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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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Cover of Oshikake Petit Lily
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Visual novel
Oshikake Petit Lily
Length (in words)946
Unique words400
Unique words (used once)270
Unique words (used once %)67%
Unique kanji213
Unique kanji (used once)118
Unique kanji readings252
Average difficulty33/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)40/100
Average sentence length17.2
Characters2576
VNDB avg. rating3.9
VNDB rating count39
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Cover of Negaeba Kitto...
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Visual novel
Negaeba Kitto...
Length (in words)1257
Unique words429
Unique words (used once)272
Unique words (used once %)63%
Unique kanji260
Unique kanji (used once)130
Unique kanji readings313
Average difficulty24/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)42/100
Average sentence length18.0
Characters2739
VNDB avg. rating5.3
VNDB rating count249
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Cover of Asu Owaru Sekai, Sono Zen'ya
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Visual novel
Asu Owaru Sekai, Sono Zen'ya
Length (in words)2182
Unique words563
Unique words (used once)306
Unique words (used once %)54%
Unique kanji279
Unique kanji (used once)121
Unique kanji readings340
Average difficulty19/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)32/100
Average sentence length13.3
Characters5780
VNDB avg. rating5.0
VNDB rating count67
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Cover of Onegai Shimasu. Pantsu wo Misete Kudasai
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Visual novel
Onegai Shimasu. Pantsu wo Misete Kudasai
Length (in words)2100
Unique words690
Unique words (used once)388
Unique words (used once %)56%
Unique kanji352
Unique kanji (used once)163
Unique kanji readings424
Average difficulty27/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)52/100
Average sentence length11.3
Characters5093
VNDB avg. rating5.1
VNDB rating count14
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Cover of Christmas * Flower
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Visual novel
Christmas * Flower
Length (in words)2086
Unique words787
Unique words (used once)516
Unique words (used once %)65%
Unique kanji384
Unique kanji (used once)206
Unique kanji readings463
Average difficulty29/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)41/100
Average sentence length13.9
Characters5188
VNDB avg. rating6.4
VNDB rating count21
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Cover of Chise Anoyama ni Iku
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Visual novel
Chise Anoyama ni Iku
Length (in words)3973
Unique words984
Unique words (used once)535
Unique words (used once %)54%
Unique kanji453
Unique kanji (used once)185
Unique kanji readings563
Average difficulty28/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)37/100
Average sentence length12.5
Characters9839
VNDB avg. rating5.5
VNDB rating count4
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Cover of Koufuku no Lalka
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Visual novel
Koufuku no Lalka
Length (in words)4376
Unique words1046
Unique words (used once)581
Unique words (used once %)55%
Unique kanji489
Unique kanji (used once)196
Unique kanji readings632
Average difficulty28/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)43/100
Average sentence length15.5
Characters10601
VNDB avg. rating5.9
VNDB rating count21
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Cover of Tsumugi Uta to Maouji no Folklore
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Visual novel
Tsumugi Uta to Maouji no Folklore
Length (in words)3471
Unique words1053
Unique words (used once)679
Unique words (used once %)64%
Unique kanji492
Unique kanji (used once)237
Unique kanji readings632
Average difficulty34/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)45/100
Average sentence length17.0
Characters8380
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Cover of Nichijou wo Todokeru Fujiwara-kun no Tegami ~2 Tsuume - Rikoshugi no Ryouiki to Yougashi
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Nichijou wo Todokeru Fujiwara-kun no Tegami ~2 Tsuume - Rikoshugi no Ryouiki to Yougashi
Length (in words)3843
Unique words958
Unique words (used once)532
Unique words (used once %)55%
Unique kanji495
Unique kanji (used once)202
Unique kanji readings626
Average difficulty42/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)66/100
Average sentence length13.0
Characters9026
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count5
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Cover of Tsuki no Hikari
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Visual novel
Tsuki no Hikari
Length (in words)4251
Unique words1032
Unique words (used once)580
Unique words (used once %)56%
Unique kanji522
Unique kanji (used once)223
Unique kanji readings680
Average difficulty22/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)36/100
Average sentence length18.2
Characters9807
VNDB avg. rating4.9
VNDB rating count24
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Cover of Swampman ni Hanataba o
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Visual novel
Swampman ni Hanataba o
Length (in words)2803
Unique words913
Unique words (used once)567
Unique words (used once %)62%
Unique kanji526
Unique kanji (used once)248
Unique kanji readings657
Average difficulty45/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)72/100
Average sentence length20.4
Characters6595
VNDB avg. rating6.5
VNDB rating count1
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Cover of Nekopara Extra: Koneko no Hi no Yakusoku
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Visual novel
Nekopara Extra: Koneko no Hi no Yakusoku
Length (in words)7204
Unique words1427
Unique words (used once)766
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji571
Unique kanji (used once)241
Unique kanji readings738
Average difficulty10/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)30/100
Average sentence length13.0
Characters19351
VNDB avg. rating6.8
VNDB rating count1129
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Cover of Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata
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Visual novel
Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata
Length (in words)8075
Unique words1126
Unique words (used once)10
Unique words (used once %)0%
Unique kanji580
Unique kanji (used once)8
Unique kanji readings739
Average difficulty9/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)36/100
Average sentence length11.5
Characters19365
VNDB avg. rating5.1
VNDB rating count14
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Cover of Nekopara Vol. 0: Minazuki Neko-tachi no Nichijou!
