Except I am Chinese, so I know the Chinese characters, but the other characters I only know the basic (mainly the sound only too, apart from like, one of them) and so I understand sounds better, eg when I played Japanese Days, on Xion's last scene I could comprehend about 80% except about 2 sentences just cause I listen and look at Japanese subtitles simultaneously.
I need to learn Japanese before you stop being a crazy fangirl XD.