/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>21605451
Wizard here, it most likely won't feel like anything at all to you. To reach a level that high you have to read a fuckload, and it's very gradual improvement along the way, so by the time you reach it you'll be doing the same stuff you've done constantly for like a year or more. It won't feel very special, it'll just be like, "oh huh I guess I'm at this point now" and that'll be that.

It's kind of unfortunate in a way just how mundane language becomes. I remember thinking "I will never get bored of reading anything Japanese, because just reading in another language is fun." Now that I've read 300+ Japanese books and the language courses through my blood like English, that sounds as silly as "I will never get bored of reading anything English" does.

Oh well. With mundanity comes practicality at least.

This is advice I know the majority of you aren't going to take, but I thought I'd say it anyway.
I've read frequently that listening to music distracts the brain and lowers focus across the board, especially good/energetic/loud music that really captures your attention. Up until this point, I've ignored that and listening to music while reading and doing anki and whatnot. However, yesterday I actually turned off music before starting to read a LN the difference was astounding. I read a whole 300-page LN in a single day, completely absorbed the whole time, and actually started reading the next volume right away - got 150-ish pages into that one. It's not the most I've ever read, but the difference in focus and "immersion" when reading without music as opposed to with music is nothing short of astounding. I really recommend giving studying/reading/etc without music a shot. I understand many DJT goers are hiki neets who have some form of music playing literally every waking moment, so the idea of reading or studying without BGM may sound unthinkably boring if not straight-up impossible, but it was such a big help to me I really suggest just giving it a shot for awhile and seeing how it goes. The difference could end up being a pretty big help. I know I wish I had read LNs without music earlier.

Note: BGM in VNs are usually important for the mood and other things so this isn't me suggesting muting VNs even if it would help focus on reading. I'm mainly talking about LNs, manga, Anki, etc.