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[โ€“] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to be staunchly dubs. But then VAs stopped being people who were hired, and became personalities that controlled. And then I just learned to watch subs. Either I read faster, or rewind.

[โ€“] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Either everyone's Rimuru(good-enough VA I guess, but mis-cast/shoe-horned a LOT), or they're taking characters(girls mostly, like Kazari Uiharu) who are shallow, bat-shit insane and sound so in Japanese, but giving them reasonable English voices that try to make their obsessions with rules and feeding sardines to their absolutely uninterested crush sound profound ...