Three hours each. Although I did “informally” learn them (I knew what they were for a long time and knew some of the really easy-looking ones). I repeated the process, doing Hiragana first, and then Katakana. To say that I knew them meant I was able to recognize and recall nearly all characters in that one hiragana/katakana quiz that shows up when you google it. Here’s how it went:

• Per row (e.g. a, i, u, e, o):
  • Write each one out. That would be, for example: あいうえお
  • Do it again.
  • Do it again.
  • Try doing it without looking at them.
  • It is okay to focus on one kana at a time.
• Repeat for all other consonants.
  • Every so often, force yourself to regurgitate characters you’ve learned earlier.

Keep in mind, this one:

• ぬ (nu) and め (me): ぬ (nu) is very infrequently used. The only verb that uses that character is 死ぬ (shinu, to die - there are no other verbs that end with that). If, in reading, you see a character that looks like that, someone is either describing a dog, or is using め.

No I am still terrible at this language And no this doesn’t help with Kanji (I’ve tried, or I’m probably doing it wrong). Despite Kanji being 難しい you read it WAY faster if you know it. In this case I think immersion would probably be the best thing to do since context is very important - what’s the use of learning a word you will never use?

But anyways, this is a good skill because at least it shows that you can memorize stuff