>>90644I think it will be pretty hard for you even with textractor because of the weird writing. Doesn't mean you can't read it though, just means your comprehension won't be as high and it will be very slow. It uses a fair bit of archaic grammar and a bit of dialect and a lot of obsolete words for certain parts.
I was able to read it just fine finishing the vast majority of N5-N1 grammar and 10k vocab, had to look up some grammar but not much (had yet to come across kansai-ben とうない=たくない for example). It was mostly just new words for me when they were talking about war, and sexual sadism stuff because I usually don't read such novels.
Watching all 95 episodes of Rurouni Kenshin probably helped more than N2+N1 grammar, but I don't know because I alredy finished the grammar decks so I don't really think what level something is. I either understand it or I don't. You should really grind through N3 grammar as soon as possible, N4 to N3 is a huge jump in comprehension for pretty much all of Japanese media. After that while you do need to learn more grammar, vocab(+kanji) is far more important.
If you want to read it, just read it. In the beginning of Rurouni Kenshin each episode took me an hour because of lookups slowing me down. Near the end it was halved. Persistence and hours spent total is key.