The "life-and-death sibling" story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister. (Source: Anime News Network)
Japanese study overview
pupa is a Japanese manga of 57,229 characters, with 4,089 unique words and 1,195 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,089 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 夢dream×367
- お兄ちゃん(one's) older brother×256
- 俺I×227
- 事thing×162
- 私I×154
- 君you×104
- 妹younger sister×102
- お前you×98
- 僕I×97
- 化け物goblin×76
- 彼女she×72
- 現reality×70
- 新装版publication in a new format or binding×49
- 蛹chrysalis×37
- 長谷Osatani×32
- 羽化emergence (of insects)×29
- 鬼島Onishima×26
- 幸子Kazuko×21
- 伊万里Imari×18
- 夢夢certainly×17