Visual novel difficulty list This is a list of visual novels ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is very easy and 10 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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Tsukihime -A Piece of Blue Glass Moon- Length (in words) 397879 Unique words 18617 Unique words (used once) 6648 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2443 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 4690 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 17.6 Characters 923355 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 517
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Tsukihime Length (in words) 482595 Unique words 13639 Unique words (used once) 3994 Unique words (used once %) 29% Unique kanji 2157 Unique kanji (used once) 218 Unique kanji readings 3927 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 18.2 Characters 1128768 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 7445
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Tsuki no Terasu Length (in words) 10035 Unique words 2437 Unique words (used once) 1498 Unique words (used once %) 61% Unique kanji 988 Unique kanji (used once) 324 Unique kanji readings 1403 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 21.3 Characters 23471 VNDB avg. rating 6.7 VNDB rating count 361
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Tsuki no Kanata de Aimashou Length (in words) 520844 Unique words 19940 Unique words (used once) 7284 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2329 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 4565 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 19.3 Characters 1288955 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 260
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Tsuki no Hikari Length (in words) 4251 Unique words 1032 Unique words (used once) 580 Unique words (used once %) 56% Unique kanji 522 Unique kanji (used once) 223 Unique kanji readings 680 Difficulty 1/10 Average sentence length 18.2 Characters 9807 VNDB avg. rating 5.7 VNDB rating count 11
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Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou Length (in words) 447920 Unique words 18460 Unique words (used once) 7253 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2384 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 4643 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 18.5 Characters 1050478 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 512
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Tsujidou-san no Virgin Road Length (in words) 272188 Unique words 15102 Unique words (used once) 6116 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2060 Unique kanji (used once) 264 Unique kanji readings 3808 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 12.9 Characters 649440 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 236
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Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road Length (in words) 481695 Unique words 19803 Unique words (used once) 7271 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2261 Unique kanji (used once) 241 Unique kanji readings 4358 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 12.4 Characters 1163734 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 1484
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Tsui no Stella Length (in words) 70636 Unique words 8652 Unique words (used once) 4104 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1783 Unique kanji (used once) 288 Unique kanji readings 3028 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 15.1 Characters 165513 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 131
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Tsui no Sora Remake Length (in words) 132515 Unique words 8531 Unique words (used once) 3290 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1829 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 3067 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 15.5 Characters 307620 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 311
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Trinoline Length (in words) 202393 Unique words 11124 Unique words (used once) 4684 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1930 Unique kanji (used once) 255 Unique kanji readings 3462 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 15.3 Characters 499080 VNDB avg. rating 6.6 VNDB rating count 446
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Traumermaid Length (in words) 25606 Unique words 3766 Unique words (used once) 1918 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 1218 Unique kanji (used once) 296 Unique kanji readings 1841 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 60927 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 3
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Tokyo School Life Length (in words) 75816 Unique words 8247 Unique words (used once) 3899 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1631 Unique kanji (used once) 261 Unique kanji readings 2747 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 183991 VNDB avg. rating 6.5 VNDB rating count 401
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Tokyo Necro Length (in words) 290899 Unique words 16781 Unique words (used once) 6358 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2305 Unique kanji (used once) 235 Unique kanji readings 4393 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 17.6 Characters 708047 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 222
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Tokyo 24-ku Length (in words) 367253 Unique words 19604 Unique words (used once) 7268 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2494 Unique kanji (used once) 298 Unique kanji readings 4822 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 858400 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 26
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Zan'ei no Yoru ga Akeru Toki- Length (in words) 175718 Unique words 8998 Unique words (used once) 3408 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 1743 Unique kanji (used once) 276 Unique kanji readings 2955 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 16.7 Characters 421364 VNDB avg. rating 8.0 VNDB rating count 579
