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True, there's no such thing as "perfect grammar" in a language, however, learning the prescriptive grammar is the only way you'll ever actually be able to form understandable sentences. You can't just combine everything you want any old way, they have to be used in the ways that they are supposed to. This is especially important in formal speaking and in writing (which tends to always be a bit more formal than spoken language.)
I'd love to see you teach any secondary language without first teaching the prescriptive grammar as a basis. We've all heard the "house" analogy a million times, but it works. At least with just the foundation, you can communicate with native speakers, since they all know the basic, formal grammar.
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Yup this is especially true with the Japanese language since it is a SOV language compared to Western SVO. Not only that but the particle system is key to understanding the entire Japanese language and what many 'anime fan types' tend to ignore simply because they think learning a few key words will be enough to understand.
If you are looking to self teach yourself Japanese, do yourself a favor and learn the grammar structure and particle system before you try and memorize a single word out of a Japanese dictionary. And don't even bother with Kanji until you have Hiragana and Katakana 100% memorized. Learning how to say "Holy Dragon Kick" is never going to help you out in learning the language.
Oh and god some of the stories I could tell you from my college Japanese courses. They single handedly caused me to never divulge that I do watch some anime. It has become a completely private hobby simply because I never want to be associated with 'that group.'
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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