Sort of, unlike Bunpro there is no “learn” queue and then review queue it’s all just in one. So when you sit down and do your Anki for the day it will be a mix of cards you have learned before and then the new ones will be scattered in and will use the same spaced repetition algorithm as everything else
Gotcha. Currently wondering myself whether I should just treat Bunpro more as a grammar textbook going forward, because the Cloze style of reviews genuinely doesn’t seem like it’s all that effective. I’m in a similar situation to you, where I have a full time job and everything, but also generally have an hour in the mornings since I get up so early.
I’m going for N2 this December, but it’s taken me an entire 4 year degree and another 4 years living in Japan for me to get there lol
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When I first started Bunpro I had the cloze setting on for my reviews, but quickly found it frustrating with higher level grammar. As a lot of grammar has overlapping or similar meanings, having to type out one of several possible options was not for me. Ever since changing my reviews to just the self assessment good/bad option style it has been a much smoother and enjoyable tool for me personally. I don’t know if that would apply to vocab as I don’t use bunpro for that, but I think it’s worth a shot trying for sure.
Best of luck in December, you’ve got this!
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Yeah, I’ve literally had the experience of typing an answer, being told “more polite!” Typing something else, and then being told “less polite!”
Or, y’know, being told to conjugate it another way when it’s actually an entirely different grammar point, etc. There’s a whole thread for frustrating hints, after all.
But thank you; I already passed (or I did just by weighting every question equally) their official test booklet thingie, so I’m hoping I’ll be a-ok for the real thing! Still studying, though.
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Most guides say to expect ~2000 cumulative hours to hit N2. So yeah, this claimed performance is 4x the average, which is simply insane. Whether it’s true or not, I agree with the sentiment shared above that using this as a frame of advice for new learners is probably a bad idea.
I’ve found the guides to be fairly accurate. I went for N4 last year with around 300 hours (I thought I’d get more hours in between registration and the test date), and I knew I was going to fail it, and I did fail it. This year I will try it again and I am almost positive I’ll pass. I have about 500 hours now and I think I could probably pass it today. With a few more months that will be a certainty.
And I don’t think genius has too much to do with learning languages. I’ve always been a star student in other areas of life (achieved 4.0 GPAs in two technical degrees both famous for being difficult, and have worked at two companies famous for being extremely difficult to get into). But my language learning process is… right at normal speeds. And I think this is because language is kind of orthogonal to all those technical pursuits. Also it’s probably because I’m getting old…
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Congrats, very impressive! I have been traveling to Japan and studying Japanese as long as you have been alive; I wish I could learn that fast. Most of my learning has been through the school of hard knocks (aka 飲みニケーション) 
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