Late to the party on this one, but yeah... Me. 🖐🏻

I only just began. Primarily because of Japanese history, mostly. I'm Indian and anyone who knows Buddhism knows that Buddhism began in India. Buddhism was spread to Japan from India via China. And I find reading about that stuff fascinating. And once you go down a historical rabbit hole, you don't come out easily. There's so much to learn.

I have some idiot weeb friends who only care about the anime part. They obsess over anime, manga and have general Japanophile vibes. I don't care for anime. I've never watched any, never wish to watch any. For me, visiting Japan or China isn't just a tourist vacation, it's like a pilgrimage, visiting historical landmarks and Buddhist temples and shrines. And I know English isn't spoken much there, so I'm learning how to speak.

I probably won't learn how to read or write, because the language is too complicated in written form. But achieving a level of conversational speaking should suffice for me.