BLUE GIANT

Manga·Blue Giant
BLUE GIANT
2013/05/10
Characters140,973
Word count58,403
Unique words
7,869
Unique kanji
1,409
Difficulty ≈ Average
Volumes10
Rating
84 %

Dai lived a normal high school life in Sendai: a city of hot summer days and rainy nights. Between basketball, part time jobs, and an uncertain future, something was missing. And that thing was music. With his days in senior year running out, Dai swears a heartfelt vow: “I’m gonna be the best jazz player in the world.” But what do you need to be the best? Talent? Effort? A lucky break? Or maybe just a deep, pure love for music, and too much stubbornness to know when to quit. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Nominated for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Genres
Drama
Music
Slice of Life
Tags
Seinen
Music
Male Protagonist
Coming of Age
Male Cast
Bar
Adult Cast
Tragedy
SourcesAnilist

Japanese study overview

BLUE GIANT is a Japanese manga of 140,973 characters, with 7,869 unique words and 1,409 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,869 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Volume 1

Characters15,451
Word count6,441
Unique words
1,981
Unique kanji
712
Difficulty Average

Volume 2

Characters17,586
Word count7,234
Unique words
2,034
Unique kanji
697
Difficulty Average

Volume 3

Characters19,774
Word count8,268
Unique words
2,465
Unique kanji
847
Difficulty Average

Volume 4

Characters10,780
Word count4,418
Unique words
1,436
Unique kanji
520
Difficulty Average

Volume 5

Characters13,297
Word count5,559
Unique words
1,559
Unique kanji
518
Difficulty Average

Volume 6

Characters10,408
Word count4,211
Unique words
1,324
Unique kanji
480
Difficulty Average

Volume 7

Characters20,751
Word count8,637
Unique words
2,368
Unique kanji
734
Difficulty Hard

Volume 8

Characters12,296
Word count5,071
Unique words
1,599
Unique kanji
605
Difficulty Average

Volume 9

Characters10,519
Word count4,391
Unique words
1,401
Unique kanji
554
Difficulty Average

Volume 10

Characters10,111
Word count4,173
Unique words
1,359
Unique kanji
550
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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