Kanji aren't the problem. The problem is how you've been introduced to them. If every time you open a book or app you're faced with endless lists, your brain has every right to sigh. Not because kanji are impossible, but because no sane person would study them that way.
The Classic Method is a Marathon Without Water
The most common method works like this: memorize, copy, repeat, move on. Does it work? Yes. For about twenty minutes. Then your brain resets and the kanji that seemed crystal clear yesterday has evaporated like a weird dream.
It's not forgetting. It's lack of consolidation. Translation: that kanji never really got in.
The Real Mistake: Studying Without Friction
Many methods try to make everything "easy." Too easy. When there's no effort, the brain doesn't store. When there's no mistake, it doesn't learn. When everything feels smooth, nothing is actually happening.
Studying kanji isn't scrolling. It's stopping, stumbling, recovering. If at least one of these things isn't happening, you're just passing time.
Kanji Aren't Meant to Be "Understood." They're Meant to Be Trained.
Here's the perspective shift. Kanji aren't theory. They're a skill. Like driving. Like navigating. Like recognizing faces.
You don't learn them by reading endless explanations. You learn them by coming back to them at the right moment, when your brain is about to let them go. That moment is everything. Before is useless. After is too late.
What Actually Works
- A system that puts you face-to-face with kanji you're about to forget
- No infinite lists to scroll through passively
- Honest feedback, not random praise
- Repetition at the right moment, not blind repetition
The Real Difference
With the wrong method you think: "I'm studying so much but nothing sticks." With the right method you think: "Weird, I actually remember this."
It's not magic. It's just stopping treating kanji like poetry and starting to treat them like what they are: information that needs the right timing.
How Kanjidon Tackles the Problem
Kanjidon wasn't built to be cute. It was built to be honest. It doesn't say "great job" randomly. It doesn't let you scroll endlessly. It doesn't pretend everything is fine.
It puts you face-to-face with exactly what you're about to forget. Again. And again. Until it sticks. Not because you're motivated, but because the system does the work for you.
