Shitamachi Rocket
Drama
下町ロケット
2015/10/18
Character count294,955
Word count128,928
Unique words8,720
Words (1-occurrence)3,468
Unique kanji1,615
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes23
External Rating
79 %

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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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count22,691
Word count9,870
Unique words2,082
Words (1-occurrence)1,179
Unique kanji832
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count22,714
Word count9,820
Unique words2,067
Words (1-occurrence)1,169
Unique kanji827
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count18,031
Word count7,889
Unique words1,851
Words (1-occurrence)1,048
Unique kanji770
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count13,579
Word count6,029
Unique words1,541
Words (1-occurrence)913
Unique kanji703
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count9,925
Word count4,459
Unique words1,259
Words (1-occurrence)770
Unique kanji610
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count10,549
Word count4,591
Unique words1,263
Words (1-occurrence)755
Unique kanji609
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count8,948
Word count3,945
Unique words1,103
Words (1-occurrence)649
Unique kanji530
Kanji (1-occurrence)179
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count11,544
Word count5,098
Unique words1,362
Words (1-occurrence)830
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count10,603
Word count4,663
Unique words1,311
Words (1-occurrence)792
Unique kanji648
Kanji (1-occurrence)236
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count10,374
Word count4,460
Unique words1,204
Words (1-occurrence)716
Unique kanji603
Kanji (1-occurrence)232
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count14,978
Word count6,513
Unique words1,622
Words (1-occurrence)965
Unique kanji738
Kanji (1-occurrence)242
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 12
Character count15,408
Word count6,780
Unique words1,629
Words (1-occurrence)982
Unique kanji752
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 13
Character count17,461
Word count7,777
Unique words1,627
Words (1-occurrence)893
Unique kanji705
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 14
Character count16,021
Word count6,943
Unique words1,573
Words (1-occurrence)895
Unique kanji695
Kanji (1-occurrence)222
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 15
Character count9,854
Word count4,229
Unique words1,153
Words (1-occurrence)688
Unique kanji572
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 16
Character count8,757
Word count3,777
Unique words1,057
Words (1-occurrence)642
Unique kanji537
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 17
Character count10,652
Word count4,561
Unique words1,285
Words (1-occurrence)763
Unique kanji654
Kanji (1-occurrence)224
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 18
Character count10,564
Word count4,631
Unique words1,237
Words (1-occurrence)754
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)216
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 19
Character count10,647
Word count4,631
Unique words1,208
Words (1-occurrence)720
Unique kanji531
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 20
Character count9,143
Word count3,994
Unique words1,169
Words (1-occurrence)696
Unique kanji569
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 21
Character count9,161
Word count4,004
Unique words1,102
Words (1-occurrence)659
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 22
Character count12,097
Word count5,387
Unique words1,344
Words (1-occurrence)774
Unique kanji638
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 23
Character count11,254
Word count4,877
Unique words1,270
Words (1-occurrence)724
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary