its unironically because weebs want it more than any other group of people who learn languages as a hobby
the guy who really wants to read eroge will get farther in language learning than the guy using nothing but duolingo for 3 years
i love when two characters fall in love so gradually that there isn't one specific moment you can point to and say “this is when it happened.” it happened in every conversation, every act of trust, every moment they chose each other without realizing what those choices meant.