[oohaba]

I used RTK as well, except with the website kanji.koohii.com instead of Anki, to learn 50 kanji a day. Did that for 2 months before moving to Japan, started using Anki for vocab / grammar, and passed the JLPT 1 examination in less than a year and a half.

[mattm]

I'm learning Japanese now. Can I ask you some questions?

[oohaba]

Sure, ask away, though email might be better!

[mattm]

What's your email?

[w1ntermute]

Haha, was anyone surprised when they found out you knew all the 常用漢字 even though you'd just come to Japan?

[oohaba]

My senseis and American coworkers were, but knowing the meaning of individual kanji is still two steps away from learning the actual reading and usage in compound words （熟語）, so I still had no right to show off.