Perfect Blue

Drama·パーフェクト・ブルー
Perfect Blue
2012/10/08
Speech time
5h 40min
Word count34,839
Unique words
4,338
Unique kanji
1,227
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Hard
Episodes11
Rating
65 %

Hasumi Kayoko, the rookie investigator at the all-female Hasumi Detective Agency, always observes people and cases in a level-headed manner. She detests lies and secrets, and has a strong sense of justice. Her late father worked at the city news desk of a newspaper, but committed suicide 7 years ago. However, the truth lies in darkness and Kayoko's mother, Kyoko, the agency's director, has been secretly pursuing the facts. An incident becomes the catalyst that entwines Kayoko and the people around her, and she closes in on the truth behind her father's death.

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Japanese study overview

Perfect Blue is a Japanese drama of 83,894 characters, with 4,338 unique words and 1,227 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,338 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
32min
Word count3,094
Unique words
941
Unique kanji
486
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
32min
Word count3,607
Unique words
986
Unique kanji
488
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
27min
Word count2,990
Unique words
806
Unique kanji
420
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
33min
Word count3,245
Unique words
938
Unique kanji
503
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Hard

Episode 5

Speech time
31min
Word count3,242
Unique words
949
Unique kanji
473
Speech speed
287
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
31min
Word count3,290
Unique words
899
Unique kanji
468
Speech speed
296
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
33min
Word count3,416
Unique words
1,031
Unique kanji
541
Speech speed
292
Difficulty Hard

Episode 8

Speech time
30min
Word count3,165
Unique words
966
Unique kanji
498
Speech speed
299
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
33min
Word count3,680
Unique words
1,031
Unique kanji
545
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
29min
Word count2,586
Unique words
784
Unique kanji
434
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Hard

Episode 11

Speech time
27min
Word count2,524
Unique words
750
Unique kanji
437
Speech speed
265
Difficulty Hard

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Vocabulary highlights

Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.

See the full vocabulary list (4,338 words)