Hankisa

"You're my kinda guy, Kisaki. You’re the only one who can keep me entertained."

- Hanma to Kisaki, Chapter 94

Hankisa is the slash ship between Shuji Hanma and Tetta Kisaki from the Tokyo Revengers fandom.

Moebius Arc
Before meeting each other, Hanma was infamous as Kabukichō’s reaper. He was powerful enough to beat up 10 delinquents at the same time by himself and is said to break other people’s teeth. Despite his strength, Hanma was not happy with his life that he described as boring, and often wondered if he was going to continue this dull life everyday until the day he died.

July 2005 is when the two initially meet each other, behind the shadows. Kisaki was 13 and Hanma was 15. After Kisaki joined Moebius and made Nobutaka Osanai its leader, he sought out Hanma, and thanks to Osanai, they were able to meet each other. Kisaki orders Hanma to be his “pawn” and the latter immediately agrees to it, as Kisaki piques his interest, though he couldn’t tell what exactly made him feel that way. Hanma notes that he had a different aura than other delinquents.

Kisaki then brings Hanma to a pedestrian bridge at night and they hang out. This is when Kisaki clarifies to him what being his pawn means: he describes it as being a tool. He plans to use Hanma’s strength to his advantage and get rid of Hanma afterwards. Hanma, unbothered, replies that it’s an ideal life to him, describing living a life with Kisaki as “colorful” and “like a circus”. Kisaki asks what that means, annoyed by Hanma’s attitude, and even calls him a freak.

"Living a life with you is so colorful! It’s like a circus!"

- Hanma to Kisaki, Chapter 205

Together, they work behind the shadows. Hanma is often behind Kisaki as the latter manipulated Kiyomasa, Pah-chin, Peh-yan and Kazutora. Hanma describes it as exciting as “[they] kept on opening curtains to new shows”, further emphasizing the circus and pierrot theme. Kisaki became Moebius’ ninth leader after Osanai’s group disbanded, but Hanma acted as the temporary leader after Kisaki joined Toman.

Valhalla Arc
After Moebius’ defeat against Mikey during the Battle of 8/3, Kisaki anonymously creates Valhalla and places Hanma as its acting leader. Together, they organize the Bloody Halloween incident. Since they’re not supposed to be seen together, they don’t appear together until the end of the arc. Hanma appears to be worried when Baji manages to strike Kisaki, but still both act as if they’re enemies. During the Valhalla arc, they’re shown calling each other on the phone multiple times to communicate.

Kisaki pretends to have helped Hanma and Mikey settle their differences aside and makes him captain of the sixth division. Hanma stops leading Valhalla due its disbandment and allegiance to Toman in the aftermath of Bloody Halloween.

Black Dragons Arc
Hanma and Kisaki are often seen together during this arc despite the fact that they're from different divisions. They’re working together to bring down both Takemichi and Taiju, as Kisaki deems the latter as a threat to Mikey. Kisaki suggests an alliance with Takemichi and Chifuyu; which greatly angers the latter to the point of threatening to slice Kisaki’s throat with a broken shard of glass. To protect him, Hanma grabs Takemichi and threatens him with a butterknife, saying that if Chifuyu hurt Kisaki, he’d go “a little crazy”, proving that he’s perfectly willing to kill for Kisaki's safety. They're seen together waiting for Takemichi and Chifuyu’s response, and with Takemichi’s approval, they form a group known as Hanmas. The four decide to meet another day for a meeting, and Kisaki and Hanma are seen waiting together yet again. And then comes the day of the fight against Taiju. While Takemichi is left fighting Taiju in the church, they betray Chifuyu by beating him up and tying him up before leaving him behind. In the anime, a new scene is added between the two where Kisaki casually talks about Hanma’s very questionable group name, the Hanmas. After dealing with Chifuyu, Hanma asks Kisaki why they even teamed up with him and Takemichi in the first place as there was no need for it because they were planning to screw them over anyways. Kisaki, the petty person that he is, tells him it’s because he found it fun and that there was no other reason than that. Hanma lights up and laughs, telling Kisaki that he was “his kind of guy”.

After Taiju’s defeat, while Toman is hanging out and celebrating New Years together, Hanma and Kisaki spend their New Year’s eve alone with each other on a rooftop. Shortly after comes Toman’s first meeting of the year. Chifuyu had made a report of Kisaki’s betrayal and Mikey announces that Kisaki Tetta is officially kicked off Toman.

Kisaki is devastated by this and sinks to the ground as he tries to manipulate Mikey into letting him stay in Toman, but before he could approach Mikey, Draken tries to stop him by getting in his way. In a fit of anger, Hanma attacks Draken and orders him to let Kisaki speak. Hanma tries to save the situation by stating that he and the entirety of Valhalla would leave if Mikey kicked Kisaki out, but Mikey doesn’t care. Both leave Toman, although one of them left by force and the other left out of loyalty.

