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2 | Title | Furigana | Translated | Format | Volumes | Difficulty | Description | Difficulty Description | Link to raws (if available) | ||
3 | Enter Title | Yes/No/Some | Yes/No | Manga/Light Novel/4Koma, etc | # (Status) | Basic/Easy/Intermediate/ Hard | Enter text, press enter. Use wrap text function if text is too long for a field | Regarding difficult literature. Describe what made it difficult to read, e.g. Obscure Kanji, Slang, ancient grammar, crazy syntax, etc. | D | ||
4 | ロックマンX | Rockman X is a new type of robot that has the ability to think and feel like a human being.The games follow him while he works for a Police-like force hunting "Irregulars",Robots who break the law,be it by their own will,or by malfunctioning.From X to X3,the games use only Hirgana and Katakana.From X4 onwards,they use a few Kanji. | |||||||||
5 | 物語シリーズ | 西尾維新 | g | Something | Light Novel | 17 (publishing) | >Harder than steel | Does "Nisioisin" ring a bell? Be ready to find complex grammatical syntax and shit like this | https://mega.co.nz/#F!hwoCHB7K!buja2jm60uZIF6RkfWZQfQ | ||
6 | Kampfer | 筑地俊彦 (Tukiji Tosihiko) | Yes | (Classic) Novel | Advanced | Imported from old reading list | |||||
7 | 人間失格 | 太宰治(Dasai Osamu) | Yes | (Classic) Novel | Advanced | No Longer Human (人間失格 Ningen Shikkaku) is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. Published after Run Melos and The Setting Sun, No Longer Human is considered Dazai's masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel in Japan, behind Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro. No Longer Human is told in the form of notebooks left by one Ōba Yōzō (大庭葉蔵), a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who is instead forced to uphold a facade of hollow jocularity. The novel is composed of three chapters, or "memoranda", which chronicle the life of Ōba from early childhood to late twenties. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
8 | Kamisama no Memochou | 杉井 光 (Sugii Hikaru) | Yes | Partially | Light Novel | Advanced | baka-tsuki: 7/10 | Imported from old reading list | |||
9 | DS文学全集 | Yes | Game - DS | Advanced | Possibly the most valuable single resource on this list. A collection of classic Japanese literature in a Nintendo DS game. Given that it is a collection of stories, the difficulty level is variable. See: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E5%85%A8%E9%9B%86 for a list of stories. | Imported from old reading list | |||||
10 | Cleavage | Few | No | Game - PC | Advanced | Older VN from Empress. Tame stuff, unlike Starless. Pretty short, and rather easy grammar-wise. Will boost your sex-terminology vocabulary. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
11 | おやすみプンプン | No | Yes | Manga | Advanced | A good balance of polite/formal (narrator, certain characters) and casual speech. I've encountered dozens of non jouyou kanji spread throughout, but they aren't too heavily used. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
12 | 朝日新聞 | 朝日新聞 | No | No | Newspaper | Advanced | Readable online at: http://asahi.com/ Pretty much reads exactly how you'd expect a newspaper to read - very dry, and loaded with political and economic jargon. This is one of the official newspapers of Japan, so do not expect to be able to read this without full Jouyou Kanji mastery and a very solid vocabulary base. | Imported from old reading list | |||
13 | Seikai no Monshou (Crest of the Stars) | 森岡 浩之 (Morioka Hiroyuki) | Few | No | Novel | Advanced | Very little actual furigana, most of the furigana is for the Abh language that the author made up. Tons of non-joyou, and non-jinmeiyou kanji without any furigana. Slightly tougher than Shin Sekai Yori. | Imported from old reading list | |||
14 | Shin Sekai Yori | 貴志 祐介 (Kisi Yūsuke) | Few | No | Novel | Advanced | Plenty of non-jouyou kanji and uncommon readings (eg. 橇 = かんじき when it's normally そり） | Imported from old reading list | |||
15 | 我輩は猫である | Some | Yes | Novel | Advanced | Very famous novel by 夏目漱石. Lot's of uncommon words and kanji but shouldn't be difficult to understand if you pay attention. http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000148/files/789_14547.html | Imported from old reading list | ||||
