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I'm nearly finished with #Genki I on #Bunpro. Some grammar structures are difficult (for example I find adjective+のは difficult to grasp) or I tend to forget some details.
I think how Bunpro lays out the grammar structures is quite confusing. I feel Genki does a much better job at that.
On the other hand, spaced repetition is clearly invaluable. And I like the cramming feature, because I'm feeling sometimes I need a broader review to consolidate.
I'm nearly finished with #Genki I. Only a few exercises left. I've been studying consistently every week since start of January.
When I went to Japan I bought some manga. I planned to try to readドラえもん volume 1 when I finished Genki I, one of the simpler manga I bought.
With this in mind, the other day I looked at #Natively (learnnatively.com) to see what it said about Doraemon. It says #WaniKani level 21. I'm currently finishing 29. No issue there.
I read some comments to see if anyone mentioned grammar level. I found a few comments mentioning N3. I'm not sure whether they're mentioning it in terms of vocabulary, grammar or both. But I know my grammar is barely a solid N5...
I looked up some more books. Many had WK level around 30, mostly below.
So... I've come to the hard realisation (which I already knew, but it hit me harder now) that my grammar is lagging behind. A lot!
With that in mind, I jumped into #Bunpro three days ago. I planned to do it after finishing Genki I and II, but now I know that's a mistake. I need to move much faster and in a solid way with grammar (spaced repetition, because I learn grammar and forget it...), and I think Bunpro will help. I'm enjoying it so far, let's see how it develops. (Ah, I synched vocab with WK, so I don't get furigana I should know. Also disabled English translation by default.)
I'm using the Genki I grammar deck for now, as a full review of everything I should already know and as a way to practice. And I'm learning new things/nuances because Bunpro has different explanations for the same grammar points.
Anyway, I'll soon try to read ドラえもん and see how it goes. The extent to which I'll understand it or not will be important information to assess how far or short I am in this long road of #JapaneseLearning .
When I do Bunpro reviews, I first look at the highlighted part, and then maybe at the context in the Japanese sentence.
So I almost typed 落ちるの
(which would give "Do you like to fall?")
船長、2024年は今年だよ
Bunpro being all 
Not really a #wanikani update, but still #日本語 😅
I just finished studying all N3 points on #bunpro! Obviously I'm nowhere near being comfortable using them and will keep reviewing it for a few months (until burned), but it is a big milestone for myself.
Relatedly, just as I did with N5/N4, I'm going to take a break from studying new stuff on bunpro.jp until August just to let things settle down in my memory a bit before moving on!