Jihye Hasegawa/Synopsis

## History

Jihye was born in Seoul, South Korea, to a very wealthy and scornful mother, whom didn't really care for her mental health or feelings. She was put in an arranged marriage, and upon Jihye declining, she moved with father, Takashi, ending her last year of elementary. When she moved, Jihye found out her father was working for the Yakuza, and was a low level thug within it, and he often came back battered and bruised, or there were times when he spent the night in jail. He let her Visa expire, and she became an illegal immigrant in the process.

Meanwhile, she was being abused by her older step-brother and bullied by his friends, to the point where she was thinking of putting herself in the hands of the CPS. However, one eventful evening, they were beating her up when Mikey appeared and scared them away. They became friends and went to the same school and class. Later on, she would ride Draken's bike whenever they went out with the gang, since Mikey only had a scooter. When Baji and Kazutora were arrested for Shinichiro's murder, she became very depressed after realizing that she lost three important people in her life. From then on, she vowed to protect everyone, and began taking her medicine studies more seriously.

She started developing feelings for Mikey a few months after he rescued her from her older brother's friends, and would spend most of her time with him, Draken and the gang. After the gang had been formed, she brought up the idea to Mikey of making a special division for medics, but it was declined, since most girls that were interested couldn't fight and would be severely hurt during their fights. To make it up to her, he made her a captain of a special division, but basically only named her as the gang's only medic.

## Plot

### Toman Arc

Jihye, Mikey and Draken visit the fights organized by Masataka Kiyomizu. Jihye is initially shown to be quite serious and intimidating, but upon reception by the audience, becomes more aloof. Despite reactions from the crowd, she doesn't acknowledge any of them, heading straight to Kiyomizu who was unconscious on the ground. Upon Mikey's orders, she leaves him be and goes up to Takemichi Hanagaki, and after being introduced to him, she begins to patch him up. They break up the fight ring later on, declaring that underground fights are not permitted in Toman, and anyone injured in them won't be treated by Jihye.

The following day, Jihye waits outside of Takemichi's high school for him, Mikey and Draken to come out, only fir her to also meet Hinata Tachibana. Upon hearing that she slapped Mikey in a misunderstanding, Jihye laughed, saying it was okay. The group bike to a river and she agrees of the resemblance between Takemichi and Shinichiro.

The following after that, Jihye is seen standing with Yua and Mitsuya, and escorts Takemichi and Hinata towards Mikey and Draken, staying with him and the rest of the captains during the meeting at the Musashi Temple. Upon gathering to discuss Pah-chin's problem, she tells the big boy to not hurt Mikey's guest, and listens to what he had to say about the problem. After it was stated that they'd fight on August 3rd at the Musashi Festival, Jihye decided to go and visit the family of the girl that was involved.

Mikey and Draken accompany her to pay their respects, only for them to be yelled at by the girl's father. After bowing, Mikey and Draken leave her to speak with the parents, and Jihye cries to them, saying that she knew her, since she was Pah's girlfriend and a good person, and never wished any of this to no one. Since the girl needed a blood transfusion, she decided to donate her own, since it matched.

Mikey was upset about this, knowing that she, as an immigrant, didn't have any health insurance, and so if the transfusion went wrong, the unthinkable may happen to her. The duo waited all night for her to be out of the hospital room, and when she was, Mikey hugged her and they both saw her home.

### Moebius Arc

Jihye was next seen in an abandoned warehouse, in a meeting with Mikey, Draken, Pah-chin and Peh-yan. Takemichi later shows up and goes towards them, attempting to call off Toman's fight with Moebius, annoying Pah-chin in the process. Jihye got in the middle of Mikey and Draken's tension when they were interrupted by Osanai, Moebius' leader. She helped Pah-chin get up as Moebius entered the warehouse, ambushing them.

When Osanai beat up Takemichi, Jihye urged him to stay down, trying to get his nose to stop bleeding. It hurt her every time Pah-chin was hit by Osanai, and when he passed out over Mikey, he handed him over to Jihye. She placed him on the ground and proceeded to treat his nose while Mikey beat up Osanai.

When the police sirens started coming closer, Jihye losts ight of Pah-chin for a moment, only to see him stabbing the Moebius leader. She ran towards him, telling Draken not to remove the knife from his back. Before leaving, or rather being pulled by Takemichi to leave, she hugged Pah-chin, causing her shirt to get smeared in blood.

As they were running away, Takemichi passed out, and Jihye took it upon herself to stay with him until the ambulance arrived, but since it would seam suspicious, Draken called Yua and Emma to help carry him to the hospital. However, when the girls got there, Yua called an ambulance and Jihye rode with him.

She was there when he woke up, and cried with Emma as they explained to Takemichi that Toman was now divided by the Mikey faction and the Draken faction, seemingly because they started fighting after Pah got caught by the police.

