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 count21,146
Unique words
3,816
Unique kanji
1,119
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
320
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 50,304 characters, with 3,816 unique words and 1,119 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,816 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 count2,199
Unique words
826
Unique kanji
446
Avg. sentence13.0
Speech speed
347
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
13min
Word count1,715
Unique words
691
Unique kanji
383
Avg. sentence11.8
Speech speed
350
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
15min
Word count1,738
Unique words
700
Unique kanji
395
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
12min
Word count1,324
Unique words
546
Unique kanji
262
Avg. sentence9.1
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
15min
Word count1,978
Unique words
744
Unique kanji
397
Avg. sentence10.9
Speech speed
338
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
12min
Word count1,308
Unique words
551
Unique kanji
310
Avg. sentence9.9
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
16min
Word count1,965
Unique words
755
Unique kanji
405
Avg. sentence12.3
Speech speed
315
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
17min
Word count2,185
Unique words
758
Unique kanji
359
Avg. sentence13.0
Speech speed
348
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
14min
Word count1,725
Unique words
716
Unique kanji
393
Avg. sentence12.2
Speech speed
335
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
11min
Word count1,155
Unique words
533
Unique kanji
286
Avg. sentence9.4
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
15min
Word count1,824
Unique words
754
Unique kanji
423
Avg. sentence12.8
Speech speed
300
Difficulty Hard

Episode 12

Speech time
15min
Word count2,030
Unique words
805
Unique kanji
448
Avg. sentence11.9
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Hard

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Vocabulary highlights

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