#hankisa

people don't recognize tokyo revengers for what it really is.

i feel as though people don’t speak enough about ’love’ in tokyo revengers. i understand tokyo revengers for what it is as an animanga: angsty, dramatic and filled with action. i am aware of the kind of animanga tokyo revengers is, but i truly wished it was spoken about more how much of a love story tokyo revengers is.

there is so many different examples throughout the animanga that showed genuine love. whether or not it was platonic, familial or romantic, there are so many different kind of relationships throughout the series that i feel aren’t spoken about enough for how they truly are and are unmistakably overshadowed by the angst of the series.

like, takemichi and mikey for example. they were destined to meet since they were mere first graders, as shown when takemichi was given the time traveling power by shinichiro at a young age. whether you ship them or not, they are soulmates, platonic or romantic. takemichi’s mission went from saving hina, to saving his friends, to being unable to stop until he saved mikey. he abandoned his own wedding and got himself murdered solely to see mikey once more so that he could save him. even as his last words were spoken in the kanto arc after being stabbed with a katana by mikey, he still solemnly swore that no matter how many times it took, he would save him, mikey, the man who killed him in that timeline.

or, like draken and emma. it was obvious from the early animanga that she was in love with draken, and did things in desperation hoping that he would notice her, recognize her want and need for him. emma died believing that draken didn’t love her, and draken died thinking about emma and his friends as his final thoughts. the entire time, draken reciprocated her feelings despite his obliviousness to her advancements on him.

you could also use kakucho and izana as a good example. again, whether or not it is platonic or romanticly the way you view them together, i believe they were still meant to be. i feel their trope was overshadowed, the fact that kaku never supported or believed anything izana did or wanted was good, but did anything he wanted without questioning because he’s devoted to him. it’s so different from most tropes, and that i truly enjoy about them. izana died to save kakucho, his ’servant’, because kaku was the only person he felt he could truly consider someone he loves and cares about, as the only person he truly has in his life being him. kaku died thinking about being together with izana again two years after the incident.

or the haitani brothers and the kawata twins. the haitani brothers are always together, always going as to ’match’ each other in some sort of way and to stand out from the rest. the way ran screamed rindou’s name in the tenjiku arc when angry was about to hurt him showed genuine concern and fear for his little brother. smiley was worried about angry because he knew he would cry, even if smiley wasn’t there. they are brothers, they care about eachother most in the world. they come in duos and shouldn’t be seperated.

even kisaki and hanma can be used as an example of love, whether romantic or platonic, either way. even if it was silly, hanma’s interest in kisaki grew more with each event that happened. the way hanma cried for the first time when he saw kisaki’s death showed his genuine care for him, even if kisaki saw him as only a pawn for him to use.

mikey and baji, draken and mitsuya, pah-chin and peh-yan, kazutora and baji, chifuyu and baji, izana and shinichiro, akkun and takemichi, kokonoi and inui. i could list so many more duos that are undervalued for their love stories, platonic, familial and romantic alike.

fuck, shinichiro literally killed someone in desperation just for things to be better in the original timeline, to see emma again, to see mikey smile.

there is so many fantastic examples of true and genuine love in tokyo revengers and i wish it wasn’t so ignored and overshadowed by peoples beliefs, headcanons, views and just the general angst of the story of tokyo revengers.

i truly wish it was spoken about more of how tokyo revengers is more than just an angsty action story about takemichi, who time trvaeled to save his former love and gained new friends on the way.

it’s more than that. it’s a story about love, family and hurt. and that alone needs to be valued way more than it really is in the fandom.

and i know that this can be seen as ’my own opinion’ and ’my own belief’, and i can accept that for what it is, because it is my opinion and my belief on tokyo revengers. but if you just payed attention to see these things you would realize it too.

their Scene 🔨👓

hanma’s failed confession

kissing is awkward and boring i want them to kill eachother