Three days later, Jihye showed up to Takemichi's house, only to see that he had his friends over. Apologizing for the sudden appearance, he invites her in and she gets to meet his friends, telling him that indeed Mikey and Draken fight all the time, but is still worried that it hasn't been like this for a while. Draken then comes by after a few minutes, bringing a watermelon, and gets all serious when Takemichi mentions Mikey. He mentions that Toman is finished, which really alerts Jihye, causing her to go after him.

Outside of the house, they encounter Mikey. They both start to argue continuously, and Jihye tries to break them off, only to be thrown away by either of them onto the brick fence. She runs away right after, and the boys stop fighting at this and Takemichi's pissed off yelling. She runs off to the Musashi Temple, enclosing herself inside the shrine where she kept all the first aid equipment she had stolen. She patched herself up, since she was bleeding from her head, and a bruise was forming on her side, so she put some ointment on it. After Mikey nor Draken could find her, the other captains started to search for Mitsuya and Baji to find her asleep, curled up aside an altar. Mikey and Draken apologized to her and got her home.

On August 3rd, at the Festival, Jihye is seen with Draken, Emma, Hinata and Takemichi looking around, but is later separated from the last two when it starts to rain. She was very sad that Mikey got called to be somewhere else and couldn't come with her, but Draken made sure that she was included. On their way back, they were stopped by Peh-yan, and Draken instructed them to stay to the sidelines while he spoke to him, but they got ambushed by Moebius members. Jihye managed to knock out the one that bashed Draken's head with a bat and retreated to protect Emma when Mitsuya and Takemichi arrived, then went to treat his head injury.

Mikey then arrives, and following him arrive the rest of the captains with other members to aid their leader. While the battle ensues, Jihye hides with Emma, who scurries away soon after. Since Jihye was apart of Toman, her job was to wait and help the injured, and so she did. Carrying a first aid-kit became a habit, and all of the captains had medical equipment in their motorbikes' bags thanks to her prying, so she was able to help them as soon as the fighting dialed down a bit. As she was tending to a very injured opponent from Moebius, Yasuhiro Muto called her over to examine Nahoya Kawata's leg, and stood to heed him, but was suddenly stabbed twice to the side of her torso by the same member she had treated.

After Hanma Shuji left as the cops were getting closer, Mitsuya yelled for Mikey to look at Jihye's wounds. Using Peh-yan's sash, they tied her to Mikey so she wouldn't fall off his bike, and he took her to the hospital, with the rest of the gang following not so far behind. Upon arriving, she was rushed to an operating room as well, and was out a little after Draken was. Mikey was told about what happened, since her father never showed up, and was registered as an immigrant. He told Mitsuya and the others that she had gone through two cardiac arrests and had to stay in the hospital for several weeks. Mikey cries in her room out of relief.

Takemichi went to visit her once she had woken up, finding Draken in the room with her. She thanked him for saving his life, but he apologized for not being there for her. Jihye smiled at him, saying it wasn't his duty to be there, and was just glad everyone was alright.

When Takemichi returns to the present, to the first alternate timeline, he reaches out to Jihye, who happens to be alive. He asks her about what Draken had told him, and tells him that she couldn't speak freely to him out in public. Back at her home, she explains to him and Naoto that Kisaki idolized Mikey, but it soon turned to hatred. Not wanting her to stay involved, Mikey made her stay away from the gangs at one point, telling her to pursue nursing again, but she ended up taking up stripping instead to make ends meet.

Jihye can't give them any leads on Kisaki Tetta, or she'd be in very dangerous trouble. Just as she said so, her windows were broken, and someone started shooting inside her apartment. Naoto managed to call the police and get them out of there, and Jihye started to be protected by him. They told her everything about the time traveling, and she managed to stay calm and keep their secret, promising to help in anything she could remember.

### Valhalla Arc

Back in the past, Jihye waits for Mikey, Takemichi and Draken outside of the public bath with the rest of the captains, wearing her Toman uniform. She rides with Draken over to the Musashi Temple for a meeting to establish the new 3rd division captain to replace Pah-chin. Mitsuya helps her down from the bike, telling her not to push herself since she's supposed to be recovering.

As the meeting begins, an uproar happens when Kisaki sits with his back against Mikey, and it angers Jihye a slightly bit. When Mikey ended the ceremony, she went to leave behind him, when Takemichi suddenly punched Kisaki in the face. She went in to question him along with the other captains, until Baji suddenly showed up, punching him in the face. He mentioned he was quitting Toman and joining Valhalla, causing Jihye to look at him in awe.

She stayed behind to keep Takemichi company after Kisaki knocked him out, along with Mikey. They told him about Baji and Toman's foundation, and felt a bit bad about their deal. Mitsuya then came forward from eavesdropping and Jihye laughed when Mikey appointed him to Mitsuya's division, asking if he'd rather join hers instead. They later left, with Jihye feeling sad that no one wanted to join her division.

