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rinofwater · 9 months ago

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So me and my friend were watching the dub for Ayakashi

And I'm usually the first person who would say "give the dubs a chance, I know they have a bad reputation but there are some pretty decent ones out there too"

Ayakashi Bakeneko is not one of them.

#mononoke #ayakashi bakeneko #mononoke kusuriuri #victor lee's work in mononoke? pretty good like i enjoy the energy he brings to the role #andrew francis brought bored fuckboi energy to the role somehow and that ain't it chief #that ain't it at all #also the shit they chose to translate literally versus leaving untranslated is SO ANNOYING #like there is no world where the taima sword is a katana there's just not #id say wakizashi if it's anything at all #or just stick with sword??#and you have to choose between 'shape truth reason' or 'katachi makoto kotowari' you cant have both #(and really just stick with shape truth reason something about katachi makoto kotowari surrounded by english is just unbearably cringe)#(but if youre gonna go that route at least be consistent like shit)#and translating 'mononoke' as 'demonic spirit' is the kind of oversimplification that kinda undermines the themes associated with mononoke?#like it's an affliction of the soul that needs to be cured thats the whole damn point #this is not a good vs evil struggle and framing it like it is detracts from the message #anyway thats my rant for the day lol #dont watch the ayakashi dub #juuuuuuuuust stick to the sub

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