Shitamachi Rocket
Drama
下町ロケット 2015/10/18
Character count294,987
Word count124,316
Unique words8,046
Unique words used once3,261
Unique kanji1,613
Unique kanji used once229
Difficulty beta Hard
Episodes23

Tsukuda Kohei was once a researcher with the Aerospace and Science Exploration Agency and now runs Tsukuda Industries, a small factory which was left by his father. Although his relationship with his teenage daughter Rina is somewhat strained, business at Tsukuda Industries has gradually started to improve. But Tsukuda puts too much effort into his dream of developing a rocket engine and business declines little by little. One day, a major client suddenly declares that it is dropping Tsukuda Industries. Then, Tsukuda Industries gets sued by a big rival company, Nakashima Industries, for patent infringement. Tsukuda Industries’ reputation is hurt and financing from banks is also in a desperate situation. In the midst of this, Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan’s leading corporations, offers to buy a patent which Tsukuda Industries possesses for 2 billion yen

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Episode 1
Character count22,691
Word count9,457
Unique words2,054
Unique words used once1,131
Unique kanji832
Unique kanji used once254
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 2
Character count22,714
Word count9,414
Unique words2,039
Unique words used once1,121
Unique kanji827
Unique kanji used once255
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 3
Character count18,032
Word count7,594
Unique words1,847
Unique words used once1,033
Unique kanji770
Unique kanji used once239
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 4
Character count13,585
Word count5,793
Unique words1,515
Unique words used once875
Unique kanji703
Unique kanji used once248
Difficulty beta Very hard
Episode 5
Character count9,922
Word count4,290
Unique words1,253
Unique words used once761
Unique kanji610
Unique kanji used once238
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count10,546
Word count4,442
Unique words1,249
Unique words used once740
Unique kanji609
Unique kanji used once229
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 7
Character count8,949
Word count3,823
Unique words1,093
Unique words used once638
Unique kanji530
Unique kanji used once179
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 8
Character count11,537
Word count4,914
Unique words1,348
Unique words used once805
Unique kanji636
Unique kanji used once221
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 9
Character count10,605
Word count4,470
Unique words1,303
Unique words used once786
Unique kanji648
Unique kanji used once236
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 10
Character count10,377
Word count4,304
Unique words1,187
Unique words used once696
Unique kanji603
Unique kanji used once232
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 11
Character count14,974
Word count6,270
Unique words1,622
Unique words used once960
Unique kanji738
Unique kanji used once242
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 12
Character count15,412
Word count6,461
Unique words1,612
Unique words used once965
Unique kanji752
Unique kanji used once268
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 13
Character count17,474
Word count7,596
Unique words1,628
Unique words used once903
Unique kanji705
Unique kanji used once221
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 14
Character count16,013
Word count6,674
Unique words1,560
Unique words used once881
Unique kanji695
Unique kanji used once222
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 15
Character count9,849
Word count4,096
Unique words1,166
Unique words used once695
Unique kanji572
Unique kanji used once221
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 16
Character count8,756
Word count3,658
Unique words1,046
Unique words used once633
Unique kanji537
Unique kanji used once197
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 17
Character count10,657
Word count4,414
Unique words1,262
Unique words used once736
Unique kanji654
Unique kanji used once224
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 18
Character count10,573
Word count4,445
Unique words1,235
Unique words used once747
Unique kanji590
Unique kanji used once216
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 19
Character count10,648
Word count4,521
Unique words1,203
Unique words used once712
Unique kanji531
Unique kanji used once194
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 20
Character count9,154
Word count3,886
Unique words1,168
Unique words used once697
Unique kanji569
Unique kanji used once234
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 21
Character count9,161
Word count3,824
Unique words1,096
Unique words used once643
Unique kanji512
Unique kanji used once191
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 22
Character count12,099
Word count5,194
Unique words1,348
Unique words used once772
Unique kanji638
Unique kanji used once206
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 23
Character count11,259
Word count4,776
Unique words1,270
Unique words used once723
Unique kanji608
Unique kanji used once206
Difficulty beta Moderate