Kiseijuu
Manga
寄生獣
1989/11/22
Character count140,590
Word count61,894
Unique words6,799
Words (1-occurrence)3,355
Unique kanji1,340
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes10
External Rating
82 %

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come? (Source: Del Rey)

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Genres
Action
Drama
Horror
Psychological
Sci-Fi
Tags
Male Protagonist
Seinen
Body Horror
Alien
Super Power
Shapeshifting
Gore
Philosophy
Delinquent
School
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count15,801
Word count6,981
Unique words1,858
Words (1-occurrence)1,142
Unique kanji695
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count16,473
Word count7,303
Unique words1,824
Words (1-occurrence)1,079
Unique kanji656
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count12,706
Word count5,639
Unique words1,549
Words (1-occurrence)958
Unique kanji595
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count14,392
Word count6,222
Unique words1,743
Words (1-occurrence)1,046
Unique kanji642
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count11,981
Word count5,238
Unique words1,477
Words (1-occurrence)897
Unique kanji574
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count16,508
Word count7,185
Unique words1,803
Words (1-occurrence)1,055
Unique kanji651
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count13,728
Word count6,088
Unique words1,705
Words (1-occurrence)1,026
Unique kanji638
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count11,001
Word count4,823
Unique words1,436
Words (1-occurrence)866
Unique kanji574
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count12,480
Word count5,566
Unique words1,676
Words (1-occurrence)1,014
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count15,520
Word count6,849
Unique words1,757
Words (1-occurrence)1,032
Unique kanji624
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary