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September is already in full swing. Aside from hurting my knee last month I also stubbed my toe a week or so later. (For real). But everything better now.

I haven’t watched too many drama’s. I have trouble staying committed to them. I just lose interest very easily sometimes. But I did finish. ひだまりが聞こえる. Absolutely loved that one and I kinda wished it was longer.

I’ve noticed it’s better for me to keep up with my other hobby’s such as gaming and so. I’ve been feeling a bit more upbeat lately because of that.

While I was in Japan I bought a Novel called “かなたの I F “. It was a total cover buy. But the Japanese inside is surprisingly doable. I still need to relearn some Kanji through. I’ve forgotten a lot. Earlier today I had to look up 動物 (animal)🤣 I just couldn’t recall what it was. Also 物語(story)was completely lost on me 🫣It made me cackle a bit. I’m trying not to be so strict of myself for not knowing. It’s a very relaxed approach to my Japanese learning.

I hope I can stick with this book. It will be my first novel. And if not then that’s okay too. 👍

Hi everyone,

I’m really happy with all the response I’ve gotten on my posts. You’ve all been so kind. 😊
I don’t know if there are many people also here who learn Japanese, but let me know. I’d love to talk about it.
Let me start me start with why I want to learn in the first place.

In 2010 Gundam Wing released a series of official novels called Frozen Teardrop. I’ve been a fan of the show and I must admit particularly the character Heero Yuy since I first saw him. I was mesmerised 😂

So they released it. I went trough a lot of hurdles to collect some of them I just wanted them for the art. But when I got them and flicked trough it. It really peaked my interest and I wondered Is it possible to learn this.

Mind you I never finished high school due to circumstances, so my confidence in studying was pretty low. But then in 2014 I took the plunge and enrolled in a weekly Japanese class. Over the next 4 years I went to the classes, but to me it was sometimes a bit too difficult. So in 2018 I gave up. I couldn’t remember all the kanji, I just wasn’t feeling confident. (I also met my boyfriend then so I had other things on my mind 😂)

In the beginning of 2020 I was feeling restless again. Struggling a bit mentally because of the boredom I suddenly experienced at work. I wanted to be productive, learn something. So I decided to study as hard as I could. In the months jan-aug I really studied hard. Probably everyday. It became a bit of an obsession.

So the following year I decided to enrol again in those weekly classes. The sensei was probably very surprised to see me back. My obsession with studying has lessened a bit. But I still have the goal in sight to read Japanese, not necessarily those Frozen Teardrop novels, but I realised there are so many good Japanese books out there that are not available for the west and I kinda want to read them.

To anyone familiar with JLPT levels. My level is about N4. I’ve been trying to break through to N3, but there are still a lot things I need to learn.

In September classes start again. I’m kinda happy to get into it again. This summer I have been a bit lazy, but sometimes your mind needs to rest.

I apologise for any grammatical errors. English isn’t my first language.