Thank you both for your input! So far, I've been only watching the anime raw. It's difficult as I'm sorta lost in what's happening at times so I might just do subs for the anime. Jp first and if STILL lost, then Eng. I do feel as though I am cheating when I use Eng subs but this also is a sign that I have a lot more to learn. Gotta take baby steps, right? (lol I had to throw that in there xD )
As for the manga, I guess I'll just stick to extensive reading for the initial reading like I am doing with Shirokuma. Ideally, I wanted to do intensive reading after reading an entire manga volume but I find myself to be too impatient for that and instead do it (briefly) a day or two after the initial reading of that chapter. My extensive reading is usually 20+ pages ahead of my intensive reading with the exception of Tadoku months. I haven't intensively read at all because of June Tadoku and I expect to have to do the 2nd half of the manga as I am only 37 pages away from completing Shirokuma Cafe Vol 1.
As for the manga, I guess I'll just stick to extensive reading for the initial reading like I am doing with Shirokuma. Ideally, I wanted to do intensive reading after reading an entire manga volume but I find myself to be too impatient for that and instead do it (briefly) a day or two after the initial reading of that chapter. My extensive reading is usually 20+ pages ahead of my intensive reading with the exception of Tadoku months. I haven't intensively read at all because of June Tadoku and I expect to have to do the 2nd half of the manga as I am only 37 pages away from completing Shirokuma Cafe Vol 1.