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 count38,350
Unique words4,536
Words (1-occurrence)2,221
Unique kanji1,258
Kanji (1-occurrence)265
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episodes10
External Rating
76 %

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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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count11,942
Word count5,089
Unique words1,266
Words (1-occurrence)737
Unique kanji587
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count8,783
Word count3,786
Unique words1,145
Words (1-occurrence)694
Unique kanji552
Kanji (1-occurrence)224
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count9,818
Word count4,248
Unique words1,150
Words (1-occurrence)679
Unique kanji570
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count8,601
Word count3,720
Unique words1,018
Words (1-occurrence)598
Unique kanji500
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count7,280
Word count3,143
Unique words959
Words (1-occurrence)580
Unique kanji477
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count7,929
Word count3,372
Unique words1,045
Words (1-occurrence)651
Unique kanji565
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count9,882
Word count4,173
Unique words1,176
Words (1-occurrence)718
Unique kanji547
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count8,304
Word count3,607
Unique words1,023
Words (1-occurrence)604
Unique kanji537
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count8,857
Word count3,859
Unique words1,162
Words (1-occurrence)737
Unique kanji569
Kanji (1-occurrence)235
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count7,835
Word count3,353
Unique words978
Words (1-occurrence)599
Unique kanji510
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary