W no Higeki
Drama
Wの悲劇
2012/04/26
Character count50,779
Word count22,492
Unique words3,221
Words (1-occurrence)1,615
Unique kanji1,104
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes8
External Rating
80 %

"W no Higeki" is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively. This new version of the story has Takei Emi playing two different characters with the exact same face. One is Mako, the future successor of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical conglomerate. She has always lived in comfort, but yearns for freedom. The other character is Satsuki, a lowly cleaner in a show pub who lives in solitude and destitution, and would do anything to get money, including prostituing her own body. One day, they met and decided to exchange lives.

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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count6,976
Word count3,035
Unique words968
Words (1-occurrence)556
Unique kanji524
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count5,926
Word count2,629
Unique words823
Words (1-occurrence)497
Unique kanji452
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count5,403
Word count2,426
Unique words830
Words (1-occurrence)511
Unique kanji462
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count6,940
Word count3,038
Unique words914
Words (1-occurrence)572
Unique kanji531
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count7,061
Word count3,154
Unique words940
Words (1-occurrence)564
Unique kanji539
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count7,147
Word count3,162
Unique words888
Words (1-occurrence)518
Unique kanji495
Kanji (1-occurrence)221
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count6,146
Word count2,725
Unique words840
Words (1-occurrence)509
Unique kanji466
Kanji (1-occurrence)190
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count5,180
Word count2,323
Unique words693
Words (1-occurrence)399
Unique kanji381
Kanji (1-occurrence)160
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary