Tetsuya Saruwatari's Tough: Second Chapter Volume 1 Released
The release marks the first collected volume of Saruwatari's latest entry in the long-running Tough series, which began serialization in Weekly Playboy.
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The first volume of Tetsuya Saruwatari's new manga Tough: Second Chapter was released on May 19, 2026. The series continues the Tough franchise, set in Japanese mixed martial arts, and follows Kiichi Miyazawa as he enters the MMA ring to fulfill the dream of previous protagonist Ryusei.
Tetsuya Saruwatari's Tough: Second Chapter published its first collected volume on May 19, 2026. The manga is the newest installment in the Tough franchise, which has followed multiple generations of mixed martial artists. In this series, Kiichi Miyazawa steps into the ring to chase the dream of Ryusei, the protagonist of the previous series Tough: The Man Who Inherits the Dragon, who was lost in a plane crash. The story runs in Weekly Playboy, published by Shueisha.
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- Comic Natalie 猿渡哲也「TOUGH 第二章」1巻発売