Mawaru Penguindrum
Anime
輪るピングドラム 2011/07/08
Character count101,076
Word count45,893
Unique words4,211
Words (1-occurrence)2,183
Unique kanji1,239
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episodes24

Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Episode 1
Character count4,516
Word count2,053
Unique words637
Words (1-occurrence)372
Unique kanji323
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 2
Character count4,815
Word count2,135
Unique words647
Words (1-occurrence)378
Unique kanji320
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 3
Character count4,835
Word count2,116
Unique words634
Words (1-occurrence)367
Unique kanji300
Kanji (1-occurrence)149
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count4,528
Word count2,019
Unique words718
Words (1-occurrence)460
Unique kanji366
Kanji (1-occurrence)192
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 5
Character count4,275
Word count1,901
Unique words621
Words (1-occurrence)382
Unique kanji327
Kanji (1-occurrence)151
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count4,133
Word count1,898
Unique words620
Words (1-occurrence)365
Unique kanji317
Kanji (1-occurrence)148
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 7
Character count4,211
Word count1,850
Unique words646
Words (1-occurrence)416
Unique kanji345
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 8
Character count4,920
Word count2,272
Unique words673
Words (1-occurrence)392
Unique kanji315
Kanji (1-occurrence)150
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 9
Character count4,314
Word count1,889
Unique words619
Words (1-occurrence)367
Unique kanji314
Kanji (1-occurrence)145
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 10
Character count3,915
Word count1,757
Unique words529
Words (1-occurrence)334
Unique kanji270
Kanji (1-occurrence)143
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 11
Character count4,493
Word count2,068
Unique words631
Words (1-occurrence)377
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)166
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 12
Character count3,461
Word count1,621
Unique words616
Words (1-occurrence)399
Unique kanji346
Kanji (1-occurrence)171
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 13
Character count4,602
Word count2,200
Unique words691
Words (1-occurrence)406
Unique kanji392
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 14
Character count4,080
Word count1,809
Unique words588
Words (1-occurrence)356
Unique kanji306
Kanji (1-occurrence)157
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 15
Character count5,246
Word count2,462
Unique words686
Words (1-occurrence)394
Unique kanji357
Kanji (1-occurrence)167
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 16
Character count4,599
Word count1,905
Unique words630
Words (1-occurrence)386
Unique kanji342
Kanji (1-occurrence)160
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 17
Character count4,308
Word count1,938
Unique words592
Words (1-occurrence)350
Unique kanji317
Kanji (1-occurrence)155
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 18
Character count3,787
Word count1,779
Unique words487
Words (1-occurrence)262
Unique kanji279
Kanji (1-occurrence)131
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 19
Character count4,083
Word count1,862
Unique words572
Words (1-occurrence)336
Unique kanji289
Kanji (1-occurrence)144
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 20
Character count3,582
Word count1,642
Unique words478
Words (1-occurrence)254
Unique kanji250
Kanji (1-occurrence)106
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 21
Character count3,434
Word count1,583
Unique words524
Words (1-occurrence)319
Unique kanji279
Kanji (1-occurrence)128
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 22
Character count3,336
Word count1,506
Unique words471
Words (1-occurrence)262
Unique kanji272
Kanji (1-occurrence)119
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 23
Character count3,802
Word count1,842
Unique words493
Words (1-occurrence)259
Unique kanji281
Kanji (1-occurrence)120
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 24
Character count3,801
Word count1,786
Unique words516
Words (1-occurrence)290
Unique kanji276
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty beta Moderate