GAME WINNING HOME RUN

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In the early hours of my efforts to #savechoromatsu, I desperately clung to the faint hope that the allegations against Chris Niosi were simply an example of Tumblr culture’s eagerness to use the word “abuse” as a synonym for “mistakes” or “conflict”, and even after I reluctantly let that hope slip away, I was too proud to admit I might have been acting out of blind faith in those who claim to have survived abuse. I am deeply regretful to learn that that actually has been the case.

Last night a long time friend of Chris’s, who wishes to remain anonymous, told me their side of the story via Twitter DMs: the truth of the matter is that a smear campaign some of Chris’s former friends started in excessive retaliation for a forgivable mistake worked far too well. When that campaign reached me and Tumblr user @askidolmatsus/Twitter user modclooooover, we acted on our drilled-in instinct to take abuse survivors at their word – including on the fact that what they experienced was, in fact, abuse. In the future, we will exercise even more critical thinking when it comes allegations like these.

The lengthy, detailed story presented to me tells me that Chris Niosi has not done anything even remotely punishable by the loss of a job. Clover and I accept full responsibility for spreading the attempt to tarnish his name, and we wish to extend our sincerest apologies to Chris, his friends, and Viz Media. We had good intentions, but know that does not excuse the damage already done – for Chris’s sake, we hope we succeed in our efforts to control that damage and spread the truth.

Thank you for reading,

Yo~

The dub isn’t dead!

So rejoice and put down your pitchforks about that idea. It’s coming! Now, as to how it’ll be…that’s something we’ll have to see. Hopefully good?

Viz’ official twitter did answer a fan a little while back to expect news sometime soon, so I guess this is it.

I just wonder who the dub actors are. Please be nice to them for sure, if they aren’t doing anything to be rude to you. And uh, don’t ask them about ships or anything they don’t have control over, just getting that out there before anyone tries anything funny. Let’s have FUN.