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badjay posted...

TBH the art will probably eventually die off and nobody knows how to write the damn things or even recall the kanji unless it's a major one.

I don't recommend spending time to learn how to write kanji because there are better uses of your limited learning time, but this is incorrect. Most people know how to write 1000-2000 kanji no problem. I work in academia and I would say most people are in the 2000-3000 range. Again I don't recommend wasting your time learning writing, but most Japanese know how to write the kanji you use day to day. And you will be filling out forms by hand if you live in Japan and if you have to look up the kanji every time it will get annoying.