I haven't been watching anime for a while (Bleach went on a protracted filler run again that only ended recently), and I was wondering why my Japanese listening comprehension improvement rate wasn't keeping up with my classmates', or why I wasn't expanding my Japanese vocab fast enough ( Read more... )

When it comes to trends in manga/anime, I think I almost actively avoid popular series. It's my kind of hipsterism, I guess - if everyone's watching a show, I won't go just watch it just because of that. Even when I do (like Eden of the East), I tend to drop it halfway. That means that by the time I finally decide to watch something, I'm getting ( Read more... )