# Natively > Natively grades Japanese books, movies, and TV by community comparison so you can pick native material that matches how hard recent titles felt. Canonical: https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/natively Last updated: 2026-09-01 A catalog of native books and media with community Elo difficulty grades. Use it to choose the next title, not as a course. Published: 2026-09-01 5 min read beginner · intermediate · advanced · free · easy · Reading · Web [Visit Natively](https://studyjapanese101.com/go/natively) ## Key facts | Fact | Details | | --- | --- | | Best for | Intermediate readers choosing the next native book or show | | Avoid if | You still need furigana news or a beginner course | | Pricing | Free to use; Natively discloses Amazon affiliate links on purchase buttons | | Platform | Web | | Ease of use | easy | ## Pros - Intermediate readers choosing the next native book or show - People who already finish graded readers and need a difficulty step - Learners who will compare two titles they actually read ## Cons - You still need furigana news or a beginner course - You wanted an official JLPT reading syllabus - Amazon storefront links would replace a library habit [Natively](https://learnnatively.com/) is a catalog of native books, movies, and TV with community difficulty grades. The [Japanese browse](https://learnnatively.com/browse/jpn/) is the Japanese shelf. Users compare two titles they finished. Those comparisons feed an Elo rating. The site also tracks reading and discloses Amazon affiliate links on purchase buttons. It is a chooser, not a reading tutor. [NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy) and [Tadoku](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tadoku) still own finishable input when native books are too hard. ## Who it fits It fits people who can already finish easy native pages and need a next title that is not a random Amazon bestseller. Pairwise grades are relative: a 15 is harder than a 5. The published color key maps bands to approximate JLPT levels and says that mapping is a guess. Temporary grades show as `??` until a few comparisons land. Textbooks are excluded from user grading. ## Limits Natively does not teach the book. It does not replace [Yomitan](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/yomitan) lookup. Amazon links on the site are Natively's affiliate disclosure, not ours. Confirm current account rules on the official site before you treat lists as a syllabus. ## Sources checked Product details can change. Evidence pages and their individual check dates appear below. Profile reviewed 2026-09-01. - [Natively homepage](https://learnnatively.com/) - official product · checked 2026-09-01 · Official product framing for community-graded books, movies, and TV, progress tracking, and Amazon affiliate disclosure. - [Natively Japanese browse](https://learnnatively.com/browse/jpn/) - official product · checked 2026-09-01 · Official Japanese catalog browse path. - [Natively grading system](https://learnnatively.com/our-grading-system/) - official docs · checked 2026-09-01 · Official community pairwise comparisons, Elo levels, approximate JLPT color key, temporary ?? grades, and textbooks excluded from user grading. ## Alternative tools - [Gravity](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/gravity) - Japanese media, synced transcripts, and review tied to the original scene. - [Hirogaru](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/hirogaru) - Free A1-A2 Japan Foundation site with interest-topic articles, videos, and kanji practice. - [Immersion Kit](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/immersion-kit) - Search Japanese words in anime and drama subtitle lines. ## Related - [Japanese reading resources](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/reading) - Reading improves when the text is finishable. Choose the amount of help, not the longest library. - [Japanese reading resources for beginners](https://studyjapanese101.com/best/japanese-reading-resources-for-beginners) - There is no useful overall winner. Pick a finishable source for the job you have: graded books, annotated text, or a native title. This is not a ranked top five. - [Japanese resources for advanced learners](https://studyjapanese101.com/levels/advanced) - Build range and precision with native material, a useful reference, a small review routine, and feedback on the Japanese you use. - [Japanese resources for intermediate learners](https://studyjapanese101.com/levels/intermediate) - Intermediate study is more input and fewer stacked beginner apps. Keep one review loop. Add reading, listening, and a grammar reference you will actually open. - [NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy) - Free graded Japanese news with furigana and audio. - [Tadoku](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/tadoku) - Graded Japanese readers for extensive reading, including a free library.