Ive started Heisig RTK, and I feel that 2000 kanji later, without knowing one pronunciation, (other than the ones i already know) i will still be helpless. Even after RTK volume 2, which just rapidly presents multiple different identical pronunciations, I feel that I will not have learned anything.
And to think that Heisig wasnt even planning on a volume two or three... seriously how could anyone actually learn with just abstract, mainly made-up-by-Heisig-himself meanings?
RTK also includes many many many different kanji that, albeit being in the joyo (general use) kanji list, are useless in common speech and writing. Here is one i just learned: 昭. Its only pronunciation is shou, and it is used in one word. shouwa. the name for the time period in which emperor shouwa or hirohito ruled. yet heisig gives its meaning as shining (which is technically correct, but you wouldnt use it)
interesting tidbit: 昭和 means shining harmony, which does not really go with world war 2.. and the creators of 昭和 were aware of this, because the name was created after world war 2.
Ive read somewhere that the Heisig method is not even recommended by college professors... i am willing to go through with this if someone from lang would tell me if its worth it..
Kanjidamage seems promising with its "usefulness approach" but i dont really enjoy just having multiple onyomis, kunyomis, definitions, and examples thrown at me.
Its basically just a dictionary organized by usefulness.