To the /jp/ anons who actually went all the way and learned Japanese / are in the later stages of the process: What sort of things are you enjoying to do now that you know the languageOutside of consuming content, have any opportunities opened up from it, work, friends, travel, etcHow important do you think it is for an otaku to learn Japanese these daysPersonally I've enjoyed it and cannot see myself ever turning back, but it will be interesting to see other people's insight and experiences
work?f-friends??
>>51062147A-Ah….
>>51062068What a cute Yuugi
>>51062068>work>friendsキモ...Knowing Jap opens up more Soap merchandise which is nice (some still refuse you for having too big a cock though)You can tell them how to blow you better too, but thats about it other than being able to properly enjoy manga and NicoNico
>>51062068>Outside of consuming contentWhy would I care about anything aside from consuming content?>work, friends404 not found.
>>51062340Have you actually fucked girls in Japan I wanna hook up with a gyaru when I travel
Love yuugi
I don't really care about whatever you're talking about, I just saw Yuugi and clicked.
>>51063707Smart fella
>>51062068facts: it takes over 10 years to even begin to be fluent enough to live a fulfilling life only in japanese.even if you speak very well, you can never be fulfilled without native level cultural assimilation which takes tons and tons of timeI work, speak, live in japan for nearly 4 years. Been studyng for 5 or so.Lifetime weeb.My job is 100% in japaneseAnd I feel perhaps 30% assimilatedMost of my satisfaction comes from things that the language doesn't necessarily have to provide.Like just having friends in Japan, and the day to day feeling of living here.But, even if I can speak fluently, I am not even close to having a day-to-day all in japanese.Perhaps if I started at middle school instead of as an adult perhaps you could
>>51064682Maybe you’ll have a different take on this but is being 100% assimilated that big of a dealI don’t mean it’s okay to swim against the stream and stick out as a foreigner like a sore thumbBut I’d assume if you’re even 80% of the way there that would put you in a rather high percentile compared to other foreigners, not like your neighbors or coworkers would hate you or ostracize you (right?)Anyway what do you do for work?
>>51064734>not like your neighbors or coworkers would hate you or ostracize you (right?)they dothey treat you so differentlythey also assume you don't really speakso they don't even approach you because they're shyso there's one barrier right therethen, there's two paths from there:be very good at the language and outgoing enough that they appreciate you talking to them and being your gaijin selfnote: requires charisma and extraversionThis path will get you a fulfilling life, but you will allways feell like a foreigner.or path two: be extremely assimilated, have really good japanese like manners and scial skillsthis is the hard part, there's navigating social norms, things that are not said but assumed.appropraite responses, and ways of behaving that are taught t all japanese frm since when they're young throughout their lifeso you have tons of catching up to doHere you will truly fit iin and have the best life outcome while in Japan but requres tons of effortIf you're in the middle:you kind of speak, you kind of know the language like where I am at, you finally realize the actual effort required is huge.And takes time
>>51064770Well do you enjoy your life either way
