Language Lackquisition #16:新しい友達、新しい後悔(New friends, new regrets)
This week, Emi introduces Doc to one of her friends.
英語字幕付きのアニメを見るのは勉強ではありません。そんな馬鹿な勉強方法は認めません。
I have a couple of friends that are learning Japanese as well and as much as I think they're great people, their study methods disgust me. It should be obvious but reading English subtitles or scanlations will not make you better at Japanese. With all the typos and bad grammar, it won't even make you better at English.
Language Lackquisition is a series about an ordinary man who goes by "Doc" and his quest to vanquish the evil that plagues his people's land. That evil is called "Lord Jimaku(字幕王様)" and he has terrorized Doc's kind for as long as anyone can remember with his lies, propaganda, and mind control. Most people have accepted their fate, many believe things are the way it should be but Doc said "No more" and decided to take on Jimaku by learning the legendary ancient language of the Gods and using the power that resides within the words to defeat him. Despite many people telling him it's impossible, Doc remains determined and sets forth to acquire and memorize the ancient scrolls for his mission.
Through many trials and tribulations, he has made considerable progress but Doc still has a long way to go. Throughout his journey, Doc encounters many enemies, a lot of them working under Jimaku to thwart Doc's efforts, like the "school" of the ancient language that turned out to be a hideout for witches that curses any would-be learner with illiteracy and a dependency on Jimaku.
Despite the challenges, Doc pushes forward with hopes to not only defeat Jimaku once and for all but maybe even make a few friends along the way.
なんちゃって(Psyche)!
Yeah, none of that is true. Well, kinda, just not as cool. Language Lackquisition is about a guy nicknamed "Doc" who decides to learn Japanese which is often regarded as "the hardest language in the universe". Despite people telling him it's impossible, Doc does it anyway cause YOLO.
Doc's adventures consist of him trying to master Japanese while overcoming obstacles like annoying anime nerds that like to flex their 10 words, Japanese sellers refusing to sell to outsiders, piss poor learning tools, and the evil that is translation and romanization.
Language Lackquisition functions as both a progress log of my own personal experience with Japanese as well as a commentary of language learning communities.
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