Elpis: Kibou, Arui wa Wazawai
Drama
エルピス —希望、あるいは災い— 2022/10/24
Character count89,346
Word count37,440
Unique words4,282
Words (1-occurrence)2,134
Unique kanji1,258
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta Easy
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 count11,962
Word count4,973
Unique words1,276
Words (1-occurrence)744
Unique kanji587
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 2
Character count8,793
Word count3,725
Unique words1,141
Words (1-occurrence)681
Unique kanji552
Kanji (1-occurrence)224
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count9,831
Word count4,103
Unique words1,158
Words (1-occurrence)678
Unique kanji570
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 4
Character count8,612
Word count3,632
Unique words1,023
Words (1-occurrence)590
Unique kanji500
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 5
Character count7,289
Word count3,076
Unique words962
Words (1-occurrence)578
Unique kanji477
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 6
Character count7,938
Word count3,301
Unique words1,060
Words (1-occurrence)657
Unique kanji565
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 7
Character count9,898
Word count4,060
Unique words1,180
Words (1-occurrence)715
Unique kanji547
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count8,309
Word count3,541
Unique words1,027
Words (1-occurrence)595
Unique kanji537
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 9
Character count8,870
Word count3,768
Unique words1,167
Words (1-occurrence)734
Unique kanji569
Kanji (1-occurrence)235
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 10
Character count7,844
Word count3,261
Unique words980
Words (1-occurrence)596
Unique kanji510
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta Moderate