windupbird’s summary post
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Preliminary Thoughts on How I Will Approach This Challenge
Sooo first things first, I think I will be modifying this to be an “every other day” challenge so that I can accommodate the Read Every Day challenge along with it. I am also not going to hold myself to doing all my listening without English subtitles - I feel like that might be controversial (?) but I don’t particularly want to confine myself to “things I can understand pretty fully without subtitle assistance” because my auditory understanding is so limited that “what I can pretty fully understand without subtitle assistance” is pretty narrow and boring atm 
I have tried the beginner Nihongo con Teppei podcast previously, and found it generally comprehensible without any sort of written text assistance, but that…doesn’t really interest me 
The only saving grace of that one is that each episode is very short so they’re easy to get through without too much of a time commitment. I’m not writing it off completely, I may sprinkle it in, but I also want to keep the primary focus on enjoyment. I don’t want this to feel like a chore. Japanese subtitles are certainly an option for some things, and I’ll definitely be giving them a try, but I suspect that my reading speed in Japanese is probably not equal to subtitle speed unless the language is pretty simple, so I’m not sure how much help they’ll be. But maybe I’m wrong! I honestly haven’t tried it, so maybe it’ll be easier than I think and I’ll be able to manage with Japanese subtitles only. Tbd.
I’m not much of a podcast person (even in English), and I struggle to pay prolonged attention to verbal things that don’t have any sort of accompanying visual, so I’m thinking most of my listening will be in the context of watching a show or video of some kind. Ideally I’d like to do a mix of listening w/English subtitles, listening w/Japanese subtitles (hopefully I can figure out how to get those on stuff ) and listening without subtitles. I think that what may work is to watch things I’ve previously seen and enjoyed with English subtitles, while taking away the crutch of English subtitles. There are also some things I would enjoy watching even when I understand nothing, so those could be good options for non-subtitle listening as well xD
Ideas for Listening Materials - A Stream of Consciousness List
Things that come to mind immediately (y’all are gonna be like what is this list )
- I recently binge-watched every episode of はじめてのおつかい on Netflix (with English subtitles) and I loved it, so that might be a good one to try rewatching without subtitles. The language seemed pretty simple. Idk what it is, I’m not really a kid person, but those kids are so cute Honestly if anyone has any recommendations for shows that have a similar wholesome vibe to this show, please let me know.
- There’s also that movie 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる on Netflix that I’ve been wanting to watch forever - maybe now would be a good time xD This one I would probably watch with English subtitles.
- I have a random/niche fascination with Miura Ayme as the voice of Asmodeus in Obey Me! and I know there’s some youtube content with him related to that so I’m thinking I might watch more of that (this falls into the category of “things I would enjoy watching even when I understand nothing” Idk, he’s kind of adorable in a weird way and I just like hearing him talk
) - I have a DVD collection of Ghibli movies (that may or may not be legit, idk, I bought it off some random website without thinking too much about it ) - I’ve seen many of those with English subtitles before, so that might be another option. I believe the DVD was supposed to have subtitle options.
- I have audio CDs for 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない - idk if I will get to those because I found manga quite difficult, but They’re there, thanks to my tendency to impulse-buy things that are way above my level Maybe an option for passive listening while doing something else.
- I could always rewatch some of my old favorite anime, Free! or Yuri on Ice. Maybe I could finally get around to watching the newer season/movies of Free!
- Maybe I could even watch a new anime That’s a thought
- Another idea I just had would be reading along with an audio book, though I’m not sure my reading abilities are fast enough/good enough for that to really work the way I’d like it to xD
- Here’s a big brain idea, watch some grammar videos in Japanese and kill two birds with one stone (I probably won’t but it would probably benefit me to do it xD)