Most of humanity has been wiped out by mysterious dark monsters known only as "Phantoms." Four survivors, who may well be the last of the human race, have found one another and are sharing a quiet, peaceful existence. These survivors are a kind, dependable teenage boy called Masashi, two teenage girls, shyer Sanae and bolder Yaeko, and a little girl called Anna. They feel as though they're just living in a perpetual "after school" state, waiting for the rest of the human race to come home. As they pass their days together, they begin to see some strange things and find that the monsters have not yet left the Earth. Will they discover what really happened to their planet?
Japanese study overview
Chikyuu no Houkago is a Japanese manga of 68,560 characters, with 4,634 unique words and 1,207 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,634 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.
- 正史Shoushi×332
- 事thing×173
- 杏南Anan×171
- 早苗Sanai×167
- 君Mr×122
- 八重子Yaeko×115
- 言うto say×107
- 地球Earth×106
- 思うto think×90
- 僕I×79
- 私I×75
- 人person×60
- 清美Kiomi×51
- 秋田書店Akita Shoten (publisher)×25
- 吉富Yoshitomi×23
- 平川Tairakawa×21
- 全巻complete set (of volumes)×10
- 如tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)×8
- 雷電thunder and lightning×8
- 振替transfer×8