
I always thought my student life would pass by without much to remember. Getting to class early for no real reason, half-listening to the teacher with my mind elsewhere, longing for the bell to ring so I could go home without saying a word to anyone. Sometimes, I’d wish for something—anything—to break up the monotony, but deep down, I figured my youth had already slipped away. "I am sparky happy Tenshi-chan! An angel on a mission to make the world overflow with happiness!" And as if in answer to my silent prayers, an unbelievably suspicious angel appeared before me, cherry blossoms swirling around her. "If you're really an angel, then make me happy." "Do I take that as a proposal? Not even an angel can help someone who won’t reach for happiness themselves." "Happiness... But where am I supposed to find mine?" "That's easy! The answer is love, of course." "Love, huh..." I've never been in love, nor has anyone loved me. But maybe, just maybe, if I could fall in love, I might still have a chance to live my youth to the fullest. "Very well, this Tenshi-chan will bless you until the day you become the true protagonist of your story." And so begins the story of how I become a "Protagonist"—whatever that means.
Ren'ai, Hajimemashite is a Japanese visual novel of 509,870 characters, with 12,527 unique words and 1,879 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 12,527 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.