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Ah but I did read the thread. One of them was basically "I didn't learn it that way and you shouldn't either!". The other was how the hell can you use 屈する to decode 窮屈 and 理屈. Very easily. The meaning of these kanji compounds are in the the very first character. Heisig's word for 窮 is tight (which my English can easily expand to constraint) and 理 is logic (I can also expand it to theory and reason). That extra character is just for differing the sound from other words (Which reading you learned from 屈する) Now there are some exceptions to this, but still gives you a step ahead rather then diving right in.
Yes your right in Korea's actual name for their systems, but to be honest I didn't look it up. I meant Hanja actually, Hangul is the better system of all the Asian langauges. It was a mistake to reference Korea, they are pretty much phasing out the Hanja.
"they differ very much actually. Kanji has SOME characters that are native to Japan"
Some and very much don't really help your argument. I'm more interested in the fact that they have a similar meaning in all the languages. With only a few exceptions such as 駅 (station) which is homegrown Jap, to hold the Chinese back, they have an obvious advantage. Instead of learning a brand new 3000+ characters writing, meaning, AND readings, they only learn maybe 50 at best; the rest of the time is focused on readings. Most if not all of the 50+ are made up of the same primitives that are used in their Hanzi. As a westerner, all those characters looked the same to me a year ago, now they all are distinctly different. These are the advantages I was talking about.
Ive finished Heisig's book in 2 weeks and the kana in a weekend. But still that might not apply to other, less imaginative, people. I dived right into manga after that, albeit with furigana, and am now enjoying my way to literacy. I know it will take time, but I want to have fun getting there.
BTW, someone actually argued you have to be advanced in a language to be fluent in one of those threads. e.g. a linguist more advanced than natives were. Some also want to pass the Kanji Kentei, a test made for NATIVES ONLY. If they have those goals, of course methods like Heisig look like the devil. They really shouldn't have the same expectations of everyone else.