Sugoi!
Konnichiwa, boku wa Juan-san.
O genki desu ka?
I decided to learn Japanese at the age of 11 years old. Contrary to what you're probably thinking, It wasn't because I was a Anime Fan or something.
I just liked challenges and Japanese seemed like a good one.
I learned Hiragana and Katakana with the aid of a NintendoDS and two games called: My Japanese Coach and Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jitten.
I learned some japanese by studying My Japanese Coach lessons. Tried to learn Kanjis by translating with Rakubiki Jitten, but I just gave up on Kanjis... THERE'S TOO MANY AND I'M TOO LAZY!
In 2013 I got the chance of studying Japanese in my city with a Korean teacher.
(Funny because Korean Sensei taught Japanese while speaking Spanish!!!)
And got the chance to travel to Japan as exchange student but couldn't pay the trip.
After that, I gave up on everything (not because I got sad, but because I focused on French, Portuguese and Italian at the time)
Up to this day, I'm still able to read Hiragana, most of Katana has been forgotten because I never used it, and probably know 3 or 4 Kanjis.
I hope this group revives my curiosity for Japanese again!