Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he's a complete and total virgin At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps 12 years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang!!
Ken Wakui è il noto mangaka che ha iniziato la sua carriera come autore di seinen, per poi passare successivamente e con grande successo agli shonen. Il suo titolo maggiormente conosciuto, ovvero Tokyo Revengers è ispirato dalla sua esperienza giovanile autobiografica di appartenenza ad una banda criminale di strada chiamata Black Emperor, nella quale ha militato per un decennio.