The protagonist character has 'lived' alone and unfeeling as a conscience inhabiting random objects and animals for random times for as long as he can remember — but one day, he turns into the shape of a human boy. His life changes utterly when the human girl Sae decides to try to befriend him, naming him "Ao" for his deep blue eyes as he cannot speak. Every day, they have fun playing hide and seek — but one day, Sae stops coming...
Japanese study overview
Boku to Iu Mono is a Japanese visual novel of 6,691 characters, with 791 unique words and 401 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 791 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 人間human being×25
- 言うto say×15
- 隠れるto hide×15
- 今日today×14
- 公園(public) park×12
- 感じるto feel×12
- 声voice×11
- 一人one person×10
- 中inside×10
- 言葉language×9
- 目eye×9
- 怖いscary×9
- 鬼になるto harden one's heart×5
- 宮田Miyata×5
- 待つto wait×8
- 形(physical) form×7
- 笑うto laugh×7
- 話すto talk×7
- 人person×7
- 聞こえるto be heard×7