Translation: Toman Tengoku Showdown from the “Tokyo Revengers Exhibition The Final World Line SILVER” Book
In Roppongi’s TR exhibition, they had a section where they had an installation of the final timeline story drawn by Wakui-sensei. This installation had a mix of the printed manga panels and voiceover drama to cover more backstory and content because the man can only draw and cover so much.
Luckily, they included the transcript to the voice overs and are divided up into chapters with titles, which I'll mark with --.
I was lucky enough to my my hands on the book directly from their limited time merch site (https://mikey-mart.online/); unfortunately, they ended all online orders by 2/4.
Out of respect for the exhibition and the hard work put into this entire thing by Wakui-sensei and the staff, I will not be posting any images of the panels from the booklet and will post whatever the official exhibition's Twitter account have posted. I’ll do my best to put scene descriptions where I see fit. I have seen there are some JP vloggers who've done content on the exhibition itself, but don't know how much they were able to film.
They also have an interview with the artist who made the statue installation of the Tenjiku arc scene where Takemichi raised his fist up when Mikey appeared, an interview with the Japanese VAs and Wakui-sensei himself. If there’s enough interest in any of those sections, I’ll do my best to translate them.
Note: Translation isn’t 100% and I may take some liberties in translating certain things for a more colloquial approach. Anything in brackets are my personal notes.
Intro: This is the story about our final time leap and battle.
Kisaki: The Toman Tengoku Battle will take place one week from today. It will take place at the Roppongi 3rd multi-story Parking Lot.
Panel Card: Tokyo Roppongi Manji Tengoku Summit Meeting
[This is the panel they teased in the YT video where Toman, Tenjiku and Black Dragons were sitting in a private room in a Chinese restaurant].
Kisaki: There are three rules: No weapons! No retaliations! The gang that wins will absorb the other gangs! No objections?
Takemichi: None.
Taiju: There’s nothing left to say at this point!
Izana: This’ll be a festival to decide whose fist will rule over the biggest gang in all of Japan; a huge feud between the three of us.
Kisaki: This concludes the meeting!!
(Each respective gang make their exits)
Takemichi: The next time we’ll see each other will be at the battlefield.
Mikey: Get ready to be beaten to a pulp.
Taiju: Ha! Back at you!
Izana: Hmph.
Kakucho: Are you okay with this, Izana?
Izana: With what?
Kakucho: Isn’t Mikey Shinichiro-san’s younger brother? Are you gonna go all out?
Izana: … Haha. Idiot Kakucho. This will be the second time Mikey and I go at it.
Flashback quote: “Even if we’re not related by blood, Shin-nii is my brother!!!”
--Get blood out of a stone--
Young Hanagaki Takemichi CV: Watanabe Akeno
Young Sano Manjiro CV: Fairouzi Ai
Young Kurokawa Izana CV: Tanezaki Atsumi
Takemichi: This is your hardest mission, Mikey-kun.
Mikey: Got it.
(Takemichi and Mikey are standing in front of the orphanage talking to each other secretly)
Takemichi: I don’t know what kind of scary thing will happen if we tell Izana-kun suddenly. That’s why I thought of this strategy.
(Takemichi starts shaking as he opens his hand with a piece of chocolate)
Mikey: Chocolate?
Takemichi: Yes, chocolate. [Oh you sweet summer child…]
(He begins to explain his strategy with confidence.)
Takemichi: This is how you’ll lure Izana-kun in and with time, you two will slowly start getting along and gradually tell him the truth.
(Takemichi clenches his fist, immersed in a monologue)
Takemichi: This is a perfect plan, if I do say so myself… With this, Izana-kun will also…
Mikey: Yeah.
(Mikey runs in before Takemichi realized)
Takemichi: Mikey-kun…?
(Mikey punches Izana and sends him flying, landing firmly on the ground.) [Good job following the plan.]
Mikey: You’re Kurokawa Izana!
(Takemichi is so surprised, he’s rendered speechless)
Takemichi: Mikey-kun?!
(Izana stands up)
Izana: What the hell’s up with you?!
Mikey: I’m Sano Manjiro!
(Takemichi noticed Izana is surprised by Mikey’s words)
Izana: You said you’re Shin-nii’s… younger brother?
Takemichi: Mikey-kun…
(Mikey throws another punch)
Mikey: You and Shinichiro aren’t connected by blood!
Takemichi: Mikey-kun!
(Izana returns the punch)
Izana: What the hell are you goin’ on ‘bout, y’bastard?!
(The fist fight between the two turn into an argument)
Mikey: There’s no way you two are siblings! Why would you trust my idiot older brother like that!
Izana: What?! The hell’s wrong with you? Are you an idiot for comin’ here?!
Mikey: You accepted Shinichiro’s words without even questioning it ‘cus you’re lonely, right?! That guy did some digging, but now he can’t take back what he’s said and didn’t even mention he had a younger brother!
(The two face each other)
Mikey: I bet you must’ve noticed it too.
