Takemikey

"Takemitchy is my hero."

- Mikey to Takemichi, Chapter 188

Takemikey is the slash ship between Manjiro "Mikey" Sano and Takemichi Hanagaki from the Tokyo Revengers fandom.

Toman Arc
The two initially meet when Takemichi time leaps for the second time into the past, and is confronted by a delinquent. He gets attacked until Draken stops the fight and Mikey is seen behind him. When the people surrounding Takemichi notice Mikey, they all bow down and the latter gets shocked when seeing that he is the top guy in Tokyo Manji. Sano walks to him and leans until he falls, asking for his name. Takemichi replies, and Mikey calls him 'Takemitchy' instead. He then crouches to talk to him and asks him if he's in middle school but skips the question and tells him that the two are now pals.

Next chapter and Mikey punches Kiyomasa until he is passed out, and as he leaves, he says farewell to his new friend. After, Takemichi assumes that he is now just Mikey's toy, and calls their friendship hell. His friends then start mocking him and Mikey.

The next day, Takemichi is in school until Mikey and Draken barge in, dragging him out and down the hallway where there are students that Draken beat up. Seeing Takemichi hanging out with the other two, especially Mikey, stir some worried conversations between school students and even Hina, Takemichi's girlfriend, got a wring impression and slapped Mikey, but he didn't hold a grudge after. Takemichi then leaves with Draken and Mikey, and while Takemichi is peddling the bike, Mikey sits behind him. Mikey begins to talk about his older brother, and says that Takemichi is just like him. The three of them then go to a riverbank, where Mikey tells Takemichi of his dream - to create a new era of delinquents, and that Takemichi should accompany him in his journey. Takemichi then thinks that Mikey isn't a bad person. After Takemichi travels back to the future, he and Naoto begin talking and Naoto asked Takemichi why he didn't kill Mikey, and Takemichi replies that he's a good guy - much to Naoto's dismay. Naoto then brings up that Mikey killed Hina and even then Takemichi still believes that Mikey is a trustworthy person and wants to go meet him face to face.

Moebius Arc
After Takemichi returns to the past, he finds out that the day Toman is supposed to fight Moebius is the day Draken had died. He goes to Mikey and asks Mikey to stop the fight, but Mikey refuses. Takemichi then pushes on and once again asks Mikey to not let Toman fight Moebius and says that he had just became friends with Mikey and Draken and that he doesn't want Toman to end this way. After Mikey knocks down Osanai, he yells at Takemichi to run.

When Takemichi wakes up in the hospital after fainting, he finds out that Draken and Mikey are fighting. Both Draken and Mikey show up at his house, still arguing. Mikey says he came to see how Takemichi was doing, and Draken and Mikey then begin fighting over who is Takemichi's friend. Mikey and Draken begin throwing things, but in the end Takemichi was able to resolve everything and they all go the park to hang out.

As Takemichi and Draken were the in the ambulance, Draken tells Takemichi to take care of Mikey. A few days later, as Takemichi went to visit Draken, Draken gave him a uniform from Mikey - the very uniform that he first started Toman in. He tells Takemichi that the uniform is very important, and it's even considered "as important as life itself." and that Mikey wants Takemichi to have it. Takemichi then goes to the roof to meet up with Mikey, and Mikey thanks him for saving Draken and they shake hands.

Valhalla Arc
Takemichi returns back to the past once again, and he realizes he's in a bathhouse. Mikey pops up from the water and scares him. It turns out he's hanging out with Draken and Mikey. They then leave to nominate a third division captain, Kisaki, and Takemichi punches him. After Takemichi blacked out, he woke up with Mikey sitting next to him. Mikey begins to talk about his dream, and starts reminiscing about his childhood. Mikey asks Takemichi to bring back Baji, and in return Takemichi asks Mikey to get rid of Kisaki. Mikey then puts Takemichi in the third division, and tells him that he's an official member of Toman.

As they're visiting the Sano Family Grave, Mikey asks Takemichi why he didn't bring Baji, but instead his vice-captain Chifuyu. Takemichi then states that he wants to be the top guy in Toman, and that he will make Mikey realize that. After Takemichi and Chifuyu leave, Mikey has a soft smile on his face. When Takemichi went back to the future and met up with Draken, he found out that Mikey had killed Kazutora. Takemichi breaks down, saying that Mikey would never kill someone. After him and Naoto leave, he still can't believe it. Takemichi continues to say that he knows and believes that Mikey would never kill anyone, even though he now has new memories of what happened on that day. As Takemichi continues to reminisce over what happened, he says that Mikey looked so sad, and that he has to save him with tears running down his face.

