Iki mo Dekinai Natsu
Drama
息もできない夏 2012/07/10
Character count71,515
Word count29,711
Unique words2,564
Words (1-occurrence)1,178
Unique kanji927
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Difficulty beta Easy
Episodes11

A 19-year-old girl burdened by a cruel destiny, a 41-year-old man living in atonement, and a forbidden love that cannot be accepted by the people around them. Breathless Summer is as much a social drama as it is a love story. Takei plays said girl who learns that her mother never recorded her birth in their family register. While falling into despair after finding out the secret about her birth yet wholeheartedly trying to live to regain "herself", she happens to run into a former journalist who is suffering from a deep scar in his heart himself. Although they could be father and daughter, they start to develop much stronger feelings for each other, a love forbidden by society.

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Episode 1
Character count8,292
Word count3,367
Unique words832
Words (1-occurrence)407
Unique kanji434
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 2
Character count5,608
Word count2,184
Unique words639
Words (1-occurrence)343
Unique kanji361
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count6,260
Word count2,570
Unique words688
Words (1-occurrence)359
Unique kanji374
Kanji (1-occurrence)145
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 4
Character count6,765
Word count2,777
Unique words735
Words (1-occurrence)407
Unique kanji400
Kanji (1-occurrence)170
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 5
Character count7,833
Word count3,208
Unique words771
Words (1-occurrence)397
Unique kanji407
Kanji (1-occurrence)146
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 6
Character count6,903
Word count2,858
Unique words677
Words (1-occurrence)350
Unique kanji343
Kanji (1-occurrence)127
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 7
Character count5,945
Word count2,545
Unique words632
Words (1-occurrence)315
Unique kanji337
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 8
Character count6,396
Word count2,651
Unique words757
Words (1-occurrence)407
Unique kanji422
Kanji (1-occurrence)169
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 9
Character count6,518
Word count2,713
Unique words711
Words (1-occurrence)364
Unique kanji397
Kanji (1-occurrence)150
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 10
Character count5,093
Word count2,241
Unique words604
Words (1-occurrence)319
Unique kanji347
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 11
Character count5,902
Word count2,597
Unique words685
Words (1-occurrence)356
Unique kanji381
Kanji (1-occurrence)145
Difficulty beta Easy