According to Anki, I am exactly 3 months into my study of kanji. Some deck stats:
1230 cards
97.3% (403/414) Mature card retention
Avg Reviews (past week): 92.4/day
None of which, of course, actually means a damn thing, but I'm a whore for statistics.
I've made a few adjustments to my SRS method -- namely increasing the number of new cards per day to 25. This keeps pace better with the number of cards I add, and also means that I will finish RTK1 (plus the 157 kanji in the RTK1 Supplement) by the beginning of March. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and set myself a goal: All RTK1 kanji entered (though not necessarily reviewed) into Anki by 12:00am March 1st.
My attempt at starting sentences early has been aborted. I'm finding that the most useful kanji in RTK are coming closer to the end of the book rather than the beginning. I may know some 1200 kanji, but it's the one or two that show up *everywhere* that I don't know that will keep me from learning sentences properly. So that will have to wait, I think.
That said, I am doing more informal reading of Japanese. I've downloaded a Japanese dictionary for my iPod, and have been using that to look up words while I play リトルバスターズ. My retention of these words is pretty horrid, but that's not the point. (The point is that VNs are more fun if you actually understand the choices you're making.)
All in all, I'm satisfied with my progress so far. Kanji are no longer a slog, and I'm able to enjoy some basic reading amidst my audio immersion. The notion of visiting Japan in a year with full fluency is not as far-fetched as I once thought.
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