Congratulations!

Please, congratulate me

I have just finished it. It took me 6 months (with a two month hiatus because of my new job).
Now, i am going to do reviews to master it completely.

I haven't check the two others RTK volumes yet.
I don't know if i shall do it because i thought i could just put new readings on the kanji i find while i'm actually using japanese (so i can avoid to learn useless readings).
But maybe I am wrong... Is RTK2 as long to complete as RTK1 was?

(putain, deux ans !)

Finished. In two years <__< ..yeah, I was not very quick compared to others.

One advice for the others: try to to it more rapidly than me. Two years, you can be fed up with that before the end.
You have the advantage to have something like 1800 mature cards at the end but it's a bit exhausting.

Congratulations breakies and Hallivor!! Keep up the good work!

akagisempai wrote:

I started studying Heisig method a year and a half ago and i finished today! 2,042 Kanji! Now for sentences and pwning Manga!

don't worry, you'll be owning manga in no time. A word of advice, keep learning through fun stuff. It will make the motivation last longer and longer. And lastly: don't worry about what people say(trust me on this one). You'll be at your goal in no time. It's just that easy.

Yeeeesssss I finally did it! Took me 8 months but got there in the end. The last couple of hundred or so really dragged because I had so many reviews. A big thank you to everyone on this forum for all the stories and advice.

I'm going to get hideously drunk now and forget it all.

I can't believe I finally did it, but here I am. Took me a bit over half a year, and I actually wanted to finish it before the end of june, but whatever, at least I got it done.

Also here is a documentation of my progress: http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6383/sam0551p.jpg

I haven't started writing out every kanji until I was around 800 or so, though. But to think I've gone so far...

Congratulations!

やった！ I just completed the final chapter of RTK1 a few minutes ago (July 10th-August 13th). What is that. . . 34 days? I'm terrible at math, and unwilling to pull out a calendar to verify. PHEW. Big "THANK YOU!!!" to all the wonderful people who provided vivid stories for the kanji, as it greatly expedited the process. I'm now on to sentences (AJATT). GL to everyone still working through RTK1, and the thousands who will pick it up and begin in the future.

Wow I'm finally done didn't think I'd stick with it this long. Started back in late march on 10 a day after learning grammar for 2months. I eventually got to a point where just learning everything in Hiragana instead of the Kanji for words was holding me back (was using a textbook). So I decided to put the grammar/vocab on hold till I finished RTK (have limited time per day to learn).

Started doing 20 Kanji a day till last 300 then went to 25 and 35 respectively.

Most annoying things:
-the most useful Kanji are in the last 800 of RTK, it was frustrating being 1k+ deep and seeing few of the Kanji already learned used anywhere.
-having to learn the Kanji AND the English word, seems like English (my 1st language) has a word for everything. I hated cornucopia, hegemony, acquiesce etc.
-As many have said 1500+ is when it gets hard, primitives being used for 2-3 Kanji and then never seen again.

I really enjoyed the journey and looking at Kanji now I see they aren't just some random lines that people have drilled into their heads for years. I'm definitely sold on the Heisig method. No RTK3 for me, going straight back to learning the language.

I also want to congratulate all those who finished RtK!

NoSleepTilFluent wrote:

Congrats everyone. There has been a few people coming through the woodwork as 1 month finishers. I think that is pretty amazing but all that information is still fresh in your mind. think the first month of any course you ever took do you remember all that information right now? Keep practicing and solidify the connections.

I was a 1-monther, and often I worried that I was doing too many per day. I guess my fear was that I'd get horrible reviews. But the good reviews kept pouring in--consistent 95-100% (although I got an 84%, once, and I REALLY freaked out because I thought it was some sort of tipping point into forgetting everything/kanji so hard I wouldn't remember).

Mind you, I would devote 5-12 hours a day to RtK and reps, so it wasn't like I was spending an inadequate time on each frame. If it weren't summer vacation, it wouldn't have been possible. But thanks for the advice! I will keep up on the reviews and staying engaged with kanji (troublesome ones are on my walls). 'Grats to the finishers!

Finally finished this. ^^
Only 596 mature cards thou, so need to stick with it as I did everything in like 45 days.

Now gotta keep up with rtk reviews. At least for about more 3 months as I dont think rtk is THAT serious, its good to go through it but not to stick with it for the very end. I dont want to need to remember these stories everytime I need to write a kanji... even if I do it without even noticing lol

Anyway big thx for this site and all users, helped me a lot with stories I couldnt get easily. Even though I used anki and 80% of stories created by myself, cant deny it was a BIG help.

Edit: And big GZ for all that finished as well, this is a great accomplishment imo, requires such a high amount of dedication and work.

Last edited by jonuhey (2011 August 19, 6:35 pm)