[Misericordias]

Thank you for your responses, but are you serious? All this work so I can have the proficiency level of a middle schooler? I thought by the time I can take and pass n1, I would at least be able to communicate intricate ideas and topics at the level of a college student, but a middle schooler? That just spoils my appetite.


Regarding reading novels, would it be better to read manga at this stage? I am afraid that the lack of kanji knowledge on my part will disrupt the flow of the novel so I won't be able to get into it, but at least with manga I can maintain flow so that I will be able to read and understand if I cannot read the kanji.