftop, reminiscing the time they watched it for the first time two years ago. Takemichi then promises that he will bring Mikey back to their side by relying on others and making his own team. After a month of recovery, he visits Pet Shop Palme to recruit Chifuyu in the team, first apologizing for his actions regarding Draken's death. Although Chifuyu stays angry at first, he eventually accepts Takemichi's invitation and helps him come up with the new gang name called "Thousand Winters."

On another day, the two invite Hakkai into the gang, who accepts the invitation right away, followed by Inupi, who has placed his trust unto Takemichi's hands. Believing that the gang is in need of a trustworthy advisor with a good sense of style, Takemichi and the group then recruit Mitsuya, who has not been in top condition ever since Draken's death. Speaking with Mitsuya, Takemichi believes that it is better if they were to leave Mitsuya alone and instead, support him in his dreams. A week later, he and the gang attend the National Fashion Design Newcomer event, which Mitsuya crashes to accept Takemichi's invitation into the gang.

Sometime later, Takemichi appoints Mitsuya to redesign the gang's appearance. A few days later, he recruits Senju into the gang and consoles her about Brahman's disbandment. He then learns that Senju was the cause of Mikey's dark impulses when they were children for breaking Mikey's treasured childhood toy, and promises Senju that it is not too late for change. Inspecting the motorbike Mikey had given him two years ago, Takemichi remembers the time when he was given the bike and Mikey's old Toman uniform. He reveals that he has made a gang with him as the leader called the Tokyo Manji Gang, then meets the gang members a week later at Musashi Shrine. He apologizes to the members for getting them involved in his battles, but declares that he wants to win against Mikey and bring him back into the gang.

On the day of the battle, Takemichi lies about being scared for the battle and gets comforted by Hina. He admits that he is scared to die and promises that he will come back for her before going to the fight. At the Freight Yard, Takemichi leads the gang at the beginning of the battle, challenging the Kanto Manji Gang to defeat them and charging at Mikey alone. However, Kakucho punches him before he can get to Mikey, which Takemichi retaliates with a punch as well, knocking Kakucho off his feet.

As the fight progresses, Takemichi continues to fend off Kakucho until he is hit for being distracted by Toman's gradual defeat. Upon getting hit, Takemichi wonders if it was a reckless move to fight the Kanto Manji Gang in the first place until he holds the train tracks, which triggers a vision of a derailing train and killing the Toman leaders with Haruchiyo Sanzu behind the wheel. Afraid that Haruchiyo will kill everyone, Takemichi runs to the train and tells Kakucho to refrain from following him. However, Kakucho catches up to him, and Takemichi is forced to expose Haruchiyo's plans. Approaching the train, they confront Haruchiyo together with Kakucho promising to lend Takemichi a hand. Fearing that the two will interrupt his plans, Haruchiyo charges at Takemichi with a sword, but he is saved by Kakucho. Takemichi runs to Kakucho's aid as he is slashed across the chest, but eventually boards the moving train in time and fights Haruchiyo over the controls. As a wounded Kakucho boards the train and fights off Haruchiyo on his own, Takemichi rushes to the brakes, only to predict Haruchiyo's future movements through a vision. He dodges Haruchiyo's sword, and gets caught off-guard when he asks if he is a time leaper as well. Before Takemichi can reply, Haruchiyo is pushed off the train by Kakucho, who then pushes Takemichi afterward to handle the brakes on his own. Through Kakucho's sacrifice, the train stops, and Takemichi cries upon seeing him in the train. Takemichi angrily fights Haruchiyo, and before he can be slain, Taiju Shiba arrives in a Toman uniform and runs his motorbike into Haruchiyo's body.

Taiju tells Takemichi that he will create a path for him to reach Mikey. Facing Mikey upfront, Takemichi reveals that Mikey tried to kill him in the future but ended up asking him for help. Haruchiyo interrupts them and tells Takemichi that he does not understand Mikey's fate, that it has been sealed ever since they were little and that there is no other way of changing it. Chifuyu emerges beside Takemichi, and Toman regains consciousness. As they cheer, they trigger Mikey's dark impulses, causing him to go on a rampage and injure everyone on the battlefield, including his allies.

When Takemichi stands back up, he reveals that he is empowered by the promises he made to Baji and Draken, and he tries to attack Mikey. Although he is knocked over numerous times, Takemichi continues to stand until he predicts Mikey's movements through a vision. After getting hit another time, he triggers a vision once again and blocks Mikey's kick just in time. From then onward, Takemichi dodges Mikey's succeeding movements until he lands a punch on his face. Mikey stands back up, and gets angry at Takemichi for wasting his efforts by coming back to the past. Takemichi explains that he cannot let him suffer alone, causing Mikey to reveal the truth about his dark impulses, which were a product of Shinichiro Sano's time-leaps. After learning about Mikey's alternate past, Takemichi assures him that he does not need to bottle up his impulses anymore and fights him. Using Haruchiyo's sword, Mikey impales Takemichi, who promises to rescue him over and over again in his final moments. Now unconscious, Mikey holds his hand, which causes him to wake up in the year 1998, back when he was in first grade.

Takemichi remembers being slain by Mikey moments prior, so he goes to the Sano Dojo to meet him. There, he meets the younger versions of Baji, Emma, Haruchiyo, and an alive Shinichiro. Mikey recognizes Takemichi and calls him by his nickname, and they realize that they have both time-leaped to the further past together. They promise to start anew by fighting their battles side-by-side and keeping everyone away from harm. They then establish Toman with the members of Black Dragon and Tenjiku under their wing. Eleven years later, Takemichi marries Hina, with all Toman members at the wedding.