Saito-san
Drama
斉藤さん
2008/01/09
Character count184,873
Word count80,413
Unique words5,557
Words (1-occurrence)2,664
Unique kanji1,363
Kanji (1-occurrence)236
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episodes21

With her husband rarely home because of work, Saitou Masako raises her kindergarten son by herself. With a strong sense of what's right, she is never afraid to confront people who violate the rules of society. While her righteousness makes her a heroine among the kindergarteners, their mothers have learned to keep their distance from all the trouble Saitou brings with her. Mano Wakaba, a soft-spoken mother who had problems with her son turning violent at his previous school, soon moves into the neighborhood. Eager to get along with the other mothers at the kindergarten, Mano does her best to please, and pushes her son Takeru to do the same, even if it puts her at odds with Saitou.

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Episode 1
Character count8,759
Word count3,733
Unique words916
Words (1-occurrence)496
Unique kanji449
Kanji (1-occurrence)176
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 2
Character count8,485
Word count3,702
Unique words845
Words (1-occurrence)440
Unique kanji432
Kanji (1-occurrence)171
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 3
Character count8,117
Word count3,591
Unique words850
Words (1-occurrence)459
Unique kanji423
Kanji (1-occurrence)176
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 4
Character count7,794
Word count3,380
Unique words834
Words (1-occurrence)457
Unique kanji405
Kanji (1-occurrence)158
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 5
Character count7,445
Word count3,221
Unique words898
Words (1-occurrence)521
Unique kanji420
Kanji (1-occurrence)174
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 6
Character count7,995
Word count3,447
Unique words950
Words (1-occurrence)533
Unique kanji465
Kanji (1-occurrence)190
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 7
Character count10,272
Word count4,414
Unique words1,100
Words (1-occurrence)614
Unique kanji534
Kanji (1-occurrence)195
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 8
Character count8,543
Word count3,689
Unique words923
Words (1-occurrence)528
Unique kanji476
Kanji (1-occurrence)211
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 9
Character count8,411
Word count3,830
Unique words857
Words (1-occurrence)473
Unique kanji428
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 10
Character count7,889
Word count3,490
Unique words865
Words (1-occurrence)467
Unique kanji449
Kanji (1-occurrence)175
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 11
Character count7,078
Word count3,090
Unique words816
Words (1-occurrence)468
Unique kanji400
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 12
Character count11,676
Word count4,894
Unique words1,042
Words (1-occurrence)554
Unique kanji481
Kanji (1-occurrence)192
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 13
Character count10,147
Word count4,527
Unique words993
Words (1-occurrence)533
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 14
Character count9,454
Word count4,103
Unique words913
Words (1-occurrence)506
Unique kanji449
Kanji (1-occurrence)184
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 15
Character count8,672
Word count3,735
Unique words1,004
Words (1-occurrence)577
Unique kanji460
Kanji (1-occurrence)189
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 16
Character count8,615
Word count3,730
Unique words898
Words (1-occurrence)487
Unique kanji422
Kanji (1-occurrence)179
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 17
Character count8,230
Word count3,552
Unique words850
Words (1-occurrence)484
Unique kanji392
Kanji (1-occurrence)170
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Episode 18
Character count8,696
Word count3,878
Unique words931
Words (1-occurrence)532
Unique kanji445
Kanji (1-occurrence)184
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 19
Character count9,216
Word count4,043
Unique words998
Words (1-occurrence)589
Unique kanji480
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 20
Character count9,687
Word count4,200
Unique words969
Words (1-occurrence)529
Unique kanji454
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Easy
Episode 21
Character count9,692
Word count4,164
Unique words940
Words (1-occurrence)483
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)169
Difficulty beta
Moderate