Youkame no Semi
Drama
八日目の蝉
2010/03/30
Character count31,060
Word count13,878
Unique words2,266
Words (1-occurrence)1,164
Unique kanji871
Kanji (1-occurrence)272
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes6

Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.

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Genres
Drama
Mystery
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count4,264
Word count1,866
Unique words596
Words (1-occurrence)364
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)162
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count4,904
Word count2,148
Unique words693
Words (1-occurrence)411
Unique kanji380
Kanji (1-occurrence)187
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count6,067
Word count2,690
Unique words841
Words (1-occurrence)499
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count5,680
Word count2,602
Unique words807
Words (1-occurrence)487
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count5,778
Word count2,606
Unique words740
Words (1-occurrence)453
Unique kanji369
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count4,367
Word count1,966
Unique words649
Words (1-occurrence)388
Unique kanji359
Kanji (1-occurrence)161
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary