02x12 - Last order

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It can't be!

Mitsuya is... dead.

It can't be. It can't!

There's absolutely no way
that Mitsuya could be dead.

-TOKYO MANJI g*ng OFFICER FOUND STRANGLED
-BODY IDENTIFIED AS TAKASHI MITSUYA

There's no way.

There must be some mistake.

How could this happen?!

HINATA TACHIBANA DIES IN
POSSIBLE g*ng-RELATED CAR ACCIDENT

Hina's... dead too?

It's the same as before.

Nothing...

Nothing's changed at all, damn it!

What the hell is going on?!

Damn it!

Damn it! Damn it!

Chifuyu!

Naoto!

Where the hell have you all gone?

A key?

This is the key to the rundown apartment

where I used to live.

It smells like my place.

So, this is where I live.

Instead of a high-rise condo,

I'm back here again.

But why?

It's the last photo
I took of us as a group.

So here you are.

I've been looking for you.

My memories were overwritten,

so I knew you'd returned.

Naoto!

I'm coming in.

Takemichi.

What...

What the heck's happening, Naoto?

Until now, you've traveled
back to the past several times

to save my sister.

But this timeline is the worst one yet.

The worst one yet?

That's right.

Not only has my sister not been saved,

but all the major members
of Tokyo Manji g*ng...

have been m*rder*d.

What?

TOKYO REVENGERS

Chifuyu Matsuno, sh*t and k*lled.

Hakkai Shiba, b*rned to death.

Takashi Mitsuya, strangled to death.

Ken Ryuguji, stabbed to death.

Kazutora Hanemiya, Haruki Hayashida,
and all the others have been m*rder*d too.

Even Kisaki's been m*rder*d.

Even Kisaki?

They're... all dead.

How... is this possible?

We haven't caught the culprit.

We don't even have a lead
as to where they are.

What about Mikey?

Don't tell me Mikey's been m*rder*d too!

Brace yourself for this, Takemichi.

Huh?

At present,

the person wanted for these murders is...

Manjiro Sano.

What?

You've got a sick sense of humor,
you bastard.

That's impossible!

There's no way in hell
that Mikey would k*ll all those guys.

Hey!

Takemichi, I also want to know the truth.

I want to meet Manjiro Sano
and talk to him.

But you're the only one who can do that.

Though you're an officer
in Tokyo Manji g*ng,

you're the only one
who hasn't been m*rder*d.

Mikey...

The Mikey that I know,

would he really k*ll all the guys...

in Toman?

Naoto...

Was it really Mikey who did it?

Can you think of anything
that might point to why he did it?

Huh?

The last time you traveled back in time,

you must have learned something
that can help us.

One thing's for sure.

Something you did in the past has made
a big difference in this timeline.

Something I did?

Are you saying I screwed up?

Me and the other guys...

We eliminated the two things
that ruined Toman.

We crushed BLACK DRAGON

and Kisaki was kicked out of Toman.

Everything went perfectly!

Takemichi...

What went wrong?

Was it wrong for me to tell Mikey
that he could handle things on his own?

The only other thing I did...

was take this photo.

Takemichi, where was that photo?

Where?

On this table.

A letter.

The photo must have been
in here with this.

Let me see that letter.

Oh, sure.

This isn't a Japanese postmark.

It's from the Philippines.

The Philippines?

MEET ME ON JANUARY 20TH
AT THE PLACE I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

Who sent this letter?

Whose writing is this?

And what's the "place I told you about"?

Huh?

Oh...

My brother found them
when he was traveling to buy parts.

It was in some town in the Philippines.

It's from Mikey.

This is the address
that was written on the envelope.

It's pretty big.

Let's split up.

Please be very careful.

Okay.

There's no guarantee he's here.

But if I do meet him,
it'll be the first time

that I meet the future Mikey.

I wonder what he's like.

Is he still the same?

What'll we talk about when we meet?

These ruins are huge.

Is he the same?

No, he must have changed.

I mean, he's probably
m*rder*d all those guys.

The Mikey here
isn't the Mikey that I knew.

After 12 years,
Mikey could be totally different.

I impulsively came here,

but when I think about it,
I could be in danger.

He might k*ll me as soon as he sees me.

In fact, he could have led me here
just to m*rder me.

Should I go back?

What's that?

The sky was a suffocating gray.

In an abandoned building
with a broken roof.

"The place I told you about."

This is it!