Tenjiku Arc
After Kisaki and Hanma had left Toman, they quickly joined Tenjiku, a gang that Izana made with Kisaki’s intervention. As Kisaki and Izana meet to talk about their plans, Hanma is still with him. Izana and Kisaki’s intention is to make Mikey break, so they come up with a plan–murdering Mikey’s sister, Emma Sano. Hanma and Kisaki, always the duo, take care of it together, with Hanma driving his bike and Kisaki striking Emma, essentially committing a hit and run. Hanma mentions that it isn’t like Kisaki to get his hands dirty, but Kisaki only mentions that he isn’t the main hero (that is, referring to Takemichi) but rather a pierrot, another nod to their story which will be revealed later in the arc.

Before the incident that Kisaki refers to as the Kantou incident, Kisaki and Hanma overlook the city together on a rooftop. Kisaki asks Hanma why he even bothers following him as his plans failed. Hanma responds, saying that he will reveal his reasons when Kisaki is on his deathbed. Kisaki grins at that, before asking what it means but Hanma simply laughs, assuring that this is a promise. Then comes the fight between Toman and Tenjiku, leading to the Sano brothers’ fight and Izana’s accidental death. Mikey looks at Kisaki, telling him that he’d never forgive him, but before Mikey could do anything to him, Hanma suddenly manages to save the day by grabbing Kisaki and running away with his bike, mentioning that Kisaki owes him one. Kisaki urges Hanma to go faster, annoying Hanma before they swerve and fall off the bike. Hanma is left collapsed on the ground and Kisaki manages to runs away, leaving Hanma to fight Draken as Takemichi chases Kisaki."Ya owe me one, got it, Kisaki?"

- Hanma after Kisaki and he successfully escape

During Hanma and Draken’s fight, Hanma mentions with a small and relieved smile that Kisaki probably managed to run away, fully trusting Kisaki. However, during his escape, Kisaki had been hit by a truck. Hanma finds him dead on the road and mourns for his best friend as he cries.

"What a grand way to die..."

- Hanma as he finds his best friend’s mangled body

Years after Kisaki’s death, Hanma visits his grave, sits down and tells their story—the story of the Pierrot and the Reaper, and more importantly, why he had been following Kisaki from the start. The Pierrot represents Kisaki and the Reaper represents Hanma. The story is currently unknown.

Fanon
Although it started out as a rarepair, it became a bit more popular with time. It is currently both Hanma’s and Kisaki’s most written ship on AO3, and it's in the top 10 most written ships of the Tokyo Revengers fandom. They’re often depicted in dead dove and angst fics, though there are some instances where they’re depicted as soft and loving when they are alone. Most of the time, they are seen as a background ship. Although it’s not nearly as popular as MaiTake or BajiFuyu (the Tokyo Revengers fandom’s most popular ships), their fanarts tend to be popular on Twitter and most people seem to agree on it.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

FAN ART

TUMBLR

TWITTER

Trivia

 * When they met each other, Kisaki brought Hanma to his favorite place, a pedestrian bridge.
 * They’re seen spending New Year's Eve together in chapter 110.
 * They are working together in every timeline except the last one, which contradicts what Kisaki had said during the Moebius arc, as he never got rid of Hanma even after achieving his dream.
 * They’re often paired with each other in official merchandise.
 * According to the fourth character book, Kisaki has no friends besides Hanma, and Hanma has no friends besides Kisaki, meaning that they only have each other.
 * Kisaki’s room is revealed in the fourth character book and Hanma is seen playing on Kisaki’s PS2. Out of all the rooms revealed in the book, Kisaki is the only one who has a friend over, which suggests that they often hang out with each other. Do keep in mind the multiple locks on Kisaki’s door as they’re very important, meaning that he considers his room as his safe space and allows Hanma to come in anyways.
 * In an official sketch by author Ken Wakui to promote the Tokyo Revengers live action movie, Hanma and Kisaki watch the movie together.
 * Another sketch for Hanma’s 2022 birthday art depicts Hanma and Kisaki casually hanging out—further emphasized by the fact that they’re not wearing their gang uniforms. This also contradicts what Kisaki had said during the Moebius arc.
 * All of Hanma’s birthday art features Kisaki on it, meaning that Kisaki must be very dear to him.
 * Hanma is the only one that made Kisaki genuinely smile out of sheer happiness (and not because of his own evil plans), as seen during the Tenjiku arc.
 * Kisaki’s favorite flower is Wisteria Floribunda, a purple flower. Hanma’s eyes are violet in the manga.