I was a bit sceptical about the methodology used in this, but it was the only Japanese script book in the shop at the time and I needed one immediately. I am now about halfway through it and it actually works surprisingly well. I would like to see the writing of the symbols introduced earlier on in each chapter than it actually is, and I would like to know how the content of the book compares to the 1945 officially recognised kanji, but apart from that no real issues. As well as kanji, the book covers hiragana and katakana which is what I originally bought it for.

Exceptionally poor design. No space provided for practice exercises, cramped pages, kanji printed small making it hard for the novice to see variations. ( )