Well... that escalated quickly.

Wow learning Japanese is like being reborn again, in the sense that I have to start reading children books and listening to nursery rhymes again.

After a few months of studying I can read a book for toddlers, this is truly the highlight of my japanese learning experience

“Ika ha sushi desu” has me dead😭💀

This such a gem, especially for people like me who wanted to understand Japanese and comprehend. The drawing and the way you rad it out is perfect. Please make more.

すごいです。ありがとうございます

genius writing i could never

Ok this Is just what i was looking for I Just started learning japanese and i know very few things.. but i still could understand this and also i extracted how you Say small in japanese :0

These kind of stories are the perfect way to learn a language. I wish you'd make more!

Just to help some people read the hiragana- あいうえお. かきくけこ. さしす せそ. たちつてと. な に ぬ ね の. は ひ ふ へ ほ. ま み む め も. や ゆ よ. ら り る れ ろ. わ を ん. a i u e o. ka ki ku ke ko. sa shi su se so. ta chi tsu te to. na ni nu ne no. ha hi fu he ho. ma mi mu me mo. ya yu yo, ra ri ru re ro. wa wo nn.

I've only started "learning" Japanese because of these random youtube recommendations but it's quite enjoyable so I might take this a bit more seriously. Being able to read this whole thing and understand it all, no matter how basic it was, felt pretty good. I know the vast majority of hiragana and some random katakana/kanji from machine-translating random raw manga pages; it's helped me more than I thought it did. I've got a fairly decent foundation as far as reading goes.

Here's the Hiragana script for this video along with the Kanji's used + English translation, Try to figure out the Kanji meanings yourselves! がんばて! ♡ たこといか 「タコとイカ」 Octopus and Squid たこです。 I am an Octopus. たこはあかいです。 (赤い) I am a red Octopus. いかです。 I am a Squid いかはおおきいです。 (大) I am a big Squid. いかはちいさいですか。 (小さい) How small are you? いいえ、おおきいです。 (大) No, I'm big. たこは あお ですか。 (青) Are you a blue Octopus? いいえ、あかいです。 (赤い) No, I am a red Octopus あかい たこ VS おおきい いか Red Octopus VS Big Squid たこは あかい です。 (青) I am a blue Octopus. いかは すし です… (寿司) I am a Sushi Squid ...

I've been studying Japanese using every available resource and this is the first story I have actually been able to understand... Which is a small yet motivating shred of hope. Thank you!

Sooo cute, but the ending is heartbreaking. More like this please. I find this a perfect way to learn.

Amazing!! Just loved it! I wish there were more.

This is fun to read and easy to for beginners like me. Thank you for this!

This is brilliant! Incredibly useful!

HAHAHAHAHA THELAST ONE GOT ME OMGGGGGG

I wish you'd do more of these! Simply brilliant!

This is exactly the stuff I'm looking for! It was easier to understand especially with my limited Japanese. I like the notion that you are learning like a child again--especially through short stories. Also the ending was too funny😭

Please more of these! This is the best way to learn, just like kids do, no boring grammar, just fun stories

I don't know what I was expecting but it's definitely not this. Lmfao. I LOVE THE ENDING SO MUCH BAHAHAH 😂

So cute. Made me giggle at the end. たたかい！

Thank you! Been learnimg for about a month and this the first story i've been able to understand every word. Far more interesting than the usual stuff aimed a students.

I became a big fan of this story, especially like the ending. Feels like the author wanted to wrap up the story in hurry.

Thank you for motivating my self-esteem

ストーリーがすきです！おもしろいなかわいいです I'm learning japanese by myself at home, and it can be really really hard. Sometimes it gets to a point where I think that I'm not learning anything. But in this video I understood every single word and sentence. I know it was very very easy vocab, but still. It gave me lots of motivation. Oh, also... いかはすしです 😂😂😂

I wish there were more videos of slow and short stories like this one.

Please make millions more of these.. such great learning japanese tools..

damn the small dude killed the big one

This made me laugh so much, who knew learning a new language could be this fun LOL

The fact that I was able to follow along but didn’t know what just happened is a bit impressive

I searched for “graded japanese” on KZfaq and this video was on the list. It’s what I wanted. I’d love something for Japanese like what Familia Romana is for Latin.