On the day of the fight, Mikey drops to his knees after knocking down Kazutora. Takemichi sees this and starts running toward him, shouting that he needs to save him. As he is making his way there, someone is about to attack him until Kisaki knocks him down, and states that his division will protect Mikey. Draken thanks him, and says he'll leave Mikey to Kisaki, and Takemichi begins to cry saying that he's got it all wrong and Kisaki will end up hurting Mikey and Toman.

Takemichi thinks he's saved Baji from getting stabbed, and Chifuyu and him ask Baji to let them help him, which Baji refuses. Before he leaves, he tells Takemichi to take care of Mikey. Mikey then begins to beat Kazutora up, which Baji intervenes and says that Kazutora was not the one to kill him, and stabs himself. Before Baji passes away, he once again tells Takemichi that he's leaving Mikey and Toman in his hands. Mikey then begins to start punching Kazutora, and Takemichi gets between them, shouting at Mikey. Mikey punches him, telling him that he shouldn't be talking, but Takemichi continues to talk, telling Mikey that this wasn't what Baji wanted. Takemichi throws off his jacket, and Baji's charm with all the founding members falls out and Mikey picks it up, asking Takemichi where he got it from - which brought back Mikey to his senses.

At the Toman meeting, Chifuyu nominated Takemichi to be first division captain, and Mikey asked for his response. Takemichi accepted, tears running down his face, and Mikey had a soft smile on his face, while saying he raised his head too high. Takemichi then returns to another future where everything went bad, and Kazutora tells him that Toman changed because Mikey changed, and Takemichi doesn't believe it, saying that it had to be someone else must have been behind it.

Black Dragons Arc
Takemichi returns to the past once more, and ends up getting beat up by Shiba Taiju, the leader of the Black Dragons and Hakkai's older brother. There's a Toman meeting, and Takemichi objects Hakkai wanting to leave Toman, and gives Mikey dorayaki so he could agree with him, but Mikey flings it away. After Toman wins the Christmas Conflict, Takemichi passes out and wakes up leaning against Mikey's back. The two of them are riding on a motorcycle together, and Mikey takes Takemichi to meet up with Hina. After Hina and Takemichi make up, Draken and Mikey are talking in the background, saying how Takemichi is just like him - Mikey's older brother Shinichiro. Mikey and Takemichi then leave to go take a ride together.

"Mikey-kun is such a mystery. When he's with the rest of us, he's scary and hard to approach. But when it's just the two of us, it's like .. he's so calm he could tell me anything."

- Takemichi about Mikey, Chapter 109

Mikey begins talking about his childhood, and Shinichiro. He says that there are times when he doesn't know what's going on, and that his brother should be around, but he isn't, and that he doesn't know what that means. Mikey continues to explain that there are times when his mind goes blank, and that he doesn't know what's right or wrong. Takemichi then realizes that Mikey knows about the darkness inside of him, and that he'll lose his mind sooner or later. They stop somewhere, and continue talking. Mikey tells Takemichi about Shinichiro, and how even though he was weak everyone idolized him. He says that everyone thought they wouldn't lose as long as Shinichiro had their backs, to which Takemichi responds with "Just like you, Mikey-kun!!".

"I'm just weak. But you're strong, Takemitchy."

- Mikey to Takemichi, Chapter 109

Mikey goes on to tell Takemichi that it doesn't matter about winning fights or not, and that the real thing is not losing against yourself. He tells Takemichi that even though he's weak, he never gives in to anyone. Mikey then goes on to say that if he ever loses himself, he wants Takemichi to scold him, like Shinichiro would have. Takemichi tears up, and tells him that he will. "If anyone can create a new age alone, it's you Mikey-kun!!!!"

- Takemichi to Mikey, Chapter 114 Mikey and Draken are seen fixing up a bike for Takemichi because he was the only captain without one, and they surprise Takemichi with it. Mikey explains that Shinichiro had found two engines in the Philippines, and how one of the engines is in his Babu, and that the other is now in Takemichi's bike, which means that it is twins with his. Takemichi and Mikey then go on a practice drive, and Mikey talks about the engines and how Shinichiro felt when he found them. Mikey says that he wants to see the place that Shinichiro found the engines, to which Takemichi responds that they should go together.

Right before Takemichi timeleaps to the future, he meets up with everyone one last time. He tells Mikey that Kisaki is the enemy, and what Baji's last words were. He tells them to stay strong and to not forget about Baji's wish.