16 | 金閣寺 | 三島由紀夫(みしま・ゆきお) | Names and uncommon words | Yes | Novel | Advanced | Considered one of Yukio Mishima's best works. Based on a real incident of arson committed in the 50's. The main character is a stuttering acolyte at the temple, and falls into a deep and consuming obsession with it. | Imported from old reading list | |||
17 | Flyable Heart -The future has already begun- | Unison Shift: Blossom | No | No | VN (PC) | Advanced | Very simple vocabulary, though narration might take a while to get used to, for those who aren't used to reading VNs. There's a few infodumps that might be a little bit complicated, but nothing more than that. | Imported from old reading list | |||
18 | Phantom of Inferno (ファントム) | Nitro+ | No | Yes* | VN (PC) | Advanced | *The translated version does exist, but is of a particularly obscure format that requires significant troubles to play correctly on the user end. The 360 port has updated graphics and voice acting based on the anime. H scenes have been removed (Though are still strongly implied). There is a lot of gun-based terminology, which can be somewhat ignored if you like, but it occurs almost every time an assassination mission is started in the story. | Imported from old reading list | |||
19 | きっと、澄みわたる朝色よりも、 | Propeller | Yes | No | VN (PC) | Advanced | Compared to your typical moege, the sentences are denser, and often containing a considerable amount of information. Huge amount of nigger jokes, purposely hidden implications that require a solid grasp of the context, occasional NVL segments with little to not visual aid, which are often vague and a single misunderstanding may harm your comprehension of the plot, etc. This is a VN you don't want to read very early, since it isn't really only about getting the "gist" of what's happening, but also being able to understand properly the situations and dialogues which directly relate to the overall thematic. Once in a while the descriptions may prolong for quite some time, and the random 豆知識 might be rather overwhelming. Very often certain sentences receive additional emphasis through 傍点, and fully grasping them is very important. Some parts are specially remarkable because of the writing, and a broken comprehension might ruin the whole thing for you. There's also a considerable amount of unhookable text, and the last segment of the epilogue may be hookable but it's basically on auto-read and it goes on for a few minutes so enjoy that. Also there's a certain infodump close to the end which might prove to be a challenge for many. Basically you can read through this as an intermediate reader but you'll probably enjoy it more when you're more experienced with the language. | VN | |||
20 | グリザイアの果実 | Front Wing | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | Lots of monologues and trivia full of obscure vocab, but conversations are relatively simple. 6/10 | Imported from old reading list | |||
21 | 塵骸魔京 | Nitro+ | Few | No | VN (PC) | Advanced | Contains a lot of advanced Kana which require near fluency in Japanese to understand. | Imported from old reading list | |||
22 | 未来のキミと、すべての歌に | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | VN about vocaloids (Miku). | Although it uses jouyou kanji, the writing style is consistent and easy to follow, and about half of it is conversation. Slice of Life type of vocabulary, very little technical terms. I will rate this 4/10 in difficulty. Has quite a few spoken phrases that you may not have encountered, but most of them are used often and this is a good way to get exposed to them. | Imported from old reading list | |||
23 | 沙耶の唄 | Nitro+ | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | A lot of vocabulary that you don't see often. A lot of difficult kanji. Obscure ones will have furigana. Advanced grammar and writing style. Took about 15 hours to finish. It's quite difficult (I will rate it 8/10 in difficulty). Recommend to people who have a strong grasp of the language already. | Imported from old reading list | |||
