AKIRA
Manga
AKIRA
1982/12/20
Character count121,244
Word count54,668
Unique words7,656
Words (1-occurrence)4,124
Unique kanji1,633
Kanji (1-occurrence)368
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volumes6
External Rating
84 %

Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira. (Source: Kodansha USA)

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Genres
Action
Horror
Psychological
Sci-Fi
Tags
Dystopia
Cyberpunk
Apocalypse
Military
Seinen
Super Power
Male Protagonist
Philosophy
Gore
Delinquent
Drugs
Anti-Hero
War
Gangs
Coming of Age
Crime
Terrorism
Nudity
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count18,473
Word count8,004
Unique words2,115
Words (1-occurrence)1,298
Unique kanji881
Kanji (1-occurrence)322
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count16,496
Word count7,295
Unique words2,028
Words (1-occurrence)1,293
Unique kanji818
Kanji (1-occurrence)296
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count18,469
Word count8,402
Unique words2,496
Words (1-occurrence)1,611
Unique kanji1,016
Kanji (1-occurrence)371
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count24,844
Word count11,461
Unique words2,845
Words (1-occurrence)1,850
Unique kanji1,047
Kanji (1-occurrence)375
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count27,046
Word count12,118
Unique words2,957
Words (1-occurrence)1,808
Unique kanji1,084
Kanji (1-occurrence)346
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count15,916
Word count7,388
Unique words2,223
Words (1-occurrence)1,431
Unique kanji973
Kanji (1-occurrence)375
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary