Tenjho Tenge — Season 1
This student body will leave you black and blue!
About this season
The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling student body of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat. As the story unfolds, both groups become increasingly involved with an ongoing battle that has been left unresolved for four hundred years.
Episodes (24)
1. Sanctuary
Aired 1 April 2004 • 25 min
Souichiro Nagi and his best friend Bob Makihara (a.k.a the Knuckle Bombs) arrive to their new school of Todo Academy with plan of ruling the school by defeating anybody that get in their way just as they have done at their previous schools. They soon learn first that Todo Academy is no ordinary school.
2. Defeat
Aired 8 April 2004 • 25 min
Souichiro tries to deal with his lose in fight and to the fact that their are stronger fighters at Todo then himself. The Knuckle Bombs antics catch the attention of Tsutomu Ryuuzaki of the Executive Council that keep the order in the school and punish the students that do not follow the rules.
3. Executioner
Aired 15 April 2004 • 25 min
The Knuckle Bombs race to protect Bob's girlfriend Chiaki Kounoike from Tsutomu at the laundromat. After being defeated, they join the Juken Club and Maya Natsume retaliates for her new members.
4. Suspicion
Aired 22 April 2004 • 25 min
The Juken Club trains during Golden week break, while Tsutomu gets punished for not fulfilling Executive Council orders by another enforcer named Kōji Sagara.
5. Punishment
Aired 29 April 2004 • 25 min
The Juken Club goes bowling and gets ambushed by the Executive Council.
6. Illusion
Aired 6 May 2004 • 25 min
The fight between the Juken Club and the Executive Council continues and Mitsuomi Takayanagi, the president of the Executive Council, arrives on the scene.
7. Breakthrough
Aired 13 May 2004 • 25 min
Souichiro finishes his fight with the enforcer Sagara while Masataka Takayanagi fights his brother Mitsuomi.
8. Dragon’s Eye
Aired 20 May 2004 • 25 min
Mitsuomi confronts Bob and Souichiro and the enforcer Shirō Tagami nearly dies when Aya Natsume's Dragon's Eye activate.
9. Enforcement
Aired 27 May 2004 • 25 min
The battle between Souichiro and Mitsuomi comes to a conclusion.
10. Memory
Aired 3 June 2004 • 25 min
Maya reveals the past between her, Mitsuomi, her brother Shin, and his girlfriend Mana Kuzunoha.
11. One With an Unusual Talent
Aired 10 June 2004 • 25 min
Mana Kuzunoha reveals Shin Natsume's insanity to Mitsuomi.
12. Darkness
Aired 17 June 2004 • 25 min
Shin is called to a meeting with Dōgen Takayanagi. Bunshichi Tawara has problems trying to find his friend Shin.
13. Magical Power
Aired 24 June 2004 • 25 min
Mitsuomi struggles with a paralyzing fear. Bunshichi finds Shin at the meeting and they begin to fight.
14. Hellfire
Aired 1 July 2004 • 25 min
The fight between Bunshichi and Shin reaches its conclusion.
15. Yin and Yang
Aired 8 July 2004 • 25 min
Mitsuomi overcomes his paralyzing fear. Later, Mitsuomi and Shin race on motorcycles as a farewell party to Team KATANA.
16. Conclusion
Aired 15 July 2004 • 25 min
Maya finishes her story and the Juken Club return to school. Souichiro and Bob fight Kanakita Ryuusen, while Maya meets with the school principal.
17. True Motive
Aired 22 July 2004 • 25 min
Maya's expulsion from school, Souichiro and Bob attack the Enforcer's club office.
18. Sympathy
Aired 29 July 2004 • 25 min
Souichiro and Bob try to find out more of the past from Bunshichi, while Maya and Mitsuomi team up to search for Aya, who has the cursed sword Reiki.
19. Start Up
Aired 12 August 2004 • 25 min
Bunshichi reveals more of the past, starting with how Shin Natsume formed the Juken Club and how Mitsuomi persuaded Maya to join the club.
20. Stratagem
Aired 19 August 2004 • 25 min
The preliminary matches of the tournament get underway, but Master Dougen pays Shin a visit asking him a favor...
21. Accidental Discharge
Aired 26 August 2004 • 25 min
Fu Cheun / Fu Chein took Maya captive in order to force Shin to comply with Master Dougen's demands, but Shin's Dragon Eye activates and the two fight. Kuzunoha runs off to find Mitsuomi to help stop the berserk Shin.
22. Determination
Aired 2 September 2004 • 25 min
The Finals to the Tournament come and the Jyuken Club must fight the Anti-Jyuken Special Team made from 5 of the 10 strongest fighters in Toudou. Mitsuomi shows up to help Tawara and Kuzuo, but instead takes out everyone by himself in about 3 minutes. He then learns from Kuzunoha what the consequences of his fight with Shin really are.
23. Curse
Aired 9 September 2004 • 25 min
2 months have passed and Mitsuomi fights Shin for the presidency of the Enforcers.
24. Vicissitudes
Aired 16 September 2004 • 25 min
Maya and Mitsuomi try to retrieve Chokutou Reki form Aya but are stopped when Souichiro fights Mitsuomi.