One Outs
Manga
ワンナウツ
1998/06/18
Character count450,503
Word count191,319
Unique words14,953
Words (1-occurrence)6,642
Unique kanji1,974
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
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 count11,722
Word count5,165
Unique words1,478
Words (1-occurrence)913
Unique kanji561
Kanji (1-occurrence)232
Difficulty Average
Volume 2
Character count17,750
Word count7,648
Unique words2,273
Words (1-occurrence)1,447
Unique kanji814
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty Average
Volume 3
Character count22,047
Word count9,446
Unique words2,405
Words (1-occurrence)1,421
Unique kanji810
Kanji (1-occurrence)286
Difficulty Average
Volume 4
Character count25,212
Word count10,818
Unique words2,741
Words (1-occurrence)1,632
Unique kanji887
Kanji (1-occurrence)307
Difficulty Average
Volume 5
Character count27,406
Word count11,633
Unique words2,802
Words (1-occurrence)1,626
Unique kanji843
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty Average
Volume 6
Character count24,598
Word count10,322
Unique words2,452
Words (1-occurrence)1,427
Unique kanji804
Kanji (1-occurrence)285
Difficulty Average
Volume 7
Character count27,727
Word count11,726
Unique words3,019
Words (1-occurrence)1,819
Unique kanji919
Kanji (1-occurrence)290
Difficulty Average
Volume 8
Character count24,884
Word count10,749
Unique words2,625
Words (1-occurrence)1,603
Unique kanji834
Kanji (1-occurrence)306
Difficulty Average
Volume 9
Character count25,527
Word count10,785
Unique words2,719
Words (1-occurrence)1,630
Unique kanji886
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 10
Character count26,084
Word count11,178
Unique words2,963
Words (1-occurrence)1,858
Unique kanji956
Kanji (1-occurrence)316
Difficulty Average
Volume 11
Character count22,410
Word count9,673
Unique words2,511
Words (1-occurrence)1,548
Unique kanji878
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty Average
Volume 12
Character count21,472
Word count8,932
Unique words2,219
Words (1-occurrence)1,321
Unique kanji793
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty Average
Volume 13
Character count20,819
Word count8,961
Unique words2,275
Words (1-occurrence)1,345
Unique kanji866
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 14
Character count22,543
Word count9,804
Unique words2,462
Words (1-occurrence)1,485
Unique kanji864
Kanji (1-occurrence)302
Difficulty Average
Volume 15
Character count19,294
Word count8,222
Unique words2,303
Words (1-occurrence)1,441
Unique kanji841
Kanji (1-occurrence)310
Difficulty Average
Volume 16
Character count20,810
Word count8,860
Unique words2,519
Words (1-occurrence)1,509
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)315
Difficulty Average
Volume 17
Character count18,022
Word count7,481
Unique words2,178
Words (1-occurrence)1,341
Unique kanji821
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty Average
Volume 18
Character count18,001
Word count7,513
Unique words2,085
Words (1-occurrence)1,277
Unique kanji784
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty Average
Volume 19
Character count21,187
Word count8,584
Unique words2,360
Words (1-occurrence)1,445
Unique kanji869
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty Average
Volume 20
Character count32,988
Word count13,819
Unique words3,301
Words (1-occurrence)2,024
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)333
Difficulty Average