Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world. For Kenji, a simple convenience store manager who once dreamed of becoming a rock 'n' roll musician, a host of memories from his past come rushing back when one of his childhood friends mysteriously commits suicide. Could this new death be related to the rise of a bizarre new cult that's been implicated in several other murders and disappearances? Determined to dig deeper, Kenji reunites with some of his old buddies in the hope of learning the truth behind it all. (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
20 Seiki Shounen is a Japanese manga of 820,924 characters, with 15,300 unique words and 1,962 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 15,300 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.
- 俺I×1,488
- 言うto say×1,426
- 少年boy×1,368
- 年year×1,298
- ２０世紀twentieth century×1,094
- 僕I×942
- 今now×760
- 私I×752
- 時time×702
- 思うto think×640
- 知るto know×588
- 話talk×565
- 万博world fair×264
- 小泉Oizumi×194
- 大みそかNew Year's Eve×158
- 万丈hurrah!×144
- 小学館Shogakukan (publisher)×140
- 法王Pope×132
- 理科室science classroom×128
- 響子Otoko×122