The story happens in the near future of Japan, where sexual activity is forbidden by law. Inuda Hikaru is an honor student whose father is an executive at Setori (Sexual Misconduct Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). Hikaru aspires to become like his father and finds sex unpleasant. Minase Yu is Hikaru's childhood friend who has a sharp tongue but excels in her grades. Yu is also a big fan of nationally known actress Uchu Misora, commonly known as Uchura. One day, Hikaru is invited by a classmate to a shady members-only club where he witnesses men and women engaging in illegal sexual acts. He is also surprised to see Uchura, who claims to be "pure" there with a man. Before he realised, Hikaru finds himself being caught in an "underworld organization" where sexual activity is performed.
Japanese study overview
Akai Ringo is a Japanese drama of 30,093 characters, with 2,034 unique words and 790 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,034 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 犬田Inuta×260
- 私I×113
- 水瀬Mizuse×76
- 青原Aohara×53
- 言うto say×50
- 僕I×47
- お前you×46
- 志場Shiba×44
- 光light×35
- 性行為sexual act×33
- 今now×33
- 君you×32
- 取締法control law×18
- 西袋Nishibukuro×13
- 牛本Ushimoto×12
- 副部長deputy director×12
- 光Akari×10
- 風間Azama×9
- 美空beautiful sky×5
- 国民的national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus)×5