>>82241901
I've been telling myself a lot of that lately (and looking more into "the real Japan" podcasts and such), so yeah. I had two female Japanese friends in particular 10 years ago, but they departed from my life rather abruptly despite having 'known' each other for a couple of years (one told me to die in a fire, and the other didn't want me talking about my interests/hobbies related to Japan). What's more, is that the volunteer program I did in university with Japanese transfer students felt 'right' at the time (which was also 10 years ago), but today, not a single one of them keep in contact with me. It seems you've lived the life I want to, and experienced what I dreamt of. These days, I mostly just watch anime and such, and there's a Japanese grocery store I go to on the other side of the state. But, it's seeming like I should focus on Korea or elsewhere instead. Still, my sentiment remains.
>JLPT N1kyu
I failed N3 four times, and N2 three times. I only passed N4 in 2015.