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Visual novel
Nekopara Vol. 0: Minazuki Neko-tachi no Nichijou!
Length (in words)4706
Unique words1273
Unique words (used once)748
Unique words (used once %)58%
Unique kanji580
Unique kanji (used once)243
Unique kanji readings748
Average difficulty12/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)34/100
Average sentence length14.3
Characters12405
VNDB avg. rating6.3
VNDB rating count3729
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Cover of Shinobi Harisenbo
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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
Average difficulty62/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)79/100
Average sentence length16.1
Characters11453
VNDB avg. rating6.1
VNDB rating count29
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Cover of Warugoto Sanka
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Visual novel
Warugoto Sanka
Length (in words)5707
Unique words1618
Unique words (used once)1045
Unique words (used once %)64%
Unique kanji721
Unique kanji (used once)298
Unique kanji readings971
Average difficulty26/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)47/100
Average sentence length15.6
Characters13755
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Cover of Tegami
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Visual novel
Tegami
Length (in words)7216
Unique words1687
Unique words (used once)978
Unique words (used once %)57%
Unique kanji723
Unique kanji (used once)270
Unique kanji readings992
Average difficulty36/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)49/100
Average sentence length13.4
Characters16191
VNDB avg. rating6.4
VNDB rating count167
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Cover of Kanojo-kei Seimei Shinkaron Perfect☆Girl
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Visual novel
Kanojo-kei Seimei Shinkaron Perfect☆Girl
Length (in words)27028
Unique words1607
Unique words (used once)376
Unique words (used once %)23%
Unique kanji724
Unique kanji (used once)88
Unique kanji readings990
Average difficulty25/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)52/100
Average sentence length13.3
Characters65187
VNDB avg. rating6.5
VNDB rating count12
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Cover of Mhakna Gramura to Fairy Bell
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Visual novel
Mhakna Gramura to Fairy Bell
Length (in words)14942
Unique words2228
Unique words (used once)1072
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji748
Unique kanji (used once)221
Unique kanji readings1047
Average difficulty17/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)42/100
Average sentence length15.3
Characters38916
VNDB avg. rating7.4
VNDB rating count262
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Cover of Ryuu Tsukai to Sora
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Visual novel
Ryuu Tsukai to Sora
Length (in words)9977
Unique words1853
Unique words (used once)969
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji763
Unique kanji (used once)242
Unique kanji readings1042
Average difficulty31/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)44/100
Average sentence length24.8
Characters23388
VNDB avg. rating4.0
VNDB rating count1
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Cover of Hontou wa Kowai Yandere Musume ~Love One Another~
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Hontou wa Kowai Yandere Musume ~Love One Another~
Length (in words)7783
Unique words1896
Unique words (used once)1139
Unique words (used once %)60%
Unique kanji820
Unique kanji (used once)303
Unique kanji readings1124
Average difficulty37/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length13.3
Characters19139
VNDB avg. rating4.1
VNDB rating count10
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Cover of Rakka Ren Ren
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Visual novel
Rakka Ren Ren
Length (in words)18246
Unique words2218
Unique words (used once)1063
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji831
Unique kanji (used once)220
Unique kanji readings1228
Average difficulty3/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)11/100
Average sentence length10.7
Characters45195
VNDB avg. rating6.2
VNDB rating count2
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Cover of Hito de Naku, Hitodenashi
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Visual novel
Hito de Naku, Hitodenashi
Length (in words)16526
Unique words2520
Unique words (used once)1281
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji881
Unique kanji (used once)239
Unique kanji readings1269
Average difficulty12/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)28/100
Average sentence length23.0
Characters39367
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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 readings1296
Average difficulty2/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)10/100
Average sentence length14.0
Characters52075
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count93
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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Michael no Otome-tachi
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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 readings1299
Average difficulty2/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)10/100
Average sentence length14.0
Characters52075
VNDB avg. rating7.5
VNDB rating count377
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Cover of Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata Another Route ~Happy Ending~
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Visual novel
Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata Another Route ~Happy Ending~
Length (in words)7360
Unique words1983
Unique words (used once)1237