24 | 車輪の国、向日葵の少女 | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | Ages 18+ eroge. Half is conversation, and half of that is voiced (everything except the first person). This makes it easier on the kanji readings, and the tone of the voice helps with the meaning. There are a little bit of technical political vocabulary, but easy to get used to. I will rate this 5/10 in difficulty. Long but worth i | Imported from old reading list | ||||
25 | 辻堂さんの純愛ロード | No | No | VN (PC) | Advanced | Imported from old reading list | |||||
26 | 鈴が歌う、未来の音色 | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | Sequel to 未来のキミと、すべての歌に. Refer to that row. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
27 | 鬼哭街 | Nitro+ | No | Yes | VN (PC) | Advanced | Tons of martial arts terminology, obscure kanji, and weird chinese references. Probably one of the harder VNs out there. | Imported from old reading list | |||
28 | Zettai Reiiki | Yes | No (Yes for ch.1 - 3) | 4koma | Basic | Easy read, cute moments, funny moments, 4koma about a guy who moves into an apartment with a tsundere ghost loli bound there. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
29 | ナップルテール | No | No | Game - DC | Basic | アクションRPG. Very basic game. At 3-4 months of studying I was able to play through it fairly well. Got to a crafting part though, and was a bit confused. Easy game. Great music (Yoko Kanno). | Imported from old reading list | ||||
30 | コロぱた | Some | Yes | Game - DS | Basic | Easy to understand. Follows a little girl and her puzzles.Use the Japanese wiki if you have trouble and it'll double your learning! | Imported from old reading list | ||||
31 | イナズマイレブン | Yes | Yes | Game - DS/3DS | Basic | Football RPG series. Made for children, so the language is simple and gameplay is fun. Each game in the series has a theme, which is helpful in building vocabulary. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
32 | Mario Story (Paper Mario) | Nintendo | No | Yes | Game - N64 | Basic | Almost everything is written in Kana, but some Kanji are used. (You should know stuff like Castle or Princess) Easy grammar and simple story. A masterpiece, but beware of the font used. (I have only seen the first few minutes of gameplay) | Imported from old reading list | |||
33 | Fortune Summoners (フォーチュンサモナーズ) | Lizsoft | Yes | Game - PC | Basic | Cute platformer/RPG with furigana above all kanji, easy dialog, deluxe version has partial voiceacting. The Normal version is translated by Carpe Fulgur, the deluxe version is not translated. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
34 | Super Mario RPG | Square | No | Yes | Game - SNES | Basic | Requires a handful of Kyoiku Kanji but nowhere near the full set. Unfamiliar Kanji can be difficult to read because of the low resolution. Make sure you know the Kanji for "castle" and "princess" - you'll be seeing those two repeated a lot. | Imported from old reading list | |||
35 | Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森) | Nintendo | no | Yes | Game - Various | Basic | RPG with furigana above all kanji, often using basic vocabulary but every character speaks with a different speech pattern (really good for if you want to learn to understand anime etc). | ||||
36 | Zelda: Skyward Sword | Nintendo | Yes | Yes | Game - Wii | Basic | Furigana text only appears when you use a 16:9 setting in your TV | Imported from old reading list | |||
37 | とらぶる(To Love Ru) | Saki Hasemi | Yes | Yes (poorly) | Manga (Finished) | 18 | Basic | The riveting tale of how Rito accumulates the greatest harem in any Japanese media. Lots of ecchi fanservice. It's wonderful. | Everything has Furigana. Everything. A significant amount of words that are usually kanji, are represented with hiragana, making dictionary look ups especially easy. Most of the characters are moe high school girls, so the grammar never really departs from Tae Kim's guide. | The riveting tale of how Rito accumulates the greatest harem in any Japanese media. Lots of ecchi fanservice. It's wonderful. | |
38 | 民話 むかし話のパージ | Website | Basic | Six Japanese and Six Non-Japanese fairy tales. | Majority is hiragana, all with pictures, good for beginners. http://www33.ocn.ne.jp/~maty/top.htm | Imported from old reading list | |||||
39 | マンガ家さんとアシスタントさんと | Hiroyuki | Yes | 10 (finished) | Basic | Everyday life of a perverted manga artist. | All kanji include furigana. Easy vocabulary. Good to start with. | ||||
