This might be a bit of a non-answer — sorry about that — but I really think your best bet is to just watch something *you*’re interested in.
Pick something you would’ve wanted to watch anyway, Japanese studies aside, and give the first episode a try. If it seems too hard (can’t even follow the basic plot in broad strokes) or too easy (nothing new to learn), move on to your next pick, until you arrive at something that’s in the sweetspot of “rewardingly challenging”. This way, you both will have a better time — which will help motivate you and such — *and* the show is more likely to fit *your* needs specifically, as opposed to one of us recommending something that’s kinda sorta N2-ish I guess and hoping for the best.
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This might be a bit of a non-answer — sorry about that — but I really think your best bet is to just watch something *you*’re interested in.
Pick something you would’ve wanted to watch anyway, Japanese studies aside, and give the first episode a try. If it seems too hard (can’t even follow the basic plot in broad strokes) or too easy (nothing new to learn), move on to your next pick, until you arrive at something that’s in the sweetspot of “rewardingly challenging”. This way, you both will have a better time — which will help motivate you and such — *and* the show is more likely to fit *your* needs specifically, as opposed to one of us recommending something that’s kinda sorta N2-ish I guess and hoping for the best.