Genshiken
Manga
げんしけん 2002/04/25
Character count162,577
Word count67,058
Unique words7,626
Words (1-occurrence)4,238
Unique kanji1,556
Kanji (1-occurrence)320
Difficulty beta Easy
Volumes8

It’s spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara has a difficult dilemma. Should he declare his love for manga and anime fandom by joining an otaku club, like he has always wanted to? Is he prepared to deal with the social stigma attached to being an otaku? Meanwhile, Saki Kasakabe has her own otaku conundrum. How can she turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Makoto, into a normal guy? Kanji follow his heart as does Saki. When both Kanji and Makoto join Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Saki chases Makoto through the various activities of the club from cosplaying and comic conventions, to video gaming and anime model figures. Saki finds otaku to be more than she imagined, but not necessarily in a good way. (Source: Kodansha USA)

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Volume 1
Character count18,669
Word count7,897
Unique words2,339
Words (1-occurrence)1,459
Unique kanji855
Kanji (1-occurrence)313
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 2
Character count20,093
Word count8,458
Unique words2,424
Words (1-occurrence)1,544
Unique kanji865
Kanji (1-occurrence)327
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 3
Character count18,693
Word count7,561
Unique words2,317
Words (1-occurrence)1,390
Unique kanji798
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 4
Character count23,567
Word count9,791
Unique words2,609
Words (1-occurrence)1,559
Unique kanji895
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 5
Character count19,752
Word count8,173
Unique words2,311
Words (1-occurrence)1,422
Unique kanji813
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 6
Character count24,020
Word count9,789
Unique words2,438
Words (1-occurrence)1,488
Unique kanji797
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty beta Beginner
Volume 7
Character count21,835
Word count8,917
Unique words2,425
Words (1-occurrence)1,465
Unique kanji842
Kanji (1-occurrence)261
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 8
Character count15,948
Word count6,472
Unique words1,961
Words (1-occurrence)1,184
Unique kanji758
Kanji (1-occurrence)290
Difficulty beta Easy