For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors! (Source: Yen Press) Notes: - One extra and four side stories are included in volume 18+1. - Original serialization was completed on 2018-12-12 with 18 volumes (139 chapters). - A new limited-run serialization was started on 2023-04-12 and ended on 2023-09-12 in Monthly Shounen Gangan, in conjunction with the TV-drama adaptation. This new run adds 7 chapters and 1 volume to the total count.
Japanese study overview
Barakamon is a Japanese manga of 357,298 characters, with 13,902 unique words and 1,883 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,902 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 先生teacher×1,910
- 言うto say×723
- お前you×513
- 思うto think×484
- 私I×422
- 半田Ikuta×383
- 人person×364
- 書くto write×331
- 今日today×244
- 家house×241
- 字character (esp. kanji)×237
- 年year×220
- 美和Haruka×208
- 川藤Kawatō×168
- 書道calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)×137
- ケン太Kenta×64
- 東野Azuno×63
- 書道家calligrapher×56
- 木戸wicket gate×48
- 岳(high) mountain×32