Anime Subtitles Should be Outlawed.
Okay, I don’t mean that. Well, not really. Well, I mean it a little. Let me explain what I mean. I decided over the past few days to start watching some anime without subtitles and without dubs. I mean, the native Japanese, no filter. My Japanese isn’t good enough to say I understand everything. Depending on the episode/anime/context, I’d say I understand between twenty and fifty percent of the conversation. But I didn’t realize just how much translations are a crutch. There’s so much cultural subtletly, so much voice acting… Read More »Anime Subtitles Should be Outlawed.