Nine Peaks – Not a Tokyo Revengers ripoff

Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. I knew I was reading this from the moment I saw it getting trolled on Twitter and I have to say I was right in my belief. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story begins with Mashio Gaku, a delinquent quarrelling with his easy going father who dislikes fighting. Mashio Harumi, Gaku’s dad dies in an accident soon after the quarrel with his son leaving Gaku devastated however seeing the amount of people turn up at his father’s funeral makes him think that his father may have been kind of a big deal. Gaku falls in the sea while fishing and gets out with the help of a stranger only to find himself in the year 2000 and the stranger is his father in his teenage years. Gaku decides to spend time in the past with his father watching and helping him become the top of Kumine and discovering what led to his father disliking fighting.

Mashio Gaku is our immature main character who despite having a seemingly I’ll relationship with his father is shown to actually want to spend time with dad. The clash of ideologies actually kind of reminds me of Thors and Thorfinn. Harumi, the badass dad is also an interesting character because his attitude is like that of a mature mentor character however he hides mysteries of his own.
The Blue Tiger, Kaidou is not a character who has been explored a lot however seeing how he’s involved he’s got to have more depth to him. Kanamori Souichi is a sophormore who is like the first boss of the series and Shiranui the senior is also an interesting character since he’s one of the major players for the throne of Kumine.

The series has incredible world building potential since the series will see Harumi take the throne of Kumine an entire town and not just one school, it gives immense room for character growth and different types of characters. The character designs are also quite good and I feel like the design plays a major factor in keeping the series eye pleasing after the great story. Now for the heart of the matter, the series being a delinquent time travel story but still having its own identity separate from Tokyo Revengers. I have to say that Tokyo Revengers simply made the time travel delinquent genre popular and that there’re so many fun things that can be done with this formula. I will be rooting for any author trying out new things and it’s honestly funny to see how many people dissed Nine Peaks for the clout and didn’t even give it a chance.

True strength will definitely be a theme in this series just like Vinland Saga because being strong and being eager to fight are two different things. Seeing Gaku be thrust into the cruel world of delinquents that he dreamed of and seeing his father who disliked fighting, fight in that environment provides us a perspective of not seeing a new king rise but rather seeing a king maker, a number 2 who is hot blooded and knows much much less.

Currently at the time of writing, the series has 3 volumes with 23 chapters and while that isn’t quite a lot it still gives a good idea of what the story will be about that’s cool action and emotions, I’m fully supporting this story and I hope it turns out good however considering the current situation I will give the series a 6/10.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this.  Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.