POETREE

Sadly that's what washed me out of Japanese. I had no trouble with the language itself, and enjoyed it; but my visual acuity simply isn't good enough to resolve the symbols unless they're printed huge. Couldn't read homework half the time, or books, never going to be street-literate, etc. But I can still recognize some of the symbols if I see them printed big enough, like on restaurant signs. I like to watch anime with original soundtrack and English subtitles, too.