Ashita no Joe
Manga
あしたのジョー
1968/01/01
Character count510,027
Word count203,341
Unique words17,145
Words (1-occurrence)7,503
Unique kanji1,693
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Difficulty Hard
Volumes20
External Rating
89 %

Joe Yabuki is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxing trainer Danpei. Joe is later arrested and goes to a temporary jail where he fights Nishi, his future best friend, ​and leader of a group of hooligans. He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo. There Joe meets Rikiishi, a former boxing prodigy, and a rivalry develops between them. They face each other in a match in which Rikiishi dominates Joe until the latter hits him with a cross-counter, resulting in both being knocked out. This inspires the other prison inmates to take up boxing. Joe and Rikiishi vow to fight again. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Genres
Drama
Slice of Life
Sports
Tags
Coming of Age
Male Protagonist
Anti-Hero
Orphan
Urban
Male Cast
Shounen
Delinquent
Yakuza
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count26,151
Word count10,699
Unique words2,756
Words (1-occurrence)1,651
Unique kanji585
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty Hard
Volume 2
Character count31,817
Word count13,054
Unique words3,192
Words (1-occurrence)1,869
Unique kanji643
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty Expert
Volume 3
Character count29,870
Word count12,093
Unique words2,927
Words (1-occurrence)1,734
Unique kanji577
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty Expert
Volume 4
Character count27,845
Word count11,423
Unique words2,766
Words (1-occurrence)1,621
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)188
Difficulty Expert
Volume 5
Character count29,560
Word count12,071
Unique words3,051
Words (1-occurrence)1,874
Unique kanji681
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Difficulty Expert
Volume 6
Character count34,456
Word count13,988
Unique words3,591
Words (1-occurrence)2,185
Unique kanji826
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty Expert
Volume 7
Character count30,306
Word count12,252
Unique words3,044
Words (1-occurrence)1,815
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty Expert
Volume 8
Character count27,000
Word count10,894
Unique words3,123
Words (1-occurrence)1,987
Unique kanji786
Kanji (1-occurrence)293
Difficulty Expert
Volume 9
Character count22,704
Word count9,465
Unique words2,703
Words (1-occurrence)1,686
Unique kanji754
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty Hard
Volume 10
Character count25,518
Word count10,291
Unique words2,833
Words (1-occurrence)1,760
Unique kanji732
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty Hard
Volume 11
Character count22,559
Word count8,855
Unique words2,699
Words (1-occurrence)1,689
Unique kanji657
Kanji (1-occurrence)246
Difficulty Expert
Volume 12
Character count27,383
Word count10,579
Unique words2,994
Words (1-occurrence)1,920
Unique kanji741
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty Hard
Volume 13
Character count25,494
Word count9,495
Unique words2,901
Words (1-occurrence)1,831
Unique kanji698
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty Expert
Volume 14
Character count20,581
Word count8,185
Unique words2,641
Words (1-occurrence)1,732
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)251
Difficulty Hard
Volume 15
Character count23,462
Word count9,412
Unique words2,677
Words (1-occurrence)1,699
Unique kanji737
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Difficulty Expert
Volume 16
Character count19,077
Word count7,455
Unique words2,258
Words (1-occurrence)1,444
Unique kanji586
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty Expert
Volume 17
Character count25,263
Word count9,706
Unique words3,070
Words (1-occurrence)2,008
Unique kanji822
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty Expert
Volume 18
Character count23,571
Word count9,276
Unique words2,589
Words (1-occurrence)1,613
Unique kanji675
Kanji (1-occurrence)256
Difficulty Expert
Volume 19
Character count21,368
Word count8,298
Unique words2,524
Words (1-occurrence)1,592
Unique kanji683
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty Expert
Volume 20
Character count16,042
Word count5,850
Unique words2,047
Words (1-occurrence)1,332
Unique kanji601
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Difficulty Average