(2015-12-14, 3:16 pm)ariariari Wrote: So I got halfway thru my doremon book this time. The biggest problem I had is that I just don't enjoy the story. (The bigger problem last time was the shock value with it being my first book in Japanese, and worrying about not understanding every single word I encountered).The ghibli movies have pretty good stories as far as kids stories go. About a month ago I read through the subtitles for tonari no totoro. Once I anki the vocabulary I didn't know, I'll be watching the movie a few times for listening practice and enjoyment. If you want the subtitles cleaned of all the markup, pm me and I'll send you the text file. I'm reading it on an ios app called wakaru which has a pop-up dictionary and flashcard export to go into anki. You could just as easily convert to html and read in a browser with rikaisama.
Then I realized that last year a friend gave me a book of yotsubato. I think back then it was too hard for me, but now it's fine. I definitely like it more than doraemon.
It's definitely a nice contrast to NHK Easy, which is my normal reading material, though I can't say I find the story particularly interesting. Something tells me that finding interesting native material at your own level is a never ending challenge.
Edited: 2015-12-14, 7:26 pm