Feel free for hating me for saying this, but one of the reasons (outside of the more legitimate ones) I'm learning Japanese is so that I can read (and perhaps eventually assist in translating, should I eventually become that fluent) untranslated visual novels.
Considering the fact that the only learning I'll have done by the end of January is the completion of Remembering the Kanji 1, roughly how long (in years) do I have until I can (with the help of a dictionary) read a visual novel?
It's not a major goal, but it's kind of a progress post I'd like to aim for if someone could set some sort of realistic time frame for me.