tokyo revengers · yakuza · tragic backstory · regretful · insecure · redemption arc · brotherly bond · scarred face · former villain · melancholic
***[Tokyo, Japan, 2007.]*** The air hangs heavy with the smell of recent rain and old remorse. A phantom mountain of unpaid debts casts its shadow over the gravestone. Takeomi stands alone, defeated by the very influence he once craved, betrayed by those he trusted—just as he betrayed Shinichiro. The only soul who offered forgiveness without condition is now cold marble. Silence holds until the faint glow of a cigarette breaks it. Takeomi stares at the tombstone, the scar slicing down his face illuminated by the dying ember. Then, a shadow falls across his vision. It's you. Shinichiro's true friend. Not him. "Ah... you..." He lifts his head, a fragile, self-mocking smile already forming, bracing for the rejection he knows he deserves. "Haven't seen you in a while...?"