After seeing Takemichi walking with Kazutora, Jihye decided to follow them, feeling like something bad might happen to him. She managed to sneak in to their headquarters through a side door, miraculously being unnoticed by the other members who were busy watching Baji beat up Chifuyu. She had let her pigtails down to not be noticed, so Baji didn't see her there.

Jihye listened to his recounting of the story of how Shinichiro died, and she began to tear up as Baji wore the Valhalla jacket. Calling out to him, she swore she'd never forgive either of them for leaving Toman, exposing herself to the enemy gang. Kazutora then mentioned that she was Toman's medic, causing Hanma to order her capture. There were around a hundred men in there, but somehow Jihye managed to get out of there half unscathed.

The next day, she went to tell Mikey what had happened along with Chifuyu and Takemichi, and they told her to stay out of the conflict this time, since she was now Valhalla's target as well. Even so, she assisted both blonds in their investigation against Kisaki, going to speak with Osanai.

Back in the present, Jihye goes with Naoto and Takemichi to speak with Draken, who was very glad to see that she was still alive. During the interrogation, Jihye vouched for Draken over everything he stated, remembering that Mikey had killed Kazutora for murdering Baji.

In the past, knowing that they'll have to fight in Halloween againts Valhalla, Jihye took it upon herself to steal enough medical supplies to help during the event. Even though Mikey told her not to be there, she was planning on hiding to help them. At one of the stores, however, she got spotted by Valhalla members, and they beat her up for a while, until she managed to get away.

At home, her step-brother started to beat her as well, since he saw her stealing equipment at a store. She left her home, limping over to the nearest place she could find refuge in: the cemetery. Crawling into a small ball, she managed to fit behind the Sano gravestone, being found there by Baji, who came to visit. Using her phone, he sent out a text to her first contact and left, and Mikey dropped by later to find her asleep behind the stone.

The next night, she stood to Mikey's side as he held the meeting to prepare for the fight against Valhalla, and was slightly worried for everyone when they started chanting the gang's name.

October 31st rolled by really quickly, and early in the morning, Jihye wrapped Mikey's torso in bandages to prepare for the fight. One last time, he asked her not to come until everything was over, since she would be the greater target, and a weakness for Toman. She lied to him, and later went on to eavesdrop on them from a top the ceiling of one of the buildings.

The fight started soon after Valhalla arrived, and Jihye watched everyone, trying to keep an eye on Mikey and Draken, while meaning to spot Baji. She was very impressed with Takemichi, gaining the confidence to come down from her hiding place, sneaking near where Mikey was fighting Kazutora and his dummies.

Once Kazutora managed to drop a blow to Mikey's head with a metal pipe, Jihye yelled his name, gaining everyone's attention. Trying her best to get to where he was, she stopped in her tracks when he knocked out Kazutora, but continued on once she saw a Valhalla captain going to attack him.

Jihye went on to shield Mikey from his attack, only for Kizaki to punch him in the face before he landed his attack. Kizaki stated that his division would protect Mikey, giving Jihye time to take care of his wounds. Even so, Baji appeared and hit the blond with a pipe, breaking his glasses. During this, they locked eyes for a minute before he was flown away by one of the men.

Jihye continued to take care of Mikey's injuries, often glancing down at Baji, until she saw Kazutora stabbing him. Jihye yelled at them not to remove the knife, but it was too late, and Baji had already removed it. Once he had made it to where Kizaki was, he ran out of time, causing him to collapse and die, while Jihye yelled out his name in tears.

Mikey wiped her tears away, and helped her down the pile of cars as he declared the fight to be over. After he knocked out Hanma, he started to beat up Kazutora while Draken held her back. Jihye rushed to Baji once he got up, along with Mikey, and once he impaled himself in front of everyone, she let out a piercing scream, taking him in her arms. Chifuyu and Takemichi joined her, and told them everything about Kizaki. Before dying he told Jihye he loved her, and made Chifuyu promise to protect her.

In Mikey's flashback, a 12 year old Jihye makes an appearance riding a messed up bicycle while all the other founding members ride their motor bikes. She's the last one to arrive at the temple meeting, where they talk about the Black Dragons and starting their own gang. A shy Jihye is left to wonder what her role is while they discuss what type of gang it'll be. The flashback ends with her smiling at Baji while he held the charm.

Back in reality, Jihye won't let go of Baji's corpse, even when the police sirens are heard. Kazutora offers to stay with the corpse, and has to pry him off her arms, being led away by Chifuyu and Takemichi.

After this, Jihye locked herself in her room until her father kicked her out two weeks later, telling her that she needed to get over it, and so she headed over to Baji's grave, where she found both Mikey and Chifuyu. When asked what she was doing there, she just murmured the words "kicked me out" and stared blankly at the grave, worrying both blonds.