I truly love this book I think it's absolutely amazing and I love the way that it teaches the Chinese characters in Japanese I have mind 275 Japanese characters remembering the kanji. I understand that that number is not a lot but considering the fact that I used this e-book before back in May 2018 and I only learned 180 Japanese characters it is a big improvement for me that I have learned 275 after failing to learn them prior to purchasing this book. I am using the lazy kanji method and the traditional heisig or I call traditional rtk method. The style which is to learn the English keyword on the front of anki or another flash card program, then Japanese character and your story on the back of the card.And then the other I style lazy kanji which is to learn the Japanese character on the front of the card and then the English keyword on the back of the card. I use both of these methods and it works very well for me I've seen others use one or the other and they work fairly well. So I decided to use both and it is so cool to be and to right the characters easily. Sometimes without even thinking about it.Heisig's method is really easy to learn and incorporate in your daily Japanese studies or learning style. I don't really think learning the readings out of context with the second book is a good idea when using this method because it can get confusing and you may burn out easily. However, I do believe learning the readings is better in context when immersing in Japanese. I love the book its a beautiful layout and the actual book is beautiful as well I like the purple color a little better then the former blue color. I would suggest finding like the 2200 Japanese characters in this book and make a PDF of them I know that there is a list of them on Reddit I would paste those characters in a word document and print out that document and then put it on a wall and every time you learn a character or a set of characters highlight or cross out the characters off of the poster that you've learned and I think that is a great way to see your progress but it is also a great way to keep you motivated to see how many you have left to do and as well as how many you already learned. But there's also an actual poster for the characters on White Rabbit site where you can buy the poster I haven't bought it but I've done what I just suggested which is to print the document and highlight the characters I know. I found that pretty helpful as well. I remember thinking that the Japanese characters are so difficult and hard to learn however now I find it it's not hard to learn even if you just learn the right radicals or primitives of the Japanese character it will make it a lot easier to learn characters even if you're not using remembering the kanji!I also appreciate the advice that James gives in his book like if I get stuck on a kanii or a hurdle like a keyword he has been advise I can follow to help me get over it within each lesson. It is pretty helpful to read through as well as go back to if I find myself still stuck on something that I cannot figure out.Overall I would definitely recommend this book and for anyone that thinks that thinks thrh may not want the book physically because there are other versions like the older versions of the book. I would still suggest buy the 6th edition because it is updated and everything that you need it in this book. I think also though it is just helpful if you feel the pages on your hands and actually see the captives with your eyes on the paper. Furthermore there are flashcards out there that use the sixth edition of the book and it would be pretty cool to have to go to use along side of the book without having to worry about inconsistencies of characters introduced of the earlier editions of the book.