Unique words (used once %)62%
Unique kanji901
Unique kanji (used once)337
Unique kanji readings1234
Average difficulty12/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)36/100
Average sentence length14.7
Characters18526
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Cover of UNLUCKY POTION
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Visual novel
UNLUCKY POTION
Length (in words)8636
Unique words2155
Unique words (used once)1318
Unique words (used once %)61%
Unique kanji906
Unique kanji (used once)317
Unique kanji readings1257
Average difficulty30/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)45/100
Average sentence length20.7
Characters20248
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Cover of Yami no Koe
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Visual novel
Yami no Koe
Length (in words)42311
Unique words2974
Unique words (used once)1285
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji910
Unique kanji (used once)228
Unique kanji readings1325
Average difficulty9/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)21/100
Average sentence length18.0
Characters107554
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count125
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Cover of Mugen Kairou 1.5 ~Rensa~
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Visual novel
Mugen Kairou 1.5 ~Rensa~
Length (in words)21700
Unique words2511
Unique words (used once)1125
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji924
Unique kanji (used once)249
Unique kanji readings1315
Average difficulty8/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)23/100
Average sentence length14.2
Characters55127
VNDB avg. rating5.7
VNDB rating count38
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Cover of Kare to Kanojo to Kanojo no Chuugi
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Visual novel
Kare to Kanojo to Kanojo no Chuugi
Length (in words)9686
Unique words2236
Unique words (used once)1261
Unique words (used once %)56%
Unique kanji943
Unique kanji (used once)328
Unique kanji readings1347
Average difficulty43/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)60/100
Average sentence length18.1
Characters23504
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count15
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NO COVER
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Hajimete Deatta Ano Hi Kara
Length (in words)21908
Unique words2833
Unique words (used once)1401
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji944
Unique kanji (used once)241
Unique kanji readings1375
Average difficulty3/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)11/100
Average sentence length14.9
Characters55225
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Cover of Hanahira!
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Visual novel
Hanahira!
Length (in words)18461
Unique words2654
Unique words (used once)1348
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji947
Unique kanji (used once)293
Unique kanji readings1338
Average difficulty9/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)28/100
Average sentence length11.9
Characters46364
VNDB avg. rating5.3
VNDB rating count495
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Cover of Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata 2 ~Detarame Booking Date~
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Yandere Otoko no Ko no Toriatsukaikata 2 ~Detarame Booking Date~
Length (in words)16953
Unique words2055
Unique words (used once)32
Unique words (used once %)1%
Unique kanji948
Unique kanji (used once)8
Unique kanji readings1306
Average difficulty14/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)43/100
Average sentence length14.5
Characters40868
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Cover of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui - Hajisarashi-hen
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sui - Hajisarashi-hen
Length (in words)9798
Unique words2250
Unique words (used once)1330
Unique words (used once %)59%
Unique kanji949
Unique kanji (used once)336
Unique kanji readings1344
Average difficulty54/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)71/100
Average sentence length17.5
Characters24114
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Cover of Kohonya
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Kohonya
Length (in words)12799
Unique words2491
Unique words (used once)1326
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji953
Unique kanji (used once)273
Unique kanji readings1367
Average difficulty40/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)57/100
Average sentence length14.1
Characters29058
VNDB avg. rating6.0
VNDB rating count5
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Cover of Stargazer -Shoujo wa Hoshi no Yume wo Miru-
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Stargazer -Shoujo wa Hoshi no Yume wo Miru-
Length (in words)13018
Unique words2470
Unique words (used once)1308
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji962
Unique kanji (used once)295
Unique kanji readings1354
Average difficulty6/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)23/100
Average sentence length19.0
Characters31711
VNDB avg. rating5.6
VNDB rating count46
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Cover of Tsuki no Terasu
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Tsuki no Terasu
Length (in words)10035
Unique words2437
Unique words (used once)1499
Unique words (used once %)61%
Unique kanji988
Unique kanji (used once)324
Unique kanji readings1403
Average difficulty14/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)37/100
Average sentence length21.3
Characters23471
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count435
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Cover of Princess Cage ~Host to Hime to Uso no Koi~
