Can you believe this picture?
Yo, holy shit! Are you for real?!
Shit, that's insane!
That's hilarious!
Right?
God, they're loud.
Hey!
H-Hina?
You're taking up way too much space!
It's fine when there aren't that many people on,
but that old lady is having to stand.
Why not make some room for her?
Yeah...
Sure.
Hey, scooch over.
Thanks!
S-Sure.
Yeah.
You're cute...
Ma'am, there's a seat open.
Why, thank you so much, young lady.
Hina's amazing.
Thanks for coming shopping with me.
Sure, no problem.
How'd your finals go?
Wow, I haven't thought about finals in forever!
Forever? We just took them.
Oh, yeah, we did!
Shit. I was thinking out loud.
Make sure you study. You have a dream, don't you?
A dream?
Did I actually have dreams and aspirations?
Well, that settles it.
I'm going to help you study!
What's wrong?
I've just never been in a girl's room before!
Would you stop gawking?
Sowwy.
You could be a little less obvious.
I'm so sorry. This was so sudden, I couldn't prepare anything.
It's a shame, because this is the first time Hina's brought a boy home.
Mom!
Oh, don't worry about me.
He's a cutie. How long have you two been close?
Are you in the same class?
That's enough, Mom! Get out!
Aw...
Is he your boyfriend?
Mom!
Yeah, I don't get this at all.
Oh, yeah. Thanks for looking after my brother.
Huh?
He said you saved him from some delinquents.
Ah...
My dad's so busy that he rarely has time to come home.
Naoto doesn't really like our dad,
but he suddenly started saying he wants to be like him.
Our dad's a police officer.
So that's why Naoto became a police officer!
Huh?
I mean, he's not yet. He's too young.
R-R-R-R-Right! What am I even saying?
But...
Honestly, he might've saved me.
I think he'll make a great police officer.
Though he might turn out a bit loopy.
You've changed, Takemichi-kun.
Y-You think so? Like how?
Hm... You seem nicer than before. And maybe more mature.
I feel like I'm talking to someone much older!
No way!
She's sharp! I'm twelve years older!
Or maybe that's just a side of you I never knew.
Huh?
I'd love to know more about you.
Oh, fireworks!
That's right! Today's the fireworks show!
Hey! Let's go up to the roof and watch!
Oh, look!
Wow!
Awesome!
Wow! It's so pretty!
Hurry up, Takemichi-kun!
Crap... This is really fun.
This never happened in my old life.
Wow! A heart!
Hey, did you see that one?
I want to stay here forever.
I don't want to go back to the future.
Because in the future, Hina...
is gone.
It wouldn't hurt to hold her hand, right?
It's warm.
Hina...
Hm?
H-Hi...
Naoto?
The handshake is the trigger.
N-Naoto?!
Oh, you were up here too, Naoto?
Yeah.
You've gotta be kidding me!
Takemichi-kun!
Damn it, I came back!
Huh? Does that mean you were able to go back to the past?
So shaking hands really is the trigger.
What the hell were you doing there, man?!
Huh? What are you talking about?
Anyway, that means my hypothesis wasn't wrong!
Yeah, good for you, I guess.
And now you're back.
I now understand everything. So how'd things go?
You came back because something changed, right?
Well...
You shook my hand by mistake?!
You need to take this seriously!
There's something we know now because of your second trip into the past.
Oh?
One Week Later
Present Time Axis
Past Time Axis
Your ability to time travel allows you to return twelve years into the past.
Today
Present Time Axis
One Week Later
Today
Past Time Axis
For example, today,
if you were to go back into the past,
you'd go back to today twelve years ago,
and if you come back here after spending a week there,
Present Time Axis
Today
a week would've also passed here.
Today
One Week Later
Present Time Axis
And while you were back in the past, your body was in suspended animation.
Present Time Axis
Today
Wait, so I was dead?
It means that only your empty shell remained here in the present.
Ah, so that's how I was in suspended animation.
It's very dangerous, so whenever you're going to time travel again,
we'll make sure you're in my room.
