# Learn Japanese with Blue Box

> How hard its Japanese is, where to watch it, and what to watch before and after.

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**The short answer:** Ikkimi rates **Blue Box** N3 for learning Japanese: school romance, badminton and basketball words. **Good for a beginner? With some help.** It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

Ikkimi lists Blue Box on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles and every word becomes clickable.

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## How hard is the Japanese in Blue Box?

Ikkimi rates Blue Box at **N3** (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: school romance, badminton and basketball words. Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 are harder.

Levels follow the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). They are Ikkimi’s estimate of how hard a show’s Japanese is to follow, from how fast people talk, how many unusual words there are and how clear the voices are. They are not official JLPT ratings.

| Fact | Blue Box |
| --- | --- |
| Ikkimi’s level | N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed) |
| Why | school romance, badminton and basketball words |
| Japanese title | アオのハコ |
| Format | Online series |
| Episodes | 25, about 24 minutes each |
| First aired | 2024 |
| Genres | Romance, Slice of Life, Sports |
| Where to watch | [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/search?q=Blue%20Box) |

Format, episodes, year and genres are from [AniList’s entry](https://anilist.co/anime/170942), which may cover only the first season.

## How to learn Japanese with Blue Box

Ikkimi lists Blue Box on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. Ikkimi does not stream anything: you watch on your own account, in Chrome on a computer, and Ikkimi adds a Japanese line you can click on top of the player.

### On Netflix

On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles in the player, where your country’s Netflix has them for this title, and Ikkimi makes the line clickable. If there are none, open the Ikkimi popup, choose Find Japanese subtitles, and search Jimaku’s catalogue or load a file from your computer.

1. Add Ikkimi to Chrome: Get the extension from the [Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ikkimi-%E2%80%94-learn-japanese/kknpmodmojiodjhbgapdgpabdehpnfcb) and sign in.
2. Play an episode: Open Blue Box on Netflix. The Japanese line appears on top of the video.
3. Click the words you keep hearing: The video pauses and the word opens: kana, romaji, meaning, JLPT level and a recording by a native speaker where one exists (never a computer voice; otherwise the line from the show plays again). Keep three to five words an episode, the ones that come up again.
4. Review them later: Kept words come back as flashcards on the Ikkimi website, with the scene and the line they came from, just before you would forget them.

## Easier and harder shows

Shows within a level of Blue Box, with the most genres in common first.

### Easier

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Horimiya](https://ikkimi.app/anime/horimiya/)** ホリミヤ | N4 to N3 | casual school talk, short scenes | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Komi Can’t Communicate](https://ikkimi.app/anime/komi-cant-communicate/)** 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 | N4 to N3 | short lines, written notes on screen | Netflix |
| **[Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You](https://ikkimi.app/anime/kimi-ni-todoke-from-me-to-you/)** 君に届け | N4 to N3 | school romance, a polite lead | Netflix, Crunchyroll |

### Also N3

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[A Silent Voice](https://ikkimi.app/anime/a-silent-voice/)** 聲の形 | N3 | a film, school talk | Netflix |
| **[Your Lie in April](https://ikkimi.app/anime/your-lie-in-april/)** 四月は君の嘘 | N3 | school talk, music words, poetic monologues | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Toradora!](https://ikkimi.app/anime/toradora/)** とらドラ！ | N3 | school romance, quick arguments | Crunchyroll, Netflix |

### Harder

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Chihayafuru](https://ikkimi.app/anime/chihayafuru/)** ちはやふる | N3 to N2 | club talk, classical poems read aloud | Crunchyroll |
| **[BEASTARS](https://ikkimi.app/anime/beastars/)** | N3 to N2 | school talk, long inner monologue | Netflix |
| **[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War](https://ikkimi.app/anime/kaguya-sama-love-is-war/)** かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ | N2 | a fast narrator, formal and scheming speech | Crunchyroll, Netflix |

See [every N3 anime](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/#n3) or all 192 [anime by Japanese level](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/), and read [how to learn Japanese by watching anime](https://ikkimi.app/learn-japanese-with-anime/) from zero.

## Questions

### Is Blue Box good for learning Japanese?

With some help. Ikkimi rates it N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: school romance, badminton and basketball words. It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

### What Japanese level is Blue Box?

N3, on Ikkimi’s scale from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 are harder. The level is Ikkimi’s estimate, not an official JLPT rating.

### Where can I watch Blue Box with Japanese subtitles?

Ikkimi lists Blue Box on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles in the player where they are offered, and Ikkimi makes every word clickable.

### How many episodes does Blue Box have?

AniList’s entry lists 25 episodes of about 24 minutes, first aired in 2024. Later seasons may be listed separately.

### What should I watch before Blue Box?

Shows a little easier than Blue Box, with genres in common: Horimiya (N4 to N3), Komi Can’t Communicate (N4 to N3) and Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You (N4 to N3).

Sources: show details from [AniList](https://anilist.co); meanings from JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); readings and word splits from kuromoji.js with IPADIC; JLPT word levels from Jonathan Waller’s unofficial lists. See [Credits](https://ikkimi.app/credits/). Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [hello@ikkimi.app](mailto:hello@ikkimi.app).

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