
The ringing of the bell from the blue moon, the "auspicious pillar" floating in the sky... In a particular season of the year, melodies similar to bell rings could be heard throughout the planet. A gigantic, floating pillar exists in this world, which is known as the "auspicious pillar". It has been rumored that around midnight, the figure of a young girl would appear near parts of the "auspicious pillar". To investigate this rumor Ferio decides to pay the pillars a visit and in front of him appears a young girl who is oddly dressed. History is written through the encounter of the boy and girl.
Sora no Kane no Hibiku Hoshi de is a Japanese novel of 1,712,471 characters, with 22,878 unique words and 2,505 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 22,878 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.