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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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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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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BLACK SHEEP TOWN Length (in words) 534334 Unique words 20387 Unique words (used once) 7290 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2395 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4541 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 76/100 Average sentence length 25.3 Characters 1252053 VNDB avg. rating 8.6 VNDB rating count 116
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Bengarachou Hakubutsushi Length (in words) 277539 Unique words 18572 Unique words (used once) 7348 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2873 Unique kanji (used once) 333 Unique kanji readings 5665 Average difficulty 93/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 32.1 Characters 605523 VNDB avg. rating 8.3 VNDB rating count 63
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Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norowareshi Densetsu no Shoujo- Length (in words) 69912 Unique words 6999 Unique words (used once) 3217 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1745 Unique kanji (used once) 353 Unique kanji readings 2913 Average difficulty 34/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 44/100 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 176129 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 1918
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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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Bra-Ban! Length (in words) 315473 Unique words 9993 Unique words (used once) 3694 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 1799 Unique kanji (used once) 230 Unique kanji readings 3179 Average difficulty 16/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 26/100 Average sentence length 13.5 Characters 747450 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 128
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CHAOS;CHILD Length (in words) 393524 Unique words 16983 Unique words (used once) 6507 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2302 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 4356 Average difficulty 65/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 71/100 Average sentence length 22.6 Characters 924248 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 4141
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CHAOS;HEAD NOAH Length (in words) 318499 Unique words 14599 Unique words (used once) 5090 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2119 Unique kanji (used once) 213 Unique kanji readings 3886 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 74/100 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 762074 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 2670
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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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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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Cafe Sourire Length (in words) 256260 Unique words 11937 Unique words (used once) 4749 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1890 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3435 Average difficulty 13/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 26/100 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 616459 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 55
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Cafe Stella to Shinigami no Chou Length (in words) 377632 Unique words 14557 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 7.5 VNDB rating count 2599
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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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Chaos;Head Length (in words) 236581 Unique words 13209 Unique words (used once) 4860 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2059 Unique kanji (used once) 217 Unique kanji readings 3723 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 75/100 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 565461 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 5708
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CharaBration! ~Otome wa Koi shite Charabureru~ Length (in words) 189653 Unique words 9652 Unique words (used once) 3928 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1809 Unique kanji (used once) 245 Unique kanji readings 3165 Average difficulty 15/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 24/100 Average sentence length 12.3 Characters 488400 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 117
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Chise Anoyama ni Iku Length (in words) 3973 Unique words 984 Unique words (used once) 535 Unique words (used once %) 54% Unique kanji 453 Unique kanji (used once) 185 Unique kanji readings 563 Average difficulty 28/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 37/100 Average sentence length 12.5 Characters 9839 VNDB avg. rating 5.5 VNDB rating count 4
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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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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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Christmas * Flower Length (in words) 2086 Unique words 787 Unique words (used once) 516 Unique words (used once %) 65% Unique kanji 384 Unique kanji (used once) 206 Unique kanji readings 463 Average difficulty 29/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 13.9 Characters 5188 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 21
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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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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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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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Cla☆Cra - CLASSY☆CRANBERRY'S Length (in words) 314633 Unique words 15262 Unique words (used once) 5949 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2212 Unique kanji (used once) 259 Unique kanji readings 4171 Average difficulty 31/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 15.2 Characters 792118 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 173
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Clover Day's Length (in words) 416608 Unique words 16396 Unique words (used once) 6197 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2154 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 4083 Average difficulty 15/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 29/100 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 1028591 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 982
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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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Corona Blossom Length (in words) 144305 Unique words 10982 Unique words (used once) 4904 Unique words (used once %) 44% Unique kanji 1931 Unique kanji (used once) 321 Unique kanji readings 3406 Average difficulty 30/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 46/100 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 364665 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 505
