Tokyo Tribe 2
Encyclopedia
Tokyo Tribes is English title of the Seinen
manga
series by Santa Inoue
. 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.
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.
Opening Theme:
"TOP OF TOKYO" by ILLMATIC BUDDHA MC's
Ending Theme:
"TT2 Owari no Uta" by Scha Dara Parr
users to frequently post parodies and reactions to the scene.
crime lord with a lecherous, sadistic personality. He has become a well known internet meme due to an incident where he anally raped a captive high schooler until his spine was broken while grunting "Goosh Goosh."
Seinen
is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series by Santa Inoue
Santa Inoue
is a Japanese manga artist and owner of the Santastic! clothing line. Inoue's manga series are greatly influenced by hip hop culture, with some of the characters being modeled after rappers.- Biography :...
. 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
Tokyo Tribe
is a single-volume Seinen manga by Santa Inoue originally published in 1993. His later series Tokyo Tribe 2 includes characters and settings from this story.-Characters:...
, although many of the characters from that story do not appear in this series.
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.
Anime
Plot Summary: This is the other side of Tokyo, a Tokyo of a different color. There, various tribes are living. The SARU from Japan's Musashino, WU-RONZE of Bukuro, and HANDS of Shindyuku... Young men living in the city...the public of modern times builds a home out of corruption, these young men of the sordid side of life, a side called "reality," are depicted hereOpening Theme:
"TOP OF TOKYO" by ILLMATIC BUDDHA MC's
Ending Theme:
"TT2 Owari no Uta" by Scha Dara Parr
Internet fame
The anime has spawned an internet meme for its infamous and controversial "Goosh Goosh" scene which depicts the main antagonist Buppa literally raping a captive high school boy to death while grunting "Goosh, Goosh" frequently as his subordinates silently watch the rape unfold. The scene itself has led YoutubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
users to frequently post parodies and reactions to the scene.
Musashino Saru
-- a DJ and main character of the series. -- Kai's friend who is killed by Mera. -- Kai's friend. His real name is -- A new member of Musashino Saru. His nickname means "secretary", alluding to his habit of constantly writing things down. His real name is -- The pacifistic leader of Musashino Saru, who is decapitated and killed by Mera. In a short side story published after Tokyo Tribe 2, it is shown that Tera was close to Nagisa Hotehama, the main character of Tokyo Tribe, and started the Musashino Saru as a response to his death. His real name is . -- A high school student who is also a popular graffiti artist. He is the main character of the related series, Tokyo Graffiti.Bukuro Wu-Ronz
One of the major antagonists, Mera is the former childhood friend of Kai and leader of the Wu-Ronz. He carries a katana with him which he uses to kill his opponents in battle.Bubba Clan
The leader of the Buppa clan and the main antagonist of the series, Buppa is shown as a towering, morbidly obese, bisexual YakuzaYakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
crime lord with a lecherous, sadistic personality. He has become a well known internet meme due to an incident where he anally raped a captive high schooler until his spine was broken while grunting "Goosh Goosh."