Hello! I’m Chel, from the SF Bay area in California. I want to learn Japanese because I want to be able to read manga and light novels that haven’t been translated, I want to play (and possibly make) visual novels (which are often untranslated), and I want to be able to watch anime passively without relying on dubs (due to ADHD I have a hard time sitting and watching if I’m not doing something else, and it’s hard to read subtitles and keep stitch/row counts in my head).
Eventually I’d like to visit Japan, and maybe live there for a (short) while, and I’d like to be able to communicate and get around on my own, if possible.