Saint Seiya
Manga
聖闘士星矢 1985/12/03
Character count361,367
Word count152,978
Unique words9,279
Unique words used once4,633
Unique kanji1,816
Unique kanji used once313
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volumes15

In Greek mythology, Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was born in full armor. By birthright the goddess of battle, she did not believe in conquest, and only fought defensive wars. Her battles with bloodthirsty gods and giants shook the very earth and seemed to last forever. On the battlefield, there were a group of youths that always surrounded and protected the goddess: the Knights of Athena! Flash forward to modern-day Greece: two Japanese tourists are shocked to see a mansized meteorite crash to the earth before them. It turns out to be young Seiya. Seiya must train harder than ever if he is to survive his match with the brutal Cassios! Whoever wins will receive the greatest prize known to man: the incredibly powerful Pegasus Cloth! (Source: Viz Media) Note: The chapter count includes 247 regular chapters and 2 extra chapters ("SHAKA" and “The Cygnus Story - Natassia of the Land of Ice”), other editions merge chapters into a total of 110 chapters.

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Volume 1
Character count26,545
Word count11,250
Unique words2,434
Unique words used once1,406
Unique kanji761
Unique kanji used once271
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 2
Character count28,099
Word count11,666
Unique words2,417
Unique words used once1,421
Unique kanji777
Unique kanji used once289
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 3
Character count27,904
Word count11,659
Unique words2,491
Unique words used once1,401
Unique kanji806
Unique kanji used once283
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 4
Character count25,391
Word count11,164
Unique words2,406
Unique words used once1,405
Unique kanji809
Unique kanji used once287
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 5
Character count26,383
Word count11,233
Unique words2,331
Unique words used once1,326
Unique kanji859
Unique kanji used once284
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 6
Character count21,739
Word count8,964
Unique words2,052
Unique words used once1,158
Unique kanji804
Unique kanji used once281
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 7
Character count22,394
Word count9,451
Unique words1,983
Unique words used once1,104
Unique kanji736
Unique kanji used once241
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 8
Character count23,427
Word count9,920
Unique words2,089
Unique words used once1,188
Unique kanji795
Unique kanji used once270
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 9
Character count28,394
Word count12,001
Unique words2,394
Unique words used once1,328
Unique kanji817
Unique kanji used once277
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 10
Character count22,453
Word count9,341
Unique words2,074
Unique words used once1,183
Unique kanji824
Unique kanji used once300
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 11
Character count26,055
Word count10,999
Unique words2,499
Unique words used once1,427
Unique kanji937
Unique kanji used once311
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 12
Character count17,742
Word count7,558
Unique words1,734
Unique words used once993
Unique kanji741
Unique kanji used once277
Difficulty beta Moderate
Volume 13
Character count19,873
Word count8,530
Unique words1,956
Unique words used once1,135
Unique kanji823
Unique kanji used once315
Difficulty beta Hard
Volume 14
Character count21,914
Word count9,261
Unique words2,071
Unique words used once1,185
Unique kanji708
Unique kanji used once272
Difficulty beta Easy
Volume 15
Character count23,054
Word count9,981
Unique words2,087
Unique words used once1,173
Unique kanji695
Unique kanji used once249
Difficulty beta Moderate