Material Scoring Toolkit: Quick Onboarding (Start in 10 Minutes)

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Kuon quietly scores his Japanese study materials on the engawa, long black hair falling over his shoulders, with a loyal black cat at his side.

If you keep switching Japanese materials, your problem is usually not “motivation.”
It’s mismatch.

This onboarding guide shows you exactly how to start using Material Scoring Toolkit in 10 minutes, with one rule:

Do less, but do it consistently.

Before you start (important)

What you’ll set up (in 10 minutes)

You’ll use a Notion template that includes:

  • Materials: score any resource with 7 Yes/No checks → get a verdict (A / B / C / NG)
  • Daily Log: log minutes for A (Study) and B (Enjoy)
  • Weekly Redesign: once a week, review your split and fix one thing

Your only success metric is:

A/B Study Share = A minutes ÷ (A minutes + B minutes)

That’s it.

Step 1 — Download & open everything (2 minutes)

  1. Open your Gumroad receipt.
  2. Duplicate the Notion template (from the receipt).
  3. Download the PDFs:
  • Quick Start
  • Full Guide

Step 2 — Score ONE material (5 minutes)

Open Materials in the Notion template and add one resource you’ve been using
(anime episode, podcast, YouTube, etc.).

Then answer the 7 checks (Yes/No):

  • Comprehensible? Can you follow the rough meaning?
  • Repeatable? Can you loop the same 30–90 seconds three times?
  • Chunkable? Can you pull out short usable phrases?
  • Dense enough? Not too empty / not painfully slow?
  • Audio clear? Not noisy or distorted?
  • Support exists? Subs / transcript / summary exists (or you can create one)?
  • Enjoyable? You can continue without pain?

You’re not judging “quality.”
You’re judging usability for your current level.

Step 3 — Read the verdict and STOP (30 seconds)

After scoring, you’ll get a verdict:

  • A (Study) → best for improvement with a 15-minute study loop
  • B (Enjoy) → protects consistency (no burnout)
  • C (Bridge) → too hard right now; downshift difficulty, use lightly
  • NG → not repeatable / high burnout risk; drop it

Stop right there.
That is a complete session.

This is the whole point: it prevents “doing too much,” burning out, and switching again.

Important rule (this prevents “material addiction”)

Do not try to force everything into A.

  • A exists to create progress.
  • B exists to protect consistency.
  • Both are part of the same system.

Step 4 — Run your daily 15-minute plan (today)

You will do either A (Study) or B (Enjoy). That’s it.

If it’s A (Study): 15 minutes

  1. Pick a 30–90s segment
  2. Loop it 3 times (shadowing or listen + repeat)
  3. Correct 1 thing only
  4. Save 1 chunk (a sentence you can reuse)
  5. Stop at 15 minutes

If it’s B (Enjoy): 15 minutes (or less)

  1. Watch/listen freely
  2. Optional: note 1 phrase only
  3. End before fatigue
  4. Stop

Stopping rule (non-negotiable):
If frustration spikes, switch to B (Enjoy) or stop and log only.

A system you can restart is stronger than a “perfect” session.

Step 5 — Log your minutes (30 seconds)

Open Daily Log and create one new entry:

  • Date: today
  • Minutes A
  • Minutes B

Your A/B Study Share will calculate automatically.

This is your progress record.
Not vocabulary count. Not episode count. Not streaks.

Weekly redesign (10–15 minutes, once a week)

Open Weekly Redesign and do this:

  1. Check your total A minutes and B minutes
  2. Confirm your A/B Study Share
  3. Pick ONE failure mode:
    • Too hard / Too thin / Not repeatable / Wrong use / Other
  4. Decide one change next week (only one)
  5. Write it down and stop

Examples of “one change”:

  • “Pick easier audio for A (Study)”
  • “Reduce segment length from 90s → 45s”
  • “Use subtitles only for the first loop”
  • “Switch this podcast to B (Enjoy) only”
  • “Replace one NG resource”

Recovery mode (2 minutes, when you feel stuck)

If everything becomes C or you feel stuck:

  1. Stop studying immediately
  2. Open Materials
  3. Score ONE easier resource
  4. Choose the easiest next step: B (Enjoy) tomorrow
  5. Stop

That is a successful restart.

Next step (when your materials become stable)

If your materials are stable, your next step is a focused listening diagnosis (Listening Diagnosis Lab).
Until then, use the Roadmap and keep your A/B split stable:

Roadmap: https://yuisjapanlab.com/anime-ai-japanese-roadmap/
Need help? Contact: https://yuisjapanlab.com/contact/

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