Ashita no Joe
Manga
あしたのジョー 1968/01/01
Character count520,578
Word count194,311
Unique words13,561
Words (1-occurrence)6,358
Unique kanji1,660
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
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 count26,931
Word count10,268
Unique words2,672
Words (1-occurrence)1,566
Unique kanji585
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 2
Character count32,706
Word count12,417
Unique words3,064
Words (1-occurrence)1,771
Unique kanji643
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 3
Character count30,534
Word count11,648
Unique words2,793
Words (1-occurrence)1,595
Unique kanji577
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 4
Character count28,523
Word count11,031
Unique words2,650
Words (1-occurrence)1,540
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)188
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 5
Character count30,194
Word count11,844
Unique words2,896
Words (1-occurrence)1,728
Unique kanji681
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 6
Character count35,273
Word count13,230
Unique words3,408
Words (1-occurrence)2,045
Unique kanji826
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 7
Character count30,868
Word count11,953
Unique words2,886
Words (1-occurrence)1,688
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 8
Character count27,493
Word count10,751
Unique words2,924
Words (1-occurrence)1,803
Unique kanji786
Kanji (1-occurrence)293
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 9
Character count23,196
Word count9,303
Unique words2,592
Words (1-occurrence)1,599
Unique kanji754
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 10
Character count26,059
Word count10,044
Unique words2,717
Words (1-occurrence)1,664
Unique kanji732
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 11
Character count22,981
Word count8,364
Unique words2,464
Words (1-occurrence)1,519
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 12
Character count27,841
Word count10,068
Unique words2,718
Words (1-occurrence)1,667
Unique kanji741
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 13
Character count25,847
Word count8,564
Unique words2,571
Words (1-occurrence)1,598
Unique kanji698
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 14
Character count20,926
Word count7,872
Unique words2,450
Words (1-occurrence)1,561
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 15
Character count23,937
Word count9,181
Unique words2,559
Words (1-occurrence)1,609
Unique kanji737
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 16
Character count19,524
Word count7,068
Unique words2,083
Words (1-occurrence)1,292
Unique kanji586
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 17
Character count25,604
Word count9,033
Unique words2,756
Words (1-occurrence)1,737
Unique kanji822
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 18
Character count24,033
Word count8,666
Unique words2,480
Words (1-occurrence)1,526
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 19
Character count21,773
Word count7,778
Unique words2,342
Words (1-occurrence)1,477
Unique kanji683
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 20
Character count16,335
Word count5,228
Unique words1,771
Words (1-occurrence)1,129
Unique kanji601
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Difficulty beta Easy