Shamo
Manga
軍鶏
1998/11/12
Character count199,145
Word count85,151
Unique words9,430
Words (1-occurrence)4,657
Unique kanji1,889
Kanji (1-occurrence)375
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes34
External Rating
74 %

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins. Note: At volume 20, the series changed publishers, which created a restart of the chapter numbers. Starting from chapter 61 in volume 26, the first chapter from when the series returned from a long hiatus, the series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio. While Hashimoto Izou did write the series in the beginning, he had been doing less and less work starting from volume 4. Tanaka and Hashimoto reached a settlement and Shamo continued.

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Genres
Action
Drama
Psychological
Sports
Tags
Male Protagonist
Martial Arts
Anti-Hero
Seinen
Survival
Gore
Drugs
Nudity
Yakuza
Delinquent
Gangs
Swords
Coming of Age
Prison
Bullying
Subdecks
viewing decks 1-25 from 34 total
Volume 1
Character count6,749
Word count3,044
Unique words1,070
Words (1-occurrence)673
Unique kanji563
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count5,219
Word count2,355
Unique words843
Words (1-occurrence)556
Unique kanji454
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count7,318
Word count3,191
Unique words1,092
Words (1-occurrence)737
Unique kanji506
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count6,550
Word count2,960
Unique words1,009
Words (1-occurrence)660
Unique kanji517
Kanji (1-occurrence)262
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count9,366
Word count4,229
Unique words1,356
Words (1-occurrence)884
Unique kanji660
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count6,414
Word count2,678
Unique words972
Words (1-occurrence)629
Unique kanji521
Kanji (1-occurrence)231
Difficulty beta
Easy
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count6,338
Word count2,818
Unique words1,012
Words (1-occurrence)702
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count6,388
Word count2,794
Unique words1,063
Words (1-occurrence)711
Unique kanji552
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count6,744
Word count2,765
Unique words1,047
Words (1-occurrence)715
Unique kanji562
Kanji (1-occurrence)272
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count7,060
Word count2,882
Unique words1,001
Words (1-occurrence)688
Unique kanji571
Kanji (1-occurrence)281
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 11
Character count5,763
Word count2,440
Unique words855
Words (1-occurrence)563
Unique kanji500
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 12
Character count4,670
Word count1,989
Unique words831
Words (1-occurrence)589
Unique kanji473
Kanji (1-occurrence)244
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 13
Character count2,770
Word count1,107
Unique words495
Words (1-occurrence)357
Unique kanji307
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 14
Character count4,873
Word count2,118
Unique words787
Words (1-occurrence)514
Unique kanji461
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 15
Character count6,072
Word count2,687
Unique words914
Words (1-occurrence)603
Unique kanji515
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 16
Character count4,755
Word count2,073
Unique words806
Words (1-occurrence)575
Unique kanji488
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 17
Character count7,112
Word count3,033
Unique words1,068
Words (1-occurrence)720
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)318
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 18
Character count5,224
Word count2,227
Unique words855
Words (1-occurrence)583
Unique kanji516
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 19
Character count6,231
Word count2,719
Unique words1,047
Words (1-occurrence)696
Unique kanji593
Kanji (1-occurrence)269
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 20
Character count6,994
Word count2,940
Unique words1,140
Words (1-occurrence)780
Unique kanji589
Kanji (1-occurrence)291
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 21
Character count6,866
Word count2,860
Unique words1,052
Words (1-occurrence)683
Unique kanji529
Kanji (1-occurrence)210
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 22
Character count6,077
Word count2,628
Unique words1,047
Words (1-occurrence)720
Unique kanji539
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 23
Character count6,369
Word count2,809
Unique words1,057
Words (1-occurrence)721
Unique kanji579
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 24
Character count6,506
Word count2,811
Unique words1,062
Words (1-occurrence)699
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)286
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 25
Character count6,528
Word count2,844
Unique words1,002
Words (1-occurrence)644
Unique kanji567
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary