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I need to get back to Katawa Shoujo sometime... I still haven't done Shizune's route. I refuse to do Rin's route and that's the only other one left unfinished. And I'll need to work up the nerves to get Hanako's bad end... Been making steady progress getting to Haruka's route in Little Busters. Speaking of which, anyone know what version of the English patch the torrent has on fuwanovel? I'd like to know so I can install the word wrap patch when its bugs are fixed.

Done. I just figured the auto resizing would be enough but it doesn't seem to be the case. Edit: Though now you can't really see the whole picture... hmm... (Those pics were taken with my phone so I thought it'd be much smaller than they are now)

Despite the fact that they outright tell you he's a boy, I still consider him a trap. It's opinion based I guess... Though after some quick searches, people seem to agree that he's a trap. A Definition I guess? And Here

But I'm using the book that was listed on the SC2013 page and the deck that was recommended... That's disappointing if that really is the case.

I'm sure you'll meet the trap in due time... also Cthuko is win.

Damn it, I keep forgetting to check the ISML... ARENA 01: Yuzuriha Inori [Abstained] Kanzaki H. Aria ARENA 02: [Kuroyukihime] Yūki Mikan ARENA 03: [Natsume Rin] Hasegawa Kobato ARENA 04: Tōwa Erio [Takanashi Rikka] ARENA 05: Araragi Tsukihi [Kashiwazaki Sena] ARENA 06: Nibutani Shinka [Takanashi Tōka] ARENA 07: [Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker)] Momo Belia Deviluke ARENA 08: Roromiya Karuta [Kirigaya Suguha] ARENA 09: [Araragi Karen] Konoe Subaru ARENA 10: Yui [Ayano Keiko (Silica)] ARENA 11: Kotegawa Yui [Abstained] Shirakiin Ririchiyo ARENA 12: Misaki Mei [sanka Rea] ARENA 13: Oshino Shinobu [shiina Mashiro] ARENA 14: [Kirishima Shōko] Chitanda Eru ARENA 15: Aoyama Nanami [Nōmi Kudryavka] ARENA 16: [Yūki Asuna] Makise Kurisu ARENA 17: [Mikazuki Yozora] Honma Meiko ARENA 18: [Akemi Homura] Nyarlathotep ARENA 19: Minamoto Chizuru, Yamanobe Tomo [Abstained] Satellizer el Bridget, Tsukiumi ARENA 20: Kōsaka Kirino [Abstained] C.C. ARENA 21: Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) [Abstained] Katsura Hinagiku ARENA 22: Nagato Yuki [Nakano Azusa] ARENA 23: [sakagami Tomoyo] Eucliwood Hellscythe ARENA 24: [Fujibayashi Kyō] Akiyama Mio ARENA 25: Saber [Abstained] Konjiki no Yami ARENA 26: Holo [Abstained] Louise Vallière ARENA 27: [Furukawa Nagisa] Shana ARENA 28: Victorique de Blois [Hirasawa Ui] ARENA 29: [Yui-nyan] Hirasawa Yui ARENA 30: Aragaki Ayase [Abstained] Charlotte Dunois ARENA 31: Tōsaka Rin [Abstained] Nymph ARENA 32: Kuroi Mato [Abstained] Aisaka Taiga ARENA 33: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Abstained] Misaka Mikoto ARENA 34: Suzumiya Haruhi [sengoku Nadeko] ARENA 35: [Tachibana Kanade] Senjōgahara Hitagi ARENA 36: [Nakamura Yuri] Last Order ARENA 37: [izumi Konata] Iwasawa Masami The abstains I (I don't know how I typed "I" instead of "are") are mostly due to the fact that I have not watched one or both of the anime the characters are from. I really need to fix my backlog...

A shot of my desk in college: A closer up shot: And my mouse that I forgot to unpack after getting back from class to include in the picture:

I actually heard about 999 and Virtue's Last Reward from a member of the anime club at school. I want to try 999 since that'd be the only one I'd have access to through the form of emulation.

I feel pretty bad... And English is my native language... welp

I gotta remember to watch season 2 pronto as soon as its finished airing. I couldn't get enough of the hilarity and was extremely happy to here that there was a second season. Also, dat trap mang T.T

Today was a pretty crappy study day. The first issue with today was the fact that I had to spend part of the morning doing homework that I couldn't finish the night before. That in turn made me feel rushed after I finished studying the 15 kanji for the day. Because I had to finish that homework assignment before my first class of the day, I couldn't review on Anki until just about an hour ago. While reviewing on Anki, I wrote the kanji for tongue, oneself, white, and only wrong. I also forgot how to write the kanji for thousand, gall bladder, and measurement... And the worst part about today was the fact that Anki some how included 3 additional kanji to the list of new cards to review today. I didn't know the words at all and was frustrated that the flashcards were not in sync with what I had just studied. For now, I've set Anki to only have 12 new cards the next day so hopefully that will make my studying and reviewing in sync again and hopefully tomorrow won't be a mess like it was today...

