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If you want to check out yet another SRS for learning foundational kanji and vocab, I’ve made an [app](https://app.nihongonoashiba.com/users/sign_up) that is designed to help busy people learn the essentials so they can start reading manga in Japanese.
Here’s the [user guide](https://nihongonoashiba.com/user-guide/) that has some videos on the functionality if you’re curious.
Should mention that decks are a one-time purchase after a 14 day free trial.
**Manabi Reader** – iOS and macOS native app for learning Japanese through reading
60,000+ users. As featured by Tofugu:
>*Overall,* ***a solid app that we recommend*** *for reading sentences that aren’t drab and contextless—especially if you’re more motivated when reading about something you’re personally interested in.*
* EPUB, web browser, RSS feeds, spoken audio. Tap words to look them up and translate sentences. (PDF + manga mode soon!)
* Tracks every word and kanji you read and learn. Charts your progress page-by-page and per JLPT level. See what vocab and kanji you need to know to read every webpage, chapter or ebook.
* Anki or built-in flashcards with SRS (FSRS soon). Makes sentence mining easy. Includes links back to the source of each sentence in your flashcards.
* Privacy obsessed: works like a web browser with processing and storage on-device (and in your personal iCloud)
I quit my job to work on this so expect a lot more soon, such as YouTube with clickable transcripts, MPV-based movie player, visionOS, opt-in AI-backed assistive features, etc.
Next up: I’m working on adding support for Yomichan dictionaries, and adding a PDF and manga mode. I’m also going to launch a WebRcade.com iOS port for playing Japanese games and getting realtime OCR transcripts you can look up as you play called Manabi TV, with HDMI inputs on iPad too.
[https://reader.manabi.io](https://reader.manabi.io)
Discord / beta news [https://discord.gg/NAD2YJGNsr](https://discord.gg/NAD2YJGNsr)
Currently working on wanikani and will start genki next week using a course which a user in this sub created. Ive recently seen alot of posts saying marumori is a good site to use given it brings everything together in one site. Would it make sense to switch to marumori and stop wanikani once I’ve completed genki 1 or should I continue into genki 2 and continue with wanikani? I so far like wanikani and feel it goes at a good pace however I want to ensure im using paid resources that give the most well rounded education as a beginner before I pay for something that wont be worth it later.