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Overall great content, but …

Revisado: 06-04-24

Annoying formal aspects, over time very. Trying to impress and entertain with about each and every sentence and such relentlessly aspirated, short-of-breath, gasping-for-air, even loud-whispering narration over time gets really tedious and irritating and off-putting. Sadly. Buy it on paper.

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Awful technical quality eclipses potential content quality.

Revisado: 03-29-24

Awful technical quality eclipses potential content quality, combined with over-accentuation. Highly irritating waste of money and time.

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Incontournable for all shame-suffering brothers and sisters - as well as serious therapists

Revisado: 11-25-23

The book is a rare no-nonsense case of comprehensive insight into the cybernetics of this devastating emotion - and reductive mode of being.
It is cooly scientific and compassionate at the same time.
The voice and the narration causes no irritation.

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Awful irritating robotic performance overshadowing any merits of content

Revisado: 04-04-23

Awful irritating robotic performance overshadowing any merits of content, that might not be that abundant either.

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A great concept but so disappointingly limited “intermediate” vocabulary and grammar

Revisado: 08-30-22

A great concept, clear pleasant down to earth voices, without the usual ornamentation clutter many courses find indispensable in order to be cool.

However, vocabulary and grammar are disappointingly limited. How sad. That was ok for part one, but feels cheap for a part two.
One wonders by which standards the course is “intermediate”, and even “complete”.

The pauses before the Japanese voice speaks could be shorter in many cases.

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Overall totally annoying narration

Revisado: 08-06-22

Artificial vigorous emphases and pitch variations just to keep the narration “lively” are way too numerous and very annoying. So is grasping for air.

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Continue to higher levels for at least ten more parts like this, please

Revisado: 01-08-22

A really good and efficient start. In fact outstanding.

Amazing explanation/development of the basics, without sophisticated meta-language. As a linguist I am very impressed by this.

There could be parallel volume/s (1a, 1b, 1c …) with similar grammar (or maybe the plain forms) but different/wider vocabulary.

The English voice could be singing a bit less at times. The Japanese voice is just what we need.

Cannot wait for the next volume.
Please do not stop here at the introductory level, as basically all produces do. Please submit increasing complexity to the same method.

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Why does it stop there?

Revisado: 01-08-22

Among the (too) many introductions to the Japanese language this one is really very nice, both in content and form (including really pleasant voices).

But as in most cases, the producers are obviously not able/willing to go with the method a bit wider (that would be quite easy, doing similar stuff in different situations) and few levels higher. How sad and frustrating - and somehow cheap.

The claim that once you have finished the book you will be able to communicate in many situations in Japan is totally ridiculous.

Leaving the labels aside, I still liked to listen to the book.

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OK but...

Revisado: 04-06-20

It is useful and pleasant enough to listen to.
But Greek is Indo-European and not eg. Japanese, so more basic language building blocks should be covered in a volume.
Indeed Rapid Japanese is soooo much better.
The biggest disappointment is the pdf with horrible English-based pronunciation guidance. The IPA should be used in the first place, and the English “subtitles” to it maybe added for those for whom IPA is too much. I am sure many more people would appreciate it than not.

English-based pronunciation guidance hugely contributes to the perpetuation of the problem of majority of native English speakers apparently being unable to pronounce any foreign language properly, always forcing it into their native phonetic models.

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Excellent concise guide to the forces of origin and development of Tokyo

Revisado: 03-12-20

Excellent structuring of well-chosen all-relevant matter. Very clear sober intonation of reading with perfectly clear and correct pronunciation of Japanese names, for easy further reference.
Being so well done, I wish there was some kind of continuation.
Thank you.

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