Only the fearless survive in the white-hot world of street racing, as teams take on dangerous roads in the shadow of Mt. Akina. Behind the wheel of the mysterious "Ghost of Akina" is Takumi, on his way to becoming the greatest racer ever.(Source: Tokyopop) Note: the chapter count includes 6 extra chapters published in volumes 2, 3, 30, 33, 39 and 48.
Japanese study overview
Initial D is a Japanese manga of 645,525 characters, with 17,189 unique words and 1,828 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 17,189 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.
- 拓海Takumi×1,165
- 思うto think×1,097
- 言うto say×982
- 走るto run×587
- 後編latter part (of a book, film, etc.)×571
- 啓介Keisuke×563
- 奴fellow×461
- 負けるto lose×446
- 相手companion×438
- 藤原Eriane×426
- 涼介Ryōsuke×421
- 時time×413
- 秋名Akina×319
- 池谷Ikegai×244
- ＦＤfloppy disk×240
- 走り屋street racer×221
- 群馬Gunma (prefecture)×150
- 公道public road×150
- 真子Isago×145
- 秀一Shuuichi×139