Tough (manga)

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Tough
高校鉄拳伝タフ/タフ
(Koko Tekken-den Tough/Tough)
Genre Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Sports
Manga: Koko Tekken-den Tough
Author Tetsuya Saruwatari
Publisher Flag of JapanShueisha
Demographic Seinen
Serialized in Young Jump
Original run 13 March, 1994 – 18 July, 2003
Volumes 42
Manga: Tough
Author Tetsuya Saruwatari
Publisher Flag of JapanShueisha
Demographic Seinen
Serialized in Young Jump
Original run 18 January, 2004 – ongoing
Volumes 14+

Tough (高校鉄拳伝タフ Kōkō Tekken-den Tough?, literally High School Iron Fist Legend Tough), is a Martial arts manga series, written and drawn by Tetsuya Saruwatari. A sequel series, titled simply as Tough (タフ Tough?) was introduced in 2004 which continues the story further after the first series ended its run.

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[edit] Story

The story revolves around Kiichi Miyazawa, a 17 year old teenage high school student and his father, Seiko Miyazawa, who is training him in the family's secret martial art, Nanshin Shadow Style, fighting style that was created around the end of the Meiji Era Japan.The style itself uses punches, kicks, throws, grappling, as well as knowledge of striking pressure points and vital points on the human body. With a passion for martial arts, Kiibo is striving to become strong by testing his skills against various fighters from different areas of Japan, as well as the world, via street fights and tournaments.

In the second part of the story, Kiichi, who is now 19, has finally entered the underground fighting ring testing his skills against many new opponents. He encounters new friends as well as enemies and attempts to become even stronger so he can defeat his uncle Kiryuu.

[edit] Characters

Kiichi Miyazawa (nicknamed Kiibo by his friends): Our young hero has been learning the Nadashin Shadow Style from his father since he was a child in order to be the next successor of Nadashin Style . Kiibo must team-up with a rag-tag group of friends in his journey to become a master. Even though he uses a style based on killing an opponent as quick as possible, he prefers not to, which his uncle refers to as making him "weak".

Seiko Miyazawa: Kiichi's father, master of the Nadashin Shadow style. He has a calm personality, yet will put up a good fight whenever one occurs. A long time ago, before Kiichi was born, Seiko was one of the best fighters in the world. His retirement match against Iron Kiba is still talked about to this day. Hopefully his son will become as good as him.

Kiryuu Miyazawa: Seiko's twin brother and Kiichi's uncle. Unlike his brother, he possesses an evil heart and is completely merciless towards any opponents unfortunate to encounter him.

[edit] OVA

Main article: ShootFighter Tekken

The manga was adapted into a three part OVA. It was release in North America by Central Park Media under the title of ShootFighter Tekken.

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