This is the place where Mikey's brother
found the CB250T engines.

This is... kind of moving.

Takemitchy.

Mikey...

Mikey.

When I met Mikey
for the first time in the present,

his eyes were the same
as they were back then.

Uh, so...

-How have you been?
-At last, I've found him.

Good.

-At last... At last...
-Uhm...

I've found... Mikey.

Uhm...

I'm sorry.

Still a crybaby, I see.

I called you all the way here
because I have a favor to ask.

Huh?

A favor?

When I came here
and thought about my brother,

all kinds of memories came rushing back.

I fought lots of guys when I was a kid.

I made friends, and I laughed...

and cried with them.

I realized that's how Toman grew.

I felt nostalgic.

Mikey.

Now that I've seen him, I'm sure.

Mikey is still Mikey.

There's no way
he m*rder*d Mitsuya or the others.

The Mikey of Toman could never k*ll them.

Toman changed.

Takemitchy.

Why did you leave Toman?

Huh?

I wanted you to stay with me.

I wanted you to scold me
like my brother did.

I did my best on my own.

But I couldn't hold it back.

I couldn't stop from losing myself.

Mikey, what do you mean by that?

When I tried to stop you
from leaving Toman,

this is what Draken told me.

Don't, Mikey.

Huh?

You trying to order me around?

I agree with Draken.

Mitsuya.

He's not suited for what Toman's becoming.

Mikey...

The path you've chosen is one of v*olence.

Mitsuya and I entrust our lives
to you on this path.

We've made up our minds.

But Mikey...

We're indebted to Takemitchy.

I don't want him to turn out like us.

Leave him out of this.

Those two said those things?

Yeah.

They're the best, don't you think?

But it was those guys...

that I k*lled.

What?

Takemitchy.

Toman isn't like it was back then.

Those guys, every last one of them...

I k*lled them all.

That's why I'm asking you.

I want you to end it all.

Takemitchy.

k*ll me.

I want to end it all here.

End my dream.

What are you talking about, Mikey?

Don't say that. It doesn't make any sense.

As soon as I find you,
you tell me to k*ll you?

I only came here
because I wanted to see you.

Because you wanted to see me?

Hakkai said something similar
just before he d*ed.

Mikey...

I wanted all of us to have a blast
with Takemitchy one last time.

Just before Hakkai d*ed?

It's not easy to achieve a dream.

I said I'd build a new era for hoodlums.

Toman was supposed to be
advancing toward that goal.

But before I knew it,
things had turned out like this.

Like what?

The first time I k*lled someone...

I didn't feel a thing.

Then I realized something.

Pretty much all the troubles in life
can be easily solved by k*lling someone.

I can just k*ll anyone who gets in my way.

You're wrong, Mikey!

You haven't changed, Mikey!

You're the same as you were then!

Cut it out, Takemitchy.

I can tell when I look into your eyes.

You haven't changed at all.

Stop it.

You haven't changed.

So please, please, stop all this k*lling!

What the hell are you?

Got any last words, Chifuyu?

Do you remember Takemichi Hanagaki?

Someday, he'll come
looking for you, Mikey.

When he finds you,

he'll be like he was back then
as if he'd traveled through time.

Look closely into his eyes.

His eyes never lie.

Please...

Trust him.

Quit looking at me that way.

Mikey.

Pick up the g*n, Takemitchy.

Either you k*ll me...

or you die.

We can't return to the past.

Are you all right, Takemichi?

Naoto...

Mikey.

Mikey!

Mikey!

Takemichi, stay away from him!

The safety's on.

He wasn't going to k*ll him?

Mikey! Mikey!

Mikey!

Is that you, Naoto Tachibana?

Huh?

Thank you.

I doubt Takemitchy could have done it.

Mikey!

At last, it's over.

My life was nothing but suffering.

Don't talk like that, Mikey.

I can change things.

Takemichi.

I can travel back to the past.

I can do things over.

I'll do whatever it takes
to make sure this isn't our future.

I swear that I'll never give up.

So don't say such depressing things.

Thank you, Takemitchy.

Huh?

You're trying to comfort me.

Even if it's a lie, it makes me happy.

Takemitchy.

Yeah?

Your hand...

It's so warm.

Mikey...

This can't be real.

Answer me.

Please, Mikey!

Takemitchy...

Starting today, we're friends.

Okay?

I'm going to build a new era for hoodlums.

Boo!

You're tough, Takemitchy.

Takemichi.