Oh Nose! You Need To Log In!

I know the feeling. You see something that looks clickable. Your mouse pointer hovers over something. “Do I have access to this?” you ask in a breathy voice, sweat covering your palms. “I don’t know… I guess I’ll just…”

Then bam, you hit a page like this one, saying you have to log in… and it gets worse. It’s not that you only have to log in, but you have to pay something to get a log in. Yep, this site does cost money, but hopefully you’ve tried out all the free lessons that are available too (they’re very green, and have a big “FREE” thing next to them). I hope you try those out, and that way you can find out if TextFugu is worth your hard earned cash (not much hard earned cash, though… just enough to buy your nice dinner tonight).

What do you get in exchange for this dinner money? I’ll list them off quickly here, but you can find out more by looking around (and trying out the free lessons).

• Access to all the incredible TextFugu Japanese lessons… kanji, regular, and otherwise (that’s too obvious, right?)
• Access to everything that comes out in the future (members of the present get access to features of the future. Time travel, wow!)
• Access to the members-only forum, where you can post links to funny Japanese cat videos.
• Access to (good) mailing lists, like the “inspiration mailing list” which gets you a few inspiring e-mails in your inbox per month to help you study even harder.
• The ability to submit bounties.
• The feel-good feeling that one gets from not buying something from a mall kiosk. The list goes on and on.

If you have any questions, you can feel free to e-mail the author (that’s me!) at koichi@textfugu.com. If you don’t want to use TextFugu, you should e-mail me anyways, because I want to help you find a Japanese learning solution that works for you. Helping people to have a great experience in learning Japanese is all part of the bigger picture (and the TextFugu Manifesto!) whether you end up using TextFugu or not.