Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on, things change—Sena's speed and uncanny ability to elude big bullies just might give him what it takes to become a great high school football hero! Enjoy all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy that this heartwarming coming-of-age story has to offer. (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
Eyeshield 21 is a Japanese manga of 686,441 characters, with 21,360 unique words and 2,300 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 21,360 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 門gate×1,193
- 泥mud×1,157
- 俺I×1,124
- 魔demon×743
- 年year×719
- 言うto say×627
- 今now×541
- 勝つto win×534
- 試合match×464
- 進Shin×460
- 王城royal castle×447
- 僕I×439
- 栗田Kurita×406
- 桜庭Ouniwa×361
- モン太Monta×327
- 稲垣Itagaki×233
- 白秋autumn (from the five elements in Chinese philosophy)×149
- 点差point spread×146
- 投手pitcher×145
- 鉄馬armored horse×118