40 | Shinryaku! Ika Musume | 安部 真弘 (Anbe Masahiro) | Yes | Yes | Manga | 17 (Ongoing) | Easy | Cute squids doing cute squid things. | Has the occasional long sentence. | Imported from old reading list | |
41 | 惡の華 (Aku no Hana | 押見修造 | Yes | Yes | Manga | 11 (Completed) | Easy | Simple dialogue, which constantly relolves around the same topics (the plot). Lots of omnopoteia. | |||
42 | 東清彦 | Yes | Yes | Manga | 12 (publishing) | Easy | Homoerotic slang that might throw off brand new readers. | ||||
43 | 徒然チルドレン | No | No | Manga Website | Easy | Short episodes about normal Japanese high school boys and girls, mostly about their struggle in love. ラブコメ genre. | The あとがき is long and difficult, but other than that it consists mainly of short and simple sentences. A bit more difficult than あいうら. | http://tsuredurechildren.com/ | |||
44 | NHK News Web Easy | Yes | No | Online Newspaper | Easy | NHK news articles simplified and made easier to read for elementary schoolers (and language learners like you) | http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ | ||||
45 | はなひらっ！ | ふぐり屋＆ゆりんゆりん | Easy | The story revolves around four girls who attend Saint Michael Girls’ School and highlights all their cute dokidoki yuriyuri love for one another during and after school. The story is quite lighthearted and follows the four girls at school, shopping, hanging around and coming together for a pajama party. | All kanji include furigana. Easy vocabulary. Good to start with. | ||||||
46 | キノの旅 | 時雨沢恵一 | Yes | Light Novel | 17 (publishing) | Easy-ish | Kino is a mild-mannered teenage girl who travels the world with her motorbike Hermes, visiting many different countries. Recommend reading after picking up some basic vocabulary. A pleasure to read. Violence level: medium | I hope you like descriptions | |||
47 | 日常 | あらゐ けいいち | Yes | Yes | Manga | 9 (ongoing) | Easy/Intermediate, leaning towards easy | Nichijou - The daily lives of high school girls. A very "over-dramatic" comedy manga that's extremely funny. I'm sure we've all seen the anime so that's all you need to know. | There are some longer sentences that can throw off a beginner, but the subjects are simple and the manga's episodic nature makes it very welcoming for beginners. | ||
48 | Full Metal Daemon Muramasa | Nitro+ | Few | No | VN (PC) | Expert | Lots of unusual kanji, words, jargon (real and unreal), and old, literary language is frequently used. Nitro+ | Imported from old reading list | |||
49 | 信天翁航海録 | raiL-soft | Few | No | VN (PC) | Expert | Noted for its queerness and funny atmosphere. Quite a lot of rare kanji and is quite difficult to read despite its carefree atmosphere. Most of the dififculty comes from the unusually long and descriptive sentences. The writing closely resembles an early 20th century novel. Contains a heavy amount of naval vocabulary. raiL-soft | Imported from old reading list | |||
50 | Keroro RPG | Bandai Namco Games | Yes | No | Game - DS | Gay | Plays like the Tales of Series. Important Scenes are voiced. If you like Keroro Gunsou it's a fun side story. | Imported from old reading list | |||
51 | Accel World | 川原 礫 (Kawahara Reki) | Hard penis | Like most sci-fi Accel World uses a lot of technical words. (no furigana) | Imported from old reading list | ||||||
52 | WHITE ALBUM 2 | No | No | easy | Intermediate | Are you good at grammar? If yes, then you can read this. | |||||
53 | THE iDOLM@STER 2 (アイドルマスター2) | Bandai Namco Games | No | No | Game - 360/PS3 | Intermediate | The difficulty of the language varies with the idol you produce because each one has a very different manner of speaking, but in general there's nothing particularly difficult about parsing the dialogue. The hardest person to understand is actually your boss, President Takagi, because of the technical language he uses when giving you tutorials, debriefings, etc. (Hibiki does speak in an Okinawan dialect, but it's not a thick one and she's still mostly understandable if you haven't gone out of your way to study it.) Overall the game probably requires about 1200-odd kanji to read comfortably (very rough estimate based on personal experience), and many words that would normally be written in Jouyou kanji will typically be written in kana instead. However, you will need to know the names of the prefectures of Japan to deal with the geography quizzes. | Imported from old reading list | |||
