Genshiken
Manga
げんしけん 2002/04/25
Character count162,508
Word count65,769
Unique words7,529
Unique words used once4,233
Unique kanji1,533
Unique kanji used once314
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 count18,652
Word count7,568
Unique words2,250
Unique words used once1,420
Unique kanji855
Unique kanji used once313
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 2
Character count20,092
Word count8,333
Unique words2,363
Unique words used once1,507
Unique kanji865
Unique kanji used once327
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 3
Character count18,692
Word count7,356
Unique words2,259
Unique words used once1,370
Unique kanji798
Unique kanji used once271
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 4
Character count23,550
Word count9,664
Unique words2,562
Unique words used once1,538
Unique kanji895
Unique kanji used once295
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 5
Character count19,736
Word count8,039
Unique words2,269
Unique words used once1,392
Unique kanji813
Unique kanji used once295
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 6
Character count24,011
Word count9,630
Unique words2,403
Unique words used once1,471
Unique kanji797
Unique kanji used once266
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 7
Character count21,829
Word count8,835
Unique words2,376
Unique words used once1,452
Unique kanji842
Unique kanji used once261
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 8
Character count15,946
Word count6,344
Unique words1,920
Unique words used once1,161
Unique kanji758
Unique kanji used once290
Difficulty beta Easy