Yeah, my listening skills are well below my reading skills (and I’m sure the ADHD + auditory processing issues really don’t help), which is why I’m doing this challenge. The first N1 listening question I missed, I think part of it was that I got stuck on a word in the explanation/question that I didn’t know, though even when I managed to push it aside, I still couldn’t latch on to a single thing the guy was saying.
I don’t do too too badly, I don’t think, at somewhat lower speeds—so most of the anime I have tends to be largely fine on that front and vocab is a bigger issue, though CSTN and Double Decker get pretty dang fast in places, and then dramas seem to be a bit faster than anime overall—but normal conversational speed is still way too quick much of the time. So probably I should watch more dramas. And then idk I guess keep picking up vocab through reading since it’s near impossible for me to through listening.
At least I don’t plan on ever going to Japan.
I finished JJK and will watch the last Ghibli movie today. As expected I didn’t reach my Youtube goal. My main goal for this challenge was to get comfortable watching with Japanese subtitles, which I am, so I consider it a success overall. Lower level stuff like Pokemon Concierge (Natively N4) is really easy, I understand pretty much everything, except the occasional times where there’s fast speech or long sentences one after another. For N3 stuff like Sasaki and Miyano I inderstand about 70%. The level ~30 stuff I didn’t understand much, but they did teach me to stay in the moment. I used to get hung up on a certain word or sentence, and fall behind and then not be able to catch up. Now I can just let everything wash over me, and if I understand it, great, if I don’t, move on with the video.
I’ve been trying out anime as listening practice as well.
Listening Challenge of Q3 2024
soggy’s challenge review 
The biggest change came from audiobook comprehension. I discovered that I am able to listen to new chapters of Zenitendou without having read them before, and with some focus and effort, I can follow the plot.
It’s something you notice when it’s there, but don’t notice when it’s gone. Earlier today I listened to 30 minutes of Yuyu and I don’t feel any more tired after that. If that’s the only thing I gain from the challenge, I’ll count it as a win, because I’ve had a much harder time improving my listening stamina than my reading stamina.
