W no Higeki
Drama
Wの悲劇 2012/04/26
Character count50,803
Word count22,170
Unique words3,027
Words (1-occurrence)1,548
Unique kanji1,103
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta Easy
Episodes8

"W no Higeki" is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively. This new version of the story has Takei Emi playing two different characters with the exact same face. One is Mako, the future successor of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical conglomerate. She has always lived in comfort, but yearns for freedom. The other character is Satsuki, a lowly cleaner in a show pub who lives in solitude and destitution, and would do anything to get money, including prostituing her own body. One day, they met and decided to exchange lives.

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Episode 1
Character count6,984
Word count2,990
Unique words971
Words (1-occurrence)552
Unique kanji524
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 2
Character count5,926
Word count2,596
Unique words826
Words (1-occurrence)491
Unique kanji452
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count5,405
Word count2,415
Unique words828
Words (1-occurrence)504
Unique kanji462
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 4
Character count6,940
Word count2,968
Unique words915
Words (1-occurrence)570
Unique kanji531
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 5
Character count7,065
Word count3,101
Unique words946
Words (1-occurrence)564
Unique kanji539
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 6
Character count7,151
Word count3,108
Unique words896
Words (1-occurrence)519
Unique kanji495
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 7
Character count6,148
Word count2,707
Unique words843
Words (1-occurrence)502
Unique kanji466
Kanji (1-occurrence)190
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count5,184
Word count2,285
Unique words699
Words (1-occurrence)402
Unique kanji381
Kanji (1-occurrence)160
Difficulty beta Beginner