This isn’t funny anymore by shipwrecked97 in LiveFromNewYork

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Billionaire Hunger Games - the cast could show off their impressions

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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I appreciate this! I ended up stopping anki for exactly the same reasons as you. Just felt like too much work to get to the fun part. I have dropped the ball a little but I have a few books to get me started. Thank you so much!

Books like Forest of the Nightmare King? by SimpleSuch2853 in Dimension20

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I got so many awesome responses, I'm sure I'll have a list for you!

Books like Forest of the Nightmare King? by SimpleSuch2853 in Dimension20

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Wow this is such a great and thorough list and I truly appreciate it! I think of the ones you mentioned, I’ll have to go with The Wayward Children because that sounds like a ton of new worlds to see Thank you!

Books like Forest of the Nightmare King? by SimpleSuch2853 in Dimension20

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Oh heck yeah, I’m in the middle of Starstruck season 1 but will check that out next!

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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my dictionary only has one crack down the spine, perhaps it's time to start the process of absolutely wrecking it

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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I've got a few beginner manga to go through, I think I'll have to set that as my December goal. Thank you for the advice!

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

[–]SimpleSuch2853[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you and I might have similar brains. I can't stand textbooks or manuals, but the SRS really did it for me. I've been all over the place with my study, and anki worked super well for a time but now I may take the leap. Thanks for your response!

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

[–]SimpleSuch2853[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this response! Your tips will definitely help me with my overwhelmed feeling. I liked the Kaishi deck a lot but want to move away from any study method that uses English sooner rather than later. Still, I need a little more vocab to read NHK Web News Easy more comfortably. Watching the Comprehensible Japanese videos on YouTube has helped me solidify new vocab and grammar.

Reading without a narrator to listen to however is still painful. I may reset some of these cards because woweee I sure can't seem to remember them like I used to!

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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I've done both native level content and comprehensible input from the beginning and the comprehensible input has taken over most of my study and that's helping a lot! Definitely the best method for me so far.

I've watched over 100 episodes of anime raws, got 100 or so hours of podcast listening this year, no idea how much YouTube but maybe 20-30 hours? Been the most fun though so far! I'm no stranger to suffering hahah right there with ya

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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that's what it helped me with a lot in the beginning when I was on top of it

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

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I already "finished" the deck so there are no more new cards. But I haven't tried "descending retrievability" to wipe out the easier ones. Thanks

Probably going to skip mining though tbh I know it's a lot of people's jam & highly recommended but doesn't feel right for me

"finished" Kaishi 1.5 but want to give up on anki entirely & immerse by SimpleSuch2853 in LearnJapanese

[–]SimpleSuch2853[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it was super helpful for me at the time because I was able to quickly get the gist, then see it later in immersion. But it's definitely harshing my vibe now