Thread:Nyocchi/@comment-5209329-20150519070210/@comment-26336020-20150524052750

Yup I agree, when I first started studying japanese, oh about 10 years ago, I was self-study. I started by memorizing all katakana and hiragana. Of course katakana stopped being so useful and is now more of an annoyance to be honest.

I picked up a small textbook and started going through the chapters, but there's so much more to learn just by listening or by talking with a native speaker.