The world no longer belongs to humanity. Giant machines now roam the earth, pushing mankind to the brink of extinction. Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines. Jude is left with no choice but to escort Philia to her destination, doing his best to protect her from harm and teach her how to survive in this harsh world. Together, they must traverse the hostile wilderness, avoiding threats both mechanical and human. The whole time, Philia insists she's going to become human someday. What awaits Jude and Philia at the end of the road? Can humanity really be saved, or is it already too late...?
Japanese study overview
Tsui no Stella is a Japanese visual novel of 165,125 characters, with 9,218 unique words and 1,785 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,218 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×511
- 人間human being×218
- 私I×185
- 思うto think×166
- 機械machine×162
- 言うto say×135
- 人person×135
- 出るto leave×111
- 老人old person×109
- 都市town×105
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×99
- 端末terminal×92
- 運び屋courier×84
- 危険地帯danger zone×20
- 光線銃ray gun (in science fiction)×16
- 半島peninsula×15
- 無人機drone×13
- 共同体cooperative body×12
- 砲塔gun turret×12
- 粘菌myxomycete×12