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Spring 2021 First Impressions – Tokyo Revengers

Streaming: Crunchyroll

Episodes: TBA

Source: Manga

Story Summary: Takemichi feels as though his life peaked in middle school. In those days he was a member of a gang, had a girlfriend, and generally felt as though he belonged. In the ensuing 12 years, however, his life went off the rails. One day while eating chips in bed he hears the news that his former girlfriend and her younger brother were killed in an act of violence perpetrated by the Tokyo Manji gang, with whom Takemichi had some run-ins as a kid. As he’s waiting in line for the train, he’s pushed onto the tracks and his life starts to flash before his eyes – or, he soon realizes, he gets sent back in time. He re-experiences the fateful day in middle school when the direction of his life steered off course, and wonders why God would curse him to experience it all again. When he meets Hinata, his girlfriend at the time, and then her younger brother, he vows to try to make sure that they both survive.