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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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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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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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Daibanchou -Big Bang Age- Length (in words) 683317 Unique words 22211 Unique words (used once) 7126 Unique words (used once %) 32% Unique kanji 2499 Unique kanji (used once) 184 Unique kanji readings 5060 Average difficulty 65/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 78/100 Average sentence length 10.1 Characters 1646063 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 1205
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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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Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai Length (in words) 452666 Unique words 18558 Unique words (used once) 7042 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2303 Unique kanji (used once) 252 Unique kanji readings 4386 Average difficulty 29/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 41/100 Average sentence length 19.7 Characters 1077396 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 1779
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Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai -Dreaming Sheep- Length (in words) 190360 Unique words 12704 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 276
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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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Dasaku Length (in words) 107788 Unique words 6895 Unique words (used once) 2616 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1607 Unique kanji (used once) 262 Unique kanji readings 2678 Average difficulty 28/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 42/100 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 294405 VNDB avg. rating 6.3 VNDB rating count 223
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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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Date A Live: Arusu Install Length (in words) 179256 Unique words 10803 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 282
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Date A Live: Rinne Utopia Length (in words) 120503 Unique words 7765 Unique words (used once) 3527 Unique words (used once %) 45% Unique kanji 1647 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 2742 Average difficulty 19/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 30/100 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 293603 VNDB avg. rating 7.2 VNDB rating count 440
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Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation Length (in words) 344030 Unique words 14538 Unique words (used once) 5942 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2119 Unique kanji (used once) 260 Unique kanji readings 3941 Average difficulty 21/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 32/100 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 834632 VNDB avg. rating 7.4 VNDB rating count 326
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Dear My Abyss Length (in words) 159928 Unique words 11210 Unique words (used once) 4222 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2159 Unique kanji (used once) 229 Unique kanji readings 4069 Average difficulty 60/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 69/100 Average sentence length 17.4 Characters 363859 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 12
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Deep Love Diary -Koibito Nikki- Length (in words) 36264 Unique words 5601 Unique words (used once) 2960 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 1497 Unique kanji (used once) 343 Unique kanji readings 2413 Average difficulty 30/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 40/100 Average sentence length 14.2 Characters 81127 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 43
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Dekinai Watashi ga, Kurikaesu. Length (in words) 400506 Unique words 14009 Unique words (used once) 4846 Unique words (used once %) 34% Unique kanji 2047 Unique kanji (used once) 196 Unique kanji readings 3778 Average difficulty 16/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 30/100 Average sentence length 14.5 Characters 940795 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 292
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Dies irae ~Acta est Fabula~ Length (in words) 719749 Unique words 25361 Unique words (used once) 7874 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2782 Unique kanji (used once) 224 Unique kanji readings 5789 Average difficulty 81/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 18.6 Characters 1676946 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 3012
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Dies irae ~Interview with Kaziklu Bey~ Length (in words) 89999 Unique words 9290 Unique words (used once) 4324 Unique words (used once %) 46% Unique kanji 2067 Unique kanji (used once) 341 Unique kanji readings 3701 Average difficulty 78/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 98/100 Average sentence length 20.9 Characters 210387 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 680
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Doki Doki Bungeibu! Length (in words) 57907 Unique words 5547 Unique words (used once) 2657 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1441 Unique kanji (used once) 306 Unique kanji readings 2269 Average difficulty 17/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 30/100 Average sentence length 16.8 Characters 142079 VNDB avg. rating 6.9 VNDB rating count 14613
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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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Dreamin' Her -Boku wa, Kanojo no Yume o Miru.- Length (in words) 30858 Unique words 4165 Unique words (used once) 2152 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1278 Unique kanji (used once) 306 Unique kanji readings 1949 Average difficulty 30/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 46/100 Average sentence length 14.9 Characters 71579 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 144
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Dungeons & Daimeiwaku -Great Edges in the Abyss- Length (in words) 270661 Unique words 20029 Unique words (used once) 8162 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2828 Unique kanji (used once) 363 Unique kanji readings 5679 Average difficulty 93/100 Peak difficulty (90th percentile) 99/100 Average sentence length 19.1 Characters 633539 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 36
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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