Reading Visual Novels in Japanese - A Demonstration Tutorial of the Experience

If English is one of your primary languages, reading visual novels in Japanese isn't as scary as you might think as long as you study enough and have the right tools to help you. Make sure you're at least on 720p if you want to be able to read all the words in Jparser in the video. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction to Myself
1:16 What to Study Before Reading a Visual Novel in Japanese
7:17 Choosing the Visual Novel You Want to Read
9:13 Explanation of the Tools Used to Extract Text from a Visual Novel
12:52 Opening the Visual Novel and Connecting the Tools
18:43 Actually Start Reading and Looking Up Words
48:29 Closing Thoughts

Resources referred to in this video:

* Hiragana Chart - files.tofugu.com/articles/japanese/2014-06-30-l…
* Katakana Chart - files.tofugu.com/articles/japanese/2017-07-13-k…
* Taekim Grammar Guide - guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar
* Wasabi Grammar Guide - wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/wasabis-online-…
* Imabi Grammar Guide - imabi.net/beginnersi.htm
* Anki (Digital Flashcards for Studying Vocab) - apps.ankiweb.net/
* Textractor - github.com/Artikash/Textractor/releases
* Textractor tutorial by the creator - youtu.be/eecEOacF6mw
* Translation Aggregator - github.com/uyjulian/Translation-Aggregator
* Dictionary file needed to use JParser in Translation Aggregator (edict) - edrdg.org/jmdict/edict.html
* Jisho (Japanese to English Dictionary) - jisho.org/
* Weblio (Japanese to English and English to Japanese Dictionary) - ejje.weblio.jp/

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