It looks like a cool site. But also seems like it’s still early in development and the price a bit steep. Are the N5 and N4 levels in the adventure considered finished for now?
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The currently available content are the Absolute Beginner and Beginner islands. In more clear terms that means the following:
- Grammar Lessons → Pre-N5 and N5 grammar points are done
- Reading Exercises → same as above
- Kanji → We have our own mnemonics up to 300 kanji at the moment, which covers a lot more than the usual N5 kanji
- Vocabulary → We teach around 1000 vocabulary with those 300 kanji in the available regions, although they are lacking premade mnemonics at the moment.
- Drills / Trainers - Kana drills are currently available, conjugation drills should be coming in the next few weeks, which will get added to the existing and new regions as levels too.
Aside from that we have all unlocks for future regions available as a big study list in the premade study lists section, so you could already go much further than that (or create your own of course).
Regarding upcoming content, we are releasing our first batch of Lower Intermediate (N4) levels in a few days. Which includes 1 reading exercise, 5 grammar lessons and an unlock batch (with kanji mnemonics). After this we will be releasing new levels on a bi-weekly schedule, aside from our other new features that we plan on introducing in the coming months.
Please take a look at our roadmap for MM if you’re interested in seeing what’s coming 
Our ambition with MaruMori is very large, and creating the content takes quite some care, time and a lot of doublechecking to make sure everything is accurate and fits for an optimal learning flow where everything is supposed to supplement eachother (e.g. reading exercises introducing new grammar and kanji / vocabulary you just unlocked, or previously learned verbs showing up in the conjugation drills). We have a lot of things coming up that also require more resources to create (listening exercises, mock exams to name a few).
It is also something I can not do by myself, unlike most of Kitsun. So that is pretty much why we are introducing early support options at this point.
That said, I can completely understand if it is currently too steep for you. Please feel free to try out the website regardless of whether you want to use it in the future or not. After all, it is complete free to use until we feel confident that we offer enough content and quality to warrant the price tag Trying out the website and reporting bugs or leaving feedback already helps us a bunch too!
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Thanks for your detailed reply!
So it’s fine to just start and once all currently available lessons are through, one can wait until the next ones are ready? Like do you intend to put out the future content in order of levels and from N4 to N1?
I will start later today and just might get a lifetime sub. The site sounds like a great idea, thanks for the work 
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Yeah absolutely! You can go through all the available content and follow along as we release new levels every two weeks. We’ll be going all the way to N1 and perhaps even further, but that’s still quite a way off at the moment 
Thank you!
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Hello, may I ask when the annual Kitsun’s sale end?
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A bit steep for a super early bird, but I love what you are making (or rather what you described it will be) and know you do a great job with Kitsun so feel confident that it will be good.
I don’t have time today to check it out, so subscribed in good faith without testing the available content 
I love that the subscription model is Lifetime, cause I need to go slow to not burnout, and even when I do I still get burned out periods that can last months (Thanks brain XD AuDHD with chronic fatigue =P )
I was able to get in early enough to grab my name, Storm 
It LOOKS like it could be available here too (at least according to the forum)
But couldn’t see any options for changing username. Is there any?
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Kitsun’s sale started a bit later than usual this year, as we wanted to bundle it together. Because of that it will also last a little longer than usual. Likely to end in the second week of January (so say, 14th).
I’ll give a heads up before it nearly ends
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Thank you so much! Really flattering to hear that! 
I hope you’ll enjoy using MM in the coming years (and beyond)!
I can manually change your username if you’d like. I’ll check if it’s available for you
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I would love that!
If Storm is available 
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Done! You probably need to log in and out of the forums to resync it here though (or level up, then it should sync automatically )
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Oh! I forgot about that, updating it for you now
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It shows correctly for me now. Thank you so much!
I’m also enjoying the new site so far. Only done a few for now (due to time, it is Christmas after all) and just love the bits of humor here and there, making it very enjoyable and fun!
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Great to hear
I was wondering, will there be a monthly subscription? Because I can’t afford the lifetime subscription right now 
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Yes, in the future we will introduce Monthly and Yearly subscriptions, but for the coming months it will stay completely free to use though, so feel free to use it! The early supporter option is mostly for users who want to get in on the pretty large discount and support us while we further develop the website
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Ahh this is excellent, I look forward to this then and I’m very much looking forward to the JLPT Mock Exams part as I’m trying (and will fail) the N4 this July!
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@Neicudi - The Kitsun Lifetime sale price is showing $149.99. The current discounted price for MM+Kitsun bundle is $274.98 (on the MaruMori site). But how much is the " special extra discount" on MM for a Kitsun lifetime user? Trying to understand if there will be any difference in terms of pricing between the two options, i.e. - getting the bundle on MM or getting the Kitsun lifetime first and then heading over to MM for the extra discount. I presume both should be same?
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Heya!
There actually is a difference, so if you’re new and want to purchase both, the bundle would be your best bet. Having lifetime on Kitsun does give you discount on MaruMori in particular, but the special addon for Kitsun lifetime is priced in a way that it might attract more new users to Kitsun as well, and not just MM. This was done in order to further grow Kitsun too, so that the community content will also grow and improve along the way In that sense the Kitsun bundle addon pricing is very special.