One Outs
Manga
ワンナウツ
1998/06/18
Character count448,749
Word count187,786
Unique words14,860
Words (1-occurrence)6,620
Unique kanji1,976
Kanji (1-occurrence)325
Difficulty Average
Volumes20
External Rating
83 %

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meet Tōa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork) Notes: - The main story was completed in 168 chapters with 19 volumes on 2006-10-19. An additional side story Giwaku no All Star Sen Hen (疑惑のオールスター戦編) was serialized from 2008-2009 and published as volume 20 of the series. - Chapter count includes an additional chapter included in the 7th volume.

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Genres
Psychological
Sports
Tags
Seinen
Baseball
Anti-Hero
Adult Cast
Male Cast
Philosophy
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count11,661
Word count5,051
Unique words1,461
Words (1-occurrence)909
Unique kanji561
Kanji (1-occurrence)232
Difficulty Average
Volume 2
Character count17,685
Word count7,519
Unique words2,248
Words (1-occurrence)1,438
Unique kanji814
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty Average
Volume 3
Character count22,002
Word count9,302
Unique words2,388
Words (1-occurrence)1,423
Unique kanji810
Kanji (1-occurrence)286
Difficulty Average
Volume 4
Character count25,141
Word count10,640
Unique words2,719
Words (1-occurrence)1,629
Unique kanji887
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty Average
Volume 5
Character count27,359
Word count11,457
Unique words2,766
Words (1-occurrence)1,621
Unique kanji843
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty Average
Volume 6
Character count24,534
Word count10,155
Unique words2,432
Words (1-occurrence)1,418
Unique kanji804
Kanji (1-occurrence)285
Difficulty Average
Volume 7
Character count27,646
Word count11,586
Unique words3,000
Words (1-occurrence)1,812
Unique kanji919
Kanji (1-occurrence)290
Difficulty Average
Volume 8
Character count24,800
Word count10,570
Unique words2,599
Words (1-occurrence)1,592
Unique kanji834
Kanji (1-occurrence)306
Difficulty Average
Volume 9
Character count25,440
Word count10,584
Unique words2,682
Words (1-occurrence)1,610
Unique kanji886
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 10
Character count25,954
Word count10,943
Unique words2,922
Words (1-occurrence)1,833
Unique kanji956
Kanji (1-occurrence)316
Difficulty Average
Volume 11
Character count22,304
Word count9,444
Unique words2,481
Words (1-occurrence)1,529
Unique kanji878
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty Average
Volume 12
Character count21,370
Word count8,733
Unique words2,204
Words (1-occurrence)1,318
Unique kanji793
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty Average
Volume 13
Character count20,741
Word count8,689
Unique words2,260
Words (1-occurrence)1,344
Unique kanji866
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 14
Character count22,412
Word count9,550
Unique words2,441
Words (1-occurrence)1,483
Unique kanji864
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 15
Character count19,186
Word count8,047
Unique words2,279
Words (1-occurrence)1,435
Unique kanji841
Kanji (1-occurrence)310
Difficulty Average
Volume 16
Character count20,706
Word count8,724
Unique words2,494
Words (1-occurrence)1,497
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)315
Difficulty Average
Volume 17
Character count17,945
Word count7,399
Unique words2,167
Words (1-occurrence)1,343
Unique kanji821
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty Average
Volume 18
Character count17,907
Word count7,390
Unique words2,075
Words (1-occurrence)1,286
Unique kanji784
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty Average
Volume 19
Character count21,127
Word count8,458
Unique words2,326
Words (1-occurrence)1,426
Unique kanji869
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty Average
Volume 20
Character count32,829
Word count13,545
Unique words3,260
Words (1-occurrence)2,006
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)333
Difficulty Average