Visual novel difficulty list

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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Tenshi no Akogare
Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Tenshi no Akogare
Length (in words)30767
Unique words3598
Unique words (used once)1760
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1121
Unique kanji (used once)261
Unique kanji readings1687
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length16.9
Characters77051
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count46
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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Shirayuki no Kishi
Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Shirayuki no Kishi
Length (in words)178864
Unique words9085
Unique words (used once)3825
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1665
Unique kanji (used once)265
Unique kanji readings2859
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length15.1
Characters434700
VNDB avg. rating7.6
VNDB rating count81
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Revolution! Rinagisa
Length (in words)26441
Unique words3048
Unique words (used once)1488
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji995
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings1433
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length14.3
Characters68104
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count25
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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Michael no Otome-tachi
Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Michael no Otome-tachi
Length (in words)19425
Unique words2644
Unique words (used once)1389
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji900
Unique kanji (used once)250
Unique kanji readings1298
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length14.0
Characters52075
VNDB avg. rating7.5
VNDB rating count315
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Lily Platinum
Length (in words)25003
Unique words3349
Unique words (used once)1716
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1098
Unique kanji (used once)291
Unique kanji readings1643
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length15.5
Characters67595
VNDB avg. rating7.3
VNDB rating count269
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Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Kuchibiru to Kiss de Tsubuyaite
Length (in words)21157
Unique words2847
Unique words (used once)1484
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1050
Unique kanji (used once)290
Unique kanji readings1505
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length13.9
Characters52406
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count555
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Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Itoshisa no Photograph
Length (in words)21573
Unique words2916
Unique words (used once)1413
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1082
Unique kanji (used once)287
Unique kanji readings1570
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length12.8
Characters52878
VNDB avg. rating6.8
VNDB rating count601
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Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Hajimete Deatta Ano Hi Kara
Length (in words)21908
Unique words2834
Unique words (used once)1402
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji944
Unique kanji (used once)241
Unique kanji readings1375
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length14.9
Characters55225
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Atelier no Koibito-tachi
Length (in words)38310
Unique words3895
Unique words (used once)1906
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1148
Unique kanji (used once)266
Unique kanji readings1734
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length15.1
Characters91255
VNDB avg. rating7.4
VNDB rating count135
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Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Anata to Koibito Tsunagi
Length (in words)20879
Unique words3179
Unique words (used once)1670
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1147
Unique kanji (used once)323
Unique kanji readings1640
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length12.7
Characters51968
VNDB avg. rating7.1
VNDB rating count1005
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Anata o Suki na Shiawase
Length (in words)18797
Unique words2780
Unique words (used once)1478
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji1011
Unique kanji (used once)280
Unique kanji readings1441
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length11.7
Characters49341
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count671
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Anata ni Chikau Ai
Length (in words)19414
Unique words2642
Unique words (used once)1388
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji898
Unique kanji (used once)249
Unique kanji readings1295
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length14.0
Characters52075
VNDB avg. rating7.3
VNDB rating count69
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Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Amakute Otona no Torokeru Chuu
Length (in words)27101
Unique words3783
Unique words (used once)1992
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1240
Unique kanji (used once)324
Unique kanji readings1861
