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Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen! reading order

Updated October 2026 · 4 series · in release order

Short answer

Read Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen! in release order: Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen!.

1

in the main story: 1 series

4

chapters

3

optional extras

Or read Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (1997) instead: it retells the story in another version, so pick one.

Optional: 3 series (recaps, side stories and specials), marked below.

Release order

  1. 1
    Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen!Main story

    Manga · 1997 · 4 ch

  2. 2
    Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman LegacyAlternate version of Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen!

    Manga · 1997 · 300 ch · score 3.4/5

  3. 3
    Kinnikuman II-Sei: All Choujin Dai ShingekiSide story · optional, after Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy

    Manga · 2001 · 57 ch

  4. 4
    Kinnikuman II Sei: Kyuukyoku no Chojin Tag HenExtra · optional

    Manga · 2004 · 310 ch · score 2.9/5

How long is Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen!?

PartSeriesChapters
Main story1 series4
Everything released4 series671

Is Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen! finished?

As far as anything announced goes, yes: the last entry, Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen!, came out in 1997. Nothing new is announced yet.

Do I need to read the Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen! side stories?

Optional: Kinnikuman II-Sei: All Choujin Dai Shingeki, Kinnikuman II Sei: Kyuukyoku no Chojin Tag Hen. Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy retells the story in another version; pick one.

How many chapters does Muscle Returns: Kinnikuman Fukkatsu-hen! have?

The main story is 4 chapters over 1 series. With every optional extra it is 671 chapters.

Order and labels come from the relations in the AnimeHunt catalog (sequel, side story, summary, alternative version). Spot a mistake? Tell us.