54 | Super Robot Taisen OG: Endless Frontier EXCEED | Banpresto, Monolith Soft | No | No | Game - DS | Intermediate | The Sequel to the NDS Game Endless Frontier that never got translated. Some few rare Kanji, intermediate grammar, lots of weird speech patterns that deviate from standard Japanese though. Fun, and long JRPG with very good action-based battle mechanics. Lots of dialogue. | Imported from old reading list | |||
55 | メタルサガ鋼の季節 | No | No | Game - DS | Intermediate | Excellent music (well the battle music sucks but most is A+), good story (for the 50 minutes I've played so far). Fairly easy reading. Probably one of the better RPGs on the DS. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
56 | 放課後少年 | No | Game - DS | Intermediate | Good game for beginners. Lots of dialogue. Geared towards grade school. | Imported from old reading list | |||||
57 | Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale | EasyGameStation | No | Yes | Game - PC | Intermediate | If you bought a Steam copy, you can play the game in Japanese by right-clicking it and going to Properties > Language tab > Japanese. (Note: This will re-download the game.) Sticks to Kyoiku and common Jouyou with relatively simple grammar. It is partially an RPG so expect some weird item/weapon names and such. | Imported from old reading list | |||
58 | ぼくのなつやすみ | No | Game - PS1 | Intermediate | A lot to look at and read. Some VA with captions. Cute game. Guessing that it is Intermediate. | Imported from old reading list | |||||
59 | ロックマンDash | Capcom | No | Yes | Game - PS1/N64 | Intermediate | Also known as Mega Man Legends / Mega Man 64. Some VA. Lower intermediate level. | Imported from old reading list | |||
60 | THE iDOLM@STER: One For All (アイドルマスター ワンフォーオール) | Bandai Namco Games | No | No | Game - PS3 | Intermediate | One For All's reading difficulty is around the same level as iDOLM@STER 2. In fact, it's actually a little easier since you don't have to do geography quizzes anymore. No need to have memorized the prefecture names for this one. Note that unlike iDOLM@STER 2, One For All is a PS3 exclusive and cannot be played on 360. | Imported from old reading list | |||
61 | Pop'n Music Portable | Konami - Bemani | No | No | Game - PSP | Intermediate | Rhythm game with a story mode to unlock new songs. 2nd game has a lot more text. Variety of characters with varying ways of speaking. | Imported from old reading list | |||
62 | Chrono Trigger (クロノトリガー) | Square | No | Yes | Game - SNES | Intermediate | (Note: This is based off the first 20 minutes of the game) A fair amount of Kanji in the text, but it's mostly grade-school Kanji with a spattering of Jouyou here and there (for example, 娘). Combat menus are mostly in Kana. Script, with translation is available at http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Retranslation.html | Imported from old reading list | |||
63 | Summon Night series | Felistella | No | No | Game - Various | Intermediate | 1-2 are on the PS1, 3-4 are on the PS2 and PSP, while 5 is PSP exclusive. Except for the main character, everyone is fully voiced. Has a few spinoffs that aren't fully voiced, including Summon Night: Craft Sword Monogatari 3, which you may be learning the language for. | Imported from old reading list | |||
64 | Oniichan's big dick | no | no | Hard | Intermediate | Oniichan's dick is huge, It's a big task but if your up for it, its worth the read | |||||
65 | Baby Steps(ベイビーステップ) | 勝木光 | Few | Light Novel | Intermediate | Tanks are readily available, and there's furigana on everything. However the author semi-frequently uses the furigana read a synonymous loan word rather than the reading. This is usually for sport related phrases, and I found to never be really egregious. I don't really know about which level the kanji fall under, but it is predominately what I feel to be Basic to Low-Intermediate. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
