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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Tegami Length (in words) 7216 Unique words 1687 Unique words (used once) 978 Unique words (used once %) 57% Unique kanji 723 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 992 Average difficulty 36/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 16191 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 167
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Twinkle ☆ Crusaders Length (in words) 591959 Unique words 24741 Unique words (used once) 9187 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2572 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 5243 Average difficulty 37/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 48/100 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 1485436 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 168
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Hontou wa Kowai Yandere Musume ~Love One Another~ Length (in words) 7783 Unique words 1896 Unique words (used once) 1139 Unique words (used once %) 60% Unique kanji 820 Unique kanji (used once) 303 Unique kanji readings 1124 Average difficulty 37/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 68/100 Average sentence length 13.3 Characters 19139 VNDB avg. rating 4.1 VNDB rating count 10
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ChronoBox Length (in words) 187578 Unique words 11328 Unique words (used once) 4532 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1968 Unique kanji (used once) 253 Unique kanji readings 3538 Average difficulty 37/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 480593 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 435
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Kichikuou Rance Length (in words) 421362 Unique words 18020 Unique words (used once) 6774 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2340 Unique kanji (used once) 251 Unique kanji readings 4562 Average difficulty 37/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 12.9 Characters 1066129 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 748
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DRACU-RIOT! Length (in words) 479072 Unique words 16601 Unique words (used once) 6158 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2204 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 4148 Average difficulty 37/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 14.6 Characters 1182807 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 3310
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Rance X -Kessen- Length (in words) 1246724 Unique words 29335 Unique words (used once) 8630 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2677 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 5572 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 11.5 Characters 3104879 VNDB avg. rating 9.1 VNDB rating count 796
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Carnival Length (in words) 130311 Unique words 9373 Unique words (used once) 4291 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1838 Unique kanji (used once) 318 Unique kanji readings 3126 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 17.8 Characters 309252 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 253
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MOON. Length (in words) 110572 Unique words 6751 Unique words (used once) 2704 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1648 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 2736 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 250423 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 515
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Tsuyokiss Length (in words) 369318 Unique words 18325 Unique words (used once) 7074 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2223 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 4209 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 19.0 Characters 876075 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 221
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CLANNAD Length (in words) 574909 Unique words 18659 Unique words (used once) 6490 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2216 Unique kanji (used once) 211 Unique kanji readings 4271 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 1373937 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 9585
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Grisaia no Kajitsu -LE FRUIT DE LA GRISAIA- Length (in words) 728843 Unique words 26292 Unique words (used once) 9286 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2604 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 5346 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 1744913 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 11153
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Girls Nite Out Length (in words) 16661 Unique words 2899 Unique words (used once) 1483 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1055 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 1507 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 19.7 Characters 38210 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 6
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Akatsuki no Goei ~Principal-tachi no Kyuujitsu~ Length (in words) 182770 Unique words 12173 Unique words (used once) 4953 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1973 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 3575 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 12.5 Characters 430905 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 399
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Evenicle Length (in words) 491005 Unique words 19755 Unique words (used once) 7145 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2450 Unique kanji (used once) 212 Unique kanji readings 4825 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 46/100 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 1203929 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 2803
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Shironagasu Tou e no Kikan Length (in words) 132324 Unique words 8890 Unique words (used once) 3847 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1778 Unique kanji (used once) 244 Unique kanji readings 3059 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 311052 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 477
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Taishou x Alice Length (in words) 359043 Unique words 14655 Unique words (used once) 5318 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2145 Unique kanji (used once) 202 Unique kanji readings 4070 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 16.6 Characters 858961 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 622
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Shirokuma Bell Stars♪ Length (in words) 399745 Unique words 20593 Unique words (used once) 7938 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2413 Unique kanji (used once) 296 Unique kanji readings 4674 Average difficulty 38/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 15.2 Characters 994965 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 32
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Aiyoku no Eustia Length (in words) 411380 Unique words 16804 Unique words (used once) 5840 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2433 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 4707 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 20.0 Characters 975780 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 2250
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Clover Point Length (in words) 341019 Unique words 18696 Unique words (used once) 7383 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2223 Unique kanji (used once) 236 Unique kanji readings 4290 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 835370 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 49
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Boku no Kanojo wa Gatenkei Length (in words) 173338 Unique words 11027 Unique words (used once) 4185 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1986 Unique kanji (used once) 266 Unique kanji readings 3599 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 12.3 Characters 422703 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 399
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Akatsuki no Goei Length (in words) 267017 Unique words 13781 Unique words (used once) 4934 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2022 Unique kanji (used once) 194 Unique kanji readings 3725 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 628197 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 966
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Flowers -Le volume sur automne- Length (in words) 125410 Unique words 10065 Unique words (used once) 4311 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2075 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 3760 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 22.1 Characters 278894 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 635
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Hatsuyuki Sakura Length (in words) 223848 Unique words 13017 Unique words (used once) 5390 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 1970 Unique kanji (used once) 278 Unique kanji readings 3546 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 56/100 Average sentence length 15.4 Characters 544716 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 1209
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Hamidashi Creative Length (in words) 473232 Unique words 17428 Unique words (used once) 6418 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2268 Unique kanji (used once) 279 Unique kanji readings 4342 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 1121373 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 483
