hey guys
I have been learning Japanese for 2 years now, I am at N2, in terms of Kanji and Reading I am N1, I moved to Japan 2 weeks ago and now I am living with a Japanese person, before coming to Japan I realized one day that my understanding is really good of anime and Japanese content, however one day I tried to watch anime raw without JP subs and oh god I felt that I can’t pick up lots of words, and it felt terrible so I kept watching without subs for the last month so I can improve my listening even though when listening to a Japanese podcast I pick up everything, and here in daily life conversations with Japanese I face 0 problems, but anime without JP subs is my enemy now, however I was watching HxH with no subs in the living room and the Japanese guy is also watching with me and he said to me “it is better for you to watch it with JP subs so you know everything they say, even for me sometimes I can’t pickup words from anime like this” I was suprised, I asked him “really? , I thought Japanese people pickup everything from anime” he said “yeah but still me personally I can’t pickup some words unless I watch it with JP subs”
this was a relief but at the same time I went to AOT movie few days ago and it was without JP subs, I understood most of it since I know the story but still I couldn’t pickup some new words and it went over my head
so my question is, am I putting myself into a challenge that is not realistic? is it the music and sound effects in Anime? or my listening still sucks in raw anime, are there japanese learners who watch anime without subs and have 0 problems?
let me know
by LaYamii