Migaku’s kanji mnemonics aren’t doing it for me. Switching to Genki + Migaku for basic phrases?

Hey guys,

I’ve been trying out Migaku for a bit, but I’ve kind of hit a wall with the intro course. Honestly, I’m pretty bummed with how it handles kanji right out of the gate. Their mnemonic system just feels forced to me, and it throws characters at you without enough context to actually make them stick.

Plus, to be honest, grinding kanji isn't super important to me right now. Just learning basic, usable phrases would be way more beneficial for my day-to-day life getting around Fujisawa.

I'm thinking about switching over to the Genki textbook to get a more solid foundation of spoken stuff, but I still want to use Migaku for my SRS since I like the interface and the immersion tools. Part of the problem is I also haven't been able to find a YouTube channel that goes through Genki and actually has proper Japanese subtitles I can mine directly into Migaku.

A few questions for anyone who has done this:

1. Are there any Genki vocab/phrase decks that integrate easily with Migaku? I know you can import Anki decks, but it'd be awesome to find one that's already sorted by chapter.
2. Has anyone else ditched the Migaku kanji path for a textbook? Did you just ignore Migaku's internal kanji tracking entirely and focus purely on custom decks?
3. If I grab a standard Genki Anki deck, is importing it into Migaku pretty seamless, or do the card formats get messed up?
4. Does anyone know of a YouTube channel that walks through Genki and has Japanese CCs for mining?

Thanks for any advice or links!