I've been studying Japanese for years now and in order to improve it I started a character on a Japanese server. In the time it took me to get my SCH to 50, I had made friends and made an FC with someone in which I'm now an Officer in. They all know I'm not Japanese, and that I live in the UK, yet they all took me under their wing. A lot of them even said, 'Thank you for talking in Japanese with me', as a lot of them were worried they'd have to use English. If you can speak enough Japanese, be understood and understand them, then you're golden. I even told them I'm still studying Japanese so I may make mistakes, and they were totally fine with that.


So, to the OP, good luck with your Japanese studies. I am certain they'll be very grateful for you for taking the time to study their language so you can communicate with them better. However, I'd stay clear of JP ONLY Ex/Coil fights if your Japanese is very limited, as if you cannot be understood, or you can't understand them, it may cause problems. I'd wait until you have a bit more Japanese under your belt. And look up their tactics, they do some fights a little differently