Ashita no Joe
Manga
あしたのジョー
1968/01/01
Character count518,068
Word count201,580
Unique words15,536
Words (1-occurrence)6,745
Unique kanji1,662
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes20
External Rating
88 %

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 count26,783
Word count10,816
Unique words2,625
Words (1-occurrence)1,550
Unique kanji585
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count32,546
Word count13,063
Unique words2,988
Words (1-occurrence)1,718
Unique kanji643
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count30,387
Word count12,177
Unique words2,752
Words (1-occurrence)1,583
Unique kanji577
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count28,384
Word count11,603
Unique words2,626
Words (1-occurrence)1,551
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count30,074
Word count12,273
Unique words2,877
Words (1-occurrence)1,737
Unique kanji681
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count35,111
Word count13,919
Unique words3,370
Words (1-occurrence)2,045
Unique kanji826
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count30,748
Word count12,389
Unique words2,848
Words (1-occurrence)1,663
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count27,367
Word count10,966
Unique words2,890
Words (1-occurrence)1,810
Unique kanji786
Kanji (1-occurrence)293
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count23,096
Word count9,592
Unique words2,552
Words (1-occurrence)1,579
Unique kanji754
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count25,931
Word count10,344
Unique words2,665
Words (1-occurrence)1,640
Unique kanji732
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 11
Character count22,853
Word count8,644
Unique words2,435
Words (1-occurrence)1,517
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 12
Character count27,694
Word count10,438
Unique words2,687
Words (1-occurrence)1,674
Unique kanji741
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 13
Character count25,691
Word count8,803
Unique words2,530
Words (1-occurrence)1,582
Unique kanji698
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 14
Character count20,844
Word count8,077
Unique words2,433
Words (1-occurrence)1,567
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 15
Character count23,836
Word count9,532
Unique words2,516
Words (1-occurrence)1,584
Unique kanji737
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 16
Character count19,414
Word count7,342
Unique words2,052
Words (1-occurrence)1,290
Unique kanji586
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 17
Character count25,528
Word count9,349
Unique words2,754
Words (1-occurrence)1,755
Unique kanji822
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 18
Character count23,898
Word count8,978
Unique words2,461
Words (1-occurrence)1,541
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 19
Character count21,665
Word count7,994
Unique words2,289
Words (1-occurrence)1,440
Unique kanji683
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 20
Character count16,218
Word count5,281
Unique words1,755
Words (1-occurrence)1,120
Unique kanji601
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary