AKIRA
Manga
AKIRA
1982/12/20
Character count120,635
Word count57,061
Unique words8,731
Words (1-occurrence)4,719
Unique kanji1,668
Kanji (1-occurrence)378
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 count18,369
Word count8,514
Unique words2,421
Words (1-occurrence)1,516
Unique kanji881
Kanji (1-occurrence)322
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count16,405
Word count7,660
Unique words2,324
Words (1-occurrence)1,521
Unique kanji818
Kanji (1-occurrence)296
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count18,386
Word count8,734
Unique words2,757
Words (1-occurrence)1,811
Unique kanji1,016
Kanji (1-occurrence)371
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count24,717
Word count11,853
Unique words3,198
Words (1-occurrence)2,109
Unique kanji1,047
Kanji (1-occurrence)375
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count26,934
Word count12,535
Unique words3,324
Words (1-occurrence)2,075
Unique kanji1,084
Kanji (1-occurrence)346
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count15,824
Word count7,765
Unique words2,498
Words (1-occurrence)1,644
Unique kanji973
Kanji (1-occurrence)375
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary