Tengen Hero Wars


Tengen Hero Wars is a Japanese manga series written by and illustrated by. It has been serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon since October 2021, with its chapters collected in nine volumes as of November 2025.

Plot

Oda Nobunaga is a modern-day teen named after the famous warlord. He obsessively studies history, but is ridiculed for having no talent by his little sister Ichiko and his peers. One day, Ichiko suddenly gets pulled into a portal to the past and so does Nobunaga when he tries to save her. The unconscious Ichiko is quickly abducted by bandits for the mark on her hand that designates her as a Stranger. Nobunaga tries to rescue her but is too weak and unskilled and is quickly beaten up. He is rescued by Kondo Isami and taken to the compound of the warlord Oda Nobunaga, who explains that several people from history, usually famous warlords, are being pulled to his time and several are trying to conquer his land, leading the land to be ravaged by a multiway war. The marks on them designate them as Strangers and grant them special abilities. The teen Nobunaga has no mark and no special abilities, so the only thing he can contribute is his encyclopedic knowledge of the historical figures. Seeing this as useful, the warlord Nobunaga cuts a deal with him. If the teen helps defeat the rival warlords, the warlord will help rescue Ichiko.

Publication

Written by and illustrated by, Tengen Hero Wars started in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon on October 25, 2021. Coamix has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 20, 2022. As of November 20, 2025, nine volumes have been released. The series is set to end with the release of its tenth volume on March 19, 2026.
In July 2023, it was announced that Titan Manga had acquired the manga license for English release. In France, the manga is licensed by Mangetsu, and in Spain by Editorial Ivrea.

Reception

In a review of the first three volumes, Manga Sanctuary praised the manga, considers the mystery surrounding the hero to be one of the positive aspects of manga and style similar to Record of Ragnarok. rated the second volume 9 out of 10 and the third volume 8 out of 10, they likens its epic battles to the Kingdom series sees it as a great strength in manga and praised the characters of the story, adding: "Tengen Hero Wars also manages to keep us in suspense thanks to its multiple twists and turns. But where it is perhaps even more spectacular is the use of special skills which bring magic and very pleasant fights to follow." Writing for Planete BD, Faustine Lillaz said that the characters confusing and gave good score to the drawings, describing them as tidy, stylish and fluid. In the second volume and third volumes, she gave a very good score to the drawings, and called the battles "eye-catching."