
"What there is, is only a dream" "Whatever we try to do, we face success or failure" The protagonist, A student named Sumeragi Rei, helps out with the cooking for his family's Western restaurant, Trattoria Felice. It’s hard work for him and his mother, but they are loved by the townspeople. During the night, Rei practices cooking in order to improve his skills in the kitchen. The joy and excitement of the people in the city can be clearly seen, even though the residents are facing hardships. On one normal day, Rei was out of the house earlier than usual to meet his childhood friend Misato, whose house is located next to the Rei's house. As usual, Rei and Misato enjoy the sights around them as they walk to school in silence. On this day, a third-year transfer student named Kotoishi Iori joins the same school as Rei and Misato. When Rei first meets eyes with Kotoishi, they both feel a strange spark of interest... Around Rei, various types of gatherings and events begin to occur in his vicinity. All the meetings between female students and Rei may be the start of a new love story in his life: This is a love story that ends with "marriage".
Koi wa Sotto Saku Hana no You ni is a Japanese visual novel of 711,357 characters, with 13,110 unique words and 1,919 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,110 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.