Of course. There are many human made subs that suck too. For example when Shikanoko came out the subs were quite bad but clearly human made. But the positive about subs is that you can still hear the original Japanese so you never have to trust or rely on them completely. I always take things from listening that are not in the sub. If I were just to read the sub I would miss many things. With dubs you don’t have a choice, you just have to trust them. AI dubs would be even worse.

I see, I hope they have enough of a celebrity status among dub watchers then. I think that is really the thing that will shield them from being replaced by AI in the future.

That’s fine. Do you watch subs if there is no dub? Some popular shows don’t have English dubs. What about extra content? A lot of it is in Japanese only. If you watch that after watching a dub the voices don’t match.

One time I was watching one of my favorites and an emotional scene came up. However the sub was not accurate and diminished the emotional impact. Luckily it was not a hard line and I could just hear the Japanese which saved it for me. I’m curious what you think of that. Because with a dub you wouldn’t be able to spot the mistake right?

It’s not that a dub can’t be good, but I don’t understand how you can know if a dub is accurate. You would need to have the dub and the original side by side and watch line by line to see if it fits right? With a sub you have this automatically. Of course due to grammar it can be the next or previous line but generally you can listen to the original and read the sub at the same time to check for differences. I don’t do this consciously but it is effective.

One time I was watching one of my favorites and an emotional scene came up. However the sub was not accurate and diminished the emotional impact. Luckily it was not a hard line and I could just hear the Japanese which saved it for me. If that happens with a dub, you wouldn’t know. That is my problem with dubs, not if the voice acting is good or not. I’m sure there are many good voice actors in other languages that do a great job.

I’m being half serious here: divine punishment for dub watchers :)

When choosing a dub over a sub you give up a lot just for the convenience of not having to deal with another language. It must be of no surprise that you can pull a lot more bullshit on dub watchers, including this AI nonsense.

Seiyuu’s are celebrities in Japan. You couldn’t replace them with AI because fans will not watch that shit if their beloved seiyuus are replaced. I think it would be a real riot to try remove Japanese seiyuu from anime. Maybe I’m ignorant but there seems to be no matching passion for english voice actors. Do they have many events, concerts, photo books, radio shows, merch and such?

Right now AI is not good enough to pull this off. If it is in the future, only the perceived value of the humans that are voicing the characters can save voice acting.

If you have interest in Japanese voice actors feel free to visit !seiyuu@ani.social.

I post images from this series from Namori in order of date and I don’t see any suspender skirt outfits coming up. But I think I can pick out a fan art with them next time yuruyuri is in rotation (I rotate through a list of anime one a day).

Haru is so good, I always recognize their art quickly before reading that it is indeed them.

Also manga, but I meant literature.

I was just talking about the posture. So nothing regarding having the socks off. And I said with a laptop. It is not super weird? In university or at hackathons for example.

And I did see someone take their socks off at university when we did a test.

I think I have seen people program like that with a laptop in their lap. Don’t underestimate programmers when it comes to bad posture 🤣

I like Teto’s shirt in these mesmerizer ones.

In the series she references it as she programs on her laptop if I can remember that right. So it is more realistic there.

I see. Indeed, I don’t need a character to be like myself. I like when there are relatable parts but usually its spread out over the whole cast, little moments. I guess this is the big difference with moe and thus most other SOL as you say. In moe anime, the characters are not modeled to reflect the audience but instead something that the audience considers lovable. And thus generating a strong feeling of caring for the character and wanting them to be happy and safe. It’s an interesting topic. It only makes sense that this is a niche thing and general audiences would like something like BTR more. I must have sunk to deep into the moe hole and my perspective has warped.

Interesting to hear about Kinmoza. I put it right next to Gochiusa. I remember watching it and feeling really happy, it was pure sugar for the soul. I don’t think you need to rewatch it, it’s not a deep anime that requires a second watch to appreciate. Taste differs. Such shows as Kinmoza and Gochiusa is mostly just how you vibe with them in my opinion. Not too much thinking, just a lot of feeling. Whatever you feel is the truth.

And there is no way you could type too much in the comments. As you know I am guilty of that as well :)

I should read more myself…

I never get why pink bocchi was so popular and original bocchi was not. Or how pink bocchi is more popular with the general audience than seemingly any other slice of life. Bocchi the Rock is a good anime but if I compare it to other Kirara adaptations like Gochiusa or Kiniro it’s just not on the same level in my opinion.

Me when Akari tells about her day:

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I started watching Violet Evergarden. Looks very pretty.

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Piano-chan has a wonderful dress 🥰

I usually pick out my anime carefully. I don’t watch that much so I don’t want to pick something that is ass. I also tend to finish everything I watch. So usually I pick out things that I quite like.

In the beginning of liking slice of life I didn’t know what to expect and if I liked it so I didn’t guess before watching that I would be into it. However it changed with Lucky Star. I watched a few clips on youtube and thought, man this is going to be great. And it was! While watching the very first scene where they eat lunch I just thought “this is the shit”. Lucky Star really confirmed to me that SOL was my thing.