#anime rant
So, while randomly going through the Crunchyroll Dubs youtube channel, I stumbled across this debate over whether you should watch “Spy x Family” in dub or sub. The dub is great, but there was the usual band of assholes saying “sUb oNLy!!111!”. However, one user actually wrote that people should only watch the sub because the “right” way to watch anime is to watch in the “culturally accurate” way.
That argument is hilarious to me because, if you REALLY want to watch a culturally accurate “Spy x Family”, you’d watch it in the German dub. The show is based on Cold War-era East and West Germany and the capital city is literally called Berlint. Also, even without the German background, the English dub would be more culturally accurate since all the characters and setting are obviously European-based.
So in the pointless war of subs versus dubs, this is one instance where the dub side wins.
The concept of “Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie” is so bizarre to me, mainly because it feels like not a lot of thought went into it. The trailer literally introduces Shikimori as a girl who is really cute…but SOMETIMES…she can be cool!
Immediately, my first thought was, “Why is it a big deal that she can be cool? Last time I checked, cuteness and coolness aren’t mutually exclusive.” Also, the premise is so basic that it feels like the show doesn’t have a major draw to pull viewers in. They’re basically saying, “female protagonist is cute and cool”, that’s about it. I don’t know what she likes or what her personality is, aside from the fact that she’s dedicated to protecting her boyfriend.
In comparison to “My Dress-Up Darling” which was another romcom anime that came out this year, at least Marin Kitagawa is written like a fully-defined person (she loves to cosplay, she watches anime, she plays video games, she’s into NSFW stuff, she’s not afraid to show off her body, she likes shopping, she’s a social butterfly, she’s open-minded to people’s hobbies, she doesn’t like it when people take advantage of other people, she’s empathetic, she’s clumsy, she can’t cook but tries her hardest, she gets jealous, etc.). And, to be honest, that makes Marin the more interesting character.
Anyways, the main takeaway here is…Kaguya-Sama season 3 is still probably the best romcom anime of this season.
Yo anybody else got a lotta beef with season 2 episode 17 of Fire Force because i do. I felt like the anime was handling trauma regarding children pretty well and sincerely especially after the Joker backstory stuff. Now im disappointed and disturbed and really up set. If they had framed it as a sad ending where nothing could be done that would’ve been different instead they framed it as good thing.
Nataku is a literal child leaving him in an abusive situation like that will make him worse. Kurono is a terrible person he is like gum stuck on the bottom of a shoe. He’s a literal abuser but yeah let the child incapable of consenting who also clearly has trauma and Stockholm syndrome stay with him. Why??!!! Oh because he “knows how to deal with him”. Most abusive parents would tell you they also know how to deal with their kids that they hate.
Its disgusting why even bother? And why show it as a good thing? When its clearly not. By framing Kurono as a hero when he’s not. Dont get me wrong I know the boy has ‘you can do it’ on repeat in his head, but having some weird man with a fetish for children telling to stay weak isn’t helping the issue because he’s still being forced to do things against his will and he’s still being experimented on. Nothing about his situation is different.
Why write the Jokers abuse store so well only to bomb on Nataku who is still a kid and could have been saved. Now we have the 8th working with Haijima the people mistreating kids like everything is fine now. They didn’t change their ways at all!
What the Hell Fire Force!!!!!
Disappointed-