^ I can't support this sentiment enough.

Day 3 Actually got enough sleep this time before studying so I'll probably remember the kanji I studied today better. I wrote the kanji for Prosperous wrong again, as well as mixed up the kanji for Bright with Shine T.T I also realized this morning that I've been writing the first stroke for the kanji of 9 all wrong. I'll probably have more to say later on in the day but right now, I have to go to class. Edit: I completely forgot to update this when I had the chance. I felt pretty disappointed that I was writing several kanji's wrong just because of the way I wrote 9 wrong. It really isn't a big deal since I only just started studying, but I'm afraid that after I reach like the hundreds of kanji, I'll realize that I've been writing such and such stroke all wrong and become discouraged. I guess I need an easier way to remember prosperous other than just remembering two suns. I still have homework left to do so I'm worried that I won't get enough sleep tonight for tomorrow morning...

I've been doing the reviews in the morning because if I tried to at night, I'd get distracted by people. Yeah that's how I've been doing it for the most part but none of those would stick. Maybe the first one but the sun rising at nine is probably too far fetched for it to stick. Thanks for the support guys! Its really nice to see others sharing their own experiences and advice.

I usually like the harem ending since that means I can still have my head canon of my favorite girl with the main character. Haven't seen Yosu no Sora yet though it is on my list of things I've been planning to watch.

Shinsekai Yori, one of the few anime that I actually watched as it was airing. I'm listening to this at the moment: Which was ported from the music at 12:01 here:

Again, I started studying with a half awake mind. I always have trouble getting off the computer when night time comes around. It's like "I should go to bed... but first let me check this/ let me do this" and then I keep remembering other things I want to do on the computer. I never end up sleeping when I should... While I was studying today, I had the most trouble coming up with something easy to help me remember the kanji for Rising Sun and Stomach. The books description did little to help me come up with a story for Rising Sun and while the description for Stomach was better in that regard, I still had trouble coming up with something. Oh well, we'll see how well I can remember them later on. I found myself confusing the kanji for 7 and the kanji for 9 and writing the kanji for Prosperous the wrong way. I can kind of forgive myself for Properous, since I was using the right primitives just not written in the correct locations. Confusing 7 for 9 on the other hand, annoyed me a bit. I even spent a little more time on seven yesterday so something like this wouldn't happen. Oh well... this will probably be the first of many self complaints while I'm studying. I realized last night that I should probably spend some time looking at other peoples blogs. I guess I can add that to my daily routine.

Ah so I should have known all of them except for Yumemi since I haven't played Planetarian yet. Can't believe I didn't recognize Lucia (I blame the ribbon) and I forgot Mai was another sword wielder in Key's Novels.

Let me explain:

This song man... Possible spoilers

Recently finished Kurugaya's route and indeed it was much more enjoyable than Komari's or Rin's. I'm going through the common route today to get to Haruka's route.

Day 1 I didn't get enough sleep the night before so I started studying with a half awake mind. I can only shudder at what a terrible start this might become. Anyways, after going through each of the accompanying text for each kanji, I tried imagining some of the pictographic images the book gives for some of the kanji, like how the kanji for day looks like a smiling sun if you curve the strokes. I hope this is what the intended method is for studying. I have a notebook for me to write down the kanji right after I learn it along with its accompanying key word. After a very short break, I booted up Anki and found another notebook dedicated to be used with Anki. After the front side of a card is shown, I spend some time writing the kanji out in the second notebook before showing the answer to the card. Seems like everything is going smoothly so far. I actually feel kind of accomplished after doing this.

I'm disappointed that I still can't name them all: Particularly the blond one in the top left, the three two sword wielding girls (though I'm almost certain one of them is the left one is Kurugaya. It took me a second look to recognize the yellow ribbon in her hair.), and the one right above Kud and Fuko. Ah Kigu...

