Hihi! welcome to the forum...
I see you came to this forum to share your love for japanese with other people then your not-knowing-anything-about-japan friends...you should praise yourself happy with them! My friends get the Ash Ketchum-part, but the japanese horror films are unknown to them. So that leaves you with two topics to talk about and me with just one...kyaa, I'm already jealous...
Good that you speak french too, I like people who speak french :122: (I have to learn German too, boohoo) and about the odd band you're trying to get your friends into, which one is it? You've made me quite curious...I too have recently started to learn Japanese through self-tutoring...I wish you good luck an I hope to see you around on the forum!
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