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I am possessed with a desire to learn Japanese, a desire which could only have resulted from the subliminal brainwashing implanted into all those episodes of Pokemon I watched in high school. Wait, did I just say I watched Pokemon in high school? Jeez, that’s not only admitting that I was too old to be in Pokemon fandom then, but that I’m too old to be in fandom entirely now…
Well, no matter how much residual embarrassment comes from my age in proportion to my watching of children’s cartoon shows, I want to learn Japanese. I guess that’s not a novel thing. I think most of us anime and manga fans want the magical androgynous Japanese Fairy to visit us in the night, waving its Pretty Love Nihongo Wand, strengthening our Weeaboo powers that we might better wallow in our own elitism and hatred of dubs (it’s okay, guys, I hate them too).
Of course, it’ll never be that simple. Japanese is often a needlessly difficult language (DISCLAIMER: ENGLISH IS ALSO A NEEDLESSLY DIFFICULT LANGUAGE), and learning it is a long and arduous task, uphill in the snow, barefoot, and paper hasn’t been invented yet so you have to do your kanji practice on stone tablets.
Still undaunted? Good for you! And now, in my magnanimosity, I shall help you with the bitchinest language-learning tool of all… pictograms!
This is the hiragana ‘a,’ which is pronounced ‘ah,’ as in, “Ah, I would really prefer you not stab me in the eye.” Don’t you feel more scholarly already?
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