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Tadoku

Method Strategy · Language learning · 24 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/LearnJapanese

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Pros

  • The manga for both of those series would be good, although you may have more fun if you start with some beginner stuff from Tadoku.
  • try to read level 0 and level 1 stuff on tadoku. I've got some manga and light novels, and even after learning 1100 words in Anki, I can basically read no Japanese, because parsing sentences is just too hard.
  • read something like tadoku (a graded reader)
  • Finally I recommend beginner short stories from any source you can find. They show you that you are indeed making progress and at the same time strengthen what you've learned. The Tadoku stuff is most commonly recommended
  • Reading graded readers (like Tadoku or Easy NHK) aimed at beginners and kids is useful. It helps with pattern recognition.

Cons

  • Because Tadoku believes in the "school of thought" that understanding everything from contest is the most effective way to learn a language. But of course, that's just the method they want to test: if you feel like that's not your learni...
  • I read mainly tadoku/nhk easy/manga but even n5 … im having self doubt over the results of pure immersion for me on a personal level.

Sentiment

22 positive (92%) · 2 mixed (8%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +93% · raw score 92%

What redditors said (10 of 24)

The manga for both of those series would be good, although you may have more fun if you start with some beginner stuff from Tadoku.
positive · u/D****2 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jan 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
try to read level 0 and level 1 stuff on tadoku. I've got some manga and light novels, and even after learning 1100 words in Anki, I can basically read no Japanese, because parsing sentences is just too hard.
positive · u/D****2 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jan 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
read something like tadoku (a graded reader)
positive · u/D****k · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Finally I recommend beginner short stories from any source you can find. They show you that you are indeed making progress and at the same time strengthen what you've learned. The Tadoku stuff is most commonly recommended
positive · u/S****a · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Aug 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Reading graded readers (like Tadoku or Easy NHK) aimed at beginners and kids is useful. It helps with pattern recognition.
positive · u/M****r · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Aug 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
For books/reading: https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/
positive · u/e****e · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Feb 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
https://tadoku.org/japanese/book-search has free ones for every reading level. granted idk how good mid- and higher level ones are since I am still at beginner
positive · u/T****y · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Feb 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
i love this website where you can find entry level books... these children books are quite cute :) https://tadoku.org/japanese/book-search?level=l-start
positive · u/R****o · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jan 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Try graded readers. Tadoku has a bunch of free ones (https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/).
positive · u/t****7 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified
You can also "test" your knowledge by trying to read graded readers, like Tadoku: https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/ .
positive · u/t****7 · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jul 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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