W no Higeki
Drama
Wの悲劇
2012/04/26
Character count54,241
Word count22,432
Unique words3,470
Words (1-occurrence)1,784
Unique kanji1,111
Kanji (1-occurrence)282
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes8
External Rating
80 %

"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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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count6,969
Word count3,046
Unique words1,021
Words (1-occurrence)612
Unique kanji524
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count6,323
Word count2,711
Unique words872
Words (1-occurrence)529
Unique kanji452
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count5,719
Word count2,393
Unique words853
Words (1-occurrence)536
Unique kanji462
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count7,373
Word count3,013
Unique words956
Words (1-occurrence)617
Unique kanji531
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count7,614
Word count3,104
Unique words981
Words (1-occurrence)606
Unique kanji539
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count7,622
Word count3,122
Unique words922
Words (1-occurrence)548
Unique kanji495
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count6,622
Word count2,746
Unique words901
Words (1-occurrence)552
Unique kanji466
Kanji (1-occurrence)190
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count5,999
Word count2,297
Unique words720
Words (1-occurrence)424
Unique kanji381
Kanji (1-occurrence)160
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary