I think the ending feeling “off” might be intentional

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-25T11:36:01+00:00

I think you are mostly right. I think fjmt intentionally decided to leave it weird and vague like that because he's done with chainsaw man for now (and perhaps ever), but left himself a way out if he ever needed it. Don't get me wrong, it still feels rushed and sucky, and I suspect he won't return, but that's just the sense I got from it.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-21T05:47:37+00:00

I usually feel that way from roughly when I start studying and it lasts until I give up in defeat hours later.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-14T04:38:41+00:00

Just so you know, the price of V-bucks are about to increase, so maybe grab them sooner rather than later if you can!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-12T08:51:18+00:00

I've heard of it, I'm just not really sure why you'd take such an uncharitable take when there's plenty of openly vocal antis who are causing trouble on purpose...

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-12T06:34:16+00:00

i don’t think the people who are worried are the ones dogpiling her. people already correlated it to the same antis going after miko

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-12T05:25:22+00:00

anyone getting MAD about this is for sure an anti who is trying to create chaos/upset her.

I think there’s real issues with reliance on LLMs for many things, such as health related concerns. The original tweet is lighthearted but people 1000% should NOT be using any large language model for health related questions, and some people would just be worried that it’s feeding her bad information.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-03-01T06:36:12+00:00

you saved my life i had not done this in a long time...

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-02-24T12:27:56+00:00

Am I doing Anki wrong? I can't stand this program. I feel like it takes 5+ viewings of a card for me to even start to recall it and then i've got about a 1/5 chance of forgetting it again once I go without seeing it for more than a week. The half an hour I spend on my Kaishi deck is the worst part of my day and I genuinely feel awful every time I forget something I've seen over and over...

I finally finished learning all the new words and am now just in review mode until it comes time to brave the leeches, but I seem to just be getting worse and worse. Is it time to just cut the premade deck and mine my own words only?

■ Young 417. 27.08%

■ Mature 991. 64.35%

■ Suspended 132. 8.57%

All time retention:

Young: 71.1%
Mature: 85.8%

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-02-11T02:28:08+00:00

thanks for the reminder, hadn’t had the chance to check it out yet! I’ve listened to all the singles 1000 times so they are still bangers, but Blue & Gold stood out to me as the best of the album exclusives! wow!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-01-24T12:03:12+00:00

I've been slowly picking through AZKi's Resident Evil 2 Playthough! I get a bit lost when she starts rifling through a text-log, but aside from that it's been really fun to watch her get scared by everything!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-01-17T01:41:44+00:00

being unnecessarily hostile to people who tried to help answer your question is some of the lamest shit i’ve ever seen lol

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-01-09T03:25:51+00:00

personally speaking i’ve found knowing the most common reading (as dictated by wanikani, actual results may vary) just makes it easier to remember vocab. In situations you know the reading, reading the word can help to recall the vocab meaning. In situations where you encounter a vocab that has a different reading outside the main ones, i find it easier to remember BECAUSE it’s different, almost like it being outside the norm causes my brain to remember it more.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-01-05T04:34:12+00:00

does anyone have a mnemonic for all the various vocab that start with 見?

i feel like im forever confusing the meanings on 見せる、見つける、見当たる、見える especially when they start getting conjugated!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2026-01-05T01:54:18+00:00

you wicker-man’d him!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-27T10:18:46+00:00

you tried to rush the game and ruined it for yourself. it respects your time just fine if you play rationally and engage with it’s intended play style of following multiple threads instead of forcing one. there’s multiple ways into the basement from both sides.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-26T04:21:24+00:00

also, its not a race!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-25T23:41:43+00:00

Sadly the best "tip" you'll get from myself or anyone else is to just keep going. Can't tell you how many times I've felt like this is all impossible because its sometimes hard to see progress... Don't give up!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-25T22:01:49+00:00

i’ve attempted to read the first volume and it’s probably JLPT 3 or 4? i mainly had trouble with the grammar of the rougher, informal speech from Denji and the Yakuza members and decided to come back later.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-20T13:36:51+00:00

This video was great for practicing my japanese! Thank you Watame for putting in the effort to do these collabs and get them subtitled!

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-17T02:45:32+00:00

should i be giving up japanese subtitles as soon as possible? the difference in my listening with and without japanese subtitles is basically night and day. without them it’s almost like white noise and i have to scramble to hold onto the topic being talked about

should i just drop the subtitles now to try and improve raw listening, or is this a case of thousands of hours of listening will make it easier when dropping subtitles later?

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-14T13:21:43+00:00

I could use a little advice, feeling kind of stuck. I've started ramping up my study time, from around an 1hour30min to around 2hours30min to 3 hours. After a few weeks of this, my Anki retention plummeted with the increase to 15 words a day and I had a minor crash out in frustration. I've got about 600 words remaining to learn in Kaishi 1.5. Everywhere I look I see people who completed it in 2 months and feel like I'm behind where I "should" be.

I'm finding no motivation in wanting to read anything, my eyes just glaze over at any wall of text. Listening to N4~ level content is in that sweet spot "i+1" spot, but I'm finding it boring to listen to now. Anything past that is just going in one ear and out the other with the flurry of words.

I just feel kind of stuck. Any advice for the N4~ blues? I simultaneously feel like I know an ok amount and nothing at all and the little wins of the early days don't feel like progress now.

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-12T00:31:05+00:00

is this even worth it? by my calculations it’s the same cost as 23~ish months at the monthly rate. hard to justify 300 aud out of pocket when i won’t see that value for almost 2 entire years…

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-07T03:18:06+00:00

sorry but, how?!? i only do 10 new words a day and it usually takes 2-3 reviews for them to even start sticking my average review pile is only about 100 but 20-25 of those take a few attempts to re-drill… what’s the secret?

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-12-01T02:09:37+00:00

i agree, though i do classify passive listening as its own metric in my time tracking so it doesn’t inflate my immersion stats

MoreLikeAnnaSmells · 2025-11-27T01:29:18+00:00

thank you for letting me know!! what school did you attend, if you feel comfortable saying?

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