# Luminaries

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/luminaries/37318>\
**Category:** WaniKani\
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/luminaries/37318 "2019-06-15T13:26:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pep95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pep95/32/280870_2.png) [@Pep95](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Pep95)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/luminaries/37318/318 "2019-11-07T10:02:11Z")

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Leeches are those review items that you always get wrong, and that just won’t stick. I think they’re called leeches because they leech your energy and time away for no good reason. Studying your leeches early on might be a pretty good thing to do. I think the self-study script has a mode where you can just focus on your leeches.

> [@\[Userscript\] Self-Study Quiz](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-self-study-quiz/13191):
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> WaniKani Self-Study Quiz A new version of the Wanikani Self-Study Quiz has arrived! warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. [[General Script Installation instructions](https://community.wanikani.com/t/visual-guide-on-how-to-install-a-userscript/12136)] point_left You’ll need a script host plugin like TamperMonkey [[Open Framework Installation](https://community.wanikani.com/t/installing-wanikani-open-framework/28549)] [[Download / Install “Self-Study Quiz”](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/19555-wanikani-self-study-quiz-edition)] Opening the quiz The quiz can now be from t…

Also, I improved a little script that allows you to see your leeches and where they are.

> [@\[UserScript\] Leech List Burn-Only Upgrade](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-leech-list-burn-only-upgrade/38375/12):
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> Also added a functionality that adds the SRS stage of the item in the large menu. Because of this, I have also found a bug where the script never actually filtered out burned items. Guess the original author didn’t expect me to be so bad at Japanese. Fixed that! I actually have 2 less leeches now sweat (Next up, choosing your sorting style!)

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