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Mushitsukai Length (in words) 93219 Unique words 7199 Unique words (used once) 2781 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1715 Unique kanji (used once) 263 Unique kanji readings 2901 Average difficulty 39/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 50/100 Average sentence length 14.5 Characters 229763 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 39
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Angel Beats! -1st Beat- Length (in words) 255498 Unique words 12679 Unique words (used once) 4559 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2007 Unique kanji (used once) 217 Unique kanji readings 3629 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 55/100 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 622149 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 1208
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Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Length (in words) 352435 Unique words 18160 Unique words (used once) 7467 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2273 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 4315 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 18.8 Characters 820112 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 716
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Riddle Garden Length (in words) 364193 Unique words 11669 Unique words (used once) 3887 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2033 Unique kanji (used once) 220 Unique kanji readings 3681 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 51/100 Average sentence length 20.3 Characters 859954 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 46
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Flowers -Le volume sur ete- Length (in words) 112655 Unique words 9639 Unique words (used once) 4146 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2026 Unique kanji (used once) 297 Unique kanji readings 3642 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 53/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 255970 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 878
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SaDistic BlooD Length (in words) 54632 Unique words 4842 Unique words (used once) 1902 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1406 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 2205 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 133578 VNDB avg. rating 6.2 VNDB rating count 708
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Kohonya Length (in words) 12799 Unique words 2491 Unique words (used once) 1326 Unique words (used once %) 53% Unique kanji 953 Unique kanji (used once) 273 Unique kanji readings 1367 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 29058 VNDB avg. rating 6.0 VNDB rating count 5
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LEAVEs. Length (in words) 33068 Unique words 5268 Unique words (used once) 2739 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1435 Unique kanji (used once) 317 Unique kanji readings 2267 Average difficulty 40/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 56/100 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 76901 VNDB avg. rating 6.1 VNDB rating count 278
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Gyakuten Saiban 6 Length (in words) 297506 Unique words 12662 Unique words (used once) 4894 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1695 Unique kanji (used once) 182 Unique kanji readings 3180 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 14.0 Characters 732559 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 1576
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Gyakuten Saiban 2 Length (in words) 149925 Unique words 7539 Unique words (used once) 2673 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 1111 Unique kanji (used once) 140 Unique kanji readings 1860 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 47/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 383139 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 5876
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DRAMAtical Murder Length (in words) 163068 Unique words 10046 Unique words (used once) 4045 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1872 Unique kanji (used once) 274 Unique kanji readings 3273 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 52/100 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 378423 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 2108
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Ewige Schlacht -Erste Geschichte- Length (in words) 61310 Unique words 5541 Unique words (used once) 2416 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1464 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 2406 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 142596
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Kin'iro Loveriche Length (in words) 386890 Unique words 17545 Unique words (used once) 6694 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2205 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 4095 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 12.2 Characters 946113 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 3143
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Akatsuki no Goei ~Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron~ Length (in words) 375225 Unique words 15789 Unique words (used once) 5824 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2103 Unique kanji (used once) 224 Unique kanji readings 4019 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 54/100 Average sentence length 11.9 Characters 876666 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 465
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Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO Length (in words) 546667 Unique words 14707 Unique words (used once) 4065 Unique words (used once %) 27% Unique kanji 1928 Unique kanji (used once) 142 Unique kanji readings 3614 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 48/100 Average sentence length 13.5 Characters 1263611 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 1864
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Axanael Length (in words) 154149 Unique words 10033 Unique words (used once) 4283 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1856 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 3277 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 55/100 Average sentence length 10.3 Characters 393674 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 241
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Love of Ren'ai Koutei of LOVE! Length (in words) 262102 Unique words 16052 Unique words (used once) 6444 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2164 Unique kanji (used once) 253 Unique kanji readings 4085 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 56/100 Average sentence length 13.2 Characters 645369 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 98
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Waga Himegimi ni Eikan o Length (in words) 402347 Unique words 15668 Unique words (used once) 4112 Unique words (used once %) 26% Unique kanji 2225 Unique kanji (used once) 156 Unique kanji readings 4187 Average difficulty 41/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 964204 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 310
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Gyakuten Saiban 4 Length (in words) 170914 Unique words 8425 Unique words (used once) 3177 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1294 Unique kanji (used once) 147 Unique kanji readings 2214 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 427949 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 3541
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Nichijou wo Todokeru Fujiwara-kun no Tegami ~2 Tsuume - Rikoshugi no Ryouiki to Yougashi Length (in words) 3843 Unique words 958 Unique words (used once) 532 Unique words (used once %) 55% Unique kanji 495 Unique kanji (used once) 202 Unique kanji readings 626 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 9026 VNDB avg. rating 6.6 VNDB rating count 5
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Owaru Sekai to Birthday Length (in words) 566276 Unique words 14863 Unique words (used once) 2294 Unique words (used once %) 15% Unique kanji 2126 Unique kanji (used once) 108 Unique kanji readings 4018 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 53/100 Average sentence length 21.6 Characters 1353441 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 135
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Ryuusei World Actor Length (in words) 372685 Unique words 16476 Unique words (used once) 6011 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2119 Unique kanji (used once) 175 Unique kanji readings 4074 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 56/100 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 887940 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 1438
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Dasoku Length (in words) 190971 Unique words 10914 Unique words (used once) 4304 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1948 Unique kanji (used once) 257 Unique kanji readings 3524 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 11.3 Characters 496661 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 54
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Gyakuten Saiban 3 Length (in words) 195062 Unique words 8712 Unique words (used once) 2975 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 1237 Unique kanji (used once) 137 Unique kanji readings 2148 Average difficulty 42/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 49/100 Average sentence length 13.2 Characters 488682 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 5472
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Kizuato Length (in words) 301628 Unique words 13825 Unique words (used once) 4612 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2053 Unique kanji (used once) 189 Unique kanji readings 3847 Average difficulty 43/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 57/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 698783 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 120