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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Shizuku Length (in words) 151728 Unique words 7722 Unique words (used once) 2240 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 1618 Unique kanji (used once) 163 Unique kanji readings 2760 Average difficulty 45/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 19.4 Characters 345660 VNDB avg. rating 6.3 VNDB rating count 225
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Swampman ni Hanataba o Length (in words) 2803 Unique words 913 Unique words (used once) 567 Unique words (used once %) 62% Unique kanji 526 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 657 Average difficulty 45/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 20.4 Characters 6595 VNDB avg. rating 6.5 VNDB rating count 1
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Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road Length (in words) 481692 Unique words 19803 Unique words (used once) 7274 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2261 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 4359 Average difficulty 45/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 1163734 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 1697
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Dangan Ronpa Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei Length (in words) 350226 Unique words 12588 Unique words (used once) 4494 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 1897 Unique kanji (used once) 200 Unique kanji readings 3509 Average difficulty 45/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 12.7 Characters 818215 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 12662
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Utawarerumono Length (in words) 107136 Unique words 9210 Unique words (used once) 4048 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1962 Unique kanji (used once) 327 Unique kanji readings 3517 Average difficulty 45/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 268467 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 5099
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Shinsou Noise ~Jushin Tantei no Jikenbo~ Length (in words) 417956 Unique words 18963 Unique words (used once) 6890 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2391 Unique kanji (used once) 282 Unique kanji readings 4559 Average difficulty 46/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 17.6 Characters 987704 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 114
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Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation ~Chuusotsu no Time After Time~ Length (in words) 79872 Unique words 10285 Unique words (used once) 5141 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1880 Unique kanji (used once) 327 Unique kanji readings 3274 Average difficulty 46/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 13.9 Characters 195488 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 205
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Ninja Girl and the Mysterious Army of Urban Legend Monsters! ~Hunt of the Headless Horseman~ Length (in words) 48232 Unique words 5546 Unique words (used once) 2567 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1562 Unique kanji (used once) 296 Unique kanji readings 2501 Average difficulty 46/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 15.6 Characters 111905 VNDB avg. rating 5.8 VNDB rating count 64
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Ouka Sabaki Length (in words) 304494 Unique words 12515 Unique words (used once) 4257 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2135 Unique kanji (used once) 213 Unique kanji readings 4010 Average difficulty 46/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 702022 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 543
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DEAD DAYS Length (in words) 224337 Unique words 14011 Unique words (used once) 5532 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2056 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 3814 Average difficulty 47/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 60/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 542292 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 389
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Sumaga Length (in words) 473163 Unique words 17160 Unique words (used once) 6012 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2314 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 4417 Average difficulty 47/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 11.7 Characters 1153042 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 166
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WORLD END ECONOMiCA Length (in words) 16600 Unique words 3451 Unique words (used once) 1999 Unique words (used once %) 57% Unique kanji 1204 Unique kanji (used once) 339 Unique kanji readings 1787 Average difficulty 47/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 23.7 Characters 38431 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 841
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Little Busters! Ecstasy Length (in words) 599868 Unique words 21181 Unique words (used once) 7497 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2331 Unique kanji (used once) 236 Unique kanji readings 4635 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 1482957 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 7899
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Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa Dou Surya Ii Desu ka? Length (in words) 450910 Unique words 20236 Unique words (used once) 7407 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2440 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 4790 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 15.2 Characters 1098350 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 1848
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KIRA☆KIRA Length (in words) 455138 Unique words 18764 Unique words (used once) 7345 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2277 Unique kanji (used once) 294 Unique kanji readings 4400 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 59/100 Average sentence length 21.2 Characters 1072167 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 2713
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Dorakuriusu Length (in words) 295264 Unique words 16250 Unique words (used once) 6804 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2236 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 4251 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 58/100 Average sentence length 16.8 Characters 693186 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 74
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Tsui no Stella Length (in words) 70636 Unique words 8651 Unique words (used once) 4103 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1783 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 3028 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 165513 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 1142
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Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi Length (in words) 274988 Unique words 15668 Unique words (used once) 6404 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2216 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 4173 Average difficulty 48/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 12.7 Characters 663786 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 1044
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Muv-Luv Length (in words) 520842 Unique words 15780 Unique words (used once) 3485 Unique words (used once %) 22% Unique kanji 2174 Unique kanji (used once) 146 Unique kanji readings 4090 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 11.9 Characters 1240378 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 9645
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Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa Dou Surya Ii Desu ka? 2 Length (in words) 445502 Unique words 21411 Unique words (used once) 8096 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2476 Unique kanji (used once) 250 Unique kanji readings 4881 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 1113362 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 880
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Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo Length (in words) 289512 Unique words 16569 Unique words (used once) 6578 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2145 Unique kanji (used once) 237 Unique kanji readings 4096 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 712962 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 265
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Schwarzesmarken Length (in words) 111953 Unique words 8961 Unique words (used once) 4045 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1840 Unique kanji (used once) 305 Unique kanji readings 3199 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 267440 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 215
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planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~ Length (in words) 27498 Unique words 5272 Unique words (used once) 2886 Unique words (used once %) 54% Unique kanji 1542 Unique kanji (used once) 381 Unique kanji readings 2439 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 20.3 Characters 64893 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 7348
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Hakuchuumu no Aojashin Length (in words) 288114 Unique words 14169 Unique words (used once) 5444 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2127 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 3888 Average difficulty 49/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 14.8 Characters 676214 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 1694
