Mawaru Penguindrum
Anime
輪るピングドラム
2011/07/08
Speech duration
5h 21min
Word count45,490
Unique words4,724
Words (1-occurrence)2,389
Unique kanji1,253
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
311
Episodes24
External Rating
79 %

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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Genres
Drama
Mystery
Psychological
Supernatural
Tags
Philosophy
Family
Coming of Age
Metafiction
Female Protagonist
Male Protagonist
Denpa
Politics
Parody
Trains
Absurdist Comedy
Henshin
Animals
Magic
Satire
Teen Cast
Fairy Tale
Cult
Non-Chronological
Age Gap
Subdecks
Episode 1
Speech duration
13min
Word count2,102
Unique words651
Words (1-occurrence)396
Unique kanji323
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
318
Episode 2
Speech duration
14min
Word count2,144
Unique words658
Words (1-occurrence)397
Unique kanji320
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta
Easy
Speech speed
307
Episode 3
Speech duration
14min
Word count2,088
Unique words632
Words (1-occurrence)372
Unique kanji300
Kanji (1-occurrence)149
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
325
Episode 4
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,996
Unique words733
Words (1-occurrence)482
Unique kanji366
Kanji (1-occurrence)192
Difficulty beta
Easy
Speech speed
309
Episode 5
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,847
Unique words617
Words (1-occurrence)382
Unique kanji327
Kanji (1-occurrence)151
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
309
Episode 6
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,842
Unique words601
Words (1-occurrence)364
Unique kanji317
Kanji (1-occurrence)148
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
302
Episode 7
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,872
Unique words665
Words (1-occurrence)439
Unique kanji345
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
300
Episode 8
Speech duration
14min
Word count2,258
Unique words671
Words (1-occurrence)398
Unique kanji315
Kanji (1-occurrence)150
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
332
Episode 9
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,844
Unique words604
Words (1-occurrence)361
Unique kanji314
Kanji (1-occurrence)145
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
341
Episode 10
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,713
Unique words529
Words (1-occurrence)337
Unique kanji270
Kanji (1-occurrence)143
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
271
Episode 11
Speech duration
14min
Word count2,055
Unique words628
Words (1-occurrence)383
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)166
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
332
Episode 12
Speech duration
11min
Word count1,575
Unique words594
Words (1-occurrence)378
Unique kanji346
Kanji (1-occurrence)171
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
313
Episode 13
Speech duration
14min
Word count2,173
Unique words683
Words (1-occurrence)404
Unique kanji392
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
336
Episode 14
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,782
Unique words590
Words (1-occurrence)369
Unique kanji306
Kanji (1-occurrence)157
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
302
Episode 15
Speech duration
15min
Word count2,354
Unique words693
Words (1-occurrence)425
Unique kanji357
Kanji (1-occurrence)167
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
340
Episode 16
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,916
Unique words640
Words (1-occurrence)400
Unique kanji342
Kanji (1-occurrence)160
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
317
Episode 17
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,979
Unique words612
Words (1-occurrence)369
Unique kanji317
Kanji (1-occurrence)155
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
319
Episode 18
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,816
Unique words492
Words (1-occurrence)280
Unique kanji279
Kanji (1-occurrence)131
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
302
Episode 19
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,867
Unique words573
Words (1-occurrence)350
Unique kanji289
Kanji (1-occurrence)144
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
306
Episode 20
Speech duration
11min
Word count1,647
Unique words493
Words (1-occurrence)263
Unique kanji250
Kanji (1-occurrence)106
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
309
Episode 21
Speech duration
11min
Word count1,594
Unique words511
Words (1-occurrence)309
Unique kanji279
Kanji (1-occurrence)128
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
310
Episode 22
Speech duration
11min
Word count1,493
Unique words463
Words (1-occurrence)259
Unique kanji272
Kanji (1-occurrence)119
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
281
Episode 23
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,779
Unique words487
Words (1-occurrence)265
Unique kanji281
Kanji (1-occurrence)120
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
298
Episode 24
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,754
Unique words512
Words (1-occurrence)289
Unique kanji276
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
288