Dear Citizen: Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself: WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE? Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each day who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society. Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation... CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT...TO DIE IN 24 HOURS! (Source: Viz Media) Note: Was nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2009.
Japanese study overview
Ikigami is a Japanese manga of 203,673 characters, with 10,310 unique words and 1,770 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 10,310 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×683
- 国繁Kunishige×300
- 巻volume (of book)×270
- お前you×266
- 今now×247
- 時間time×205
- 僕I×192
- 言うto say×190
- 自分myself×183
- 君Mr×178
- 思うto think×171
- 死ぬto die×169
- 藤本Hijimoto×143
- 退廃(moral) decay×73
- 間瀬Kanze×61
- 元朗Motoaki×56
- 死亡時刻time of death×54
- 久保Kube×50
- 予防接種vaccination×45
- 予定者person in line (for ...)×45