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(3.92/5)Slice of life starter pack
Nice, simple vocab with plenty of exaggerated character reactions and visual cues to aid in comprehension. Each episode is divided into smaller sections centered around a one-word theme, so if you don't have time to watch a whole episode at once you can take it one chapter at a time. The main character tends to repeat important words over and over because he's constantly having back-and-forths with himself. Despite its low barrier to entry language-wise, the writing is decent enough to keep adul
My learning goal this year is to get an hour a day of solid listening practice in with native material and this was definitely a great series to start with for my first attempt at listening to native content that isn't part of a deliberate educational tool (up until now my sporadic listening was Satori Reader audio and sporadically listening to Japanese with Noriko).
This series reminds me a lot of Tonari no Seki-Kun which has a similar premise of one student starting a strange game and the o
Great if you like slice of life and japanese comedy i guess
This anime frequently comes up in Japanese learning circles as a great stepping stone for watching native content. I can definitely say that’s true; however, I found it SO BORING that I had to drop it. That said, the slice-of-life and comedy genres aren’t really my cup of tea (although I can occasionally enjoy them). If you do enjoy those genres, though, I think this is really great material.