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So I have been thinking about taking regular Japanese lessons lately. But I’m not sure it would benefit me since their teaching method is going to be totally different than Tofugu. And i’m scared of creepy Otaku kids.
Anyone here who has tried it and can tell me if it’s viable or not?It depends what you want out of it and what type of learner you are.
If you are the type of person who benefits from having an actual teacher and classmates, then it may be good for you. However you are limited by the rest of the class and the set curriculum as to how fast you can go, so if you get ahead or lag behind your still stuck. If you can afford it and you like the idea of the extra help I say go for it.
Also, “i’m scared of creepy Otaku kids.” is probably the single most moronic excuse for not doing anything I’ve ever heard, people need to stop using it.
Don’t really think I need a real teacher, since I seem to be doing pretty good so far. But my biggest problem is being consistent so in that regard I might have some use for additional lessons. But good point about being limited by the rest of the class, had not considered that! It would however have a bit more speaking but that could also be solved using Tofugu teamspeak or whatever.
The creepy Otaku kid was ofcourse a joke, I frequently watch anime myself and I’m not about to let other people stop me from doing things. So no worries there :p
Thing about teamspeak is that (this wont apply to everyone) but if your anything like me and the bajillion others like me, using TS to talk will be a good start but if it actually comes to speaking to a live in-front-of-your-face person you’ll suddenly go “Crap! Your not a screen at all!” and draw a complete blank., so in that respect being able to talk to actual people might be useful…depends how you plan on using Japanese once you’ve learned some…
Ryuuguu is just a “creepy Otaku kid” himself; that’s why he gets offended.
LOLOLOLOLOLBut seriously, he gets really mad any time anyone has mentioned it in the past. Gotta be a connection. Just sayin’ ;)
How appropriate, YOU fight like a cow!
@Ryuuguu: Oh yeah, I *remember* the time Guybrush defeated his opponent by calling them a creep otaku kid – best scene ever! :D
I would like to be able to speak it since I’m going to visit Japan a couple of times at least. And I hate not speaking the local language, makes me feel like a cheap tourist.I don’t like feeling like that even though I am. :p
I now demand a new monkey island featuring Otaku’s! Preferably creepy ones.I volunteer to be this pirate-otaku., and i’ll steal meathooks talking skull tattoo idea and replace it with my talking Tomo tattoo…
Instead of killing LeChuck with cursed root beer, you show him some good Western animation and he runs off screaming into the sunset. Or just talk to him in fluent Japanese; same effect ;)
And it goes without saying all the female characters would have cat ears and all males with have giant robots.
“Giant robots”: but Monkey Island is *already* like that. Do you not remember the end of MI4? :P
See, it’s already happening before your very eyes…
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