So how did the mission to keep Sano and Kisaki from ever meeting go?
Well... I met Mikey-kun.
Mikey? Oh, you mean Sano.
But listen to this, Naoto! Mikey is a delinquent, but he's a really good guy!
What? Why didn't you kill him?
Wha? Kill?
The guy who killed my sister is a good person?
Did he put one over on you in the past?!
No!
Listen!
That "Mikey" is now so involved in various crimes
that the police can't even handle him!
If I could...
I'd kill him with my own two hands.
Naoto...
Let's go talk to Mikey-kun.
It's too dangerous!
I want to see him and talk to him in person.
There's no point in talking to him!
Mikey-kun's someone we can trust.
I want to hear from Mikey-kun himself about why Toman changed.
I want to know before I go back into the past again.
Help me find Mikey-kun.
Please, Naoto.
I don't know what happened in the past,
but you've changed, Takemichi-kun.
Huh? You think so?
Like how?
Your weak side seems to be gone now.
Well, at least a little of it.
D-Does that mean I'm cooler now?
Right, let's try to figure out how to meet with Mikey.
Hey, hello? Or do you mean I'm super awesome now?
Hey, come on. Don't stop there.
You get carried away far too easily.
I need you to organize these documents.
The Tokyo Manji Gang is crazy.
Mikey is extremely careful.
Even the police can't track him down.
His phone is also probably a burner that he got under a fake name.
Wait, who is this?
"Sendo Atsushi, part of Toman's upper echelon"?
That's Akkun!
Akkun? You mean your friend?
Yeah.
Something's not right here.
When he was sixteen, he was arrested after stabbing Kiyomizu Takamasa from Toman.
After his release, he was nothing more than some no-name punk.
I was thinking about stabbing Kiyomasa-kun.
Yeah, he said he was planning to.
But he didn't, because...
...the past has changed?!
Akkun never stabbed Kiyomasa-kun, so he was never arrested.
You became friends with Mikey, which could mean that Sendo also...
Akkun's part of Toman's upper echelon...
I've got it. Are you able to get a hold of Sendo?
Huh? Yeah... as long as his number hasn't changed.
Since Sendo Atsushi's in the upper echelon now,
you'll be able to get through to Mikey!
Just be warned that my place is a disaster area.
I figured as much.
Oh, God! It's so dirty!
I warned you, didn't I?!
No one should live like this!
Hang on one sec.
Let me find my old notebook.
Ow...
I'm going to break out in hives... This dust is just...
I'm going to buy some masks!
Yeah, and be quick about it!
Top Secret
Found it!
Here it is! Whoa! This takes me back!
Talk about a trip down memory lane!
Whoa, what's this?! Oh, hey!
Do you mind picking up the pace a little?
Oh, right... Akkun.
Got it.
Akkun
Found it!
Hopefully his number hasn't changed.
Akkun...
See you tomorrow.
See ya!
God, my whole body hurts.
Hey, Akkun.
If we all graduated and went our separate ways,
and totally stopped seeing each other...
I wonder what we'd all talk about after we became adults.
You dumbass. Nothing would change.
We're friends for life.
This is where Sendo is?
Yeah. Apparently he's running this hostess bar.
Are you sure it's okay for us to just show up here?
Sendo's one of the higher-ups at Toman now.
And none of that matters because Akkun is just Akkun.
I mean, he sounded a little older over the phone,
but otherwise, he hadn't changed.
I'm concerned that you just came out and told him you wanted to see Mikey.
Why?
You're being too frank. He's someone the police can't get close to.
We might've come here just to get killed.
Wow, you're dumb, Naoto!
It takes more than that to change a friendship!
Come on and just follow me!
Welcome! Who will it be?
Huh? U-Um...
Can you handle this?
I-I've got an appointment with Sendo-san.
What? You? With our boss?
Hey, some twerp is here.
Does the boss have any appointments?
Goodness! You should've just told me earlier, Hanagaki-san!
I would've let you right in if you'd just told me you were the boss's friend!
Two VIP coming through!
