
Tokyo, 1936. Kudou Sousuke is a talented pianist who regularly performs at a jazz bar called "CADENZA." One night, out of the blue, he finds himself in a pickle when a frenzied geisha suddenly attacks him on his way home. Despite being battered and bruised, Sousuke manages to weather the storm and makes a hasty exit. The following day at work, Sousuke learns that the geisha has been found murdered, and he is the prime suspect. The news spreads like wildfire, and the bar's owner gives Sousuke the boot, unwilling to risk the bar's reputation by employing a fugitive. Finding himself between a rock and a hard place, Sousuke goes on the lam, unable to return home where his sister Yuzuha anxiously awaits. After wandering aimlessly, he crosses paths with a gorgeous yet haughty woman with a shady background. She offers Sousuke a safe haven, but there's no such thing as a free lunch; he must agree to do some tasks on the wrong side of the law. Fate takes an unexpected turn when, a few days later, Sousuke rescues a young woman named Ayane from a gang of ruffians. He realizes she is the same person who steered him clear of the military police on the night of the geisha's attack. Grateful for the rescue, Ayane vows to help Sousuke get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the geisha's death and clear his name once and for all.
PP -Pianissimo- Ayatsuri Ningyou no Rinbu is a Japanese visual novel of 335,364 characters, with 11,732 unique words and 2,193 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 11,732 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.