Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal will keep you on edge! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers . . . and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled! (Source: Dark Horse) Notes: - The magazine release contains 219 chapters, which includes a prologue. - The tankoubon release re-arranges the manga into 207 total chapters across 30 volumes. - The Dark Horse release re-arranges the manga into 208 total chapters across 31 volumes.
Japanese study overview
Mugen no Juunin is a Japanese manga of 406,328 characters, with 18,288 unique words and 2,481 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 18,288 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.
- 事thing×1,226
- 私I×979
- 刀sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)×699
- 云うto say×686
- お前you×568
- 思うto think×564
- 逸most×510
- 流exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)×502
- 幕curtain×395
- 第prefix for forming ordinal numbers×394
- 男man×362
- 今now×358
- 天津Amazu×324
- 吐Hakisaki×315
- 万次Manji×221
- 影久Eiji×191
- 公儀imperial court×89
- 蘭人Dutchman×87
- 鉤needle×78
- 出羽Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)×74