This monumental manga became the driving force behind Shonen Jump, the tough kid boss of the neighborhood, Mankichi Togawa, uses his fighting skills and charm to find friends as he takes on the bad guys and the big shots who control Japan's financial world. This series, which was followed enthusiastically by the youth of the time, blazed the trail for a new class of readers. This work embodies the spirit of the magazine Shonen Jump. It had a major influence on the authors who followed. In 1969, it became the first Shonen Jump work to be turned into animation, and in 1971 it was turned into a live action film. (Source: Weekly Shounen Jump Exhibition Vol.1 Catalog)
Japanese study overview
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou is a Japanese manga of 241,235 characters, with 9,478 unique words and 1,355 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,478 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.
- 万吉Kazuyoshi×1,247
- 親分boss×859
- 男man×267
- 銀次Ginji×266
- 思うto think×204
- 巻roll (e.g. of cloth)×196
- 人間human being×187
- 大将general×161
- 時time×148
- 帰るto return×143
- 死ぬto die×141
- 一家a family×140
- 戸川Tokawa×135
- 友子Tomoko×123
- 鬼頭Onigashira×121
- 西海Eshiumi×104
- 水戸Mito (city in Ibaraki)×98
- ガキ大将leader of the pack (of a group of kids)×96
- 鬼頭decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp×39
- 我われwe×37