Patalliro!
Anime
パタリロ!
1982/04/09
Character count102,594
Word count40,354
Unique words5,678
Words (1-occurrence)3,125
Unique kanji1,370
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Difficulty beta Hard
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 count3,974
Word count1,544
Unique words616
Words (1-occurrence)403
Unique kanji301
Kanji (1-occurrence)162
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 2
Character count4,342
Word count1,757
Unique words708
Words (1-occurrence)498
Unique kanji376
Kanji (1-occurrence)203
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 3
Character count4,341
Word count1,635
Unique words640
Words (1-occurrence)418
Unique kanji322
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count4,863
Word count2,030
Unique words748
Words (1-occurrence)486
Unique kanji385
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 5
Character count4,189
Word count1,660
Unique words614
Words (1-occurrence)390
Unique kanji313
Kanji (1-occurrence)156
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count4,609
Word count1,706
Unique words665
Words (1-occurrence)453
Unique kanji341
Kanji (1-occurrence)182
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 7
Character count5,258
Word count2,179
Unique words807
Words (1-occurrence)547
Unique kanji388
Kanji (1-occurrence)210
Difficulty beta Very hard
Episode 8
Character count5,057
Word count1,868
Unique words703
Words (1-occurrence)460
Unique kanji359
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 9
Character count5,636
Word count2,265
Unique words750
Words (1-occurrence)445
Unique kanji361
Kanji (1-occurrence)170
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 10
Character count5,154
Word count2,056
Unique words766
Words (1-occurrence)506
Unique kanji391
Kanji (1-occurrence)201
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 11
Character count4,822
Word count1,868
Unique words745
Words (1-occurrence)509
Unique kanji374
Kanji (1-occurrence)179
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 12
Character count5,789
Word count2,396
Unique words828
Words (1-occurrence)536
Unique kanji399
Kanji (1-occurrence)199
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 13
Character count5,613
Word count2,246
Unique words818
Words (1-occurrence)546
Unique kanji399
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta Very hard
Episode 14
Character count5,909
Word count2,319
Unique words829
Words (1-occurrence)545
Unique kanji421
Kanji (1-occurrence)201
Difficulty beta Very hard
Episode 15
Character count5,737
Word count2,198
Unique words802
Words (1-occurrence)545
Unique kanji348
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 16
Character count5,347
Word count2,187
Unique words768
Words (1-occurrence)486
Unique kanji384
Kanji (1-occurrence)196
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 17
Character count5,418
Word count1,984
Unique words770
Words (1-occurrence)511
Unique kanji367
Kanji (1-occurrence)187
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 18
Character count5,738
Word count2,280
Unique words838
Words (1-occurrence)551
Unique kanji425
Kanji (1-occurrence)231
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 19
Character count5,224
Word count2,084
Unique words699
Words (1-occurrence)455
Unique kanji361
Kanji (1-occurrence)174
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 20
Character count5,574
Word count2,092
Unique words817
Words (1-occurrence)562
Unique kanji396
Kanji (1-occurrence)199
Difficulty beta Hard