# Learn Japanese with My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

> How hard its Japanese is, real words from it with kana and romaji, where to watch it, and what to watch before and after.

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**The short answer:** Ikkimi rates **My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU** N2 for learning Japanese: wordy, cynical monologues. **Good for a beginner? Not for beginners.** It suits learners who already follow easier shows. Expect to click a lot of words at first.

Ikkimi lists My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU on Crunchyroll. What each service carries varies by country. On Crunchyroll, Ikkimi finds a Japanese subtitle file for the episode in Jimaku’s catalogue and lines it up for you.

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## How hard is the Japanese in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU?

Ikkimi rates My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU at **N2** (fast talk on many topics). What sets its level: wordy, cynical monologues. Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 139 are easier and 15 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 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU |
| --- | --- |
| Ikkimi’s level | N2 (fast talk on many topics) |
| Why | wordy, cynical monologues |
| Japanese title | やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。 |
| Format | TV series |
| Episodes | 13, about 24 minutes each |
| First aired | 2013 |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life |
| Where to watch | [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/search?q=My%20Teen%20Romantic%20Comedy%20SNAFU) |

Format, episodes, year and genres are from [AniList’s entry](https://anilist.co/anime/14813), which may cover only the first season.

## The words in the title

The Japanese title, やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。, is a first lesson in itself. Its 5 words, as a dictionary lists them:

| Word | Kana and romaji | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| やはり N4 | やはり yahari | as expected; sure enough; just as one thought |
| 俺 N1 | おれ ore | I; me |
| 青春 N1 | せいしゅん seishun | youth; adolescence; springtime of life |
| ラブコメ | らぶこめ rabukome | romantic comedy; rom-com |
| 間違う N1 | まちがう machigau | to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong Written まちがっている in the title. |

## How to learn Japanese with My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

Ikkimi lists My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU on Crunchyroll. 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 Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll rarely has Japanese subtitles. On a Crunchyroll episode, Ikkimi looks for a matching Japanese subtitle file in Jimaku’s public catalogue, loads it and lines it up with the episode by itself. If Jimaku has no file for an episode, you can search by hand in the Ikkimi popup or load a subtitle 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 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU on Crunchyroll. 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). At this level, turn on the English line under the Japanese at first, and keep only the words that come back.
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 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, with the most genres in common first.

### Easier

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Toradora!](https://ikkimi.app/anime/toradora/)** とらドラ！ | N3 | school romance, quick arguments | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai](https://ikkimi.app/anime/rascal-does-not-dream-of-bunny-girl-senpai/)** 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない | N3 to N2 | quick banter, some science words | Crunchyroll |
| **[Dandadan](https://ikkimi.app/anime/dandadan/)** ダンダダン | N3 to N2 | very fast banter, slang | Crunchyroll, Netflix |

### Also N2

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[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 |
| **[Rurouni Kenshin](https://ikkimi.app/anime/rurouni-kenshin/)** るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- | N2 | old-fashioned speech, sword terms | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Hyouka](https://ikkimi.app/anime/hyouka/)** 氷菓 | N2 | bookish vocabulary, careful reasoning | Crunchyroll |

### Harder

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Bakemonogatari](https://ikkimi.app/anime/bakemonogatari/)** 化物語 | N1 | wordplay, very fast | Crunchyroll |
| **[The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.](https://ikkimi.app/anime/the-disastrous-life-of-saiki-k/)** 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | N2 to N1 | narration at very high speed | Netflix |
| **[Gintama](https://ikkimi.app/anime/gintama/)** 銀魂 | N2 to N1 | fast parody, wordplay, period speech | Crunchyroll |

See [every N2 anime](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/#n2) 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 My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU good for learning Japanese?

Not for beginners. Ikkimi rates it N2 (fast talk on many topics). What sets its level: wordy, cynical monologues. It suits learners who already follow easier shows. Expect to click a lot of words at first.

### What Japanese level is My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU?

N2, on Ikkimi’s scale from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 139 are easier and 15 are harder. The level is Ikkimi’s estimate, not an official JLPT rating.

### Where can I watch My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU with Japanese subtitles?

Ikkimi lists My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU on Crunchyroll. What each service carries varies by country. Crunchyroll rarely has Japanese subtitles, so Ikkimi looks for a matching file in Jimaku’s catalogue and lines it up with the episode.

### What does the title やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。 mean, word by word?

やはり (yahari) means “as expected; sure enough; just as one thought”; 俺 (ore) means “I; me”; 青春 (seishun) means “youth; adolescence; springtime of life”; ラブコメ (rabukome) means “romantic comedy; rom-com”; 間違う (machigau) means “to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong”. Words the title writes in another form are shown here as a dictionary lists them.

### How many episodes does My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU have?

AniList’s entry lists 13 episodes of about 24 minutes, first aired in 2013. Later seasons may be listed separately.

### What should I watch before My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU?

Shows a little easier than My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, with genres in common: Toradora! (N3), Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (N3 to N2) and Dandadan (N3 to N2).

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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