Elpis: Kibou, Arui wa Wazawai
Drama
エルピス —希望、あるいは災い—
2022/10/24
Character count89,231
Word count38,354
Unique words4,341
Words (1-occurrence)2,189
Unique kanji1,258
Kanji (1-occurrence)265
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episodes10

Inspired by multiple true cases of false accusations, Elpis follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a former network anchor whose star has faded due to scandal and now helms a late-night, less-formal magazine show. There an under-rated and rookie director Takuro Kishimoto (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction which, together with Asakawa, make-up artist Cherry (Toko Miura) and star reporter Shouichi Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), they investigate and unravel as a state-wide conspiracy and cover up.

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Episode 1
Character count11,942
Word count5,091
Unique words1,266
Words (1-occurrence)736
Unique kanji587
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 2
Character count8,783
Word count3,782
Unique words1,146
Words (1-occurrence)694
Unique kanji552
Kanji (1-occurrence)224
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 3
Character count9,818
Word count4,248
Unique words1,152
Words (1-occurrence)681
Unique kanji570
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count8,601
Word count3,722
Unique words1,017
Words (1-occurrence)597
Unique kanji500
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 5
Character count7,280
Word count3,148
Unique words959
Words (1-occurrence)580
Unique kanji477
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count7,929
Word count3,372
Unique words1,045
Words (1-occurrence)651
Unique kanji565
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta Hard
Episode 7
Character count9,882
Word count4,170
Unique words1,177
Words (1-occurrence)718
Unique kanji547
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 8
Character count8,304
Word count3,607
Unique words1,025
Words (1-occurrence)605
Unique kanji537
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 9
Character count8,857
Word count3,858
Unique words1,163
Words (1-occurrence)738
Unique kanji569
Kanji (1-occurrence)235
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 10
Character count7,835
Word count3,356
Unique words980
Words (1-occurrence)599
Unique kanji510
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta Hard