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Hey guys, I already made a post a few days ago about my study method, and a lot of people told me to do more immersion and check out TMW and Kaeri’s guides.

So I want to do more immersion. I’ve started watching anime in Japanese with Japanese subtitles on Bettemelon, but I also want to start reading manga.

Out of all the resources recommended in these guides, which ones have you personally tried and enjoyed? I’m looking for something practical, ideally with a Yomitan-like system or something that works with Yomitan, where I can easily find lots of manga scans, novels, etc.

And if you have any additional immersion sources that aren’t mentioned in TMW, I’d definitely appreciate those too!

Hey guys, I already made a post a few days ago about my study method, and a lot of people told me to do more immersion and check out TMW and Kaeri’s guides.

So I want to do more immersion. I’ve started watching anime in Japanese with Japanese subtitles on Bettemelon, but I also want to start reading manga.

Out of all the resources recommended in these guides, which ones have you personally tried and enjoyed? I’m looking for something practical, ideally with a Yomitan-like system or something that works with Yomitan, where I can easily find lots of manga scans, novels, etc.

And if you have any additional immersion sources that aren’t mentioned in TMW, I’d definitely appreciate those too!

Hey everyone, I've wanted to learn Japanese for a few years now. I'd study for two weeks and then just... stop. So this summer break, I decided to give it another real shot, and this time actually stick with it to hopefully reach a solid level someday.

My goal is at least 15 minutes a day, and ideally a full 1-hour session when I can. I'm aiming for roughly one Genki lesson per week, though that pace isn't always realistic — I managed it for one week but I'm adjusting as I go.

Here's my method so far:

- I'm using Genki I (textbook + workbook) for structure, grammar, and something close to an actual course. I read the PDF on ReadEra and listen to the lesson audio through OTO Navi

- For each lesson I keep a physical notebook (dialogue reference, vocab, grammar points explained in my own words + examples, exercises)

- I use two Anki decks — Kaishi 1.5k and a Genki-aligned deck — to review vocab and short example sentences

- Jisho is my go-to dictionary app for lookups on the go

I try reading short, simple N5-level texts in kana and listening to Japanese audio

- I watch anime and try to pick out words and sentence patterns to improve, and I'm also watching some YouTube content for beginners as immersion

I don't expect to reach N5 level by the end of the summer, but the plan is to keep building toward it steadily afterward.

That's it! Hoping it works out — I'm pretty motivated this time. After reading all this, do you have any recommendations based on your own journey, or any critiques? I'm all ears!