This has probably been hashed out before, but: I’ve been at this for a while, and good lord I want to read. When I close my eyes at night, I have fantasies of fitting all those familiar words and grammatical structures together, and having lightbulbs of understanding go off—like when I read my text…

I too had trouble with yotsubato. I mean it was doable, but the lack of kanji definitely gave me a headache. Have you looked into VNs? Some are actually pretty easy and the best part of VNs is the ability to hook it up to a text hooker and translation aggregator and itll parse the text for you and …

I’m in the situation of finding VNs independently enjoyable (I’ve been reading VN’s way before I started learning Japanese) so I end up just playing them in English, the logic being that if I read it in Japanese it’s not only 5 times as slow, it’s just much less enjoyable feelsbadman One day in the…

[image] Loafer: I end up just playing them in English, the logic being that if I read it in Japanese it’s not only 5 times as slow, it’s just much less enjoyable feelsbadman I feel ya there. That’s definitely true, but at the same time, every VN you finish in japanese is a step closer to bein…

backing this, I’ve tried them and although it’s pricey, it’s really appropriate for beginners

We also have a new super beginners reading club. We haven‘t decided what to read yet, so maybe you are interested to join us? [image] Absolute Beginners Book Club // Now Reading: Miss Shikimori is not just cute! Book Clubs Nice one, thank you!

Just here to say that I’m also a member of the “they told me to read Yotsuba” club. I picked it up last year and I was overall disappointed (maybe it even contributed to my temporary break and eventual reset…) However I’ve heard that the second volume is supposedly easier to read? Not sure if that…

[image] Asterix: However I’ve heard that the second volume is supposedly easier to read? I think it’s only easier because, by then, you are used to the language and speech patterns. I only read Yotsubato after I got to a point where reading manga in general was already easy (so not beginner …

Come here! We are deciding in super easy books! [image] Absolute Beginners Book Club // Now Reading: My Love Story! // Reading Next (Dec 13th): Gal and Dino Book Clubs Reading now: My Love Story!! [My_Love_Story_manga] Reading next: Gal and Dino [1760724909…

Second one is definitely easier to read. Also, the first chapter of the first volumes is one of the hardest

Beginner reading material that is actually for beginners?

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We also have a new super beginners reading club. We haven‘t decided what to read yet, so maybe you are interested to join us?

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