Patalliro!
Anime
パタリロ! 1982/04/09
Character count102,825
Word count40,319
Unique words5,470
Words (1-occurrence)2,944
Unique kanji1,370
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episodes20

Patarillo! is set in a society much like ours in most ways, with one decided twist. The manga on which it is based is one of the much-read works produced for adolescent Japanese girls that features a healthy proportion of gay men and beautiful teenagers aka bishounen (beautiful boys). Most of the action takes place in Marinera, the land of eternal spring, located somewhere in the South Seas. The country is a major producer of diamonds; they provide much of the basis of conflict in the anime series. They come from one of the most prolific mines in the world, owned by the king of Marinera, the vertically challenged but horizontally endowed boy-king Patarillo himself. The International Diamond Syndicate - a huge semi- criminal organization/ secret society dedicated to taking over the world`s entire diamond supply- wants that mine and will stop at nothing to get it. In the early episodes they send off a number of bishounen assassins to do in Patarillo, which necessitates his having a bodyguard, the English MI6 agent, Major Jack (`Bishounen-Killer`) Bancoran. Bancoran`s nickname doesn`t mean he shoots bishounen in cold blood. The soubriquet comes from the fact that no male under the age of 17 can resist his sexual fascination. This, to Bancoran`s eternal disgust, includes Patarillo himself. The action switches often from Marinera to MI6 headquarters in London (London seems to be an easy two hour`s flight from the South Seas) or Bancoran`s palatial condo in the suburbs of same. (MI6, be it noted, looks a lot like Fritz Lang`s Metropolis, while Jack`s `apartment` bears a passing resemblance to Randolph Hearst`s spread.) The action also goes into the past and future and out into space. Patarillo evidently gets around. (Source: aestheticism.com)

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Episode 1
Character count3,984
Word count1,552
Unique words613
Words (1-occurrence)395
Unique kanji301
Kanji (1-occurrence)162
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 2
Character count4,358
Word count1,748
Unique words699
Words (1-occurrence)484
Unique kanji376
Kanji (1-occurrence)203
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count4,347
Word count1,631
Unique words645
Words (1-occurrence)416
Unique kanji322
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 4
Character count4,875
Word count2,009
Unique words752
Words (1-occurrence)481
Unique kanji385
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 5
Character count4,207
Word count1,661
Unique words615
Words (1-occurrence)386
Unique kanji313
Kanji (1-occurrence)156
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 6
Character count4,615
Word count1,731
Unique words661
Words (1-occurrence)440
Unique kanji341
Kanji (1-occurrence)182
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 7
Character count5,265
Word count2,170
Unique words789
Words (1-occurrence)521
Unique kanji388
Kanji (1-occurrence)210
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count5,067
Word count1,855
Unique words703
Words (1-occurrence)459
Unique kanji359
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 9
Character count5,649
Word count2,273
Unique words752
Words (1-occurrence)439
Unique kanji361
Kanji (1-occurrence)170
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 10
Character count5,160
Word count2,068
Unique words765
Words (1-occurrence)499
Unique kanji391
Kanji (1-occurrence)201
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 11
Character count4,841
Word count1,876
Unique words746
Words (1-occurrence)500
Unique kanji374
Kanji (1-occurrence)179
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 12
Character count5,809
Word count2,400
Unique words819
Words (1-occurrence)522
Unique kanji399
Kanji (1-occurrence)199
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 13
Character count5,617
Word count2,247
Unique words815
Words (1-occurrence)532
Unique kanji399
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 14
Character count5,913
Word count2,292
Unique words818
Words (1-occurrence)532
Unique kanji421
Kanji (1-occurrence)201
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 15
Character count5,743
Word count2,196
Unique words793
Words (1-occurrence)530
Unique kanji348
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 16
Character count5,357
Word count2,184
Unique words761
Words (1-occurrence)474
Unique kanji384
Kanji (1-occurrence)196
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 17
Character count5,434
Word count2,002
Unique words767
Words (1-occurrence)503
Unique kanji367
Kanji (1-occurrence)187
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 18
Character count5,751
Word count2,279
Unique words834
Words (1-occurrence)541
Unique kanji425
Kanji (1-occurrence)231
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 19
Character count5,247
Word count2,066
Unique words700
Words (1-occurrence)447
Unique kanji361
Kanji (1-occurrence)174
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 20
Character count5,586
Word count2,079
Unique words812
Words (1-occurrence)548
Unique kanji396
Kanji (1-occurrence)199
Difficulty beta Moderate