Kiseijuu
Manga
寄生獣 1989/11/22
Character count141,114
Word count60,366
Unique words6,075
Words (1-occurrence)3,181
Unique kanji1,338
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty beta Easy
Volumes10

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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Volume 1
Character count15,869
Word count6,777
Unique words1,876
Words (1-occurrence)1,125
Unique kanji695
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 2
Character count16,531
Word count7,137
Unique words1,845
Words (1-occurrence)1,086
Unique kanji656
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 3
Character count12,762
Word count5,485
Unique words1,567
Words (1-occurrence)962
Unique kanji595
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 4
Character count14,436
Word count6,096
Unique words1,753
Words (1-occurrence)1,041
Unique kanji642
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 5
Character count12,034
Word count5,105
Unique words1,489
Words (1-occurrence)897
Unique kanji574
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 6
Character count16,552
Word count6,955
Unique words1,814
Words (1-occurrence)1,046
Unique kanji651
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 7
Character count13,788
Word count5,983
Unique words1,734
Words (1-occurrence)1,040
Unique kanji638
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 8
Character count11,049
Word count4,756
Unique words1,463
Words (1-occurrence)875
Unique kanji574
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 9
Character count12,528
Word count5,486
Unique words1,693
Words (1-occurrence)1,020
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 10
Character count15,565
Word count6,586
Unique words1,770
Words (1-occurrence)1,026
Unique kanji624
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Difficulty beta Easy