One of my Japanese teachers recommended this book: どんどん使える!日本語文型トレーニング 中級
for those of us who were finishing up our study abroad soon and wanted more new examples to practice what we had learned. Unfortunately I got sidetracked by a manga so I haven't used it much, but it looked to maybe have some of that intermediate practice you were looking for (lists a grammar point, quick english translation, then a bunch of different sentences so that you can see how it was used).
J501 was another textbook that I used briefly, that seemed to go a bit farther than Tobira, with a bit more challenging readings towards the end.
If you are at around N3+, and you goal is anime/visual novels, then it might be more beneficial to grab your vocabulary and grammar from there, as a lot of textbooks probably won't have the same specific vocabulary and grammar (also slang phrases) that you would find in what you are watching/reading (at least none of the textbooks I've used).
It might benefit you to pick up a JLPT book anyway, as that is another source that you can study from and grab stuff that has a pretty good chance of showing up again somewhere.
for those of us who were finishing up our study abroad soon and wanted more new examples to practice what we had learned. Unfortunately I got sidetracked by a manga so I haven't used it much, but it looked to maybe have some of that intermediate practice you were looking for (lists a grammar point, quick english translation, then a bunch of different sentences so that you can see how it was used).
J501 was another textbook that I used briefly, that seemed to go a bit farther than Tobira, with a bit more challenging readings towards the end.
If you are at around N3+, and you goal is anime/visual novels, then it might be more beneficial to grab your vocabulary and grammar from there, as a lot of textbooks probably won't have the same specific vocabulary and grammar (also slang phrases) that you would find in what you are watching/reading (at least none of the textbooks I've used).
It might benefit you to pick up a JLPT book anyway, as that is another source that you can study from and grab stuff that has a pretty good chance of showing up again somewhere.