if you pick up japanese from watching shounen, you’ll sound like a punk.
if you pick up japanese from watching shojou, you’ll sound like a little girl
if you pick up japanese from watching seinen, you’ll sound violent.
if you pick up japanese from watching all three, you’ll sound like a violent little girl punk.
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if you pick up japanese from watching josei HOLY SHIT WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU FIND IT WHO THE HELL IS EVEN MAKING IT ANYMORE AND HOW DO I GET IT TOO
I mean, you probably could eventually to some extent… definitely not enough to have a conversation, but you might be able to vaguely understand someone saying something to you.
I’m to the point where I can tell when some things are poorly translated in the subs—i.e. how they could better be translated to english to convey their original meaning. And if I close my eyes I can definitely understand bits and pieces of the conversation. Anime re-uses lots of phrases and expressions, and some words are very distinctive or even happen to sound like an english counterpart of similar meaning. So I’ve learned a good amount of them from sheer repetitive exposure.
Honto ni!