I guess I'll begin with my response to your post: I'm glad you're reminding me yet again the importance of routine. It really can't be stressed enough. It's nice to know that getting lax about the routine led to some rough patches. This will hopefully be sufficient as a warning to myself for those days where I start slacking. That tidbit about life getting super busy is simply the best suggestion. I'm absolutely positive that for the next 9 weeks or so, my life will only get busier as I start getting into the meat of the coursework. Being told that scaling back the number of kanji per day is acceptable as long as I don't stop is music to my ears. That statement alone has relieved a lot of anxiety I felt when I considered what might be happening in the near future. Regarding the reviews on Anki: I don't quite understand the usage of Anki. When I first downloaded the application a week ago, I also went and downloaded the deck you recommended. I decided to open up the reviewing process to see a glimpse of what I was going to be doing and my first thought was "What exactly am I supposed to be doing / is supposed to be happening?". Maybe it will become clear after studying the book a little bit, but my understanding of Anki is very very miniscule. I understand that its essentially a flashcard application and that's about it. Edit: There's a freaking User Manual and even some Intro Videos*Facepalm* Don't know why I had to spend time writing that tiny paragraph about Anki when I can just read the manual. "The floor is lava" Pardon me for asking but what exactly is this supposed to mean? Or is it something you'll expand upon later? Regarding the health suggestions: I would first like to clarify that I still refuse to smoke cigarettes. That being said, I've experimented with Marijuana to some degree and I am by no means addicted to it. My consumption of alcohol has largely been cut back thanks to one particular bad experience with it. I still drink from time to time but never to the degree that caused that first bad experience. To summarize, I understand the health risks and will not be fool hardy enough to ignore them. Now my response to the introductory material: After spending ~40 minutes reading through those first 12 pages, I essentially went "Huh?!?!". The whole idea of learning using imaginative memory rather than visual memory simply shocked me. At first I didn't quite understand what Heisig was trying to say when those words came up but I gradually began to understand what the book was going to try to teach me. I felt a great sense of discouragement while I was reading about imaginative memory. I'm not very proud to say that my imaginative powers are terrible. I'd say that there is not a creative/ imaginative bone within me. Hopefully I'll be able to change that as progress through this process. And now a short bit about posting daily: The reason why I wanted to be able to post daily is because I've already started forming the habit of checking Fuwanovel daily for new replies and content. But alas, due to the rather small active community we have, I rarely get notifications for responses to all the various topics I've posted in, save for short sporadic bursts of activity. Since I'm already checking in everyday, I should be able to at least post something everyday. "I don't see a problem with posting every day, so long as it doesn't become a burden on you, and make it less likely for you to do the daily studies." My reasoning for expressing my intent on posting everyday is that it will force me to study. If I claim that I'm able to do such a simple task and yet fail to follow through, I'd look very much like an idiot wouldn't I? I'm hoping that my tendency to avoid doing things that would/ might cause embarrassment will be a source of motivation for studying. Though I'll almost guarantee that I will eventually stop posting everyday, for the reason I stated in my first post. Talking about myself so frequently in front of people I don't know is just so unnatural to me, almost to the point of being uncomfortable for me. Again, here's to hoping that doing this will change that fact.

I first want to start off by saying that the whole idea of blogging has never been something I thought I'd ever be doing. I could never be one of those people that always wanted to share every single thing that happened to them in their daily lifes (ie Facebook status every freaking HOUR or even less). With that being said, this school year has been a year of a lot of changes to my life. I've started fencing for the first time ever. I've went and experienced a lot of the cliches about college life (drinking, smoking, partying, etc) and I've been trying a lot of new things. In fact, I got into playing Visual Novels this year as well, and I'm glad I found Fuwanovel. Given this year of changes, I want to take on this challenge. I'll make sure I post about my experiences on landmark barriers that people often go through. Being able to post daily would be the best option for me, though I'm not sure that would be allowed since that would be akin to spamming the forums in my mind. Unless I'm told that this is possible, I will arbitrarily decide to post about the process I'm going through. My only goal this year is to learn the Kanji and hopefully Kana for Japanese. I'll be taking a slow approach of 15 Kanji daily. I plan on waking up at 8:30am every morning and study Japanese for about an hour each morning. This schedule I've set forth will be the most difficult part to keep, because quite frankly, I'm a lazy bum in the morning. I'm a night owl through and through, though if I set my learning time to be towards the end of the day, I'll be easily prone to external distractions. So the morning is really my best option. My first real day of learning will start tomorrow morning. I'll be making another post later today detailing my thoughts on the introductory material for Remembering the Kanji Volume 1. I can't believe I'm actually doing this! Edit: I just want to point out that I'm using the 6th Edition of Remembering the Kanji. Don't know why I want to point this out but for some reason, I felt the need to and have acted accordingly.