Love this .helps me learn to read...the characters

This must be the funniest Japanese lesson i encountered so far, great job :D

make more of this!!!! I Loved it

From my own experience I take: It could be even more helpful, if color blobs, drawn while speaking, indicated the colors, and photos of the animals, pointed to while speaking and drawing, "explained" the animal differences. The drawing itself is wonderfully explainatory and a "must stay"! 😊 Thanks a lot for your work!

This is the most fun and cute way to learn. Tysm ♡ どもありがとう！💮

I love this! Haha.... finally a story that is at my level. I've been studying for about a month, and some of the other short stories in Japanese on youtube were a little out of my league. But this one was very nice! I like the battle between the two たこ。Thank you for making this!

面白い🤣🤣 ありがとう！

I can read a lot of it!! I can’t understand it yet, but I can read it! Lol

This is so amazing! I'm learning hiragana and this helped me a lot!

Omg this is so adorable I love.

I UNDERSTOOD ALL OF IT!!!YAAAAAAY!!

ありがとう！！ this was so funny and useful!! easy to follow too.

Love this! We need another one.

lol this is awesome finally a Japanese story at my level I was not expecting that ending

Omg I love this this was exactly what I was looking for

Cool story. Very interesting concept 😎👍

Wow! This is awesome! Just what I was looking for. Domo arigatou gozaimasu =)

Very fun and visual, cool material

That was brutal .. 😂😂😂 Liked tho learned a lot 😁

I can read, but I don't understand what i'm reading 😂

すごいですね！

Just an update a few months ago I came to this video and couldn’t read or understand, tonight I would read along and understand I thought I’d never get to this point I’m kinda proud

I wish you had more of these in your channel. I feel like a kid again trying to read in Japanese.😅 Thank you for this video.

This is so fun. Thank you so much.

Can’t wait for season 2 of this anime!!

easy to understand and funny i love it !

i found this really easy to read

I realize this story is an older post but i just found it and it is still fun today! i'am a beginner and this is the first thing i have been able to read :) Yaaaaa!

Learned the word for "squid" from this video. Progress, heck yeah

Very helpful! More pleasseee

please moar!!!! neeed more of this!!!!

i thought i haven/t learn anything since I just studies Japanese by myself. but knowing I can read and understand this is a big relief for me.

Hahahahaha すしです

Thank you so much! This will be very useful for learning.

That's so great!

このビデオが好きです。 とでも面白いです。

Im just learning japanese and this is very educational and amusing

That ending had me laughing. LOL

Very helpful and funny to read along

ありがとうございました💖💖💖💖

i love this so much 😭

Very helpful 😍❤️ thank you

I love this

I’m 10 years old and I’m currently trying to learn kanji Japanese I wrote this story up after spending half an hour learning kanji (some of it) and about the whole kind of language in general I found this story really helpful because I wrote it up and I’m starting to learn what it means I really enjoy this!

This is amazing 😂

I love this video! A video for Beginners like me!

Way to go Rubida sensei!

わくわく!!分かりました!!!!!!!

more please!!

I really like this and so funny too.😄 Do you other story book like this?

thank you for funny and interesting lesson XD

Love it too.

Japanese Recommendations: Since you're trying to learn Japanese ....here you are.... Me: *sees cute drawings and clicks* uwu Cute

thank you for the video :)

I'm very happy because I'm trying to learn japanese, and I think I got the premise of it, of course I have to look up quite a bit of stuff, but it was really fun to learn new words in Japanese :D

This is both funny and informative for ultra beginner like me! I dont have to translate any words and totaly understand the plot.

どうもありがとうございます！それはおもしろいです。

Am I struggling with this ? Yes Am I enjoying this ? Yes 💯

Fantastic ending

たこわあおいです。 I was sad I thought he got his ass whipped, but then いかわすしです。

わかりました 😀

ありがとうございます

ありがとう

I am a data analyst. This story makes me feel smart compared to everything that I have ever build.

ありがとうございます。😄

HE TURNED INTO SUSHI AT THE END LMAO

Das gefällt mir sehr gut, arigato gozaimasu 🙏🏼 わたしは日本が❤です。Ich hoff das ich es richtig geschrieben hab, bin leidenschaftliche leicht fortgeschrittene 👩‍🎓