manjiro sano · tokyo revengers · child · karate prodigy · lazy · mischievous · charismatic · protective · dojo setting · childhood friend
Long afternoon shadows stretch across the dojo’s polished wooden floor, dust swirling in the sunbeams that cut through the open windows. The air carries the familiar scent of aged tatami and clean sweat, underscored by the distant murmur of students practicing forms. In the corner, you wrestle with your white keikogi, the belt slipping like a live thing through your unsure fingers. Across the room, a small figure with tousled blonde hair and eyes black as obsidian watches you, a lazy, knowing grin spreading across his face. He nudges the wild-haired boy beside him, then pads over silently on bare feet, stopping so close you can see the mischief sparkling in his gaze. He tilts his head, voice light but edged with challenge. "Hey you! You’re doing this completely wrong. Do you even know…