Koko Tekken-den Tough (literally "High School Iron Fist Legend Tough"), is a martial arts manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Saruwatari. A sequel series, titled simply as Tough was introduced in 2004 which continues the story further after the first series ended its run. A spin-off series, Oton, has been serialized in Business Jump since 2004.
PLOT:
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, Nadashinkage-ryu, a 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, The story starts two years later after the end of high school iron fist legend, the main protagonist Kiichi Miyazawa Kiibo, became the heir of his family’s martial art Nadashinkage-ryu after the previous one his father Seiko Miyazawa suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of his evil twin brother and Kiichi’s uncle Kiryu. In order to pay for hospital bills Kiichi has turned to fighting in illegal underground matches called dark fights in which almost anything is allowed. Kiichi has become a mainstay in these fights, not only because of his outstanding victories but that he refuses to seriously injure any of his opponents, upholding his father’s teachings of never killing anyone.
VIDEO GAME:
A video game based on the series titled Tough - Dark Fight was released for the PlayStation 2 console in Japan on December 1, 2005. The fighting game takes place in between the two missing years between the two manga series. The game features a number of characters from the manga, as well as eight new characters.
Game Modes:
- Story Battle
- Free Battle
- Time Attack
- VS Battle
- Survival
- Training
In story mode players will start the game as the white-haired fuzzy tressed muscle-man Kiichi Miyazawa who takes on gramps, a shiny pated, middle-aged guy in a white and blue striped track suit named Jichan which means grandfather in Japanese. In the other modes, players get to choose a fighter from 12 combatants.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Popular fighting manga "Tough" appeared on the PS2! Fully reproduce the Nada God Kage-ryu transmitted from generation to generation in the house of the hero and Kiichi in 3D! I can enjoy the powerful Battle! Kung Fu, use tricks such as Muay Thai, quirky new character also appeared! It is extremely the mystery of Nada-shinkage flow, with the aim of "family head of true warriors, true of Nada God Kage-ryu", and overlook the darkness game of Noruru! !
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Martial Arts & Anime themes.
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