Shigurui
Manga
シグルイ
2003/06/19
Character count129,941
Word count61,720
Unique words9,299
Words (1-occurrence)5,320
Unique kanji2,184
Kanji (1-occurrence)407
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volumes15
External Rating
77 %

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 count9,335
Word count4,277
Unique words1,756
Words (1-occurrence)1,243
Unique kanji871
Kanji (1-occurrence)329
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 2
Character count22,778
Word count11,199
Unique words3,432
Words (1-occurrence)2,282
Unique kanji1,337
Kanji (1-occurrence)444
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 3
Character count7,806
Word count3,645
Unique words1,573
Words (1-occurrence)1,165
Unique kanji902
Kanji (1-occurrence)408
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 4
Character count8,414
Word count4,042
Unique words1,591
Words (1-occurrence)1,087
Unique kanji902
Kanji (1-occurrence)364
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 5
Character count7,578
Word count3,730
Unique words1,557
Words (1-occurrence)1,131
Unique kanji924
Kanji (1-occurrence)410
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 6
Character count6,501
Word count3,059
Unique words1,420
Words (1-occurrence)1,074
Unique kanji836
Kanji (1-occurrence)371
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 7
Character count9,367
Word count4,558
Unique words1,820
Words (1-occurrence)1,344
Unique kanji1,022
Kanji (1-occurrence)456
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 8
Character count6,047
Word count2,824
Unique words1,261
Words (1-occurrence)947
Unique kanji814
Kanji (1-occurrence)399
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 9
Character count5,733
Word count2,746
Unique words1,309
Words (1-occurrence)991
Unique kanji818
Kanji (1-occurrence)397
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 10
Character count7,113
Word count3,208
Unique words1,415
Words (1-occurrence)973
Unique kanji817
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 11
Character count6,484
Word count3,196
Unique words1,478
Words (1-occurrence)1,119
Unique kanji881
Kanji (1-occurrence)394
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 12
Character count6,959
Word count3,235
Unique words1,401
Words (1-occurrence)1,019
Unique kanji830
Kanji (1-occurrence)377
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 13
Character count7,993
Word count3,785
Unique words1,587
Words (1-occurrence)1,161
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)421
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 14
Character count9,431
Word count4,385
Unique words1,786
Words (1-occurrence)1,306
Unique kanji1,001
Kanji (1-occurrence)433
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 15
Character count8,402
Word count3,831
Unique words1,645
Words (1-occurrence)1,237
Unique kanji955
Kanji (1-occurrence)434
Difficulty beta
Expert