Fune wo Amu
Anime
舟を編む
2016/10/14
Character count37,518
Word count16,268
Unique words2,940
Words (1-occurrence)1,625
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)278
Difficulty beta
Average
Episodes11
External Rating
74 %

The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai). (Source: Anime News Network)

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Genres
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
Tags
Adult Cast
Work
Writing
Male Protagonist
Philosophy
Coming of Age
Educational
Office Lady
Office
Metafiction
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count3,708
Word count1,640
Unique words633
Words (1-occurrence)410
Unique kanji373
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 2
Character count3,987
Word count1,789
Unique words656
Words (1-occurrence)436
Unique kanji384
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 3
Character count3,500
Word count1,528
Unique words579
Words (1-occurrence)370
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 4
Character count3,355
Word count1,481
Unique words562
Words (1-occurrence)362
Unique kanji314
Kanji (1-occurrence)144
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 5
Character count3,421
Word count1,506
Unique words573
Words (1-occurrence)369
Unique kanji304
Kanji (1-occurrence)169
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 6
Character count2,562
Word count1,096
Unique words441
Words (1-occurrence)281
Unique kanji271
Kanji (1-occurrence)152
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 7
Character count3,641
Word count1,571
Unique words588
Words (1-occurrence)391
Unique kanji341
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 8
Character count3,941
Word count1,679
Unique words575
Words (1-occurrence)353
Unique kanji310
Kanji (1-occurrence)155
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 9
Character count3,033
Word count1,289
Unique words521
Words (1-occurrence)352
Unique kanji297
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 10
Character count2,757
Word count1,120
Unique words480
Words (1-occurrence)321
Unique kanji266
Kanji (1-occurrence)140
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 11
Character count3,613
Word count1,569
Unique words629
Words (1-occurrence)424
Unique kanji368
Kanji (1-occurrence)185
Difficulty beta
Expert