Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3190872-20121225192722/@comment-209421-20130609103100

Yup, that was one of Kagi's points - either through using both elements or from learning the basics of the second to unlock the advanced combination elements, whereas an advanced element could be learned naturally through experimentation in different aspects of the technique.

Man, I really need to start working on a new forum/blog sort of thing, so we'll see what happens with Nether/Animate.