Izana: … Shut uuuppppp! What do you know?! My parents threw me away… I’m here while you have a warm family to raise you. You understand nothing! What if we are blood related?!
Mikey: Is it really that important to you?!
(The two start their fist fight again and eventually lay on their backs on the ground)
Mikey and Izana: Haa haa…
Izana: … Shin-nii is my brother! Even if we’re not blood related, he’s still my brother!
Mikey: … Shinichiro said the same thing.
--End--
Taiju: Mitsuya. Is Hakkai gonna go at us seriously?
Mitsuya: … Stop calling on the enemy to check up on your baby brother. You and Yuzuha are a pair of spoiled siblings. Hakkai’ll end up that way too.
Flashback quote: “No matter how violent you get on us, mom will never come back!!”
Taiju: Hmph.
--Let’s drop it--
Young Shiba Taiju CV: Tomozaku Sugita
Young Shiba Yuzuha CV: Komatsu Mikako
Young Shiba Hakkai CV: Hatanaka Yu
Young Sano Manjiro: Fairouzi Ai
(A door forcefully bursts open into a room, where an angry Taiju enters in)
Taiju: Who forgot to turn off the bathroom light?
(Yuzuha and Taiju become frightened)
Hakkai: A… A--
Yuzuha: It’s me!
(Yuzuha protects Hakkai)
Taiju: … Why are you lying?
Yuzuha: Eh?! I’m not lying! It was me!
Taiju: The toilet seat was up. Only men do that.
(Hakkai’s hand clenches tightly at Taiju)
Taiju: Hakkai! Come here!
(Yuzuha interferes to stop Taiju)
Yuzuha: Wait! Don’t beat Hakkai anymore! Let me take his punishments instead! Please!
Hakkai: Sis…
(Hakkai hangs his head down, unable to say anything)
Taiju: You said it. From now on, you’ll take the beating for two people. Is that fine with you, Yuzuha?!
Hakkai: …
(A mysterious voice flashes in Hakkai’s memory!)
Mysterious voice (Mikey): Hakkai!
Hakkai: …!
(Hakkai stands up and faces Taiju)
Hakkai: Stop this already, Taiju!
Yuzuha: Eh…
Taiju: !
(Taiju gets violent with Hakkai)
Taiju: What’re you tryin’ to do here, Hakkai.
Hakkai: Don’t beat up sis anymore! This is ridiculous at how crazy you keep going at us.
Taiju: As I thought, you’re the one who forgot to turn the lights off. How many times have I told you to fix that?
(Hakkai gets hit and falls down. Yuzuha stands and goes beside him)
Hakkai: … I’m sorry for everything up to now, sis.
(Yuzuha is surprised)
Yuzuha: Hakkai.
Hakkai: … My friend told me.
(He recalls Mikey’s voice)
Mikey: It’s okay if you lose. Fight him.
(Taiju turns toward Hakkai)
Hakkai: Cut it out already, Taiju! No matter how violent you get with us, mom’ll never come back to us!
(Taiju is surprised)
Taiju: !… Hakkai.
(Hakkai starts crying)
Hakkai: ‘Cus I’m… I’m lonely…!
Taiju: You…
--End--
Kokonoi: Inupi. How’s Akane-san doing?
Inupi: Yeah. I’m gonna go for it.
Kokonoi: … I see.
Flashback quote: “Leave Inupi-kun to me! Hurry up and go back to save Akane-san!”
Inupi: Well, didn’t you say first loves usually don’t go as planned?
Kokonoi: Shut up.
--Every cloud has a silver lining--
Young Inui Seishu: Koichi Makoto
Young Kokonoi Hajime: Igarashi Hiromi
Young Inui Akane: Ueda Rena
Young Hanagaki Takemichi CV: Watanabe Akeno
(The house is burning with a roaring sound as Kokonoi runs toward it)
Kokonoi: Haa haa… Akane-san!
(Kokonoi desperately addresses someone)
Kokonoi: Fire trucks… Have you seen anyone leave the house?!
Old Lady: I… I’m not sure. I haven’t been able to see anything. I’ll call for the ambulance and fire truck right now!
(Kokonoi turns and suddenly decides to run into the house)
Adhd Sanzu propaganda because I want to, I already convinced someone:
He's a chaotic gremlin (Not need to explain that).
Same way that happened with Kakucho and Izana. Sanzu's days and life revolve around Mikey (I don't think I need to put examples here). Mikey is Sanzu's special interest and I'm saying it without shame! (Maybe a little bit of shame only)
Sanzu doesn't have sociallization skills. At all. But in a specific way that gives me adhd vibes (putting the trauma a part). Sanzu as a kid is sweet but weird. We can see him not reacting to Baji's tantrums in a way that yeah, can be bc he's used to, but also, his focus is not there. He's awkward in a way that makes me think that he's used to not fit in, to be look as a weirdo every time he talks. So he does the "I'm not gonna talk at all because when I do people hates me". Then, as a teen no division wants him because he's "a wild horse". Excuse me? Have you seen half of Toman? It's because he's weird and doesn't fit in, the wild part would not bother them so much on it's own.
