The Journey's Beginning

Finally! I've always wanted to study Japanese for as long as I've been interested in Japan's Pop-Culture (starting way back with Pokemon back when I was 3). From this, my fascination for all things Japanese has grown from the cultural to the historical and everything in between. I tried training myself with Hiragana, but my knowledge of Katakana and Kanji are much too lacking for me to be anywhere near proficient! My goal is to be able to read all types of Japanese literature and to communicate effectively by the end of my studies. Whether or not I can listen to anime without subtitles or read manga in its native language isn't a necessity, but it would hurt! From what we have already covered (some Hiragana as well as their stroke order and  basic greetings and goodbyes) I have already felt infinitely more confident then I had been prior to starting this course. Here's to a great year of study!

                                                                                                                                - McMillan desu