Takemichi Hanagaki's second year of middle school marked the peak of his life. He commanded respect, had a reliable gang of friends, and even a girlfriend. But that was twelve years ago. Today, he is a nobody: a washed-up nonentity mocked by children and constantly forced to apologize to his younger boss. A sudden news report detailing the Tokyo Manji Gang's cruel murder of his only girlfriend and her brother only adds insult to injury. Half a second before a train ends his pitiful life for good, Takemichi flashes back to that same day 12 years ago, when he was still dating Hinata Tachibana. After being forced to relive the very day that began his downward spiral, Takemichi meets Hinata's younger brother. Without thinking, he admits to his seeming death before flashing back to the past. Takemichi urges him to protect his sister before inexplicably returning to the future. Miraculously, he is not dead. Stranger still, the future has changed. It seems as though Takemichi can alter the flow of time. Given the chance to prevent his ex-girlfriend's tragic death at the hands of the Tokyo Manji Gang, Takemichi decides to fly through time to change the course of the future.