Sanzu doesn't have a middle point. He's always extreme. When he followed Muto became extremly quiet and calm, almost like a shadow (again, it could be literal thinking of the orders Muto gave him).
His weird poses once he's not hiding himself anymore. All the Bonten scene, he's just doing his show, talking too much, too loud and too fast.
All the energy he have also in Kanto Manji. He's so hyped with being with Mikey. Acting loud, being weird and saying things that are only funny in his head bc he forgot to explain the joke (besides the cryptic timeleaping things I mean).
I know in Bonten and Kanto Manji Sanzu is unhinged, but there is something in the way he does it, not caring at all if people gets him or not. It screams adhd "fuck you all i'm not masking anymore" mood so badly!
The katana. The freaking katana is so over the top and so dramatic. And he obviously cares about his katana a lot, he never drops it in the fight against Toman, not even when Taiju sends him flying.
The teatricals of his plans in general. He kills Mucho with a katana in the place where the Kanto Incident took place. And he takes his mask after doing it. Such dramatic and aesthetically pleasing way of killing people.
The train. Hello? This is not NT thinking. Killing everyone, okay, sure. But with a train? What? And he brings his katana just in case? No middle point legendary level here.
He plans chaos. He literally thinks for days how to do the most random and chaotic unhinged thing ever! (The train, the train!)
He have literal thinking. Mikey told him to "smile" so he does it once he's finally serving his king. A big grinn all the time.
His addiction. Since adhd brains don't have impulse control, we tend to be addicts more than the average (I know this part doesn't prove it but it checks too).
The way he have so much beef with people that is happening only in his head. Yeah, he's a hater. But also, I can see a lot of rejection sensitive dysphoria and overthinking because he's mind is telling him everyone would reject him.
He was childhood friends with Mikey and Baji. No one is neurotypical there xD
Visual stimulation. Bright pink and so many vivid/strident colors. C'mon, his bike is pink and pretty! That aesthetic makes my adhdbrain happy. He's obsessed with pink in a not at all NT way.
He's hypersensitive and can't handle some smells (Takemichi, I'm so sorry for you).
Twisted sense of danger over here too. But different than Kakucho. Where Kakucho runs towards danger, Sanzu is the one causing it directly.
Sanzu being banned from meetings in the final timeline. Because he doesn't know when to shut up since he never did masking here.
THE UNMASKING METAPHOR! I left this one for the last because I just realized yesterday and it's beautiful. When he enters the 5th Division, he stops being loud and wild (he's still weird bc Sanzu). The same moment he starts wearing the mask. There is something there, a ND teen who doesn't fit, who is tired and just want to be like the others, being told to "just do that for not driving so much attention on you". And he does it. He wears the physical mask and he starts acting different, doing masking (not literal this time). Until he frees himself of the physical mask. And he stops masking his symptoms, his full personality. He doesn't give a shit anymore about getting too much attention, he's so sick of hiding, that he thrieves in attention now (even in the final timeline does that, he's a youtuber). Unmasking legendary level! (And hardcore masking when he does it)
Edit bc I was sure I wrote this but apparently not: Sanzu has no interest in forming new relationships either. Like Kakucho with Izana, he only does with Mucho because Mikey told him to. But even if he has zero interest in forming new bonds, he's still the center of attention (after unmasking), still being there loudly, being a big part of what marks the dynamic of the group. The "I don't wanna make new friends" but "I can't stop talking and being loud in a group", also a classical adhd mood!
So... I think that's all I can't think for now. It's probably messy and chaotic but hey, it's a post about adhd, so that's fine, right? 🙈
@just-sp-in-inginthevoid spreading adhd!Sanzu like I promise.
Ps: here is the Autistic Kakucho Propaganda in case someone is curious. This two are a pack and they hate it so much 🤣
A long time ago, when I read the Tokyo Revengers manga, I had a great desire to draw a piece with Kisaki's death. But I didn't have much skill at the time, and I didn't have much time to do it.
But when the third season of the anime came out, as you can see, I decided to do it.
Shuji is a synesthesiac. A tactile-visual synesthesiac.
You’re probably familiar with grapheme-visual synthesia? Where people associate letters or numbers with colors?
In this version, different physical sensations cause uncommon but predictable perception of color. Shuji is encouraged to be Kisaki’s brawn and embrace his violent side. Being put in all of these new scenarios where Shuji can fight new people with different fighting styles, weapons, builds, etc, allows him to experience new physical sensations that he interprets as different colors.
Fighting small fish limits him to maybe two colors. Fighting skilled people like Draken means getting hit which unlocks different hues. Having a cigarette between his fingers? calming blue. Nicotine buzz? everything gets a little more saturated. Shuji is in pain after taking out 20 guys? He’s seeing so many colors he has to pull this classic move to block some out.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk. I'll be taking questions now.
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