KoreKara Podcast

#48 Chris (AJATT) - Fluent Japanese PURELY through Anime and Visual Novels

Jun 25, 2021

We interviewed Chris, who became fluent in Japanese through anime, light novels, and visual novels. He shares his language learning journey, the benefits of immersion, improving confidence in speaking, the importance of pitch accent, reluctance to learn another language, excitement for new game releases, and advice on learning Japanese.

48:21

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Quick takeaways

Choose video games like Dragon Quest 11 and Persona 5 to enhance Japanese language skills.

Don't stress about difficulty levels and immerse yourself in media you enjoy to improve language skills.

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Dragon Quest 11, Legend of Heroes series, Persona 5, Ghost of Tsushima, Ys 8, Kingdom Hearts, Zero Escape, AI: The Somnium Files

Some recommended video games for learning Japanese include Dragon Quest 11, the Legend of Heroes series, Persona 5, Ghost of Tsushima, Ys 8, Kingdom Hearts, Zero Escape, and AI: The Somnium Files.

Introduction

3min

Improving Confidence in Speaking Japanese through Immersion

21min

The Importance of Pitch Accent in Japanese

5min

Reluctance to learn another language

7min

Excitement for New Game Releases and Japanese Learning Recommendations

4min

Advice on Learning Japanese

8min

This week we interviewed AJATTer Chris, who has been learning Japanese and became fluent purely through anime, light novels, and visual novels. Chris has been previously interviewed on Matt Vs. Japan’s channel, having reached a relatively fluent level of Japanese purely through immersing with anime, light novels, and visual novels. He also recently posted a video of him speaking Japanese fluently after 3 years of following this method. On this podcast we hear about his Japanese learning journey and his level today, after three years immersing with the language.

Chris' Links:

► Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/113gamerman

► Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZeBlaze_V

► Interview by Matt Vs. Japan: https://youtu.be/8fVk8_mmoNY

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KoreKara Podcast

#48 Chris (AJATT) - Fluent Japanese PURELY through Anime and Visual Novels

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Dragon Quest 11, Legend of Heroes series, Persona 5, Ghost of Tsushima, Ys 8, Kingdom Hearts, Zero Escape, AI: The Somnium Files

Stop Overthinking and Focus on Listening and Reading

Remember the Kanji: Traditional or Visual Approach?

Enjoy the Journey and Don't Give Up

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts