Sakamichi no Apollon
Manga
坂道のアポロン
2007/09/28
Character count137,298
Word count60,248
Unique words6,659
Words (1-occurrence)3,711
Unique kanji1,487
Kanji (1-occurrence)298
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes9

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. Notes: Includes 8 extra chapters. Won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

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Volume 1
Character count14,884
Word count6,527
Unique words1,932
Words (1-occurrence)1,248
Unique kanji765
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 2
Character count16,324
Word count7,227
Unique words2,008
Words (1-occurrence)1,240
Unique kanji773
Kanji (1-occurrence)277
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 3
Character count14,921
Word count6,581
Unique words1,900
Words (1-occurrence)1,195
Unique kanji745
Kanji (1-occurrence)269
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 4
Character count17,112
Word count7,487
Unique words2,048
Words (1-occurrence)1,295
Unique kanji788
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 5
Character count13,475
Word count5,818
Unique words1,757
Words (1-occurrence)1,115
Unique kanji714
Kanji (1-occurrence)269
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 6
Character count15,203
Word count6,819
Unique words1,918
Words (1-occurrence)1,224
Unique kanji817
Kanji (1-occurrence)337
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volume 7
Character count15,822
Word count6,878
Unique words2,021
Words (1-occurrence)1,262
Unique kanji803
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 8
Character count15,852
Word count6,896
Unique words2,037
Words (1-occurrence)1,296
Unique kanji821
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 9
Character count13,705
Word count6,015
Unique words1,889
Words (1-occurrence)1,187
Unique kanji785
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Hard