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length13.5
Characters67103
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count317
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Amakute Hoshikute Torokeru Chuu
Length (in words)27959
Unique words3345
Unique words (used once)1638
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1161
Unique kanji (used once)297
Unique kanji readings1686
Difficulty2/10
Average sentence length13.7
Characters69660
VNDB avg. rating6.7
VNDB rating count521
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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo
Visual novel
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo
Length (in words)21025
Unique words3121
Unique words (used once)1647
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1069
Unique kanji (used once)306
Unique kanji readings1552
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length13.7
Characters53059
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count1697
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Cover of Sono Hana ga Saitara, Mata Boku wa Kimi ni Deau
Visual novel
Sono Hana ga Saitara, Mata Boku wa Kimi ni Deau
Length (in words)79571
Unique words6593
Unique words (used once)2767
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1611
Unique kanji (used once)255
Unique kanji readings2674
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length17.2
Characters189812
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count25
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Cover of Silverio Vendetta
Visual novel
Silverio Vendetta
Length (in words)373301
Unique words20960
Unique words (used once)7335
Unique words (used once %)34%
Unique kanji2747
Unique kanji (used once)269
Unique kanji readings5484
Difficulty8/10
Average sentence length21.6
Characters856348
VNDB avg. rating8.1
VNDB rating count113
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Cover of Shukusei no Girlfriend -the destiny star of girlfriend-
Visual novel
Shukusei no Girlfriend -the destiny star of girlfriend-
Length (in words)65917
Unique words7680
Unique words (used once)3855
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1720
Unique kanji (used once)316
Unique kanji readings2893
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length12.1
Characters156903
VNDB avg. rating7.6
VNDB rating count123
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Cover of Shugaten! -Sugarfull Tempering-
Visual novel
Shugaten! -Sugarfull Tempering-
Length (in words)151395
Unique words10293
Unique words (used once)4384
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1761
Unique kanji (used once)241
Unique kanji readings3047
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length14.1
Characters380323
VNDB avg. rating7.4
VNDB rating count112
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Cover of Shizuku
Visual novel
Shizuku
Length (in words)151729
Unique words7723
Unique words (used once)2240
Unique words (used once %)29%
Unique kanji1618
Unique kanji (used once)163
Unique kanji readings2760
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length19.4
Characters345660
VNDB avg. rating6.2
VNDB rating count125
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Cover of Shironagasu Tou e no Kikan
Visual novel
Shironagasu Tou e no Kikan
Length (in words)132324
Unique words8891
Unique words (used once)3846
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1778
Unique kanji (used once)244
Unique kanji readings3059
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length15.5
Characters311052
VNDB avg. rating6.8
VNDB rating count205
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Cover of Shirokuma Bell Stars♪
Visual novel
Shirokuma Bell Stars♪
Length (in words)399745
Unique words20595
Unique words (used once)7938
Unique words (used once %)38%
Unique kanji2413
Unique kanji (used once)296
Unique kanji readings4674
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length15.2
Characters994965
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count28
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Cover of Shirogane x Spirits!
Visual novel
Shirogane x Spirits!
Length (in words)248507
Unique words15877
Unique words (used once)6239
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji2179
Unique kanji (used once)279
Unique kanji readings4089
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length12.7
Characters618809
VNDB avg. rating7.4
VNDB rating count107
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Cover of Shinsou Noise ~Jushin Tantei no Jikenbo~
Visual novel
Shinsou Noise ~Jushin Tantei no Jikenbo~
Length (in words)417956
Unique words18964
Unique words (used once)6890
Unique words (used once %)36%
Unique kanji2391
Unique kanji (used once)282
Unique kanji readings4559
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length17.6
Characters987704
VNDB avg. rating7.8
VNDB rating count97
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Cover of Shinobi Harisenbo
Visual novel
Shinobi Harisenbo
Length (in words)5277
Unique words1355
Unique words (used once)803
Unique words (used once %)59%
Unique kanji719
Unique kanji (used once)273
Unique kanji readings996
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length16.1
Characters11453
VNDB avg. rating6.3
VNDB rating count19
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Cover of Shingakkou -Noli me tangere-
Visual novel
Shingakkou -Noli me tangere-
Length (in words)418620
