All the kanji in the jpdb reviews has been torture - and it was definitely a good idea. I keep getting tripped up on so many similar kanji - so now it’s forcing me to internalize the difference.
After getting overwhelmed by review count (too many decks), I’ve decided to stick to anime (or custom) decks going forward - since they’re comparatively small, and I can go in small chunks. Since I don’t have any specific show I’m using them for rn, I’m just gonna do in difficulty (remaining words) order
Phase 1 decks
| Deck | Known | Total | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| 拝啓、在りし日に咲く花たちへ | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| シムーン ゲーム | 152 | 187 | 35 |
| シムーン アニメ | 224 | 299 | 75 |
| 処刑少女 (anime) | 2923 | 3131 | 208 |
Remaining: 320
Phase 2 decks:
| Deck | Known | Total | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| 水星の魔女 | 2802 | 3097 | 295 |
| FSN UBW anime S1 | 3368 | 3709 | 341 |
| SAO 1 anime | 3873 | 4273 | 400 |
| SAO 2 anime | 4045 | 4608 | 563 |
| FSN UBW anime S2 | 2644 | 3204 | 560 |
| 暁のヨナ | 3842 | 4766 | 924 |
| 夏の少女は還る (maybe) | 2996 | 3569 | 573 |
| 不登校の幼馴染… (maybe) | 3355 | 3869 | 514 |
Kanji: 1163/1551
Long-term decks
| Deck | Known | Total | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fate (prologue) | 3436 | 4153 | 717 |
| 声優ラジオ 7 | 3925 | 4850 | 925 |
| 鋼の錬金術師 2003 | 4846 | 6312 | 1466 |
| 薬屋のひとりごと 1 | 4522 | 6295 | 1773 |
| 処刑少女 3 (novel) | 4798 | 6594 | 1796 |
| Fate/Stay Night prologue | 3350 | 4154 | 1904 |
| SAO 6 | 6294 | 8625 | 2331 |
| Flowers | 6347 | 9311 | 2964 |
| Katahane | 8546 | 12244 | 3698 |
| Fate (セーバー) | 8848 | 13467 | 4619 |
For phase 1, I have about 536 words left, 321 of which are new. Hopefully a lot of the Simoun words will already be Known, once I hit them thought. I’ll try leaving the 処刑少女 deck in, even after I’m done w/ the anime, but I might just erase it instead, to keep the word counts down. Update: onto phase 2 now. Consolidating & keeping anime decks is working so far
Reading & Watching:
- I won’t continue FSN rn (or probably until I’ve gone through the Saber route deck)
- 人斬り still have like 6.5 hrs left, cuz of all this SRS and stuff. Expect to finish at end of week
- Stopped 花物語 上 | L38 for now, in the interest of keeping my reading pile manageable
- Adding subs for 処刑少女 has made a huge difference. Wish I’d done from the beginning
Conversation lesson went pretty well. Thought I did a decent job of finding what I was trying to say most of the time, even if it was occasionally extremely 片言 
I’m starting to think I should spend more time reading JP あらすじ for things I’m watching and reading, so I’ll be better able to describe them. Also I need to stop forgetting 多い lol
