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Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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636 points domenicd | 2 comments | 18 May 25 11:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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mark38848 ◴[18 May 25 12:49 UTC] No.44021015[source]▶
Why does everybody want to learn Japanese? What makes Japanese so enticing? Why not Mandarin or at lead Spanish?
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1. dagw ◴[18 May 25 13:15 UTC] No.44021197[source]▶
Japanese media is quite popular, and many fans want to watch/read their favourite thing in its original language. This is probably the reason most people learn a language, and a huge reason why so many kids around the world speak English. Chinese culture doesn't have the same impact, yet. As to Spanish, most kids who want to learn Spanish can do so at school so there is no need to go above and beyond to learn Spanish on your own.
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2. Llamamoe ◴[18 May 25 19:11 UTC] No.44023640[source]▶
> Chinese culture doesn't have the same impact, yet.

At this rate if 2/3rds of their popular media(manhua, games, animation) continues being cultivation fantasy featuring the exact same power system, tropes, character archetypes, often even setting(murim) and content, it never will.

Animanga were always poised to make it big, because for all their shortcomings, they have interesting, exotic(to us) themes/tropes/vibes, and go really hard on hyping scenes up.