Ashita no Joe
Manga
あしたのジョー 1968/01/01
Character count520,365
Word count191,176
Unique words13,578
Unique words used once6,374
Unique kanji1,643
Unique kanji used once245
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volumes20

Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Volume 1
Character count26,928
Word count10,314
Unique words2,673
Unique words used once1,573
Unique kanji585
Unique kanji used once189
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 2
Character count32,709
Word count12,475
Unique words3,084
Unique words used once1,780
Unique kanji643
Unique kanji used once194
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 3
Character count30,540
Word count11,774
Unique words2,831
Unique words used once1,636
Unique kanji577
Unique kanji used once163
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 4
Character count28,519
Word count11,027
Unique words2,657
Unique words used once1,544
Unique kanji564
Unique kanji used once188
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 5
Character count30,186
Word count11,799
Unique words2,920
Unique words used once1,750
Unique kanji681
Unique kanji used once250
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 6
Character count35,261
Word count13,077
Unique words3,395
Unique words used once2,049
Unique kanji826
Unique kanji used once307
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 7
Character count30,845
Word count11,752
Unique words2,874
Unique words used once1,696
Unique kanji675
Unique kanji used once233
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 8
Character count27,474
Word count10,472
Unique words2,892
Unique words used once1,800
Unique kanji786
Unique kanji used once293
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 9
Character count23,194
Word count9,076
Unique words2,562
Unique words used once1,600
Unique kanji754
Unique kanji used once289
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 10
Character count26,052
Word count9,867
Unique words2,684
Unique words used once1,663
Unique kanji732
Unique kanji used once251
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 11
Character count22,971
Word count8,228
Unique words2,469
Unique words used once1,530
Unique kanji657
Unique kanji used once246
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 12
Character count27,826
Word count9,780
Unique words2,688
Unique words used once1,658
Unique kanji741
Unique kanji used once241
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 13
Character count25,817
Word count8,435
Unique words2,556
Unique words used once1,589
Unique kanji698
Unique kanji used once249
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 14
Character count20,919
Word count7,755
Unique words2,439
Unique words used once1,563
Unique kanji704
Unique kanji used once251
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 15
Character count23,923
Word count8,565
Unique words2,538
Unique words used once1,602
Unique kanji737
Unique kanji used once267
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 16
Character count19,506
Word count6,953
Unique words2,069
Unique words used once1,290
Unique kanji586
Unique kanji used once229
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 17
Character count25,599
Word count8,699
Unique words2,743
Unique words used once1,755
Unique kanji822
Unique kanji used once266
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 18
Character count24,008
Word count8,517
Unique words2,462
Unique words used once1,532
Unique kanji675
Unique kanji used once256
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 19
Character count21,760
Word count7,536
Unique words2,312
Unique words used once1,457
Unique kanji683
Unique kanji used once255
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 20
Character count16,328
Word count5,075
Unique words1,737
Unique words used once1,121
Unique kanji601
Unique kanji used once252
Difficulty beta Easy