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>But when you meet homono Nihonji and you talk like you're straight out of an anime they will think you're weird.
I am a little weird so that is already a guarantee. I watch youtube videos of various people talking casually too, they have flatter intonation and talk differently, but they're the same language.
I think this viewpoint is pretty shortsighted, you do learn to understand a ton of grammar patterns and words, and vocabulary is the single most important thing to accumulate an absurd amount of so you should have fun and practice recognition all day every day by doing fun things. I learned English with video games and weird fantasy movies, I know better than to yell you shall not pass at people. Practice is practice, just don't go around talking like a samurai or a JC.
The scary thing is clear pronunciation and recalling words fast enough, and knowing the most natural sentence structures for various situations. I have yet to have a single voice conversation with anyone, but I kinda like texting in Japanese every now and then.
Anyways I am just having fun, it is not like I am going to work as a doctor in Japan.

>At some point you've got to put quality over quantity.
>Modern anime doesn't come close, I rewatched Claymore last week and compared to modern anime it's a masterpiece.
I was vaguely referring to quality here when I mentioned old anime, but I think the current season is still really good.
Might be a bit blunt, but I have never heard of Claymore (´・ω・)