My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

I feel the most important thing is that anime and visual novels makes learning more interesting than textbooks. Finding subtitles has been kinda hit or miss, but I think the most important thing by far is to pick something you find enjoyable... that is, as long as it's not too difficult.

I plan on finishing Tobira soon (3 chapters left), but as of now I have very little motivation. I guess the topics aren't nearly as interesting as anime or visual novels to me. So despite the fact that I've alredy seen pretty much all vocabulary in advance and grammar points, I don't feel that motivated.

If you don't want to watch something with a more serious plot, you could try some comedy instead. It really depends on what kind of genres you enjoy though.

EDIT: You could also pick a visual novel if you find it enjoyable. It allows you to control the pace of everything to an extent that it's impossible with anime, unless you pause it all the time.