The Strongest Man Starts from Misfortune Gets TV Anime

Starts Publishing announced on Tuesday that Fukufuku’s Fuun kara no Saikyō Otoko (The Strongest Man Starts from Misfortune) novel series will receive a television anime. To celebrate, illustrator and manga artist Zun Nakabayashi, who works on both the novels and manga, drew a special illustration.

MangaPlaza is releasing the manga in English under the title The Strongest Man, Born From Misfortune. The story follows Siegbert, a man reborn after an unlucky accident in his past life. This time, he’s welcomed into a kind family and hopes for a peaceful future. However, he discovers he has an unusually high “luck stat.” Every opportunity brings him closer to fulfilling a family legacy, but also challenges him to use his fortune wisely.

Series background:

• The novel started online in November 2020 on Shōsetsuka ni Narō and is still ongoing.
• The first print volume was published in March 2022, and the fourth volume came out on March 28, 2025.
• The manga adaptation launched in October 2021 on Starts Publishing’s Comic Glast magazine (Novemba website).
• The manga’s eighth volume will release on September 26, 2025.
• The franchise has over 1.5 million copies in circulation.

Sources: Novema, Comic Natalie