66 | High School DxD | 石踏 一榮 (Isibumi Itiei) | Yes | Yes | Light Novel | Intermediate | When I read it, it felt it made ample use of Furigana, even for Kanji from the Kyouiku set. Grammar is rather simple, main narrative style is recitation and "thought prose" from the main character's point of view. Uses a lot of terms from spoken Japanese. | Imported from old reading list | |||
67 | 魔法科高校の劣等生 (Mahouka) | Some | Yes (Up to V14) | Light Novel | 15 (Ongoing) | Intermediate | Magic has become a technology. This is a story about a defective elder brother low achiever and a perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever. Both siblings entered a Magic High School and the stage of daily turbulence was unveiled | http://raw-zip.com/novel-%E9%AD%94%E6%B3%95%E7%A7%91%E9%AB%98%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%AE%E5%8A%A3%E7%AD%89%E7%94%9F-mahouka-koukou-no-rettousei/ | |||
68 | Fairy Tail （フィアリーテイル） | 真島 ヒロ (Masima Hiro) | Some | Partially | Manga | Intermediate | Uses mostly basic kanji with the exception of a few harder ones here and there. Contains fairly basic grammar as well. | Imported from old reading list | |||
69 | Green Blood | No | Partially | Manga | Intermediate | Imported from old reading list | |||||
70 | Hidamari Sketch (ひだまりスケッチ) | 蒼樹 うめ (Aoki Ume) | No | Yes | Manga | Intermediate | May contain wide. | Imported from old reading list | |||
71 | Magi | Yes | Yes | Manga | Intermediate | Shounen in a somewhat Arabian setting. Easy grammar and you will never forget the word for "desert" again. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
72 | Ratman | Yes | Partially | Manga | Intermediate | Shounen Manga with probably the funniest "evil lackeys" ever. Good mix of humour, action and character development. Uses mostly basic Vocabulary with some advanced words here and there. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
73 | 放浪息子 | Some | Yes | Manga | Intermediate | Can be quite challenging to understand, as the dialogue tends to be colloquial and abbreviated. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
74 | 砂糖菓子の弾丸は撃ちぬけない | Yes | Yes | Manga | 2 (finished) | Intermediate | |||||
75 | Hyouka | 米澤 穂信 (Yonezawa Honobu) | No | Yes | Novel | Intermediate | Probably around 14000-15000 kanji, so it's about beginner level. | Imported from old reading list | |||
76 | 半七捕物帳 | 岡本綺堂(おかもと・きどう) | Novel | Intermediate | The Memoirs of an Edo Detective. Solves crimes. | Imported from old reading list | |||||
77 | よつばと！ | 東清彦 (Azuma Kiyohiko) | No | No | Visual Novel | Intermediate | May contain Kansai-ben. | Imported from old reading list | |||
78 | 妹ペット | VN (PC) | Intermediate | Imported from old reading list | |||||||
79 | 穢翼のユースティア | August | Few | Partially | VN (PC) | Intermediate | Virus-ridden shareware, but pretty fun if you can disable the fake FBI-lock screen. | Imported from old reading list | |||
80 | 巨乳JK催淫調教-キモ兄は妹をミルク飲み人形に | No | No | VN (PC)Nukige | Intermediate | Fairly good I suppose. It was annoying to me how long it took to reach the hot sex in the story, as 80% of the game is simply horny teasing scenes with extremely gradual rising action. http://vndb.org/v11019 | Imported from old reading list | ||||
81 | 岡山の民話 | No | Website | Intermediate | Imported from old reading list | ||||||
82 | Aku no Hana | 押見 修造 (Osimi Shūzō) | Intermediate | Imported from old reading list | |||||||
83 | 真・蟻地獄 | Names on introduction, and rarely some uncommon words. | No | VN (PC)Nukige | Intermediate+ | http://vndb.org/v10083 Uses more difficult words, and writing styles than other nukige. I'd give it an 8/7 of 10, 10 being muramasa. If only because I've gotta atleast lookup a word just about every other non-grunting-or-sex-vocab-filled-sentence. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
84 | キルミーベイベー | カジオ | For uncommon readings | For uncommon readings | 4Koma Manga | 6 (ongoing) | Low intermediate | Sonya, an assassin and Yasuna, her friend attend high school. Lots of boke and tsukommi routine, cute as fuck. | Lack of furigana is probably the greatest challenge if your vocab is low. Doesn't use a very large scope of vocabulary. | Sonya, an assassin and Yasuna, her friend attend high school. Lots of boke and tsukommi routine, cute as fuck. | |
