# Learn Japanese with Lycoris Recoil

> How hard its Japanese is, where to watch it, and what to watch before and after.

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**The short answer:** Ikkimi rates **Lycoris Recoil** N3 for learning Japanese: casual banter, café and gun words. **Good for a beginner? With some help.** It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

Ikkimi lists Lycoris Recoil on Crunchyroll. What each service carries varies by country. On Crunchyroll, Ikkimi finds a Japanese subtitle file for the episode in Jimaku’s catalogue and lines it up for you.

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## How hard is the Japanese in Lycoris Recoil?

Ikkimi rates Lycoris Recoil at **N3** (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: casual banter, café and gun words. Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 are harder.

Levels follow the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). They are Ikkimi’s estimate of how hard a show’s Japanese is to follow, from how fast people talk, how many unusual words there are and how clear the voices are. They are not official JLPT ratings.

| Fact | Lycoris Recoil |
| --- | --- |
| Ikkimi’s level | N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed) |
| Why | casual banter, café and gun words |
| Japanese title | リコリス・リコイル |
| Format | TV series |
| Episodes | 13, about 24 minutes each |
| First aired | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Slice of Life |
| Where to watch | [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/search?q=Lycoris%20Recoil) |

Format, episodes, year and genres are from [AniList’s entry](https://anilist.co/anime/143270), which may cover only the first season.

## How to learn Japanese with Lycoris Recoil

Ikkimi lists Lycoris Recoil on Crunchyroll. What each service carries varies by country. Ikkimi does not stream anything: you watch on your own account, in Chrome on a computer, and Ikkimi adds a Japanese line you can click on top of the player.

### On Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll rarely has Japanese subtitles. On a Crunchyroll episode, Ikkimi looks for a matching Japanese subtitle file in Jimaku’s public catalogue, loads it and lines it up with the episode by itself. If Jimaku has no file for an episode, you can search by hand in the Ikkimi popup or load a subtitle file from your computer.

1. Add Ikkimi to Chrome: Get the extension from the [Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ikkimi-%E2%80%94-learn-japanese/kknpmodmojiodjhbgapdgpabdehpnfcb) and sign in.
2. Play an episode: Open Lycoris Recoil on Crunchyroll. The Japanese line appears on top of the video.
3. Click the words you keep hearing: The video pauses and the word opens: kana, romaji, meaning, JLPT level and a recording by a native speaker where one exists (never a computer voice; otherwise the line from the show plays again). Keep three to five words an episode, the ones that come up again.
4. Review them later: Kept words come back as flashcards on the Ikkimi website, with the scene and the line they came from, just before you would forget them.

## Easier and harder shows

Shows within a level of Lycoris Recoil, with the most genres in common first.

### Easier

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Horimiya](https://ikkimi.app/anime/horimiya/)** ホリミヤ | N4 to N3 | casual school talk, short scenes | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid](https://ikkimi.app/anime/miss-kobayashis-dragon-maid/)** 小林さんちのメイドラゴン | N4 to N3 | home and office talk, one very polite speaker | Crunchyroll |
| **[Komi Can’t Communicate](https://ikkimi.app/anime/komi-cant-communicate/)** 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 | N4 to N3 | short lines, written notes on screen | Netflix |

### Also N3

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Mob Psycho 100](https://ikkimi.app/anime/mob-psycho-100/)** モブサイコ100 | N3 | casual speech, one fast talker | Crunchyroll |
| **[SPY×FAMILY](https://ikkimi.app/anime/spy-x-family/)** | N3 | fast, with spy words | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Ranma ½](https://ikkimi.app/anime/ranma-1-2/)** らんま1/2 | N3 | slapstick, martial arts words | Netflix |

### Harder

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[HUNTER×HUNTER](https://ikkimi.app/anime/hunter-x-hunter/)** | N3 to N2 | long explanations of invented rules | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Tokyo Ghoul](https://ikkimi.app/anime/tokyo-ghoul/)** 東京喰種トーキョーグール | N3 to N2 | dark inner monologue, invented terms | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Chainsaw Man](https://ikkimi.app/anime/chainsaw-man/)** チェンソーマン | N3 to N2 | rough casual speech, short lines | Crunchyroll |

See [every N3 anime](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/#n3) or all 192 [anime by Japanese level](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/), and read [how to learn Japanese by watching anime](https://ikkimi.app/learn-japanese-with-anime/) from zero.

## Questions

### Is Lycoris Recoil good for learning Japanese?

With some help. Ikkimi rates it N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: casual banter, café and gun words. It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

### What Japanese level is Lycoris Recoil?

N3, on Ikkimi’s scale from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 are harder. The level is Ikkimi’s estimate, not an official JLPT rating.

### Where can I watch Lycoris Recoil with Japanese subtitles?

Ikkimi lists Lycoris Recoil on Crunchyroll. What each service carries varies by country. Crunchyroll rarely has Japanese subtitles, so Ikkimi looks for a matching file in Jimaku’s catalogue and lines it up with the episode.

### How many episodes does Lycoris Recoil have?

AniList’s entry lists 13 episodes of about 24 minutes, first aired in 2022. Later seasons may be listed separately.

### What should I watch before Lycoris Recoil?

Shows a little easier than Lycoris Recoil, with genres in common: Horimiya (N4 to N3), Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (N4 to N3) and Komi Can’t Communicate (N4 to N3).

Sources: show details from [AniList](https://anilist.co); meanings from JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); readings and word splits from kuromoji.js with IPADIC; JLPT word levels from Jonathan Waller’s unofficial lists. See [Credits](https://ikkimi.app/credits/). Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [hello@ikkimi.app](mailto:hello@ikkimi.app).

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