#ops rambles

i think what really gets me is that you watch episode 3, and you're by no means having a bad time, but you think to yourself "this show is great, but i think i know what emotional beats its going to hit and what kinds of stories its going to tell". and then you're so fucking wrong.

i finally saw the first episode of ringing fate's jp dub! i think i prefer hanazawa's ah gan but i like bian jiang's (? god i hope i'm romanizing his name correctly i've had to run some CN sites through google translate to hunt down the voice actor's name) performance as zhang san more! i think ah gan's original voice actress sounds really cute, but hanazawa makes her sound a bit older which is refreshing compared to ah gan's usual childish voice. i've got shit JP skills but she also refers to herself explicitly as an adult so it feels like a more suitable voice in that regard. while it helps make him feel more menacing umehara's delivery of zhang san's lines are a lot deeper which feels weird. good dub overall though! and it seems like they're rolling with the names used in the ENG subtitles bar ah gan and zhang san who are now kaname and saburo. also zhang san uses watashi, which is funny, i almost expected him to be an ore-sama type of guy. wonder if black zhang san's also going to use watashi or boku

THROWING MYSELF AGAINST THE LANGUAGE BARRIER TRYING TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT ART TRADES WITH CN RINGING FATE FANS......google translate please don't fumble this for me

cucked out of ringing fate content because i refuse to watch videos in anything below 720p and also don't want to use government id to sign up for a bilibili account.......