Elpis: Kibou, Arui wa Wazawai
Drama
エルピス —希望、あるいは災い— 2022/10/24
Character count89,316
Word count36,824
Unique words4,236
Unique words used once2,122
Unique kanji1,242
Unique kanji used once260
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 count11,959
Word count4,921
Unique words1,273
Unique words used once744
Unique kanji587
Unique kanji used once226
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 2
Character count8,790
Word count3,666
Unique words1,129
Unique words used once677
Unique kanji552
Unique kanji used once224
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count9,826
Word count4,014
Unique words1,143
Unique words used once672
Unique kanji570
Unique kanji used once238
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 4
Character count8,610
Word count3,560
Unique words1,020
Unique words used once602
Unique kanji500
Unique kanji used once207
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 5
Character count7,286
Word count3,045
Unique words949
Unique words used once576
Unique kanji477
Unique kanji used once220
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 6
Character count7,931
Word count3,230
Unique words1,039
Unique words used once652
Unique kanji565
Unique kanji used once247
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 7
Character count9,896
Word count3,996
Unique words1,164
Unique words used once708
Unique kanji547
Unique kanji used once215
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count8,308
Word count3,478
Unique words1,012
Unique words used once589
Unique kanji537
Unique kanji used once229
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 9
Character count8,867
Word count3,690
Unique words1,146
Unique words used once721
Unique kanji569
Unique kanji used once235
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 10
Character count7,843
Word count3,224
Unique words972
Unique words used once599
Unique kanji510
Unique kanji used once241
Difficulty beta Moderate