>>22690703NTA but I also got inspired by my oshi to start my JP reps in 2020. Honestly one of the better decisions I've made in my life. Besides the language, I also learned a lot about discipline, consistency and delayed gratification. I'd recommend anyone to pick up a skill that'll take at least a year+ of daily effort to get somewhat decent at. You'll learn a lot about yourself.
As for the language itself, I'm not fluent at all, but I can watch JP streams and understand like 80%-90%. It'd say I'm somewhere between Ina and Bae skill wise.
my kanji is much better than both thoI will say, an unexpected benefit I discovered is being able to listen to and understand some really high quality DLsite roleplay audio porn. Shit's pretty great.