Unique words14355
Unique words (used once)4877
Unique words (used once %)33%
Unique kanji2185
Unique kanji (used once)210
Unique kanji readings4114
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length17.0
Characters1012294
VNDB avg. rating8.9
VNDB rating count147
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Cover of Shimaisou
Visual novel
Shimaisou
Length (in words)21794
Unique words3343
Unique words (used once)1770
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1272
Unique kanji (used once)337
Unique kanji readings1910
Difficulty8/10
Average sentence length15.4
Characters48591
VNDB avg. rating6.4
VNDB rating count9
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Cover of Shikkoku no Sharnoth -What a Beautiful Tomorrow-
Visual novel
Shikkoku no Sharnoth -What a Beautiful Tomorrow-
Length (in words)214910
Unique words11193
Unique words (used once)4242
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2123
Unique kanji (used once)237
Unique kanji readings3798
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length13.6
Characters480974
VNDB avg. rating7.5
VNDB rating count894
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Cover of Shiei no Sona-Nyl -What a Beautiful Memories-
Visual novel
Shiei no Sona-Nyl -What a Beautiful Memories-
Length (in words)187935
Unique words8169
Unique words (used once)2923
Unique words (used once %)35%
Unique kanji1880
Unique kanji (used once)217
Unique kanji readings3204
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length9.6
Characters424477
VNDB avg. rating8.2
VNDB rating count164
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Cover of Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo
Visual novel
Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo
Length (in words)260592
Unique words14426
Unique words (used once)5735
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji2095
Unique kanji (used once)264
Unique kanji readings3846
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length14.2
Characters636048
VNDB avg. rating8.2
VNDB rating count5572
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Cover of Senren * Banka
Visual novel
Senren * Banka
Length (in words)433628
Unique words15250
Unique words (used once)5711
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2213
Unique kanji (used once)297
Unique kanji readings4175
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length14.4
Characters1070301
VNDB avg. rating7.7
VNDB rating count2774
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Cover of Sengoku † Koihime X ~Otome Kenran ☆ Sengoku Emaki~
Visual novel
Sengoku † Koihime X ~Otome Kenran ☆ Sengoku Emaki~
Length (in words)1172010
Unique words26915
Unique words (used once)7968
Unique words (used once %)29%
Unique kanji2877
Unique kanji (used once)235
Unique kanji readings6143
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length15.2
Characters2740685
VNDB avg. rating8.6
VNDB rating count179
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Cover of Sengoku Rance
Visual novel
Sengoku Rance
Length (in words)322562
Unique words15317
Unique words (used once)5846
Unique words (used once %)38%
Unique kanji2271
Unique kanji (used once)259
Unique kanji readings4335
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length9.5
Characters781461
VNDB avg. rating8.4
VNDB rating count4290
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Cover of Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki
Visual novel
Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki
Length (in words)354104
Unique words16584
Unique words (used once)6025
Unique words (used once %)36%
Unique kanji2495
Unique kanji (used once)280
Unique kanji readings4844
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length23.2
Characters816590
VNDB avg. rating7.7
VNDB rating count312
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Cover of Sekien no Inganock -What a Beautiful People-
Visual novel
Sekien no Inganock -What a Beautiful People-
Length (in words)180352
Unique words10213
Unique words (used once)3966
Unique words (used once %)38%
Unique kanji2063
Unique kanji (used once)244
Unique kanji readings3686
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length12.3
Characters395054
VNDB avg. rating7.9
VNDB rating count1447
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Cover of Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi
Visual novel
Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi
Length (in words)274988
Unique words15669
Unique words (used once)6404
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji2216
Unique kanji (used once)276
Unique kanji readings4172
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length12.7
Characters663786
VNDB avg. rating7.7
VNDB rating count865
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Cover of Sekai Seifuku Kanojo
Visual novel
Sekai Seifuku Kanojo
Length (in words)507301
Unique words18652
Unique words (used once)7075
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2430
Unique kanji (used once)316
Unique kanji readings4719
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length16.9
Characters1199232
VNDB avg. rating7.5
VNDB rating count47
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Cover of SeaBed
Visual novel
SeaBed
Length (in words)184852
Unique words11849
Unique words (used once)4879
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji2132
Unique kanji (used once)284
Unique kanji readings3849
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length21.2
