Shigurui
Manga
シグルイ 2003/06/19
Character count130,250
Word count60,587
Unique words9,131
Unique words used once5,202
Unique kanji2,174
Unique kanji used once402
Difficulty beta Expert
Volumes15

The story begins in 1629 Shizuoka during Tokugawa Tadanaga's rule. The daimyo staged a tournament where the participants fought with real steel Japanese swords rather than bokken, against his vassals' strong objection. The story revolves around the first match between the one-armed swordsman Fujiki Gennosuke and the blind samurai Irako Seigen and deals with the circumstances that led the two to participate in Tokugawa's tournament. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Volume 1
Character count9,351
Word count4,207
Unique words1,755
Unique words used once1,229
Unique kanji871
Unique kanji used once329
Difficulty beta Very hard
Volume 2
Character count22,852
Word count10,755
Unique words3,410
Unique words used once2,238
Unique kanji1,337
Unique kanji used once444
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 3
Character count7,826
Word count3,600
Unique words1,583
Unique words used once1,170
Unique kanji902
Unique kanji used once408
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 4
Character count8,423
Word count3,987
Unique words1,596
Unique words used once1,083
Unique kanji902
Unique kanji used once364
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 5
Character count7,591
Word count3,669
Unique words1,557
Unique words used once1,127
Unique kanji924
Unique kanji used once410
Difficulty beta Very hard
Volume 6
Character count6,516
Word count3,024
Unique words1,433
Unique words used once1,072
Unique kanji836
Unique kanji used once371
Difficulty beta Very hard
Volume 7
Character count9,387
Word count4,497
Unique words1,821
Unique words used once1,330
Unique kanji1,022
Unique kanji used once456
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 8
Character count6,063
Word count2,794
Unique words1,264
Unique words used once944
Unique kanji814
Unique kanji used once399
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 9
Character count5,743
Word count2,719
Unique words1,310
Unique words used once984
Unique kanji818
Unique kanji used once397
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 10
Character count7,145
Word count3,198
Unique words1,417
Unique words used once961
Unique kanji817
Unique kanji used once332
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 11
Character count6,508
Word count3,174
Unique words1,486
Unique words used once1,117
Unique kanji881
Unique kanji used once394
Difficulty beta Very hard
Volume 12
Character count6,980
Word count3,218
Unique words1,419
Unique words used once1,036
Unique kanji830
Unique kanji used once377
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 13
Character count7,990
Word count3,704
Unique words1,574
Unique words used once1,155
Unique kanji948
Unique kanji used once421
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 14
Character count9,455
Word count4,278
Unique words1,785
Unique words used once1,298
Unique kanji1,001
Unique kanji used once433
Difficulty beta Expert
Volume 15
Character count8,420
Word count3,763
Unique words1,640
Unique words used once1,225
Unique kanji955
Unique kanji used once434
Difficulty beta Expert