Learn Japanese for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Japanese In 30 Days!

Very basic but handy book. It brakes down and explains well to avoid any confusion you main have no just in hiragana, katakana, and Kanji, but also breaks down the structure of the sentense.

I just started reading the book and found the first chapter very promising. However, getting into the second chapter which promises the reader the ability to "confidently read and write all basic Hiragana characters" by the end of the chapter, I have encountered two troubling things. First, the stroke order of only the "A" and "Ka" rows are explained. The text prior to these guides states: "Here, we'll break down each row and provide detailed guides on how to form each character." But only the first two rows (pictured) are covered. I looked at the next chapter covering Katakana and the same thing is done there. The second issue is the written "Writing Practice Tips" column next to "ke" is wrong. The stroke order is numbered correctly in the diagram. I consulted a few online resources. Hopefully, these are just fluke editorial errors not indicative of the quality for the rest of the book which has an impressive look and feel. I will update my review as I progress through it.

All those “freebies” aren’t really free. The audiobook is with an audible subscription. The videos look like AI. The flashcards are online, it would be nice to have physical flash cards like I saw on another review.

So far I feel like this is a good resource, taking it a day at a time. Will update later

Eh not really for me. Tried for a week... put down have not tried again. Really not very intuitive or helpful in my personal opinion. Duolingo or some other cheesy phone app is better.