Shitamachi Rocket
Drama
下町ロケット
2015/10/18
Speech duration
17h 9min
Word count124,474
Unique words9,104
Words (1-occurrence)3,625
Unique kanji1,622
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Speech speed
334
Difficulty 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
Speech duration
1h 19min
Word count9,543
Unique words2,129
Words (1-occurrence)1,219
Unique kanji832
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
1h 18min
Word count9,498
Unique words2,115
Words (1-occurrence)1,210
Unique kanji827
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Hard
Episode 3
Speech duration
1h 7min
Word count7,579
Unique words1,895
Words (1-occurrence)1,097
Unique kanji770
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Hard
Episode 4
Speech duration
47min
Word count5,797
Unique words1,548
Words (1-occurrence)931
Unique kanji703
Kanji (1-occurrence)248
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard
Episode 5
Speech duration
34min
Word count4,247
Unique words1,288
Words (1-occurrence)807
Unique kanji610
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Speech speed
328
Difficulty Hard
Episode 6
Speech duration
35min
Word count4,389
Unique words1,269
Words (1-occurrence)787
Unique kanji609
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard
Episode 7
Speech duration
33min
Word count3,788
Unique words1,119
Words (1-occurrence)676
Unique kanji530
Kanji (1-occurrence)179
Speech speed
316
Difficulty Hard
Episode 8
Speech duration
38min
Word count4,931
Unique words1,393
Words (1-occurrence)870
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Speech speed
358
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
35min
Word count4,473
Unique words1,325
Words (1-occurrence)823
Unique kanji648
Kanji (1-occurrence)236
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
35min
Word count4,305
Unique words1,225
Words (1-occurrence)732
Unique kanji603
Kanji (1-occurrence)232
Speech speed
328
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
49min
Word count6,246
Unique words1,625
Words (1-occurrence)980
Unique kanji738
Kanji (1-occurrence)242
Speech speed
357
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
54min
Word count6,529
Unique words1,656
Words (1-occurrence)993
Unique kanji752
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Speech speed
342
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
43min
Word count7,653
Unique words1,643
Words (1-occurrence)907
Unique kanji705
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Speech speed
469
Difficulty Hard
Episode 14
Speech duration
55min
Word count6,787
Unique words1,591
Words (1-occurrence)911
Unique kanji695
Kanji (1-occurrence)222
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
35min
Word count4,096
Unique words1,168
Words (1-occurrence)704
Unique kanji572
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Speech speed
320
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
33min
Word count3,654
Unique words1,071
Words (1-occurrence)651
Unique kanji537
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Speech speed
304
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
41min
Word count4,415
Unique words1,295
Words (1-occurrence)777
Unique kanji654
Kanji (1-occurrence)224
Speech speed
308
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
37min
Word count4,487
Unique words1,267
Words (1-occurrence)787
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)216
Speech speed
331
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
38min
Word count4,510
Unique words1,212
Words (1-occurrence)727
Unique kanji531
Kanji (1-occurrence)194
Speech speed
333
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
32min
Word count3,877
Unique words1,179
Words (1-occurrence)718
Unique kanji569
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Speech speed
328
Difficulty Hard
Episode 21
Speech duration
34min
Word count3,841
Unique words1,100
Words (1-occurrence)666
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Speech speed
305
Difficulty Hard
Episode 22
Speech duration
44min
Word count5,159
Unique words1,382
Words (1-occurrence)817
Unique kanji638
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Hard
Episode 23
Speech duration
40min
Word count4,670
Unique words1,295
Words (1-occurrence)753
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
325
Difficulty Hard