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Video progress (& a few worksheet questions!)

Yo! The main animation should've been done by today but uhhh -- there's like maybe 25% left.

I've just been working a bit slow. Couldn't find good ways to express some ideas & even when I had the idea I wasn't sure on some of th...

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Wagotabi: Can You Really Learn Japanese Through A Game? (Honest Review)

New video out reviewing the game "Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey". I was given this game for free by the dev and asked to review it.

Despite the game being conceptually fun, there are shortcomings that definitely hold the game back.

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Update (New video(s) progress)

Hello all!

I thought I'd give an updates on what's been happening behind the scenes for the past 2 months in regards to how my videos have been progressing, what's to come, and the situation with Facebook.

First of all, I am currently...

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Second interview filming done!

This is the raw interview with 素行さん from 和泉素行's channel!

This will be for the Kanji video that will be coming soon. There are still more interviews t...

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Next video Preview! (30 Minute Interview With Japanese YouTuber)

Hello all! I've been working on another massive project behind the scenes on the same scale as the verb grammar series that a lot of yall loved.

This time the series will be on KANJI and will be approx 4-5 parts long.

The first part wi...

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Extra Learning Resources for 自動詞 & 他動詞

This topic took 3 months of research and I've had to read MANY actual academic articles by other linguists. It wasn't easy and I learned a lot myself as well!

I've compiled everything I learned into 25 pages in the "Extended Reading Material...

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EARLY ACCESS: 自動詞&他動詞 Lesson

The next video on 自動詞 and 他動詞 (Transitivity) is out now for early access!

This one took 3 months of research and the extra material (the document version is a whopping 25 pages long and very in depth, target...

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Live Class Tomorrow

Hi Patrons!

Super impromptu announcement but I'll be doing a live class tomorrow on Discord for the upcoming video on 自動詞 and 他動詞

You'll be able to go through the notes with me and get access to all this c...

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EARLY ACCESS: Migaku Setup Guide

Hey all! Finished another video awfully quickly.

While the next video is supposed to be the Mining Guide, I've run into a few problems while writing the script- mainly that installation tutorials for certain software that are r...

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Jouzu Juls Mining Card Template

This is my actual card format that I personally use for my own reviews.

"Jouzu Vocab Japanese" for vocab cards
"Jouzu Sentences Japanese" for sentence cards.

To learn how to use this properly, please follow the mining...

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What are you on Patreon for? (2025)

Please take a few seconds to help by dropping a response!

Moving into 2025, I want to get a better grasp at WHY people are subscribing to my Patreon so that I can better accommodate you guys who are directly supporting ...

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Recommended Anki Decks List

Thought I'd reshare this here since some of you may have missed it, but this is my recommended Anki Decks list for beginners. If you've already got a deck then don't worry about this, but if you're just starting out on Anki, it's a good idea to ta...

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New Video Early Access! 🥳

Here are 12 Anki tips that every Japanese learner must know to develop real consistency in Anki over multiple years!

Not even sickness and hospital trips could stop my streak, so you know I'm onto something!

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New video ready! 🥳

Hello all! Been a quick bit since I last uploaded but my next video is ready!

Going forward I'd like to do a Patron poll to see what you guys are looking for the most on Patreon, this way I can better accommodate yall who are supporting me ...

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Update for Patrons

Hello all, quickly showing what I'm working on right now.

Getting back to pace on the stuff I started 3 months ago and tryna finish it this week.

Card Template link:

2024-12-09 05:38:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Need your Help on the next vid!

Hey Patrons!

This is the current layout for the next video which will be titled something like "The Ultimate Mining Guide".

I've listed down (to the best of my ability) every possible situation in which one could mine from, but if you...

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EARLY ACCESS: Which Migaku Version to use?

This new video covers in more detail the 2 versions of this tool called "Migaku", which is legitimately one of the most powerful tools for learning Japanese ever.

There are 2 versions and it's a bit confusing for some on which version they ...

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Early Access: Chinese Font Issue Fix (Anki/Chrome)

Hey all, pardon the absense. New video out for early access on how to fix the "Chinese Font Issue" which is an issue that all Windows users have by default on Anki if you have not swapped your computer into Japanese UI or installed the Japanese su...

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て form PART 2 -- OUT NOW!

Hello hello Patrons! Very glad to release part 2 of the て-form videos! This one took a while as usual and it a whopping 18 minutes jam-packed full of info!

It'll go public once I'm done with the thumbnail and captions and stuff whic...

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Progress on next video

Don't be fooled into thinking it's 80% done lol.

This is still the first rough draft, I still have to go in and refine some animations, add some new shots and other animations. Then do all the sound effects and music.

Fortunately, I've...

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Link to Extra Learning Materials

Apparently, I never shared the link to the hub file for all the extra learning materials but I swear I posted this before. Very strange.

Either way here it is! All the worksheets, scripts, research, and more info for every video, will be con...

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The Ultimate て-form Cheat Sheet 【Early Access】

Just finished the video on the て-form! Patrons are able to watch it now, the video will be going out probably tomorrow or the day after as I still need to spend some time writing the subtitles and doing all the SEO stuff.

Feel free to ask ...

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て- form video almost done!

Just wanted to update everybody on the progress of the next video on the て-form!

After putting up the last poll and seeing the responses both on here and on YT, I've decided to split the video into 2. The first part will be around 1...

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て-form Cheat Sheet

I'm currently editing the て-form video and am making a bunch of assets for the video & worksheet. This is the cheat sheet for conjugating verbs, adjectives, and the copula into the て form.

Since this also covers all 3 possible ending...

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Poll about the て form video

Currently recording the video for the て-form but am realizing it's kinda long. The whole script is about 5,000 words and the video could go up to 27 minutes long.

Please help vote for which you'd rather see!

To provide more d...

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Explaining Every Video on My Whiteboard

A new video for Patrons and YT Members where I explain all of the video ideas that I have on my whiteboard.

You can use this as a headstart to do your own research since I take a while to make each video!

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Please Help Choose the Next Video

Hi all, so as most of you know I have a whiteboard with a bunch of video ideas, but sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed and am not sure which to do first.

Right now I'm sitting with 3 videos that I'm not sure which to prioritize, would appreci...

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An interesting Textbook I found (Patreon ONLY Stream)

The other day I was at the bookstore and found this textbook on helping Japanese natives increase their output skills.

Interesting story is that this book is apparently so ancient, even the store owner got confused at where I found it.
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お待たせしました!

また日本に行って、家族と楽しんでよかったです!帰国しま〜す!

Thank you for waiting! I will be going back to Hong Kong now and slowly ease back into working! (As well as seeing a doctor about my sleeping problem...

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At my favorite place again...

Yesterday I managed to take my parents to Enoshima, and on the way decided to stop at Shichirigahama again.

This place will be featured on Episode 4 of the Vlog, it's basically the main reason I came to Japan in the first place as it's the ...

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