He's totally mocking me, isn't he?!
Nah, of course not.
Your hand is shaking, Takemichi-kun.
I ain't scared!
It's okay. No matter how different he looks...
No matter how important he is now...
Akkun will always be Akkun!
Takemichi...
Behind you, genius.
You haven't changed a bit, Takemichi.
Upper Echelon Sendo Atsushi
Akkun?
You didn't recognize me without my pompadour?
Uh, yeah...
I was gonna say something earlier, but it's been so long.
It's Akkun. He looks totally different,
but it's definitely Akkun!
So you wanna see Mikey-san, right?
I've been waiting all this time for you to show up, Takemichi.
What do you mean?
Let's go talk outside.
Just the two of us. You good with that?
I'll wait here.
Be careful.
It's all good.
There's nothing to worry about.
How've you been, Takemichi?!
Ow, ow, ow! That hurts, Akkun!
I'm just so happy to see you after so long!
It's been years!
Then at a pivotal moment, Yamagishi...
The time when he farted and ruined everything?
Yeah! And when I looked so awesome, too.
Akkun, you were so lame.
It's really been since middle school, huh?
Yeah.
I guess for you, it's been about ten years.
But wow, Akkun.
You own this huge hostess bar,
and you're in Toman's upper echelon?
Yeah.
You've got an expensive car, expensive clothes,
and you're sleeping with some fine ladies.
You're basically on a different planet than me.
You can't buy everything with money.
Man, I hope I can say something like that someday.
So the guy you were with is a cop, right?
Huh?
Uh, um...
You don't have to hide it. It's completely obvious.
He's Tachibana Hinata's younger brother, isn't he?
I had no idea she had a brother.
How do you know that?
That's just the kind of organization the Tokyo Manji Gang is.
Hey, do you remember the summer of our second year in middle school?
The day you defied Kiyomasa-kun.
After everyone went home, you asked me this...
What would we talk about after we all went our separate ways,
and then met up again as adults?
Yeah, I remember that!
How about we talk about this?
The person who pushed you onto the tracks...
was me.
What?
It should've killed you.
But someone saved you.
It was Tachibana Naoto!
When it happened, it looked like he knew you were gonna fall onto the tracks.
This probably sounds insane...
But you can go back into the past, can't you?
Didn't you ask Tachibana Naoto from the past to help you?
That's it, right? Otherwise it just doesn't make sense!
There's no way anyone could've saved you without knowing that was going to happen!
Hey, that's insane, right?! Isn't it?!
Stop!
Who's the crazy one here?!
The hell are you talking about, Akkun?!
This isn't like you, man!
You were always calm and collected.
You were always able to sacrifice yourself for your friends.
You were kind... reliable...
So... So...
It has to be a lie!
There's no way you would kill me!
You're my friend!
Takemichi...
I wonder how things ended up like this.
I'm one of Kisaki's soldiers now.
Kisaki? You mean Kisaki Tetta?
Everyone in Toman has to obey Kisaki.
I haven't even seen Mikey-kun in years.
Akkun... It's not too late!
Just leave Toman!
I can't.
I'm scared. I'm terrified of Kisaki.
Akkun...
Takemichi...
Mikey changed after Draken died.
What?
Draken died?!
He wasn't supposed to die.
Draken shouldn't have died, but he bit it,
and now I'm thriving off of dirty money.
I always looked up to you. The way you'd be crying, but hold your ground.
Akkun?
Is the one you want to go back into the past and save... him?
It's dangerous up there. Get down.
That's some real love right there.
I'm rooting for you, Takemichi.
Please save everyone...
Akkun!
Our crybaby hero.
Don't do it, Akkun!
Akkun!
I'm sorry, but could you give him some time?
It's fine. They want to talk to me, don't they?
Please don't push yourself.
You should get some rest.
Naoto...
I need you to find out about the day Ryuguji Ken died.
What?
The one who turned Toman evil is Kisaki Tetta.
Naoto, I...
Draken, Akkun...
and Hina!
I want to save all of them!