Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi

Anime·太陽よりも眩しい星·A Star Brighter Than the Sun
Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi
2025/10/02
Speech time
2h 45min
Word count17,066
Unique words
2,566
Unique kanji
884
Avg. sentence9.4
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Easy
Episodes10
Rating
71 %

Sae Iwata, a slightly tougher-than-average girl, falls for the gentle smile of Kouki Kamishiro, a delicate boy, back in elementary school. By the time they enter junior high school, Kuoki has grown into a charming and popular teen who now feels out of reach. When they are assigned to the sports festival committee together, Sae’s long-hidden first love begins to stir once more. (Source: Amazon Prime Video, edited)

Genres
Romance
Tags
Shoujo / Otome
Female Protagonist
Teen Cast
School
Tennis
School Club
Acting

Japanese study overview

Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi is a Japanese anime of 40,377 characters, with 2,566 unique words and 884 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,566 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
16min
Word count1,613
Unique words
596
Unique kanji
311
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Easy

Episode 2

Speech time
18min
Word count1,952
Unique words
643
Unique kanji
331
Avg. sentence9.7
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Easy

Episode 3

Speech time
16min
Word count1,757
Unique words
546
Unique kanji
280
Avg. sentence10.0
Speech speed
276
Difficulty Easy

Episode 4

Speech time
15min
Word count1,540
Unique words
547
Unique kanji
288
Avg. sentence8.7
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Easy

Episode 5

Speech time
15min
Word count1,446
Unique words
534
Unique kanji
268
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
258
Difficulty Easy

Episode 6

Speech time
16min
Word count1,756
Unique words
608
Unique kanji
298
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
285
Difficulty Easy

Episode 7

Speech time
17min
Word count1,813
Unique words
614
Unique kanji
334
Avg. sentence9.7
Speech speed
308
Difficulty Easy

Episode 8

Speech time
16min
Word count1,661
Unique words
613
Unique kanji
314
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
276
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
15min
Word count1,964
Unique words
617
Unique kanji
327
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
319
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
16min
Word count1,564
Unique words
552
Unique kanji
293
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
255
Difficulty Easy

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Vocabulary highlights

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