/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>16353648
Grammar can be get a little complicated at times, but the guy has a fairly limited vocabulary, so he repeats himself often enough that you can actually learn the words + kanji he uses to buff up your vocabulary. I've filled a couple notebooks with that stuff. It's much easier to spend an hour every day reading something you enjoy and taking notes than to it is to force yourself to do anki for even ten minutes, at least for me.

In terms of difficulty I'd say it goes Iwaihime < Higanbana << Higurashi = Rose Gun Days <<< Umineko

I think Iwaihime and Higanbana are the easiest simply because they have a shortstory format. You'll feel much more motivated reading through them because you'll be able to finish one story in 6-12 hours, even if your Japanese is really bad and you have to constantly look up grammar.
Umineko is the odd one out because of how much important information it throws in your face, and because of red truth, which is all about catching double meanings.

On that note, Iwaihime is actually pretty fun, and I wish more people would give it an honest chance. I understand why it gets dropped a lot. It has the same kind of timeloop structure Higurashi had, but much shorter individual episodes. At first that doesn't work too well because the characters aren't given enough time to be established, but it really comes into its own after the first three loops.

Sorry about the repost, I'm too tired to proofread, apparently.