How long does it take to read Ayako?
Ayako by Osamu Tezuka takes about 13 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 712 pages, about 195,800 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jirou Tenge, the second son of what used to be an influential Japanese family, returns home after being a POW in an American camp during the Second World War. He finds his family corrupted by the terrible social aftereffects of the war. His elder brother, determined to keep what remains of the family patrimony after the Government's forced land reallocation, has prostituted his wife to his father to secure his blessing, while other members of Jiro's family have been drawn into similar corruption, and he himself is being forced to spy for the Americans after being broken as a POW. Now the family's youngest daughter Ayako will have to bear the brunt of the family's sins. (Source: ANN)
Subjects: Comics & graphic novels, manga, general, Japan, fiction, Families, Comic books, strips, History
