Dragon Head
Manga
ドラゴンヘッド
1994/09/12
Character count116,409
Word count49,538
Unique words5,296
Words (1-occurrence)2,868
Unique kanji1,416
Kanji (1-occurrence)298
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes10

In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger... (Source: Tokyopop) Note: Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997.

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Volume 1
Character count9,011
Word count3,679
Unique words1,080
Words (1-occurrence)638
Unique kanji500
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 2
Character count7,218
Word count2,911
Unique words977
Words (1-occurrence)599
Unique kanji483
Kanji (1-occurrence)213
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 3
Character count10,820
Word count4,468
Unique words1,210
Words (1-occurrence)739
Unique kanji556
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta
Easy
Volume 4
Character count12,261
Word count5,135
Unique words1,515
Words (1-occurrence)955
Unique kanji660
Kanji (1-occurrence)265
Difficulty beta
Beginner
Volume 5
Character count19,462
Word count8,454
Unique words1,991
Words (1-occurrence)1,122
Unique kanji819
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 6
Character count13,193
Word count5,555
Unique words1,513
Words (1-occurrence)919
Unique kanji663
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 7
Character count13,192
Word count5,717
Unique words1,501
Words (1-occurrence)870
Unique kanji623
Kanji (1-occurrence)211
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 8
Character count7,573
Word count3,127
Unique words970
Words (1-occurrence)582
Unique kanji463
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 9
Character count13,147
Word count5,879
Unique words1,450
Words (1-occurrence)865
Unique kanji669
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 10
Character count10,532
Word count4,613
Unique words1,382
Words (1-occurrence)847
Unique kanji671
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Moderate