Destroy All Localizers
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Every time they tell you translating lines into Reddit-brained sub-Whedonesque quipping or into "sussy baka patriarchy you lost your rizz" is necessary to get people to read or watch anime and manga just remember that these people, they hate art and they hate you and they should be shunned from ever having an opinion on anything, failed writers that they are.
Something needs to be done about this long trend of translators who think that their own writing and characterizations are superior to the creators’ original intent, and that punching up their translations with dated references and memes is needed.
Their defense has not changed in decades: “we NEED to make these changes, the cultural gap is too big for a broader American audience to understand!” maybe they shouldn’t? Maybe it’s not for them. If they can’t adapt to another cultural context, they should stick to Star Wars slop or the MCU or whatever.