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen- Length (in words) 135667 Unique words 7533 Unique words (used once) 2995 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1592 Unique kanji (used once) 272 Unique kanji readings 2651 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 325491 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 1181
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Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Asagiri ni Chiru Hana- Length (in words) 157520 Unique words 8498 Unique words (used once) 3264 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1655 Unique kanji (used once) 219 Unique kanji readings 2874 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.0 Characters 376283 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 457
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Tenshi☆Souzou RE-BOOT! Length (in words) 470916 Unique words 15770 Unique words (used once) 5631 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2181 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 4108 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 13.0 Characters 1176771
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Tenshin Ranman Lucky or Unlucky!? Length (in words) 473610 Unique words 13948 Unique words (used once) 5127 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2031 Unique kanji (used once) 205 Unique kanji readings 3756 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 1115140 VNDB avg. rating 7.5 VNDB rating count 418
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Tenshi no Hane wo Fumanaide Length (in words) 333840 Unique words 14645 Unique words (used once) 5336 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2322 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 4425 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 17.8 Characters 791987 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 99
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Tekoire Princess! ~Boku ga Mienai Kimi no Tame~ Length (in words) 288770 Unique words 16497 Unique words (used once) 6604 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 2314 Unique kanji (used once) 293 Unique kanji readings 4454 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 15.6 Characters 762209 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 21
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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 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 13.4 Characters 16191 VNDB avg. rating 6.4 VNDB rating count 148
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Tarareba Length (in words) 184765 Unique words 9697 Unique words (used once) 3836 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 1793 Unique kanji (used once) 243 Unique kanji readings 3155 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 15.0 Characters 457204 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 28
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Taishou x Alice Heads&Tails Length (in words) 197039 Unique words 10891 Unique words (used once) 4622 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 1896 Unique kanji (used once) 233 Unique kanji readings 3351 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 480281 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 47
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Taishou x Alice Length (in words) 359044 Unique words 14658 Unique words (used once) 5319 Unique words (used once %) 36% Unique kanji 2145 Unique kanji (used once) 202 Unique kanji readings 4070 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.6 Characters 858961 VNDB avg. rating 8.4 VNDB rating count 365
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Swan Song Length (in words) 198224 Unique words 12423 Unique words (used once) 5194 Unique words (used once %) 41% Unique kanji 2117 Unique kanji (used once) 275 Unique kanji readings 3817 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 463379 VNDB avg. rating 7.6 VNDB rating count 2575
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Swampman ni Hanataba wo Length (in words) 2803 Unique words 914 Unique words (used once) 569 Unique words (used once %) 62% Unique kanji 526 Unique kanji (used once) 248 Unique kanji readings 657 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 20.4 Characters 6595 VNDB avg. rating 6.5 VNDB rating count 1
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Summer Pockets Length (in words) 302242 Unique words 14016 Unique words (used once) 5443 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2108 Unique kanji (used once) 254 Unique kanji readings 3907 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 11.9 Characters 729209 VNDB avg. rating 8.5 VNDB rating count 2432
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Sumaga Length (in words) 473163 Unique words 17164 Unique words (used once) 6014 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2314 Unique kanji (used once) 226 Unique kanji readings 4417 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 11.7 Characters 1153042 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 147
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Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai Length (in words) 238388 Unique words 14996 Unique words (used once) 6303 Unique words (used once %) 42% Unique kanji 2123 Unique kanji (used once) 286 Unique kanji readings 3930 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.3 Characters 595309 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 1679
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Suki Tokimeki to Kiss Length (in words) 14892 Unique words 2427 Unique words (used once) 1234 Unique words (used once %) 50% Unique kanji 992 Unique kanji (used once) 287 Unique kanji readings 1403 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 14.1 Characters 34707 VNDB avg. rating 6.1 VNDB rating count 8
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Suiren to Shion Length (in words) 120519 Unique words 7896 Unique words (used once) 3213 Unique words (used once %) 40% Unique kanji 1717 Unique kanji (used once) 277 Unique kanji readings 2900 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 15.8 Characters 313135 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 135
