I did my Japanese listening on a new anime I started called The Ancient Magus Bride. This anime has been on my watchlist for a while and I was very happy to start it. The anime revolves around this girl named Hatori Chise who sold herself at an auction where she was bought by this bone-faced Mage named Elias Ainsworth. Elias purchased her because she is a Sleigh Beggy, a special Mage that attracts magic and magical beings to themselves. Although Chise was bullied and shunned all her life for her power, Elias bought her to free her and make her his apprentice to teach her how to use her power and eventually make her his bride. I've only watched a few episodes but I'm already hooked! I love the dark fantasy and magical aspect of the anime, surprisingly, since I'm usually not into that genre. The animal creatures in the anime are so cute and colorful, and the slow burn of Chise and Elias' relationship is very interesting to watch. I can't wait to keep watching!
As for the Japanese listening part, I was able to recognize phrases and words. The characters used relatively polite speech and I knew the particles they were using like です、ね、and よ. I also recognized some of the hiragana and katakana in the intro and outro when the Japanese names and subtitles were on screen. I translated some and knew what they meant and others I just translated and looked up the definition of. I'm more aware of the dictation and lows and highs in certain Japanese words than I was before, especially since some the words they use in the anime sound similar but mean different things, like magic and Mage in Japanese. I excited being able to translate words and can listen to anime without having to look at the subtitles all the time.
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