On Astral Tides book 9/act 1 - Statistical Analysis
Book 9 just released and with it the first act of the series has ended. I have broken down the POVs of the book in the same manner as the previous eight books (the previous post can be found here.)
| Book Nine | Masquerade's End |
|---|---|
| Word Count | 229,154 |
| Number of Chapters | 37 |
| Average Word Count per Chapter | 6,193 |
| Number of Unique POVs | 19 |
| Total Number of POVs | 55 |
| Percentage of R18 Word Count | 9,23% |
| Rank | Name | Word Count | Percentage of Total | Change Since Last Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oshiro Moonstone Akio | 1,578,448 | 72.18% | 0 |
| 2 | Mori Eri | 76,266 | 3.49% | 0 |
| 3 | Oshiro Sapphire Aiko | 72,266 | 3.30% | 0 |
| 4 | Eleanor Elizabeth Diana Windsor | 58,407 | 2.67% | +5 |
| 5 | Shaeula Tu Shae Dannan | 38,789 | 1.77% | -1 |
| 6 | Izumi Kana | 36,111 | 1.65% | -1 |
| 7 | Shiratori Himeko | 35,246 | 1.61% | -1 |
| 8 | Fukumoto Hinata | 24,797 | 1.13% | -1 |
| 9 | Treyvon James | 18,179 | 0.83% | -1 |
| 10 | Zhao Daiyu | 14,698 | 0.67% | 0 |
| 11 | Yukiko | 14,698 | 0.6% | 0 |
| 12 | Suzuki Haru | 12,831 | 0.59% | 0 |
| 13 | Matsumuro Tsukuko | 12,476 | 0.57% | 0 |
| 14 | The Widow of Nails | 11,771 | 0.54% | 0 |
| 15 | Aliyah James | 10,763 | 0.49% | 0 |
| 16 | Kudou Yasuhide | 8,510 | 0.39% | 0 |
| 17 | Adam White | 8,139 | 0.37% | 0 |
| 18 | Watanabe Karen | 8,076 | 0.37% | 0 |
| 19 | The Raven Knight | 7,077 | 0.32% | 0 |
| 20 | Saionji Gin | 6,633 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Series Total | On Astral Tides |
|---|---|
| Word Count | 2,186,846 |
| Number of Chapters | 511 |
| Average Word Count per Chapter | 4,280 |
| Number of Unique POVs | 70 |
| Total number of POVs | 637 |
| Percentage of R18 Word Count | 7.79% |
I have decided to divide Interlude five into two distinct PoVs for the sake of this analysis.
I'll probably consolidate the fanbook as well as book 10 and 11 into one post. Book 11 should mark the end of Arc 9.
Some trivia for this book:
Chapter 365 is the longest chapter in the series (so far) with 12,587 words. Just 35 words longer than the previous record.
This is the least Akio centric book in the series, with only 53% of the word count dedicated to his PoV
On the flipside, this is the book with the most word count dedicated to a single other non-Akio PoV with 17.68% being from Eleanor's PoV.
On average, this book has the longest chapters in the series so far.
If the Act 1 finale part 6 wasn't divided into 4 parts, it would be 31,673 words long, almost three times the length of the current record.
Posted Jun 13, 2025, 12:34 PM UTC