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Princess Cage ~Host to Hime to Uso no Koi~
Length (in words)16637
Unique words2661
Unique words (used once)1348
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji988
Unique kanji (used once)272
Unique kanji readings1425
Average difficulty16/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)32/100
Average sentence length16.9
Characters39179
VNDB avg. rating5.8
VNDB rating count37
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Cover of Suki Tokimeki to Kiss
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Visual novel
Suki Tokimeki to Kiss
Length (in words)14892
Unique words2426
Unique words (used once)1233
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji992
Unique kanji (used once)287
Unique kanji readings1403
Average difficulty16/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)35/100
Average sentence length14.1
Characters34707
VNDB avg. rating6.3
VNDB rating count13
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Revolution! Rinagisa
Length (in words)26440
Unique words3049
Unique words (used once)1489
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji995
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings1433
Average difficulty3/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)6/100
Average sentence length14.3
Characters68104
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count36
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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
Average difficulty2/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)9/100
Average sentence length11.7
Characters49341
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count733
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Cover of narcissu
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narcissu
Length (in words)18901
Unique words2870
Unique words (used once)1363
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji1019
Unique kanji (used once)230
Unique kanji readings1494
Average difficulty35/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)48/100
Average sentence length16.3
Characters43180
VNDB avg. rating7.5
VNDB rating count5778
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Cover of Watashi wa Kyou Koko de Shinimasu.
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Watashi wa Kyou Koko de Shinimasu.
Length (in words)17784
Unique words2996
Unique words (used once)1632
Unique words (used once %)54%
Unique kanji1020
Unique kanji (used once)309
Unique kanji readings1494
Average difficulty31/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)41/100
Average sentence length14.0
Characters43031
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count56
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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 readings1506
Average difficulty3/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)13/100
Average sentence length13.9
Characters52406
VNDB avg. rating6.9
VNDB rating count603
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Cover of Girls Nite Out
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Girls Nite Out
Length (in words)16661
Unique words2899
Unique words (used once)1483
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1055
Unique kanji (used once)276
Unique kanji readings1507
Average difficulty38/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)52/100
Average sentence length19.7
Characters38210
VNDB avg. rating6.7
VNDB rating count6
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Cover of Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o
Length (in words)21025
Unique words3120
Unique words (used once)1646
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1069
Unique kanji (used once)306
Unique kanji readings1552
Average difficulty4/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)15/100
Average sentence length13.7
Characters53059
VNDB avg. rating6.6
VNDB rating count1846
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Itoshisa no Photograph
Length (in words)21573
Unique words2915
Unique words (used once)1411
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1082
Unique kanji (used once)287
Unique kanji readings1570
Average difficulty2/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)10/100
Average sentence length12.8
Characters52878
VNDB avg. rating6.7
VNDB rating count649
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Cover of Ai no Uchuu kara ~Mikakunin Onii-chan to Iseijin~
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Ai no Uchuu kara ~Mikakunin Onii-chan to Iseijin~
Length (in words)15365
Unique words3030
Unique words (used once)1798
Unique words (used once %)59%
Unique kanji1090
Unique kanji (used once)327
Unique kanji readings1594
Average difficulty10/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)24/100
Average sentence length18.1
Characters38228
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Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Lily Platinum
Length (in words)25003
Unique words3348
Unique words (used once)1714
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1098
Unique kanji (used once)291
Unique kanji readings1642
Average difficulty3/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)12/100
Average sentence length15.5
Characters67595
VNDB avg. rating7.2
VNDB rating count306
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Cover of Imouto ga Eroge Seiyuu Dattan Daga
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Imouto ga Eroge Seiyuu Dattan Daga
Length (in words)24467
Unique words3203
Unique words (used once)1571
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1102
Unique kanji (used once)289
Unique kanji readings1619
Average difficulty5/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)18/100
Average sentence length18.5
Characters63218
VNDB avg. rating6.2
VNDB rating count27
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