Takemichi is back in the future, but time leaps right in the middle of Mitsuya's funeral, and finds out that everyone is dead. Naoto tells him that this was the worst future that's happened yet, and proceeds tells him that Mikey was the suspect to all the murders that happened, and Takemichi once again, doesn't believe him. He shouts at Naoto to stop joking with him and that there's no way that Mikey would ever kill anyone. Naoto says he wants to know what really happened as well, and that Takemichi is the only one who could meet up with Mikey.

As Takemichi is wondering if Mikey really did kill everyone, he finds a letter inside the photo he took before time leaping. The letter is from the Philippines, and Takemichi immediately goes to fly over. The letter had told Takemichi at the place he told him about before, and Takemichi immediately knew it was from Mikey. As he enters the building, he starts thinking about Mikey, and how this would be the first time he's ever seen him in one of the futures. He begins to wonder if Mikey really did change, and how he turned out - he even thinks that Mikey called him out just to kill him, but continues looking for him. Takemichi then hears his named called, and turns and sees Mikey. "There he was ... with the same look in his eyes as ever. Mikey-kun was there."

- Takemichi after seeing Mikey, Chapter 116

Takemichi begins to tear up, trying to ask Mikey how he's been, but not being able to get out a coherent sentence. He wipes his eyes, and Mikey smiles at him fondly, telling him that he's still a crybaby. He tells Takemichi that he called him out here for a favor, and begins talking about all the memories this place brings. He starts reminiscing about when he was younger, and Takemichi thinks that Mikey hasn't changed and that he knows he didn't kill Mitsuya and the others. Mikey then says that Toman changed, interrupting Takemichi's thoughts, confusing him. He asks Takemichi why he left Toman, and that he wanted Takemichi to stay with him.

"Why did you leave Toman? I wanted you to stay with me. I wanted you to scold me, like my big bro would have."

- Mikey to Takemichi, Chapter 117

Mikey proceeds to say that he was somehow able to keep going on his own, but that he couldn't hold back, and how he began to lose himself. He tried to keep Takemichi from leaving Toman, but Draken and Mitsuya stopped him, which he got mad at - and then confirmed that he killed everyone. Mikey tells Takemichi that Toman isn't like how it used to be, and asks him to kill him. He continues and tells Takemichi that he wants to end everything here, and that he wants Takemichi to end his dream. At this point, Takemichi is full on crying and confused, and says that he doesn't get anything and he just wanted to see him again. Mikey says Hakkai said the same thing, and talks about how he felt nothing when he killed for the first time; that he thought any problems in the world could be fixed with murder. Takemichi puts his hands on Mikey, and tells him that he's wrong, and that he's still the same Mikey from before. He repeats that Mikey hasn't changed at all, and tells him to stop saying stuff like that.

Mikey flips them over, and puts a gun to Takemichi's cheek. He looks at Takemichi's eyes, and thinks back to before he killed Chifuyu, and what Chifuyu said about Takemichi. He tells Takemichi to stop looking at him with those eyes, and to pick up the gun and kill him, otherwise it would be the other way around. Mikey begins crying, and a teardrop hits Takemichi's cheek. Mikey then gets shot by Naoto, and starts bleeding out. Takemichi immediately grabs him and holds him in his arms, shouting his name. Naoto then realizes that the gun Mikey was holding wasn't loaded, which means that Mikey never intended to kill him.

Meanwhile, Takemichi is still holding Mikey in his arms, screaming his name while crying. Mikey thanks Naoto for shooting him, saying that Takemichi wouldn't have been able to do it. Mikey says that all his life he's been suffering, and that he's glad it's finally over. Takemichi tells him to stop saying that, and that he will change things. "Don't say that, Mikey-kun. I'll .. I'll change things. I'll go back to the past. I'll do it over. I'll do everything I can to make sure this future doesn't happen. I swear... I swear I'll never give up! So please. Don't say something so depressing!"

- Takemichi to Mikey, Chapter 119

Mikey chuckles, and thanks Takemichi for trying to comfort him, and that those words made him feel happy, even if he was lying. Mikey then says that Takemichi's hand is really warm, which ends up being his last words. Takemichi calls out his name multiple times, telling Mikey to answer him, and that this was all a big lie.

Fanon
This is the most popular ship for both Takemichi and Mikey under both anime and manga Tokyo Revengers tags on AO3, and is the most written ship overall.

Trivia

 * Despite the fact that Takemichi already has a girlfriend, it remains his most popular ship.
 * The expression "take the mickey" means to make fun of someone.

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