Visual novel difficulty list This is a list of visual novels ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very easy and 100 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate VN to read based on how good your Japanese is.
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Summer Pockets Length (in words) 302238 Unique words 14015 Unique words (used once) 5442 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2108 Unique kanji (used once) 254 Unique kanji readings 3908 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 11.9 Characters 729209 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 2432
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Cafe Stella to Shinigami no Chou Length (in words) 377632 Unique words 14559 Unique words (used once) 5499 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2091 Unique kanji (used once) 222 Unique kanji readings 3917 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 31/100 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 936229 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 1384
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Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo Length (in words) 250327 Unique words 13797 Unique words (used once) 5856 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2038 Unique kanji (used once) 283 Unique kanji readings 3691 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 35/100 Average sentence length 13.9 Characters 607046 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 378
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9-nine- Yukiiro Yukihana Yukinoato Length (in words) 94013 Unique words 7599 Unique words (used once) 3202 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1644 Unique kanji (used once) 250 Unique kanji readings 2750 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 10.9 Characters 230817 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 1639
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Ren'ai, Karichaimashita Length (in words) 277156 Unique words 12873 Unique words (used once) 5000 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1983 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 3598 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 32/100 Average sentence length 16.6 Characters 700534 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 1279
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Date A Live: Arusu Install Length (in words) 179256 Unique words 10804 Unique words (used once) 4739 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1919 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 3404 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 33/100 Average sentence length 13.3 Characters 435185 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 197
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Tsuki no Hikari Length (in words) 4251 Unique words 1032 Unique words (used once) 580 Unique words (used once %) 56% Unique kanji 522 Unique kanji (used once) 223 Unique kanji readings 680 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 18.2 Characters 9807 VNDB avg. rating 5.7 VNDB rating count 11
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Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Length (in words) 358885 Unique words 14879 Unique words (used once) 5801 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2122 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 3924 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 16.1 Characters 872166 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 3679
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9-nine- Shinshou Length (in words) 27495 Unique words 3869 Unique words (used once) 1884 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1224 Unique kanji (used once) 294 Unique kanji readings 1878 Average difficulty 22/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 14.8 Characters 66996 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 717
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Amairo Chocolata 2 Length (in words) 138790 Unique words 8966 Unique words (used once) 3692 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1782 Unique kanji (used once) 280 Unique kanji readings 3066 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 34/100 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 353697 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 35
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narcissu -SIDE 2nd- Length (in words) 32633 Unique words 3591 Unique words (used once) 1620 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1157 Unique kanji (used once) 249 Unique kanji readings 1733 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 76416 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 1837
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9-nine- Haruiro Harukoi Harunokaze Length (in words) 80616 Unique words 7385 Unique words (used once) 3227 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1621 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 2714 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 199318 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 1752
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Yuujaku Bourou Length (in words) 45174 Unique words 4539 Unique words (used once) 2118 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1370 Unique kanji (used once) 310 Unique kanji readings 2146 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 29/100 Average sentence length 18.3 Characters 108080
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Loca Love - Dousei x Kouhai Length (in words) 39832 Unique words 4049 Unique words (used once) 1767 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1155 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 1747 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 35/100 Average sentence length 14.6 Characters 101591 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 511
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Wagamama High Spec OC Length (in words) 311404 Unique words 14333 Unique words (used once) 5566 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2065 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 3809 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 32/100 Average sentence length 16.0 Characters 788989 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 210
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9-nine- Sorairo Sorauta Soranooto Length (in words) 82153 Unique words 7508 Unique words (used once) 3204 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1624 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 2674 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 198784 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 2112
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Josou Shinwa Length (in words) 55014 Unique words 5395 Unique words (used once) 2615 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1470 Unique kanji (used once) 324 Unique kanji readings 2346 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 15.6 Characters 129003 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 147
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Hen Koi ≒ Kuro Rekishi Length (in words) 207111 Unique words 10624 Unique words (used once) 4504 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1893 Unique kanji (used once) 296 Unique kanji readings 3331 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 34/100 Average sentence length 12.2 Characters 527045 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 21
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RIDDLE JOKER Length (in words) 683448 Unique words 19989 Unique words (used once) 6928 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2301 Unique kanji (used once) 206 Unique kanji readings 4549 Average difficulty 23/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 13.7 Characters 1678304 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 2409
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Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai -Dreaming Sheep- Length (in words) 190360 Unique words 12705 Unique words (used once) 5435 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2028 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 3648 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 39/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 460881 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 215
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Mouzen Philia Length (in words) 241173 Unique words 10994 Unique words (used once) 3994 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2002 Unique kanji (used once) 244 Unique kanji readings 3583 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 35/100 Average sentence length 18.7 Characters 592117
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Uchi wa Mou, Enki Dekinai. Length (in words) 305660 Unique words 14616 Unique words (used once) 5556 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2052 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 3839 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 12.6 Characters 726839 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 70
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Kimi to Yumemishi Length (in words) 234957 Unique words 10545 Unique words (used once) 3447 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 1868 Unique kanji (used once) 205 Unique kanji readings 3286 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 35/100 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 578827 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 65
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Wagamama High Spec Length (in words) 274299 Unique words 15702 Unique words (used once) 6567 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2127 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4048 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 34/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 663070 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 1970
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Tenshin Ranman Lucky or Unlucky!? Length (in words) 473609 Unique words 13947 Unique words (used once) 5127 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2031 Unique kanji (used once) 205 Unique kanji readings 3756 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 1115140 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 418
