Dragon Maid Episode Notes
Added 2020-12-06 21:05:55 +0000 UTCHere are our rough notes on the Maid Dragon dub that we wrote down as we watched the series! The final script for this upcoming video will also be uploaded later this week
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The dub line has been criticized for supposedly rewriting Miss Kobayashi as a heterosexual woman (speaking as a casual Manga reader here) and thus unable to let Tohru grow on here… but I just can’t agree. For one thing, actually watching the Anime's dub thoroughly doesn't reveal any other line tweaks that might downplay the titular characters feelings for each other. You still get moments of Kobayashi blushing at Tohru and being a touch affectionate with her in that, "You drive me crazy but I think I'm starting to like crazy," type of dynamic. Hell, what is Kanna to them if not their adopted daughter? Even with that line in mind, I couldn't not see their romance play out. I literally squeed in the final episode where Kobayashi stood up to Tohru's father like the giddy shipper I am. Compare this to Sailor Moon's first dub where Haruka and Michiru were consistently referred to as cousins in each episode to hide their romance. That's not even getting into Zoisite or Fish's Eye. The popular reading that it makes Miss Kobayashi straight just... doesn't click for me. Given that it was episode one, I thought it was just the protagonist still in that, "I don't like you now but I'll grow fond of you in time," stage in romances. They say they're not interested but then...
Matt
2020-12-10 12:57:19 +0000 UTCJust something on Kobayashi's line:
Matt
2020-12-10 12:57:01 +0000 UTC
