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[–] 3 points 5 months ago

With vague hand-wavy apologies to the purists, I cannot stand watching original language with subtitles.

When I'm watching a movie, I want to watch a movie. If I want to read, I have a bookshelf full of books, and a reader filled with even more. Subtitles take my focus away from what's happening on screen..

My spouse is hard of hearing, and actually CAN'T watch some anime because the dub and subtitles don't match, and it makes it even harder for them to figure out the dialogue, and since they're struggling to parse the words, they completely blank on the actual show.

When I'm watching anything by myself, I don't use subtitles. That extends to anime.

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