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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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
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SWAN SONG Length (in words) 198222 Unique words 12422 Unique words (used once) 5194 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2117 Unique kanji (used once) 275 Unique kanji readings 3818 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 463379 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 3026
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Gothderi -Gothic Delusion- Length (in words) 145857 Unique words 11341 Unique words (used once) 4698 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2095 Unique kanji (used once) 306 Unique kanji readings 3788 Average difficulty 53/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 354151 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 100
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Daiteikoku Length (in words) 603465 Unique words 24259 Unique words (used once) 8382 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2534 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 5109 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 10.7 Characters 1471671 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 430
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Sanzen Sekai Yuugi ~MultiUniverse Myself~ Length (in words) 230063 Unique words 14473 Unique words (used once) 5751 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2217 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4183 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 64/100 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 551410 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 51
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Kikaijikake no Eve ~Dea Ex Machina~ Length (in words) 633504 Unique words 24194 Unique words (used once) 7673 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2559 Unique kanji (used once) 203 Unique kanji readings 5224 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 62/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 1535553 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 47
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AIR Length (in words) 253958 Unique words 13935 Unique words (used once) 5326 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2130 Unique kanji (used once) 299 Unique kanji readings 4020 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 600227 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 2234
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WORLD END ECONOMiCA Length (in words) 24608 Unique words 4151 Unique words (used once) 2284 Unique words (used once %) 55% Unique kanji 1327 Unique kanji (used once) 325 Unique kanji readings 2029 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 22.1 Characters 59053 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 841
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui - Hajisarashi-hen Length (in words) 9798 Unique words 2250 Unique words (used once) 1330 Unique words (used once %) 59% Unique kanji 949 Unique kanji (used once) 336 Unique kanji readings 1344 Average difficulty 54/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 24114
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Noel Length (in words) 171075 Unique words 12118 Unique words (used once) 4918 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2105 Unique kanji (used once) 246 Unique kanji readings 3806 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 397952 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 30
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Steins;Gate Length (in words) 233634 Unique words 13513 Unique words (used once) 5320 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2065 Unique kanji (used once) 264 Unique kanji readings 3761 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 65/100 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 569763 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 13697
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Lamunation! Length (in words) 118366 Unique words 10555 Unique words (used once) 4879 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 1856 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 3186 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 78/100 Average sentence length 14.2 Characters 304926 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 846
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Ouka Sengoku! ~Nobunaga-chan no Koishite Yabou!?~ Length (in words) 458104 Unique words 19063 Unique words (used once) 6856 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2445 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4862 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 70/100 Average sentence length 19.2 Characters 1121205 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 44
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BALDR SKY Dive1 "Lost Memory" Length (in words) 407981 Unique words 17678 Unique words (used once) 5969 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2315 Unique kanji (used once) 222 Unique kanji readings 4423 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 966125 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 2609
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Muv-Luv Alternative Length (in words) 423240 Unique words 15846 Unique words (used once) 5517 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2195 Unique kanji (used once) 239 Unique kanji readings 4158 Average difficulty 55/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 16.2 Characters 969890 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 9548
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Rewrite Length (in words) 673983 Unique words 29195 Unique words (used once) 10271 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2632 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 5459 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 1581097 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 7248
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BALDR SKY Dive2 "RECORDARE" Length (in words) 753150 Unique words 21883 Unique words (used once) 6565 Unique words (used once %) 30% Unique kanji 2442 Unique kanji (used once) 176 Unique kanji readings 4837 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 67/100 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 1819971 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 2242
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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni - Dai Ichi Ya Length (in words) 101384 Unique words 8269 Unique words (used once) 3616 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 1876 Unique kanji (used once) 280 Unique kanji readings 3249 Average difficulty 56/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 17.5 Characters 235328 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 1409
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Phantom of Inferno Length (in words) 195171 Unique words 14866 Unique words (used once) 5328 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2345 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 4435 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 14.4 Characters 464702 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 688
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Ciconia no Naku Koro ni Length (in words) 154782 Unique words 13332 Unique words (used once) 5733 Unique words (used once %) 43% Unique kanji 2142 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 3913 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 370886 VNDB avg. rating 7.8 VNDB rating count 1060
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Memory's Dogma Code:01 Length (in words) 90032 Unique words 8150 Unique words (used once) 3433 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1774 Unique kanji (used once) 295 Unique kanji readings 2995 Average difficulty 57/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 19.8 Characters 210040 VNDB avg. rating 6.3 VNDB rating count 294
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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni - Dai Ni Ya Length (in words) 71644 Unique words 7059 Unique words (used once) 3211 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1712 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 2925 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 72/100 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 165827 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 1019
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Sakura, Moyu. -as the Night's, Reincarnation- Length (in words) 533863 Unique words 13898 Unique words (used once) 5027 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2102 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3858 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 15.7 Characters 1233514 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 610
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J.Q.V Jinrui Kyuusai-bu ~With Love from Isotope~ Length (in words) 153163 Unique words 16228 Unique words (used once) 7434 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 2345 Unique kanji (used once) 316 Unique kanji readings 4364 Average difficulty 58/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 79/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 363282 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 68
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Hentai Prison Length (in words) 628999 Unique words 24123 Unique words (used once) 8203 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2624 Unique kanji (used once) 265 Unique kanji readings 5282 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 1539556 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 849
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Sakura no Toki -Sakura no Mori no Shita o Ayumu- Length (in words) 460683 Unique words 17834 Unique words (used once) 6377 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2359 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 4481 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 1087529 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 686
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Omega Vampire Length (in words) 223121 Unique words 13788 Unique words (used once) 5619 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2193 Unique kanji (used once) 225 Unique kanji readings 4165 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 13.7 Characters 512768 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 97
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Tsui no Sora Remake Length (in words) 132515 Unique words 8529 Unique words (used once) 3289 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1829 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 3067 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 83/100 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 307620 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 1018
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Abyss -Satsujin Club- Length (in words) 525505 Unique words 17785 Unique words (used once) 6204 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2350 Unique kanji (used once) 240 Unique kanji readings 4554 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 73/100 Average sentence length 20.9 Characters 1223811 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 21
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Yume Miru Kusuri Length (in words) 214298 Unique words 15313 Unique words (used once) 6572 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2118 Unique kanji (used once) 271 Unique kanji readings 4033 Average difficulty 59/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 77/100 Average sentence length 12.8 Characters 500730 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 5359