Well, there were only two times I got stuck. Yes, there is a lot of text in this game, but the story was pretty easy for me to follow for two reasons. 1stly, very little feels lost in translation. Like the game makes it very obvious as to "what just happened, and what the commotion is about". 2ndly, I've been keeping tabs on this game before I got it. I visited Poké sites like Serebii and Bulbagardens before I got the game, and they kept no secret to what the game's major plot points were. Since I didn't care about spoilers, I pretty much knew everything in the game's plot before I went into it. So even if I did wait for the English release, I still would have known the story going in, the key plot twists, whatever.
And some things, if you don't want to wait for, and you can get early in some form, then why wait? I wanted these games, I had a chance to get one a month after its Japanese release, so I got it. Not the first time. Its not about feeling superior, because I'm a fan and I wanted to experience the game now, not torture myself for 8 months if I didn't have to.
Also, your early post made you sound like a jerk (to me at least), which resulted in my jerky-reply. Your later reply, thankfully, didn't come off that way.