Tokyo Tribes
Tokyo Tribes, known in Japanese as Tokyo Tribe-2, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Santa Inoue. A previous series titled Tokyo Tribe was published into a single-volume in 1993. Tokyo Tribes was originally serialized from 1997 to 2005 in the urban fashion magazine boon. It is a continuation of the plot in Tokyo Tribe, although many of the characters from that story do not appear in this series. A live-action film adaptation directed by Sion Sono was released in Japan on August 30, 2014.
Plot
Five years after the Shibuya riots, the Tribes of Tokyo have been enjoying a period of relative peace, until Kim and two other members of the Musashino Saru intrude on the territory of the Wu-Ronz in Bukuro. Mera, the leader of Wu-Ronz kills the three Saru, under the assumption that they were members of the Shibuya Saru.Two days later, after searching for who killed his friends, Musashino Saru member Kai runs into Mera. Old friends in their high school days, the two get into a confrontation that ends up leaving Tera, the leader of Musashino Saru, dead and setting the stage for violence between the Tribes.
Characters
; Kai Deguchi; '''Big Daddy'''
Manga-only Characters
- Nagisa – The main protagonist and a member of the Shivuya Saru gang.
- Megane – Nagisa's friend and a member of Shivuya Saru.
- Totoro – Nagisa's friend and a member of Shivuya Saru.
- Otogiri – Shivuya Saru member who lives in Shivuya Mansion. The Saru are often seen at his apartment.
- Fujio – Nagisa's girlfriend.
- Iwao – The leader of Saru's rival gang, the Shinjuku Hands.
- Yama-Chan – Shivuya Saru member who is attacked by the Hands in Shinjuku.
Media
Manga
Anime
- Opening Theme: Top of Tokyo, by Illmatic Buddha MC's
- Ending Theme: TT2 Owari no Uta, by Scha Dara Parr