# What to Do After Genki 2: Tobira, Quartet or More Reading? > Finished Genki II? Add reading volume and grammar review first. Buy Tobira or Quartet only if you will work through the chapters. A simple decision rule. Canonical: https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/what-to-use-after-genki Last updated: 2026-09-01 Finishing Genki is a course handoff, not a license to buy five new apps. Add input you can finish. Add Tobira only if chapters will actually happen. Our team owns Inku. [Disclosures](https://studyjapanese101.com/disclosures) Published: 2026-09-01 7 min read intermediate ## How to follow this guide 1. Confirm you finished the Genki volumes you actually own, including workbook pages. 2. Keep one review loop. Do not start three new SRS products. 3. Put finishable reading on the calendar several days a week. 4. Add Tobira only if you will do chapters. Otherwise let reading be the course. 5. Add grammar retrieval after input is already happening. After Genki, the bottleneck is usually volume, not a missing beginner app. You need Japanese you can finish, and a way to retrieve grammar when a sentence asks for it. If you only finished Volume 1, the next step is Volume 2 and the matching workbook, not a new brand. The official course is two volumes. Restarting with [Minna no Nihongo](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/minna-no-nihongo) as "coverage" is a second beginner series. If kana in Lessons 1 and 2 never stuck, fix that with the [two-week kana guide](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/learn-kana-in-two-weeks) before you buy an intermediate book. ## The decision | Situation | Next step | Skip | | --- | --- | --- | | You will do textbook chapters | [Tobira](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tobira) or [Quartet](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/quartet) | A second beginner series | | A heavy book would sit closed | [Satori Reader](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/satori-reader) or [NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy) | Buying Tobira as a personality upgrade | | You recognize grammar and cannot produce it | [Bunpro](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/bunpro) after input exists | Bunpro as a new identity with no reading | | Kanji order is the remaining hole | [WaniKani](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/wanikani) as one sequence | Three kanji methods at once | [Tobira](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tobira) is a common next book after Genki or Minna. [Quartet](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/quartet) is another intermediate option; compare them in [Tobira vs Quartet](https://studyjapanese101.com/compare/tobira-vs-quartet). It is useful if chapters happen. It fails as a purchase that represents the person you meant to become. If the other candidate is Quartet, decide on [Tobira vs Quartet](https://studyjapanese101.com/compare/tobira-vs-quartet) instead of owning both. The [intermediate hub](https://studyjapanese101.com/levels/intermediate) keeps the shortlist. [How to move from beginner apps to intermediate Japanese](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-move-from-beginner-apps-to-intermediate-japanese) is the wider exit if Genki was never the spine. ## Keep one review loop If you already review Genki words in [Anki](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/anki) or a course SRS, keep that queue at a weekday size. Do not add WaniKani, Bunpro, and a new deck in the same week. [WaniKani](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/wanikani) can own kanji order. It is not the whole language. See [Is WaniKani enough?](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/is-wanikani-enough) before it becomes the only remaining study. ## Input is the new course Put one finishable source on three weekdays: - [NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy) for a short article with audio. - [Satori Reader](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/satori-reader) for notes on a story. - [Tadoku](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tadoku) if you will finish easy books. [Yomitan](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/yomitan) can sit on the page once lookups follow a rule. Cap the lookups. The [reading shortlist](https://studyjapanese101.com/best/japanese-reading-resources-for-beginners) explains the jobs. ## Grammar retrieval comes third [Bunpro](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/bunpro) helps when a Genki pattern is familiar and still will not come back. Add it after reading is happening. A reference such as [A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/dictionary-of-japanese-grammar) is for looking up a point you met. It is not a reason to stop reading. Wire the week with [How to combine a textbook, SRS, reading, and listening](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-combine-a-textbook-srs-reading-and-listening) if the new stack is already crowding the calendar. ## Frequently asked questions ### What should I use after Genki? Reading you can finish, plus one review loop. Tobira is a common next textbook if you will do the chapters. It is not required. ### Should I buy Minna no Nihongo after Genki? No. That is a second beginner series. Finish Genki or drop it. Do not collect a parallel textbook. ## Evidence and sources Product details can change. Evidence pages and their individual check dates appear below. Page updated 2026-09-01. - [Genki official introduction](https://genki3.japantimes.co.jp/en/intro) - official publisher · checked 2026-09-01 · Official two-volume beginner structure used to distinguish finishing Genki from restarting another beginner book. - [Tobira web](https://tobiraweb.9640.jp/) - official product · checked 2026-08-14 · Official intermediate textbook support site used as the common next book. - [Satori Reader](https://www.satorireader.com/) - official product · checked 2026-08-13 · Official supported-reading library used as an input path after the textbook. - [NHK News Web Easy](https://news.web.nhk/news/easy/) - official product · checked 2026-08-28 · Official short reading and audio source used as a daily input option. ## Related - [Inku](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/inku) - Japanese flashcards on iPhone and the web, with ready-made decks, custom cards, pronunciation audio and spaced review. - [Bunpro](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/bunpro) - Typed grammar and vocabulary reviews inside changing sentence prompts. - [NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy) - Free graded Japanese news with furigana and audio. - [Satori Reader](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/satori-reader) - Annotated Japanese articles and dialogues with audio and inline notes. - [Tobira](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tobira) - An intermediate Japanese textbook often used after Genki or Minna no Nihongo. - [Genki](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/genki) - A beginner textbook series covering the four skills, with audio and a workbook.