Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru

Anime·片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になる·From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru
2025/04/05
Speech time
2h 57min
Word count22,856
Unique words
3,972
Unique kanji
1,151
Speech speed
317
Difficulty Average
Episodes12
Rating
69 %

Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he's been appointed as special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order! With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who's attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he's concerned, they clearly don't need him anymore. Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment's peace away from his adoring students?! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Genres
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Tags
Medieval
Teacher
Swords
Seinen
Adult Cast
Male Protagonist
Family
Harem
Age Gap
Magic
Female Cast
Coming of Age
School
Parenthood

Japanese study overview

Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru is a Japanese anime of 57,514 characters, with 3,972 unique words and 1,151 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,972 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
17min
Word count2,292
Unique words
850
Unique kanji
451
Speech speed
347
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
13min
Word count1,835
Unique words
723
Unique kanji
400
Speech speed
350
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
15min
Word count1,971
Unique words
740
Unique kanji
417
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
12min
Word count1,554
Unique words
578
Unique kanji
289
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
15min
Word count2,112
Unique words
786
Unique kanji
416
Speech speed
338
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
12min
Word count1,477
Unique words
571
Unique kanji
320
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
16min
Word count2,078
Unique words
772
Unique kanji
412
Speech speed
315
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
17min
Word count2,322
Unique words
783
Unique kanji
367
Speech speed
348
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
14min
Word count1,867
Unique words
743
Unique kanji
403
Speech speed
335
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
11min
Word count1,289
Unique words
566
Unique kanji
300
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
15min
Word count1,926
Unique words
779
Unique kanji
434
Speech speed
300
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
15min
Word count2,133
Unique words
833
Unique kanji
458
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Hard

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Vocabulary highlights

Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.

See the full vocabulary list (3,972 words)