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After many years of reading manga, I finally decided to start learning Japanese earlier this year. My primary goal is to be able to read manga in Japanese comfortably, although I do have other books I’d like to get to one day: the 十二国記 series, the 勾玉 trilogy, and 萩尾望都’s memoirs and interviews with other mangaka.
Having previously studied Korean using textbooks, I wanted to take a different approach with Japanese. I spent a week or two learning a couple of hundred words, then dove into よつばと! and チーズスイートホーム. I’m mainly reading manga and graded readers, only looking up grammar and vocabulary occassionally.
Ever since Natively Korean was launched, I’ve neglected Japanese in my excitement to return to Korean, so I’m hoping that keeping a record of my progress learning Japanese will encourage me to read more regularly. 
Timeline
2023
March
- Spent about a week learning kana and reading some simple grammar explanations
- Learned about 200+ words using anki
April
- Started reading よつばと! (series) | L19 and チーズスイートホーム (series) | L15
- Read multiple N5 graded readers
- Started watching anime with Japanese subtitles
- Finish several manga volumes from various series
May
- Read multiple N4 graded readers
- Read a handful of children’s books
June
- Read multiple N4 graded readers
- Finished several manga volumes
July - August
Natively releases Korean beta; time spent on Japanese decreases
- Read a couple of N4 graded readers
- Sporadically dip into manga and children’s books
- Read multiple chapters from https://yomujp.com/, http://hukumusume.com/, and https://www.satorireader.com/
September
- Started reading 本好きの下剋上~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~第一部「兵士の娘1」 | L30 with the book club
- Started watching dramas with Japanese subtitles
- Started listening to Nihongo con Teppei
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