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Subarashiki Hibi ~Furenzoku Sonzai~ Length (in words) 440798 Unique words 16364 Unique words (used once) 5183 Unique words (used once %) 31% Unique kanji 2218 Unique kanji (used once) 206 Unique kanji readings 4201 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 1042100 VNDB avg. rating 8.7 VNDB rating count 5404
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Steins;Gate 0 Length (in words) 222311 Unique words 13391 Unique words (used once) 5187 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2029 Unique kanji (used once) 221 Unique kanji readings 3707 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 18.4 Characters 539081 VNDB avg. rating 8.1 VNDB rating count 4711
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Steins;Gate Length (in words) 233634 Unique words 13514 Unique words (used once) 5320 Unique words (used once %) 39% Unique kanji 2065 Unique kanji (used once) 264 Unique kanji readings 3760 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 17.7 Characters 569763 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 10589
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Stargazer -Shoujo wa Hoshi no Yume o Miru- Length (in words) 13018 Unique words 2470 Unique words (used once) 1308 Unique words (used once %) 52% Unique kanji 962 Unique kanji (used once) 295 Unique kanji readings 1353 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 19.0 Characters 31711 VNDB avg. rating 5.7 VNDB rating count 39
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Soushuu Senshinkan Gakuen: Hachimyoujin Length (in words) 503166 Unique words 23117 Unique words (used once) 8130 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 2826 Unique kanji (used once) 291 Unique kanji readings 5786 Difficulty 8/10 Average sentence length 20.6 Characters 1153324 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 190
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Soushuu Senshinkan Gakuen Bansenjin Length (in words) 369887 Unique words 19549 Unique words (used once) 7338 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2630 Unique kanji (used once) 263 Unique kanji readings 5194 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 20.5 Characters 856825 VNDB avg. rating 8.2 VNDB rating count 96
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Sousaku Kanojo no Ren'ai Koushiki Length (in words) 240360 Unique words 11453 Unique words (used once) 4369 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 1891 Unique kanji (used once) 218 Unique kanji readings 3396 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.9 Characters 583640 VNDB avg. rating 7.7 VNDB rating count 207
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Soukou Akki Muramasa: Janen Hen Length (in words) 41048 Unique words 6737 Unique words (used once) 3582 Unique words (used once %) 53% Unique kanji 1826 Unique kanji (used once) 393 Unique kanji readings 3114 Difficulty 6/10 Average sentence length 11.2 Characters 93082 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 151
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Soukou Akki Muramasa Length (in words) 563594 Unique words 27861 Unique words (used once) 9983 Unique words (used once %) 35% Unique kanji 3020 Unique kanji (used once) 270 Unique kanji readings 6423 Difficulty 9/10 Average sentence length 14.7 Characters 1227514 VNDB avg. rating 9.0 VNDB rating count 2272
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Sorceress * Alive! ~the World's End Fallen Star~ Length (in words) 333492 Unique words 14903 Unique words (used once) 5789 Unique words (used once %) 38% Unique kanji 2166 Unique kanji (used once) 284 Unique kanji readings 4077 Difficulty 4/10 Average sentence length 14.5 Characters 847929 VNDB avg. rating 7.9 VNDB rating count 167
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Sora o Tobu, 3tsu no Houhou. Length (in words) 418641 Unique words 16182 Unique words (used once) 5362 Unique words (used once %) 33% Unique kanji 2165 Unique kanji (used once) 200 Unique kanji readings 4136 Difficulty 5/10 Average sentence length 16.5 Characters 1023419 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 18
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Sora no Baroque Length (in words) 295495 Unique words 17313 Unique words (used once) 6460 Unique words (used once %) 37% Unique kanji 2511 Unique kanji (used once) 267 Unique kanji readings 4845 Difficulty 7/10 Average sentence length 20.2 Characters 678543 VNDB avg. rating 6.8 VNDB rating count 46
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Yuririn Length (in words) 33112 Unique words 3781 Unique words (used once) 1873 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1157 Unique kanji (used once) 295 Unique kanji readings 1708 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 14.2 Characters 79578 VNDB avg. rating 7.1 VNDB rating count 23
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Watashi no Ouji-sama Length (in words) 25688 Unique words 3284 Unique words (used once) 1606 Unique words (used once %) 48% Unique kanji 1143 Unique kanji (used once) 259 Unique kanji readings 1715 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 62268 VNDB avg. rating 6.6 VNDB rating count 961
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Tenshi-tachi no Yakusoku Length (in words) 34098 Unique words 4359 Unique words (used once) 2256 Unique words (used once %) 51% Unique kanji 1263 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 1933 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 83593 VNDB avg. rating 7.0 VNDB rating count 36
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Tenshi-tachi no Harukoi Length (in words) 32567 Unique words 4006 Unique words (used once) 1969 Unique words (used once %) 49% Unique kanji 1232 Unique kanji (used once) 289 Unique kanji readings 1854 Difficulty 2/10 Average sentence length 17.2 Characters 78123 VNDB avg. rating 6.6 VNDB rating count 38
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Tenshi no Hanabira Zome Length (in words) 26672 Unique words 3416 Unique words (used once) 1628 Unique words (used once %) 47% Unique kanji 1220 Unique kanji (used once) 302 Unique kanji readings 1823 Difficulty 3/10 Average sentence length 13.6 Characters 69460 VNDB avg. rating 7.3 VNDB rating count 497