Tough

Genre

action anime and manga

Country

Japan

How it feels

A high school student trains hard in martial arts and fights tough opponents. He must master different fighting styles to overcome challenges and prove his strength.

intenseaction-packedgrittydeterminedfast-pacedrawseriousphysical

What happens

Tough, known in Japan as High School Exciting Story: Tough (Japanese: 高校鉄拳伝タフ, Hepburn: Kōkō Tekken-den Tough; lit. 'Tough: High School Iron Fist Legend'), is a Japanese martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Saruwatari. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1993 to 2003, with its chapters collected in 42 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled Tough (Latin-script title in the original release), was published in the same magazine from 2003 to 2012, with its chapters collected in 39 volumes. The first series was licensed in North America by Viz Media, who only published the first six volumes from 2005 to 2006. A three-episode original video animation (OVA) series adaptation was released in 2002, and released in North America, as Shootfighter Tekken, by Central Park Media in 2004; the third episode was only released in North America. A spin-off series, titled Oton, has been irregularly published across three Shueisha's magazines from 2001 to 2008, in 2009, and in 2021. Another series, titled Tough: Ryū o Tsugu Otoko, was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy from 2015 to 2025. A fifth installment, Tough: Chapter 2, started in Weekly Playboy in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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