Level 46
Comeback
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I’ve been doing radical lessons first, then all vocab, then kanji. As long as you do your last kanji lesson before your first kanji lesson gets to guru, you’ll get 0/0. That gets you down to about 10 lessons per day depending on how many kanji the level has (30-40 kanji per level, and about 4 days to guru), but you can go as slow as you want for the radicals and vocab.
I prefer doing all the radical lessons at the beginning of a level, but you can try doing all of the radical lessons at the end so you have less kanji unlocked. It depends on how fast you’re willing learn radicals though. Don’t be afraid to plan out your lessons on paper at the start of the level. Things can get complicated if you’re trying to level up as fast as you can with X lessons per day and also get 0/0. 
Remember you only need 90% of the level’s kanji to level up, so you can try waiting to do the last 5 kanji lessons until they are the only 5 lessons left. The kanji that reach guru will unlock more vocab, so you’d have to keep doing the vocab as they unlock. Maybe not a bad thing, as you will have to do that vocab at some point anyways! I haven’t actually tried waiting on the last 5 kanji like this. Does anybody else have experience doing this?
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On the most level (normal level), unlocked lesson timing will be:
- Radical + Kanji part 1: this is unlocked when you level up
- Kanji part 2: this is unlocked when you guru’d the radical
- Vocab: this follows any guru’d Kanji and a bit unpredictable
If you want to adjust your pace and control when you level up, you only need to pay attention to the timing you guru’d Radical + take Kanji part 2. In the mean time, you can take Kanji part 1 and Vocab. And maybe you can distribute Kanji part 1 as well, because unlocked Vocab will be huge if you guru’d many Kanji part 1 at the same time. So be careful when taking Kanji part 2, you want to be sure that you’ve already reduce the lesson count. And I’m sure this way you can get 0/0 before level up ~
Anyway, you can read this thread for more detail My Journey of 368 days (+ The Ultimate Guide for WK 📖 ) - #2 by jprspereira (section 5. Finding your own speed on Wanikani). And if you have time, maybe you can read the whole thread, it’s very eye opening (my personal experience haha).
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Congrats you two!
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Thank you @msbrown and @bagusprabangkoro for the replies!!! It really helps me!
That is a really good idea!! I could just do the Kanji part 1 + newly unlocked vocab before I do any new radical. This way I can take my time with the Kanji/new vocab lessons (which are a bit more demanding than radicals) and spread those lessons in however many days I need, and only when all of that is done I have 3 days to focus only on radicals and get my 0/0 before I unlock kanji part 2. That way is much more doable, since radical lessons are easy to fly through.
I really want to take it slow and get my 0/0 each level without stress, and this way I think I can definetely do it! Thank you guys so much!
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heyo all
i’m at lvl 6 with 68 lessons and no reviews… how do I do these lessons without overwhelming myself? is it generally possible to do tons of lessons at once (say… 68 at once…) and still retain the information?
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I just hit level 6 today and did 60 or so reviews to get through my radicals. My advice on that is dont do it.
I would aim for 20-30 a day and try to get through them at that sort of pace.
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We last saw each other at the end of September. It was a very rough winter, but we’re still here. Still doing reviews.
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I don’t know if it’s good advice, but I usually do the 60 at once knowing a few might get lost and I just treat it as a lesson the next time I see it. Doesn’t hold up the ones that are obvious or easy to remember from getting Guru’d.
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ty to both of u that responded, I think I’ll do like 40 tomorrow. always been scared to do more than 10 or 15 at once but ur right, why not treat them like lessons in reviews? lol tysm 
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That makes sense and worst comes to worst, it’s a bit rough for a bit (it will clear up in 3 days or so) and then going forward you just know that you should not do that many at once.
I would hate wanikani if I didn’t do lessons and reviews as soon as they’re available. Letting them pile up is much worse for me.
Reviews I 100% agree with, but with lessons, there are just diminishing returns if you try to do too many at once and will just cause you a lot more frustration. When I woke up yesterday morning, I had 30 reviews pending (after doing 25-30 the day before) and after my morning reviews (which caused me to level up), I ended up with 111 lessons (and got a few more during the day from guruing one of remaining kanji from the previous level). It was just too much and even doing 60+, I felt it was just way too much and certain words aren’t sticking at all (glares at 作る).
I usually just fly through the vocab lessons and a handful slip through the cracks, but I don’t have any trouble memorizing the kanji. I’m trying to keep my level times around 7.5 days each so I want to get to the radicals and kanji asap, even if it means neglecting the vocab to a minor degree.