Hello r/learnjapanese! I'm tiger and I recently uploaded an update video where I speak Japanese for almost an hour with no script, no editing, only a small topic list I put together beforehand.
I comment on this subreddit a lot and would like to establish credibility by being one of the only people who actually shows they know Japanese and updates their progress consistently (instead of just saying it and hoping you blindly accept it with no proof).
I hope this video can serve as motivation and a little bit of a look into what it's like to use an input heavy method. However, please do not turn this into an immersion learning vs textbooks vs whatever other method of learning Japanese discussion. That is not the point of this post and it's not something I'm interested in dealing with lol.
If anyone has any questions for me feel free to ask! But I do have update videos from month 1 on my channel so a lot of things are probably answered throughout those videos, so feel free to check them out as well if that interests you!
One last thing I want to say is, everyone can learn Japanese, you just have to put in the time and effort. I hope that things go well for everyone and you reach your goals. I want everyone who wants to learn Japanese to do it, the more people the better 🙂 Thanks for reading and I hope this can be helpful in some way!
Edit:
Wanted to add some links to my bookmeter/anilist so you can what I read and watched.
Manga (1095 volumes)
Novels and Light novels (88 volumes)
Anilist
by hypotiger