English Dub Review: Tokyo Revengers: “Revolt”

Overview: Takamichi (AJ Beckles) and Takashi come to Draken’s (Sean Chiplock) aid as he throws down with the Mobius gang only for things to get even more chaotic when Mikey (Aleks Le) and the rest of the Tokyo Manji Gang show up looking to wage war against them.  

Our Take: The long awaited war between the Tokyo Manji Gang and Mobius finally ensues in “Revolt.” It is a strong jack of all trades episode that is heavy in story as well as action. Episode nine expands upon the roster of notable characters with different division captains within the Tokyo Manji Gang making their debut. Each and every one of them including Keisuke Baji, Nahoya Kawata and Yasuhiro Matohas most assuredly make a distinctive impression with how eccentric each seems to be in their own right. With them being such a pivotal role in the gang, it will be fun to see how each of them bounce off of Mikey, Draken, Takashi and Takamichi not to mention how they differ from one another with such colorful personalities. 

But not all of the new faces are confined to the Tokyo Manji Gang however.   The scheming “mastermind” and temporary leader of Moebius is revealed as Shuji Hanma.  He too seems interesting enough with sick derangement to him not to mention intensive physical prowess that gives him quite a threatening presence. 

Another good quality of this episode is how Mikey is continuously being portrayed as more than just a simple tough brawler. Not that he wasn’t previously, it’s just a  nice reassurance to see that it’s a consistent throughline of he is with it being reinforced as much as it is. Especially when it comes to family that includes his gangs that also acts a nice callback to his past with his brother and that being an important foundation 

As mentioned previously, there is quite a bit of brawling too with a montage showing each member of Tokyo Manji Gang getting a quick moment to themselves. Animation wise, while they are by no means game changing, they look pretty good with some vivid motion to them. Other than that, we get some more of Takamichi moping around which, after the excellent execution of the strong emotionally charged scene between him and Hinata last episode, feels redundant and is at this point just starting to get old. Lastly, there is a cliffhanger of Draken stabbed and “killed” that most assuredly feels like a fake out with everything not being as it seems throughout the show with the interplay of time travel aspects. 

Tokyo Revengers comes back with a bang featuring entertaining fight scenes and a bevy of new interesting characters.