dannyboo

Hi, Hope all will be doing well. I am Ali a new member. I have just join the forum. 

G-Senjou no Maou. Usami Haru's  route.

Short List:

Everlasting Summer

Demonbane

Clannad

Saya no Uta

Mr C.
Arcane City Game Studios

Grisaia maybe

Thanks you two!
 
I didn't have much time to look around but I did get the impression that there isn't much going on 😕
Still, I'm looking forward to spending some more time on the forums 😆

Hey everybody,
 
I spent some time on this forum like 5-6 years ago and I wanted to spend some free time here again so I'm making  a very brief introduction.
Because if I don't write even a little, I feel like i'm gonna wait another years before deciding to post something 😛
Back then I used Visual Novels to try and learn Japanese, I was also taking lessons at the time and managed pass the N4 exam, yay!
I haven't read any VNs since 2017, where I stopped working on my Japanese to focus on other things and now I'm trying to get back into it.
I'm 23, male and from Germany. My online times might vary from yours but feel free to send me a message to have a nice chat
 
Nice to meet you all I hope the community has flourished and gained lots of new members over the last years!

Thanks you two!
 
I didn't have much time to look around but I did get the impression that there isn't much going on 😕
Still, I'm looking forward to spending some more time on the forums 😆

Welcome back to (now much less alive) Fuwanovel! Hope you'll have fun. :3

Hey everybody,
 
I spent some time on this forum like 5-6 years ago and I wanted to spend some free time here again so I'm making  a very brief introduction.
Because if I don't write even a little, I feel like i'm gonna wait another years before deciding to post something 😛
Back then I used Visual Novels to try and learn Japanese, I was also taking lessons at the time and managed pass the N4 exam, yay!
I haven't read any VNs since 2017, where I stopped working on my Japanese to focus on other things and now I'm trying to get back into it.
I'm 23, male and from Germany. My online times might vary from yours but feel free to send me a message to have a nice chat
 
Nice to meet you all I hope the community has flourished and gained lots of new members over the last years!

Hey everybody,
 
I spent some time on this forum like 5-6 years ago and I wanted to spend some free time here again so I'm making  a very brief introduction.
Because if I don't write even a little, I feel like i'm gonna wait another years before deciding to post something 😛
Back then I used Visual Novels to try and learn Japanese, I was also taking lessons at the time and managed pass the N4 exam, yay!
I haven't read any VNs since 2017, where I stopped working on my Japanese to focus on other things and now I'm trying to get back into it.
I'm 23, male and from Germany. My online times might vary from yours but feel free to send me a message to have a nice chat
 
Nice to meet you all I hope the community has flourished and gained lots of new members over the last years!

Greetings everyone, ever since my friend introduced me to VN this Monday, I'm getting hooked to it now.
The only VN that I've played before is DDLC and Nekopara which is I dropped years ago because its too boring imo because just like another newbie VN reader, I'm currently picky with the genres and stuff.
I'm Currently playing hoshi ori and stumbled upon this forum when looking through a guide and I'm interested in asking more recommendations in the future! 

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

The long-prophesied day has come.
 
Today I'm announcing a shift in the way Fuwanovel works. It's the big "leadership overhaul" I've been referring to, and hopefully it makes working on the site better for everyone. At the least it'll mean project leaders get more control and autonomy so I'm not in their way as often.
 
We have a lot of projects going on in the community. Some are personal, which we're not going to touch, but others are done by or for the Fuwanovel community: social media, the blog, moderators, reviews, etc.
 
Today's changes focus on that second category: projects which are meant to be by the community (like an official project) or for the community. I'm going to call them FuwaProjects for clarity's sake, to distinguish them from personal projects (which aren't co-opted into this program at all).
 
The Short Version:
The big change is that FuwaProjects are going to be made a lot more autonomous, and representatives or team leaders from each project will be gathered together in a board here on the forums called the "Leadership Council" (LC). The purpose of the LC is to give each other updates and feedback and discuss relevant site issues before any big decisions are made by myself and any relevant project leaders. If you are part of a project you consider a FuwaProject and it's more than a short-term effort, you are more than welcome to PM me (Tay) and request access to the LC.  All project leaders are considered equals on the LC. Nobody pulls rank on anybody else, and discussion is meant to be constructive (since, after all, you can't force a project lead to run the project your way). The primary oversight over a project leader will essentially be me: we'll have periodic check-ins to refine the project's direction, goals, and reasonable activity requirements.  The FuwaDirectory will list all of the active projects and project leaders on the site so you know what's going on and who to contact about it.   

