MisterM2402 [Michael] wrote:

She was just all round awkward, especially in the videos with Koichi. Tbh, I’ve no idea what made them hire her.

I think I could guess. ;)

You’re welcome! Did it take you a month to see them or to reply? lol

Welcome to TextFugu!

I too am an Aussie, it’s been… (lol)

For Japanese metal check these guys out, pretty awesome power metal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsi9HEmZl9Y&list=RDnsi9HEmZl9Y

I posted some others to another member in the past. I’m not particularly recommending these because I like them (I don’t really like quite a few), but because it’s a good mix of different Japanese metal bands:

Versailles – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFRCnV7B7Do

The Back Horn – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPxvOpD6iD8&list=RDsQSyB8jsKys

Mass of Fermenting Dregs – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtJv7xPqiHE&list=RDt01VmIMipKU

Deluhi – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-b1V72XmBI&list=RDFK2ys_7Ndfk

Mejibray – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykewi8RTPbc&list=RDxTgLs9PDq7Q

lynch. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-YHuwMagQ&list=RDab7O-sugFqE

Deathgaze – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5C70SwaML0&list=RDF2SLHzoFJXE

D’espairsRay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLClmWJn7dw&list=RDjrzbJJox5EI

ClearVeil – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0vf85ZnYG8&list=RDfzaNGj-toyA

[_Vani;lla] – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyvFs5NPQo&list=RD0oa_SU093FE

X Japan – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvreqrrh3o&list=RDhXhQ3t-qsoM

You can also use the links on the side to find more, or plug them into Last.fm for more recommendations:

http://www.last.fm/music/Galneryus

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Guide for using Anki 2 with TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/guide-to-using-anki-2-with-textfugu/

Track your progress and share your ideas/concerns when you finish a season (gain a level ^_^):

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-season-completions-for-great-motivation-of-heart

List of additional Japanese resources you may find helpful:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/japanese-learning-resources/

List of Common Errors in TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/common-errors-in-textfugu/

がんばって！

Welcome to TextFugu!

Good luck with that career path, sounds pretty interesting.

Check out the following links:

Guide for using Anki 2 with TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/guide-to-using-anki-2-with-textfugu/

Track your progress and share your ideas/concerns when you finish a season (gain a level ^_^):

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-season-completions-for-great-motivation-of-heart

List of additional Japanese resources you may find helpful:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/japanese-learning-resources/

List of Common Errors in TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/common-errors-in-textfugu/

がんばって！

りょうこ can = Imperial tomb guard, two mighty rivals (dragon and tiger), or hero, depending on the Kanji used.

陵戸
両虎
竜虎

So yes that would be weird. :P

Did you find out about that from looking up Dallas Australia?

When I came back to the site, I made a massive effort to get this community going again as the forums were essentially dead. Even then I only made limited progress. It wasn’t until the New Year discounts that things really started moving again. But yeah, WaniKani has a much better community. The upside to that though is that when TF is eventually updated, there’s a good chance that the WK community will join the TF community.

As far as an update app goes, it’s a good idea, but nearly impossible to aggregate the data efficiently, as the number of sources are way to varied.

You essentially would have to read every single thread in WaniKani, as Koichi and Viet will post a random response to someone’s question in a thread, which may have nothing to do with the topic of the thread, and they will consider that to be a public communication of recent plans and updates, meaning they don’t need to bother with any more for a few months, even though 98% of Tofugu’s user base won’t have read it or even be aware of its existence.

You would also need to follow every single one of the articles posted on Tofugu and all the responses at the bottom as once again Koichi or another Tofugu staff member may make a random comment containing a tidbit on updates and apparently that’s good enough for another few months of silence.

And of course monitoring the forums here in case Koichi gets enough e-mails from users wondering if this site is now a mummified corpse (way past the dead stage) to be spurned into doing an update.

You would also need to monitor any youtube videos produced by Tofugu or possibly even affiliates who may do an interview or a tag team project with Tofugu, as Tofugu rarely mentions these directly, you apparently are supposed to know they exist because they are on youtube, which means you should have seen it yourself, because you know everyone watches every video on youtube that even remotely involves the study of Japan in any way shape or form.

So the better way of dealing with it is to assume that you will never ever see an update on TextFugu, EVER!

And then be completely blind-sided when there is one, but hope that you have already become fluent in Japanese by this point and have taught your child and grandchild the Japanese language, but can now recommend to your grandchild that they can tell their non-native Japanese friends about TF so that they can converse in Japanese together. ^_^ (Only slightly cynical :P)