AJATT 2014 - Renew Your Mind! FINAL 

TheZalor How's RTK in general? Like, I feel somewhat hesitant to use it once I'm done with grammar because it doesn't teach you the readings (at least for book 1 from what I can see), and since I'm mostly studying to pass the EJU test (hopefully in 2/3 years), I really don't think that's going to help.

jpnmusic2 In my experience so far, RTK has honestly not been very useful for me (in fact, I think it was a bit of a waste). Personally I'm learning Japanese mostly just to read, so I couldn't give you any advice on tests. But in my experience, you memorize a lot more kanji a lot more efficiently simply by reading and looking words up. Overtime, words repeat themselves and eventually you remember them. Simply through exposure you will remember how the kanji look like, and you will learn how to recognize and distinguish them. However, RTK has been helpful for remembering how to write the kanji (not read, just write). So if you are taking a test with pen and paper, then it might be a bit more useful for you.

I see. Well, I just picked up some novels from local japanese center, and I was thinking that maybe I should just learn the main radicals, learn the joyo kanji and try read the novels. It really looks interesting, so I guess it's a good practice and all. As for grammar well I guess I could finish the Basic Grammar + Essential Grammar section of Kim Tae's guide to Japanese so I at least understand the stuff that's explained. I just wonder if I should learn Kanji on order of most popular to least popular, or nah..

jpnmusic2 I imagine reading paper novels would be quite difficult. I read visual novels (which you run on your computer) and I hook up the text with a dictionary program. That way I can look up words (especially unfamiliar kanji) really quickly by simply copy and pasting them to a dictionary. If I had to sit down and look up every unfamiliar kanji based on their stroke order, or by their radicals; I would want to shoot somebody (probably my self, lol). As for Tae Kim, I recommend doing the Special Expressions section as well. Advanced Topics you can save for a while later, but Special Expressions still has some basic and fundamental stuff you will need.

I see. I'll do that then. Didn't think of it, but I guess reading VNs is a good idea. I already played most of the Muv Luv VNs (up to ~Chronicles 02), so I guess I could either play them again or read Chronicles 03. As for Kanji, reckon learning 6 kanji with their principal onyomi/kunyomi is good if I want to learn the joyo kanji? Stroke order and radicals of course (although after a while I won't need to look up the stroke order). And in which order do I learn them? With the JLPT N5-N4-N3-N2-N1 order or what? I'm ultimately aiming for the Examination for Japanese University Admission test (maybe in 2½ years) so.

hey i want to ask are you going to make any new videos ever again we have been waiting for 2 years after all

We pass on the gospel to the new generation

This was probably 4-5 years ago when I was still living in Chiba.

3 Books that changed my life. SOunds like something I wanna do :D

yeaaaah. I'm waiting for that. It reveals a lot on somebody. :).