 
A few more minor details if you're interested:
There will be a few jobs in the LC itself to help it function well and make coordination more effective. These are being finalized, and will be included in the FuwaDirectory. I will continue to maintain a controlling vote on community affairs. If the day comes that this changes or I leave the site (on my own or by request), the community will be notified and any changes to site leadership structure will be explained publicly.
Global mods are also part of the LC. As part of this change, GM rulings on rule-breaking and respect violations will correspondingly hold more weight. Appeals to the best-two-out-of-three GM rulings will generally be the last word on the matter, though GMs can elect to pass an appeal to me, instead.  
Final Note: 
The "Leadership" part of LC refers to the fact that those on the LC are community leaders -- they're running the projects making the community what it is (and making it better). It's not a decision making body, exactly, but it's meant to be the hub of site direction and planning. In the past we often confused the distinction between the real and on-the-ground community leaders, and the badges assigned by our forums software (like the "Admin" badge under my avatar). We need a paradigm shift: forums badges do not a site leader make. The FuwaDirectory shows all the folks working on Fuwanovel, and each of them deserve a corresponding amount of respect.
 
 
Thanks for your time! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or problems.

interesting read and quite funny to if i may say so.
 
This is only mildly related but last week i found out that my country ( Netherlands) and Japan have a more than 100 year old treaty for free work and living trafic between the country's.
To bad it seems as that my country managed to forget that one as it was found out while trying to resolve a case of illigal working by some japanese in the netherlands.
That also managed to put a smile on my face about the funny things that just seem to happen in life.

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

It seems like you had a bumpy ride in the beginning but things started to mellow out toward the end. That was quite the adventure you had at the airport. It must have been nerve wracking having to escort your guests, but at the very least I think they'll remember that you were helpful and dependable in that situation. Do you feel you were able to learn more and adapt faster with the Japanese language when you were thrown into the deep end in this situation?
 
I don't personally have a story to tell considering how I haven't really taken it upon myself to get serious about learning Japanese, but I still enjoyed what you had to share with us.

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other

Nice experience
is good to learn from mistake , "Learn from mistake"
 
and Thank you for sharing .

Hey there
 
This year my town's Kendo club organised the annual New Year's Kendo Training Course that's always held on the five days from the 2nd til the 5th of January. It was a great success but I'm going to tell you some of the stuff that happened to me..
Arguably the most important thing to this annual event are the Sensei that teach us during that time.
This year, we had two japanese guests. Both teach Onoha Ittouryuu are 7th Dan Kyoshi.
I had to pick them up from the airport in Frankfurt (which is 4 hours from where I live).
 
Some info about me:
17 years old haven't had a serious japanese conversation before have been learning japanese for ~18 months  
I think you can all guess that these aren't the perfect conditions for success.
But, whether I liked it or not, I had to be the one to pick them up because someone had to and I'm the poor guy who's learning Japanese lol--
 
I arrived at the airport.
You should know that at that point I was really nervous as it would be the first time I'd have to use my japanese for anything else than my own entertainment.
In my head, I had a list of things that I'd practised beforehand. But all I could remember was
Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? And the polite word for toilet. (otearai)
My nervousness had swallowed the rest
 
When the waiting was finally over -and I was ready to make a run for it- the two walked towards me, searching for familiar faces. I bravely approached them. Three seconds later I had already made more cultural mistakes while greeting them than I'd dare to count. (Like forgetting to tell them my name [so stupid ])
Anyway, they're really nice people and luckily they remembered me from last year so they knew they had to go easy on me with their japanese. I asked them if we (I wasn't alone at least) should carry their lugagge and one of them kindly handed me over his way-too-big and way-too-heavy bag..
 
I started walking back, trying to remember which way to go to get back to the parking lots until I realized we had walked past the lifts. So we went back again thinking everything would be alright but when we stepped out, none of the doors through which we had come before on our way to the terminal would open.
We go back up and try our luck with the lifts on the other side of the terminal. Eventually we made our way back to the car.
 
 
I believe you're fairly bored after reading this much so I'll make the rest short lol
 
The hour that followed was filled with questions about me and the location of the training course which I tried my best to answer in reasonably good Japanese. After that they just fell asleep.
They were a bit shocked when we told them that my coach had invited us all to spend New Year's Eve at his house. But they didn't mind anymore after I told them that there'd be fireworks^^
 
When we arrived, all the nervousness and uneasyness seemed to be washed away and we gradually came to understand each other better and better. Even though I still made a lot of mistakes, the conversation didn't stop anymore and it was a great time for all of us.
 
I fell ill after that due to an allergic reaction and Asthma so I wasn't able to participate in the actual training but I showed up every day to say hello and I met a japanese boy who is an exchange student here in Germany.
I wanted to exchange email addresses so we could keep in touch but unfortunately, I didn't meet him again.
 
 
I learned a lot in that time but I also realized that I still have to study a lot to have a proper conversation.
I'd like to hear about your first experience with japanese if you've had any. Maybe we can all share our stories with each other