High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grisly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvination but the abilities to see super-natural beings. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror. (Source: Kodansha USA) Notes: Includes 13 extra chapters. - Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award. - Nominated for the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. - Nominated for the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Seinen category. - Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016 in the General category.
Japanese study overview
Ajin is a Japanese manga of 172,176 characters, with 8,985 unique words and 1,656 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,985 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.
- 年year×541
- 目eye×445
- 亜人Ajin×433
- 佐藤Saiu×344
- 歳... years old×215
- 永井Nagai×210
- 言うto say×205
- 私I×198
- 日day×190
- 話talk×185
- 君Mr×175
- 俺I×174
- 戸崎Tosaki×84
- 桜井Sakurai×42
- 入間Irima×37
- 亜人subhuman×33
- 圭Akira×33
- １こまone scene×32
- 麻酔銃tranquilizer gun×22
- ４コマfour-panel comic strip×14