Ashita no Joe
Manga
あしたのジョー
1968/01/01
Character count511,172
Word count203,819
Unique words17,201
Words (1-occurrence)7,536
Unique kanji1,695
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volumes20
External Rating
89 %

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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Genres
Drama
Slice of Life
Sports
Tags
Coming of Age
Male Protagonist
Anti-Hero
Orphan
Urban
Male Cast
Shounen
Delinquent
Yakuza
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count26,250
Word count10,715
Unique words2,771
Words (1-occurrence)1,665
Unique kanji585
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 2
Character count31,918
Word count13,098
Unique words3,224
Words (1-occurrence)1,899
Unique kanji643
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 3
Character count29,942
Word count12,117
Unique words2,938
Words (1-occurrence)1,738
Unique kanji577
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 4
Character count27,905
Word count11,446
Unique words2,782
Words (1-occurrence)1,640
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)188
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 5
Character count29,643
Word count12,103
Unique words3,063
Words (1-occurrence)1,870
Unique kanji681
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 6
Character count34,583
Word count14,022
Unique words3,605
Words (1-occurrence)2,195
Unique kanji826
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 7
Character count30,349
Word count12,280
Unique words3,058
Words (1-occurrence)1,824
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 8
Character count27,036
Word count10,908
Unique words3,128
Words (1-occurrence)1,993
Unique kanji786
Kanji (1-occurrence)293
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 9
Character count22,750
Word count9,488
Unique words2,725
Words (1-occurrence)1,704
Unique kanji754
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 10
Character count25,553
Word count10,308
Unique words2,841
Words (1-occurrence)1,769
Unique kanji732
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 11
Character count22,611
Word count8,869
Unique words2,710
Words (1-occurrence)1,683
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 12
Character count27,459
Word count10,597
Unique words3,009
Words (1-occurrence)1,921
Unique kanji741
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 13
Character count25,538
Word count9,524
Unique words2,920
Words (1-occurrence)1,843
Unique kanji698
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 14
Character count20,619
Word count8,221
Unique words2,651
Words (1-occurrence)1,727
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 15
Character count23,498
Word count9,425
Unique words2,694
Words (1-occurrence)1,713
Unique kanji737
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 16
Character count19,116
Word count7,461
Unique words2,264
Words (1-occurrence)1,446
Unique kanji586
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 17
Character count25,308
Word count9,739
Unique words3,081
Words (1-occurrence)2,017
Unique kanji822
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 18
Character count23,622
Word count9,294
Unique words2,608
Words (1-occurrence)1,625
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 19
Character count21,410
Word count8,335
Unique words2,531
Words (1-occurrence)1,594
Unique kanji683
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta
Expert
Volume 20
Character count16,062
Word count5,869
Unique words2,054
Words (1-occurrence)1,332
Unique kanji601
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Difficulty beta
Average