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I just finished RTK a week or so ago and have started trying to actually read things, but I've run into a little problem. The smaller versions of some kanji look waaay different from their bigger versions. When I'm reading on my computer it's not a problem, since I can resize the font to see what it is the first time it comes up, but I can't do that for books or video games. Sometimes I can figure out what the kanji is after a little while, but other times I can't even see where the lines are supposed to be. They're just little blobs.
Anyone else had this problem?
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Once you learn the readings that problem goes away naturally. It just kind of comes naturally.
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The skill comes automatically as you get more exposure to the kanji, you won't need to see every line to realize what kanji it is.
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I have thought many times that I should buy a good magnifying glass to use when I read manga. Unfamiliar kanji can be hard to recognize and the furigana are so tiny!!
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I keep a magnifying glass at my desk at all time for just this reason.
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Kanji in manga are microscopic to begin with, and then the furigana is like 1/16th the size of that, and then trying to see if it's BA or HA or PA is almost impossible without bright light and maybe even a magnifying glass.
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If they're causing that much trouble you could try reading manga via pdf. Just start out at 200% and as soon as you become comfortable with that go down to 180%, then 160%, then 140% and so on.