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Choukou Shinki Ixseal Length (in words) 409795 Unique words 17782 Unique words (used once) 6333 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2386 Unique kanji (used once) 224 Unique kanji readings 4644 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 12.1 Characters 1038621 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 133
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Ayakashibito Length (in words) 511078 Unique words 20486 Unique words (used once) 7105 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2593 Unique kanji (used once) 234 Unique kanji readings 5242 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 15.6 Characters 1241189 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 977
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CROSS†CHANNEL Length (in words) 286875 Unique words 18516 Unique words (used once) 6804 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2359 Unique kanji (used once) 229 Unique kanji readings 4496 Average difficulty 50/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 12.0 Characters 688256 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 4107
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BALDR HEART Length (in words) 322457 Unique words 16241 Unique words (used once) 5776 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2240 Unique kanji (used once) 229 Unique kanji readings 4288 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 18.3 Characters 760816 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 216
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Fatal Twelve Length (in words) 205150 Unique words 10890 Unique words (used once) 4451 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1946 Unique kanji (used once) 263 Unique kanji readings 3445 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 19.9 Characters 473479 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 765
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Reincarnation ☆ Shinsengumi! Length (in words) 308578 Unique words 16677 Unique words (used once) 6381 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2205 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4204 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 16.8 Characters 741589 VNDB avg. rating 5.2 VNDB rating count 7
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NORA! Length (in words) 131140 Unique words 12524 Unique words (used once) 5616 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 2023 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 3710 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 320546 VNDB avg. rating 6.3 VNDB rating count 3
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ISLAND Length (in words) 287171 Unique words 15289 Unique words (used once) 6235 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2232 Unique kanji (used once) 259 Unique kanji readings 4209 Average difficulty 51/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 664900 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 1810
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Shingakkou -Noli me tangere- Length (in words) 418617 Unique words 14352 Unique words (used once) 4876 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2185 Unique kanji (used once) 210 Unique kanji readings 4113 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 17.0 Characters 1012294 VNDB avg. rating 8.8 VNDB rating count 231
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WORLD END ECONOMiCA Length (in words) 27585 Unique words 4570 Unique words (used once) 2518 Unique words (used once %) 55% Unique kanji 1375 Unique kanji (used once) 324 Unique kanji readings 2151 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 23.8 Characters 65990 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 841
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Parfait ~Chocolat Second Brew~ Length (in words) 271418 Unique words 13969 Unique words (used once) 5289 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2106 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 3866 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 673682 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 342
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Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa Length (in words) 49317 Unique words 6802 Unique words (used once) 3390 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1763 Unique kanji (used once) 332 Unique kanji readings 2920 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 118155 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 565
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Monobeno -Happy End- Length (in words) 812711 Unique words 22683 Unique words (used once) 7432 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2411 Unique kanji (used once) 232 Unique kanji readings 4846 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 13.1 Characters 2051411 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 242
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Lunaria -Virtualized Moonchild- Length (in words) 59924 Unique words 7765 Unique words (used once) 3806 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1653 Unique kanji (used once) 315 Unique kanji readings 2713 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 145870 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 264
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Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue wo Mau- Length (in words) 551039 Unique words 19890 Unique words (used once) 7055 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2429 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 4734 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 14.6 Characters 1269357 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 1780
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Kamaitachi no Yoru Rinne Saisei Length (in words) 142416 Unique words 9561 Unique words (used once) 3841 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1739 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 3034 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 330012 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 410
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MUSICUS! Length (in words) 417085 Unique words 17002 Unique words (used once) 6645 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2216 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 4072 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 26.8 Characters 987402 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 712
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Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou Length (in words) 447919 Unique words 18458 Unique words (used once) 7254 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2384 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 4643 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 18.5 Characters 1050478 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 781
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Hanafubuki ~Sennen no Koi wo Shimashita~ Length (in words) 353520 Unique words 19968 Unique words (used once) 7591 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2506 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 5009 Average difficulty 52/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 828461 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 49
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Chooita ~Subarashiki Chounouryoku Jinsei~ Length (in words) 105201 Unique words 8922 Unique words (used once) 3322 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1764 Unique kanji (used once) 231 Unique kanji readings 2967 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 252305 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 6
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MinDeaD BlooD ~Shihaisha no Tame no Kyoushikyoku~ Length (in words) 314685 Unique words 11832 Unique words (used once) 3849 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2018 Unique kanji (used once) 203 Unique kanji readings 3612 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 61/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 776253 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 160
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STEINS;GATE 0 Length (in words) 222309 Unique words 13388 Unique words (used once) 5185 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2029 Unique kanji (used once) 221 Unique kanji readings 3708 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 539081 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 6275
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Tenshi no Hane wo Fumanaide Length (in words) 333840 Unique words 14644 Unique words (used once) 5336 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2322 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 4425 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 17.8 Characters 791987 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 129
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G-senjou no Maou Length (in words) 327219 Unique words 17811 Unique words (used once) 6712 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2225 Unique kanji (used once) 219 Unique kanji readings 4279 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 66/100 Average sentence length 15.9 Characters 780331 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 10631
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Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki Length (in words) 354104 Unique words 16583 Unique words (used once) 6025 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2495 Unique kanji (used once) 280 Unique kanji readings 4844 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 63/100 Average sentence length 23.2 Characters 816590 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 400
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Meikei no Lupercalia Length (in words) 239603 Unique words 12781 Unique words (used once) 4830 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2143 Unique kanji (used once) 268 Unique kanji readings 3919 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 15.2 Characters 574189 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 556