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Did you know only 121,500 people, of the 7,869,323,158 people in the world, speak Japanese as a second language?
Another way to put it: if we took a completely random assortment of people in the world, chances are 1/64768, or 0000154397%, that anyone in that crowd would speak Japanese as a second language.
And of 1st language speakers: 1.5% of that crowd would speak Japanese as a first language.
When you see these streamers and community members who learned Japanese -- they're an extremely vocal and prominent minority.
So: whenever you feel like a fucking retard, unable to understand Japanese, just remember that you're doing something few people alive today can say they've done.
Even if you can only understand a little bit of your Oshi you should feel proud and remember you aren't doing something easy, with vast amounts of people lined up next to you ready to laugh. Any progress is something for others to admire.
At the end, if you accomplish it, you'll be a valuable asset to any organization with a connection to Japan. Which should be the vast majority of major companies given the massive market Japan has, one that used to be the world's second largest not too long ago.