Characters406014
VNDB avg. rating8.2
VNDB rating count492
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Cover of Schwarzesmarken
Visual novel
Schwarzesmarken
Length (in words)111953
Unique words8962
Unique words (used once)4045
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1840
Unique kanji (used once)305
Unique kanji readings3199
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length15.8
Characters267440
VNDB avg. rating8.5
VNDB rating count136
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Cover of School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE
Visual novel
School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE
Length (in words)54977
Unique words6047
Unique words (used once)2949
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1531
Unique kanji (used once)297
Unique kanji readings2478
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length16.4
Characters129895
VNDB avg. rating6.5
VNDB rating count50
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Cover of Scarlett
Visual novel
Scarlett
Length (in words)245830
Unique words14187
Unique words (used once)4482
Unique words (used once %)31%
Unique kanji2079
Unique kanji (used once)192
Unique kanji readings3901
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length19.0
Characters628593
VNDB avg. rating7.7
VNDB rating count82
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Cover of Sayonara wo Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~
Visual novel
Sayonara wo Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~
Length (in words)96670
Unique words8441
Unique words (used once)3589
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1887
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings3233
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length15.7
Characters221651
VNDB avg. rating7.9
VNDB rating count423
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Cover of Saya no Uta
Visual novel
Saya no Uta
Length (in words)63944
Unique words8742
Unique words (used once)4232
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji2023
Unique kanji (used once)331
Unique kanji readings3536
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length22.8
Characters144607
VNDB avg. rating8.0
VNDB rating count13591
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Cover of Satsukoi ~Yuukyuu Naru Koi no Uta~
Visual novel
Satsukoi ~Yuukyuu Naru Koi no Uta~
Length (in words)123754
Unique words9515
Unique words (used once)4170
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1877
Unique kanji (used once)294
Unique kanji readings3257
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length12.4
Characters288752
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count154
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Cover of Sapphism no Gensou
Visual novel
Sapphism no Gensou
Length (in words)380052
Unique words21798
Unique words (used once)8776
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji2420
Unique kanji (used once)254
Unique kanji readings4708
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length14.3
Characters963232
VNDB avg. rating7.4
VNDB rating count23
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Cover of Sanzen Sekai Yuugi ~MultiUniverse Myself~
Visual novel
Sanzen Sekai Yuugi ~MultiUniverse Myself~
Length (in words)230063
Unique words14473
Unique words (used once)5750
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji2217
Unique kanji (used once)260
Unique kanji readings4182
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length14.7
Characters551410
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count41
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Cover of Sanoba Witch
Visual novel
Sanoba Witch
Length (in words)443977
Unique words13660
Unique words (used once)5009
Unique words (used once %)36%
Unique kanji1982
Unique kanji (used once)215
Unique kanji readings3613
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length14.5
Characters1099398
VNDB avg. rating7.8
VNDB rating count3361
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Cover of Same to Ikiru Nanokakan
Visual novel
Same to Ikiru Nanokakan
Length (in words)407672
Unique words18846
Unique words (used once)7051
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2356
Unique kanji (used once)254
Unique kanji readings4541
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length12.5
Characters1001844
VNDB avg. rating7.9
VNDB rating count41
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Cover of Sakura, Moyu. -As the Night's, Reincarnation-
Visual novel
Sakura, Moyu. -As the Night's, Reincarnation-
Length (in words)533887
Unique words13898
Unique words (used once)5025
Unique words (used once %)36%
Unique kanji2102
Unique kanji (used once)255
Unique kanji readings3858
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length15.7
Characters1233514
VNDB avg. rating8.7
VNDB rating count307
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Cover of Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue wo Mau-
Visual novel
Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue wo Mau-
Length (in words)551039
Unique words19891
Unique words (used once)7055
Unique words (used once %)35%
Unique kanji2429
Unique kanji (used once)226
Unique kanji readings4734
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length14.6
Characters1269357
VNDB avg. rating8.9
VNDB rating count920
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