/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3126138
>How did you learn it?
I posted it in a similar thread some time ago.
Basically after learning kana and going through some beginner books I did nothing but played PC98 games with a text hooker, adding every word I wasn't able to read to anki. Took me about a year to drop the hooker for games completely, now I raised the bar and reading literature, which is way harder than /vr/ games.
>How did you not drop it from frustration?
I have fun doing it. Anki can be annoying, but it's so effective I learned to deal with it, now it's like brushing my teeth or taking a dump.

Alright, here's how I vent from zero Japanese knowledge to effortlessly playing video games in less than a year, using mostly video games as my study material.

No fun preparation:
1. Learned both kanas first thing, took like 3 days or so
2. Read all of tae kim guide to Japanese, took close to a month
2.5. Went through some basic vocab in anki at the same time

Real thing:
Text hooked through old PC98 games adding every word I don't know to anki, every single day with no skipping and that's fucking it.

I'm still far from fluent as I get my butt kicked by serious literature and lit wannabe visual novels, mostly because they require the sort of grammar comprehension that would take years of experience with the language to acquire, but any /vr/ game is pretty easy nowadays.

Tools used: anex86, ithvnr, firefox + rikaisama + furigana inserter, Anki + anki realtime import plugin, google.com
Setup looks like this, takes a mouse over to look up a word and a hotkey press to create a flashcard with it in anki.