(2016-06-08, 2:02 am)FlameseeK Wrote: What I'm trying to say is, if I spend 1h reading a visual novel and decide to srs the words I don't know afterwards, I'll probably spend another full hour just going through the text, checking the meaning of each new word, and making the flashcard. Not only that, I'll soon enough be flooded with reviews, which will take time away from reading. It seems like I'll end up spending more time making cards and reviewing new words than actually reading and getting used to these words in different contexts.
I think using an SRS will overall save you time. I've never been able to make good cards from visual novels or novels however. When I read them it's mostly just for extensive reading and not for making cards because of that.
I do recommend primarily focusing on vocab acquisition at your stage though. I personally find that games, manga, and anime make the best cards. So I'd say focus on making cards out of those and just reading your visual novels without it being study time. Making cards that work for you is probably the most important part so if you can make cards from a visual novel, go ahead and do that instead.
Eventually the vocab building will pay off and you'll be able to spend much more time reading and enjoying native material than you do studying.