Barakamon
Anime
ばらかもん
2014/07/06
Character count60,664
Word count27,606
Unique words3,708
Words (1-occurrence)1,905
Unique kanji1,076
Kanji (1-occurrence)258
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes12
External Rating
82 %

Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions. As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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Genres
Slice of Life
Tags
Countryside
Art
Family
Episodic
Male Protagonist
Seinen
Slapstick
Philosophy
Island
Coming of Age
Teacher
Tsundere
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count3,886
Word count1,777
Unique words606
Words (1-occurrence)371
Unique kanji284
Kanji (1-occurrence)142
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count5,039
Word count2,337
Unique words723
Words (1-occurrence)423
Unique kanji347
Kanji (1-occurrence)151
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count4,670
Word count2,109
Unique words696
Words (1-occurrence)426
Unique kanji319
Kanji (1-occurrence)161
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count5,302
Word count2,402
Unique words812
Words (1-occurrence)490
Unique kanji349
Kanji (1-occurrence)167
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count4,961
Word count2,295
Unique words686
Words (1-occurrence)390
Unique kanji326
Kanji (1-occurrence)151
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count6,209
Word count2,822
Unique words848
Words (1-occurrence)516
Unique kanji387
Kanji (1-occurrence)184
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count5,123
Word count2,335
Unique words728
Words (1-occurrence)456
Unique kanji352
Kanji (1-occurrence)173
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count5,345
Word count2,376
Unique words725
Words (1-occurrence)421
Unique kanji321
Kanji (1-occurrence)146
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count5,191
Word count2,332
Unique words759
Words (1-occurrence)461
Unique kanji347
Kanji (1-occurrence)165
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count5,067
Word count2,335
Unique words733
Words (1-occurrence)440
Unique kanji334
Kanji (1-occurrence)162
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count4,914
Word count2,210
Unique words710
Words (1-occurrence)425
Unique kanji355
Kanji (1-occurrence)170
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 12
Character count4,957
Word count2,276
Unique words712
Words (1-occurrence)423
Unique kanji328
Kanji (1-occurrence)143
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary