A lot of assorted things have happened the past few months, but the one I came here to post about is my progress with Japanese.
It's going very well! I've learned and can understand so, so much more than before. Soon, I'll have finished my first game you need basic reading ability to fully enjoy... while properly, actually reading it! (The game being わんこと魔法のぼうし、which I have enjoyed in English, and beat in Japanese for speedrunning, but hadn't been able to actually comprehend until more recently). I'm having such a good time with this.
( Mahou no Boushi stuff )Anyway playing games is a fun and cool way of learning and keeping myself at maximum motivation (alongside other ways of studying ofc). So I've set out a plan for after I finish Mahou no Boushi:
- I want to play THE DOG ISLAND -ひとつの花の物語-. it's similar as a game, but it's longer and has a bit more going on plot-wise, so I think it'll be good for solidifying things.
- By around 2 months from now, I want to have started playing Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney. I've already picked up on a lot of courtroom words from prior prods at it, but I think I can have an honest shot at it if I keep at this sort of pace.
There are lots of Ace Attorney games, and I already have the GBA versions of the original trilogy (which I originally bought because I saw them for cheap and liked Ace Attorney and thought they would be awesome to have, but had no idea if I would actually ever be able to understand at the time). I certainly won't be short of material ^^ And, y'know. It's DGS' fault I'm doing this anyway. If I play a lot of lawyer games then the Meiji era lawyer game that's the end goal will become an easier nut to crack.