/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>35768449
If you're a beginner, please read the guide first.
New guide: https://refold.la/roadmap/
Old guide for those afraid of change:
http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/all-japanese-all-the-time-ajatt-how-to-learn-japanese-on-your-own-having-fun-and-to-fluency/
Word of the Day: 出来る

>>20651418
just the conventional learning methods. Genki, Core, jlpt lists, never actually reading/immersing without subs, japanesepod 101, never going monolingual and so on are all pretty damn bad, leading to 4 year in n2s that post about japanese being really hard on reddit all day. Literally all you need is to RUSH nihongoshark kanji (it can be done in a month if you are really motivated) and then sentence mine/get a base understanding of everything in tae kim. then its just immersion and sentencemining till you feel like you can go monolingual. remember to delete cards that you dont need along the way. i'm about 11 months in doing exactly this and got 257 points on the jcatt recently and all i do to get better now is chat with japanese people on skype, read novels and watch anime. i'll start pitch accent when i hit khatz' 18 months

I've been doing pretty hardcore AJATT for the past 11 months. ask me anything

Honestly a small part of what 勝元 has posted is some of the very best language learning advice out there. The rest is full of contradictions, gaps of information you will have to figure out yourself, flat out bad advice (His method for going monolingual), and worst of all sales pitches for crappy AJATT subscriptions. In the long run the website does much more good than bad, but you will need to think for yourself (or unironically watch Matt's videos for a second opinion. His monolingual transition method + Japanese level up's are gold combined)