Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
Drama
世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ
2004/07/02
Character count51,785
Word count23,040
Unique words2,713
Words (1-occurrence)1,388
Unique kanji925
Kanji (1-occurrence)232
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episodes12

"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then.

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Episode 1
Character count4,636
Word count2,061
Unique words695
Words (1-occurrence)414
Unique kanji367
Kanji (1-occurrence)177
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 2
Character count4,730
Word count2,074
Unique words669
Words (1-occurrence)408
Unique kanji342
Kanji (1-occurrence)161
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 3
Character count4,181
Word count1,871
Unique words613
Words (1-occurrence)364
Unique kanji307
Kanji (1-occurrence)146
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 4
Character count5,422
Word count2,366
Unique words691
Words (1-occurrence)367
Unique kanji340
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 5
Character count4,974
Word count2,243
Unique words659
Words (1-occurrence)389
Unique kanji322
Kanji (1-occurrence)141
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 6
Character count4,721
Word count2,100
Unique words675
Words (1-occurrence)398
Unique kanji357
Kanji (1-occurrence)164
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 7
Character count4,853
Word count2,122
Unique words617
Words (1-occurrence)362
Unique kanji327
Kanji (1-occurrence)164
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 8
Character count4,336
Word count1,930
Unique words585
Words (1-occurrence)338
Unique kanji318
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 9
Character count3,894
Word count1,759
Unique words568
Words (1-occurrence)337
Unique kanji303
Kanji (1-occurrence)163
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 10
Character count3,042
Word count1,312
Unique words478
Words (1-occurrence)287
Unique kanji280
Kanji (1-occurrence)145
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 11
Character count2,824
Word count1,311
Unique words451
Words (1-occurrence)260
Unique kanji246
Kanji (1-occurrence)131
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 12
Character count4,172
Word count1,891
Unique words629
Words (1-occurrence)410
Unique kanji354
Kanji (1-occurrence)175
Difficulty beta
Hard