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Negaeba Kitto... Length (in words) 1257 Unique words 429 Unique words (used once) 272 Unique words (used once %) 63% Unique kanji 260 Unique kanji (used once) 130 Unique kanji readings 313 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 42/100 Average sentence length 18.0 Characters 2739 VNDB avg. rating 5.3 VNDB rating count 222
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Asagiri ni Chiru Hana- Length (in words) 157519 Unique words 8497 Unique words (used once) 3263 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1655 Unique kanji (used once) 219 Unique kanji readings 2874 Average difficulty 24/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 42/100 Average sentence length 16.0 Characters 376283 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 457
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Furifure 2 Length (in words) 84619 Unique words 5798 Unique words (used once) 2170 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1494 Unique kanji (used once) 214 Unique kanji readings 2416 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 38/100 Average sentence length 16.1 Characters 194639 VNDB avg. rating 6.5 VNDB rating count 477
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Tarareba Length (in words) 184765 Unique words 9697 Unique words (used once) 3836 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1793 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 3155 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 457204 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 28
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Harumade, Kururu. Length (in words) 234972 Unique words 10485 Unique words (used once) 4057 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1906 Unique kanji (used once) 247 Unique kanji readings 3283 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 14.6 Characters 560854 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 230
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Nanairo Reincarnation Length (in words) 273742 Unique words 10383 Unique words (used once) 1958 Unique words (used once %) 18% Unique kanji 1847 Unique kanji (used once) 122 Unique kanji readings 3178 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 11.5 Characters 688194 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 1328
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9-nine- Kokonotsu Kokonoka Kokonoiro Length (in words) 59710 Unique words 6302 Unique words (used once) 2941 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1533 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 2450 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 42/100 Average sentence length 11.3 Characters 143250 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 2425
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Kanojokei Seimei Shinkaron Perfect☆Girl Length (in words) 27028 Unique words 1607 Unique words (used once) 376 Unique words (used once %) 23% Unique kanji 724 Unique kanji (used once) 88 Unique kanji readings 990 Average difficulty 25/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 13.3 Characters 65187 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 4
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AstralAir no Shiroki Towa Length (in words) 462742 Unique words 14633 Unique words (used once) 4892 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 1999 Unique kanji (used once) 191 Unique kanji readings 3765 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 39/100 Average sentence length 15.4 Characters 1108565 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 265
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Warugoto Sanka Length (in words) 5707 Unique words 1618 Unique words (used once) 1045 Unique words (used once %) 64% Unique kanji 721 Unique kanji (used once) 298 Unique kanji readings 971 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 47/100 Average sentence length 15.6 Characters 13755
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Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate Length (in words) 313520 Unique words 14088 Unique words (used once) 5235 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1987 Unique kanji (used once) 234 Unique kanji readings 3587 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 39/100 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 763752 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 2198
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Loopers Length (in words) 53006 Unique words 5963 Unique words (used once) 2906 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1548 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 2541 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 44/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 130880 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 464
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Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai Length (in words) 238386 Unique words 14996 Unique words (used once) 6303 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2123 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 3930 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 38/100 Average sentence length 14.3 Characters 595309 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 1679
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Rance 02 Kai: Hangyaku no Shoujo-tachi Length (in words) 76191 Unique words 7154 Unique words (used once) 3279 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1616 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 2657 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 38/100 Average sentence length 14.5 Characters 191646 VNDB avg. rating 6.2 VNDB rating count 852
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Tenshi☆Souzou RE-BOOT! Length (in words) 470917 Unique words 15770 Unique words (used once) 5631 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2181 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4108 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 35/100 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 1176771
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Kami-sama no You na Kimi e Length (in words) 340803 Unique words 15904 Unique words (used once) 5932 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2116 Unique kanji (used once) 223 Unique kanji readings 3911 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 845333 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 154
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Finmelg ~HOLLOW WORLD~ Length (in words) 45199 Unique words 4663 Unique words (used once) 2188 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1337 Unique kanji (used once) 309 Unique kanji readings 2088 Average difficulty 26/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 20.1 Characters 110738
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Gakuen Heaven 2 ~Double Scramble!~ Length (in words) 331934 Unique words 13514 Unique words (used once) 5583 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1962 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 3571 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 9.7 Characters 794202 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 53
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Kimi no Koe ga Kikoeru Length (in words) 302927 Unique words 16242 Unique words (used once) 6446 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2220 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 4214 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 38/100 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 723983 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 14
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Fuyukara, Kururu. Length (in words) 208007 Unique words 9488 Unique words (used once) 3731 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1880 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 3169 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 40/100 Average sentence length 14.0 Characters 515736 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 94
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Hyper→Highspeed→Genius Length (in words) 389901 Unique words 15283 Unique words (used once) 5600 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2159 Unique kanji (used once) 236 Unique kanji readings 4116 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 43/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 918336 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 121
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Kanon Length (in words) 231702 Unique words 11072 Unique words (used once) 4101 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1895 Unique kanji (used once) 227 Unique kanji readings 3409 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 46/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 553722 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 2946
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Princess Lover! Length (in words) 244563 Unique words 13668 Unique words (used once) 5245 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2116 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 3964 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 36/100 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 595971 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 301
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ATRI -My Dear Moments- Length (in words) 98491 Unique words 8831 Unique words (used once) 3904 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1767 Unique kanji (used once) 278 Unique kanji readings 3015 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 44/100 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 237442 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 1188
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Onegai Shimasu. Pantsu wo Misete Kudasai Length (in words) 2100 Unique words 690 Unique words (used once) 388 Unique words (used once %) 56% Unique kanji 352 Unique kanji (used once) 163 Unique kanji readings 424 Average difficulty 27/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 11.3 Characters 5093 VNDB avg. rating 5.3 VNDB rating count 3