85 | 七人の侍 | 黒澤明(くろさわ あきら) | No | Yes | Film/Movie | None | A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. 8.8 on IMDB, #20 on IMDB's top 250, and previously #17. A classic film with wide praise abroad and in Japan. Considered renowned director Kurosawa Akira's Masterpiece. | ||||
86 | 切腹 | 小林 正樹(こばやし まさき) | No | psp | Film/Movie | None | A Japanese jidaigeki (period-drama) film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of Hanshirō Tsugumo, a rōnin or warrior without a lord. On May 16, 1630, Tsugumo Hanshirō (津雲半四郎) arrives at the estate of the Ii clan (井伊家), looking for a suitable place to perform seppuku. After the Tokugawa shogunate took over, there were many roaming samurai without a master to serve. Some of these desperate rōnin would request or threat to commit seppuku in hopes of receiving alms from the lord of the house. To deter him Saitō Kageyu (Rentarō Mikuni), counselor of the clan, tells Hanshirō a warning story wherein another rōnin, Chijiiwa Motome – formerly of the same clan as Hanshirō – had made the same request and the samurai retainers of the house forced him to complete the ceremony and kill himself. Hanshiro is not detered, but the story plays a major role in the plot of the movie. | Imported from old reading list | |||
87 | 座頭市物語 | 勝新太郎 (かつ しんたろう) | No | Yes | Film/Movie | None | A film about a wandering blind swordsman and his involvement in a conflict between two rivaling Yakuza gangs. However people look down upon him, it is made clear on several occasions that he is not someone to be taken advantage of. | Imported from old reading list | |||
88 | プリクラ Pocket | Atlus | No | No | Game - GB | None | Game where the random encounters are multiple choice questions all in text. Great for low level. | Imported from old reading list | |||
89 | Phantasy Star 1 | Sega | No | Yes | Game - SMS | None | Everything is written in Kanji only. | Imported from old reading list | |||
90 | Final Fantasy IV | Square | No | Yes | Game - SNES | None | Like most older RPGs, the text is entirely in kana separated by spaces. Very story driven and linear game, a decent introduction to the Final Fantasy series if you have not played any. Also has a script available online, original JP (with kanji included!) alongside the US translation: http://notserious.info/ff4/script/index.html | Imported from old reading list | |||
91 | MOTHER 2 (Earthbound) | Ape, HAL Laboratory | No | Yes | Game - SNES | None | Only a handful of Kanji appear in the intro and during one mid-game cutscene. This game is written almost entirely in kana. Known as Earthbound in the west, AKA, that horrendously overpriced SNES game that isn't even rare. You can snag a SFC copy for DIRT cheap, or you can emulate it. Vocabulary is a bit more advanced than most basic kana only games, but it's not too much of an issue for most beginners. | Imported from old reading list | |||
92 | 魔法使いの夜 | Some | No | Visual Novel | Upper-intermediate | Not recommended for beginners due to incredibly complex 魔術 terminology. | |||||
93 | あいうら | Yes | Yes | 4Koma Manga | 7 (finished) | Revolves around three girls and their daily lives at school, easy to follow plot wise, and entertaining | Difficulty Description | ||||
94 | Baldr Sky Dive1/2 | Giga - Team Baldr Head | Yes | Yes | Film/Movie | Advanced | Imported from old reading list | ||||
95 | コンタクト | Grasshopper Manufacture | Yes | Game - DS | Contact for the Xbox One. Play it. It's good. | Imported from old reading list | |||||
96 | 光の４戦士 -ファイナルファンタジー外伝- | Matrix Software, Square Enix | No | Yes | Game - DS | Very easy to understand and read for beginners (most of it). No VA. No Furigana. Known in the U.S. as Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. | Imported from old reading list | ||||
97 | 伝説の勇者の伝説 | Yes | Yes | Game - DS, 3DS, Gamecube(?) | baka-tsuki: 10/10 | Imported from old reading list | |||||
98 | ゼロの使い魔 | Game - PSP/3DS | baka-tsuki: 5/10 | Imported from old reading list | |||||||
99 | 0 | アサウラ (Asaura) | Light Novel | baka-tsuki: 6/10 | Imported from old reading list | ||||||
100 | Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai | 平坂 読 (Hirasaka Yomi) | Few | Light Novel | baka-tsuki: 4/10 | Imported from old reading list |
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