Rail Wars!

Anime·レールウォーズ
Rail Wars!
2014/07/04
Speech time
2h 55min
Word count18,039
Unique words
3,357
Unique kanji
1,053
Avg. sentence10.3
Speech speed
282
Difficulty Average
Episodes12
Rating
59 %

The "dream railway paradise entertainment" story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called "RJ" plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways. (Source: Anime News Network)

Genres
Action
Ecchi
Romance
Tags
Trains
Police
Male Protagonist
Work
Cute Girls Doing Cute Things
Nudity
Harem
Female Cast
Firearms
Idol
Female Protagonist

Japanese study overview

Rail Wars! is a Japanese anime of 42,628 characters, with 3,357 unique words and 1,053 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,357 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
12min
Word count1,608
Unique words
702
Unique kanji
393
Avg. sentence10.2
Speech speed
296
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
13min
Word count1,408
Unique words
580
Unique kanji
366
Avg. sentence10.2
Speech speed
305
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
14min
Word count1,374
Unique words
581
Unique kanji
336
Avg. sentence10.3
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
15min
Word count1,480
Unique words
612
Unique kanji
326
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
13min
Word count1,478
Unique words
582
Unique kanji
359
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
301
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
14min
Word count1,359
Unique words
532
Unique kanji
318
Avg. sentence9.9
Speech speed
264
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
16min
Word count1,767
Unique words
667
Unique kanji
341
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
285
Difficulty Easy

Episode 8

Speech time
14min
Word count1,517
Unique words
630
Unique kanji
356
Avg. sentence11.3
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
13min
Word count1,349
Unique words
550
Unique kanji
304
Avg. sentence10.3
Speech speed
270
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
15min
Word count1,614
Unique words
672
Unique kanji
421
Avg. sentence10.7
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
15min
Word count1,611
Unique words
656
Unique kanji
370
Avg. sentence9.6
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
14min
Word count1,474
Unique words
594
Unique kanji
339
Avg. sentence11.7
Speech speed
290
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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