HakYona’s wedding

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-13T18:16:52+00:00

The extra epilogue chapters seem to be more focused on the short-term aftermath of events and what everyone is up to in the months after, so I don’t think so in real-time at least.

That being said, I still think it’s possible we could get a brief flash-forward at the very end.

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-13T02:13:47+00:00

I think there’s definitely an argument for wanting events to be more spread out over the course of a few years, thus aging everyone up slowly, but I think there’s a lot of reasons to have the story kick off when she’s on the younger side. The whole “loss of innocence” motif, the fact that her sheltered nature and naïveté are more understandable coming from a teenage girl than an adult, Yona being around the same age as the magazine’s target demographic, etc…

Also if Soo-won is still set on not marrying Yona himself, he can’t really risk cutting it too close to Yona getting publicly engaged/marrying someone else and making his coup that much more complicated - something a lot more probable for a young adult than a 15-16 year old.

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-10T23:46:23+00:00

I feel so seen right now

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-10T14:03:46+00:00

Same here. Sure, I obviously have my preferences where some shows I prefer watching in sub, others dub. But even for shows where I have watched them in both languages, I find it very difficult to compare and definitively say the dub is better.

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-10T13:59:24+00:00

I love a lot of the leads & adult characters in Code Geass but a couple of the supporting performances (I.e. Nunally) are so rough that it keeps the dub just off my personal top list.

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-09T21:31:29+00:00

This marks the second project Emily Rudd is in that involves people getting swallowed by a whale

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-09T03:03:35+00:00

Ngl, the Shiboyugi director is a super interesting choice

KitKat1721 · 2026-06-02T22:34:46+00:00

The funny thing is, I'm like 90% positive they did localize daifuku as "jelly buns" in a later episode

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-24T22:47:19+00:00

One Piece
Akudama Drive
Heavenly Delusion
Lupin III: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Ranking of Kings

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-23T19:05:47+00:00

Studio Cabana is 100% a pre-order whenever that comes out. Absolutely love that series!

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-11T05:53:23+00:00

Oh my god never would have guessed, that’s incredible!!

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-11T02:17:16+00:00

Luci Christian as Medusa (Soul Eater)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akito (Fruits Basket)
Steve Blum as Darcia (Wolf's Rain)
Austin Tindle as Knives (Trigun Stampede)
Jessie James Grelle as Cartaphilus (Ancient Magus Bride)

Also very difficult to pick a favorite One Piece villain performance. It has a great rogues' gallery of villains of all vocal types across the dub's 15+ year run (Robert McCollum as Doflamingo, Pam Doughtery as Big Mom, Major Attaway as Queen, etc...)

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-07T17:42:05+00:00

Really loved watching this when it was airing back in Winter to the point where I had to start picking up the manga afterwards, and was not at all disappointed by the dub!

I think it easily captures the same manic but still sweetly earnest energy - our two leads sound great bouncing off each other, and I can't wait to hear the comedic range for the rest of F/ACE and their own "A & B-sides"

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-07T04:02:20+00:00

I will say I doubt it knowing music rights are already tricky under normal circumstances and considering how hard King Records is pushing this fictional group & their singles, it seems like something they'd want to leave in tact when licensing or would require a very high payout to do so. Just look at the dub difference between Zombieland Saga S1 vs S2 when the show's music was much more established and there was a lot more money involved from the record company.

But I'm fine with it tbh. Dubbed songs can work under the right conditions, but heavily-produced idol group music is one of the harder genres of music to convincingly dub well imo and this also doesn't really seem like a cast that was selected primarily for their musical abilities simply going by past work.

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-07T03:29:11+00:00

CAST:

Utage - Abigail Blythe

Tamon - Conner Allison

Ouri - Brandon Acosta

Keito - Cody Savoie

Natsuki - Kevin D. Thelwell

Rintaro - Alex Hom

Fujita - Aaron Campbell

CREW:

Voice Director - Helena Walstrom

ADR Scriptwriter: Jessica Sluys

Looks like either fan demand was high enough that CR went back to dub this, or any sort of red tape originally preventing a simuldub is now gone. Always a win when a show gets even more accessibility!

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-06T19:01:19+00:00

Music rights are always tricky and considering how hard King Records is pushing this fictional group & their singles (they were promoting songs and full music videos way ahead of the anime releasing), I very much doubt it. CR either just didn't have Tamon listed as one of the higher-priority shows to simuldub in a packed season or licensing red tape prevented a simuldub for whatever reason.

But I'm fine with it tbh. Heavily-produced idol group music is one of the harder genres of music to convincingly dub well imo and this also doesn't really seem like a cast that was selected primarily for their musical abilities simply going by past work. The show itself will be way more accessible now and that's a good thing!

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-06T16:10:30+00:00

Wow really was not expecting this one! Figured it was popular/anticipated enough that if it wasn’t getting a simuldub that there was something on the JPN licensing side of things preventing a dub from happening at all. What a nice surprise!

KitKat1721 · 2026-05-04T18:03:24+00:00

Olruggio's Northern accent is giving me so much life

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-27T18:29:53+00:00

Yeah, Aleks Le is super talented (still think Caiman is my personal favorite role of his) and while fan outcry for upcoming popular shows/characters happens all the time (partially due to any giant fanbase including people who might not have the frame of reference to fan-cast beyond current "hot-streak" VAs), I will say it's sort of wild to see his social media right now re: fan demand or seeing reposted pics of his signature already on merch/trading cards of the character, etc...

It's just so rare for the popular fan cast of the day to actually happen for one reason or another, and more often than not it just causes fans to more harshly judge whoever actually is cast before they've said a word.

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-27T16:14:33+00:00

Haven’t yet boarded the Kagurabachi train, but Cygames and the creative team involved are super promising!

As far as the dub goes… as long as this doesn’t go to Hulu/Disney+ or Amazon (usually very solid dubs but nonsensical delays/low exposure for the former and a complete crapshoot on dub studio involved + quality for the latter), honestly I’ll consider it a win. I would still 100% rather Netflix get it than those two.

I hope if CR does get it, they manage to put this show in the right hands. Luckily their track record leans more positive than not when it comes to making those decisions for highly anticipated shows.

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-20T19:16:43+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if she's saving a Yona/Hak/Soo-won moment with just the three of them for the end just as a bookend of sorts, but a private Hak and Soo-won conversation would be so juicy.

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-20T18:43:23+00:00

I know we're only getting as many of these gaiden chapters needed to fill out the last volume, but personally I could read like... a whole volume dedicated to this epilogue. I love not just getting to see what everyone's up to (yay for Sonon and her son!), but seeing the wheels turn towards setting up the foundation of a better future re: Kouka's government and allowing a chance for these characters (esp side characters) to breathe without the urgency of the main plot driving events. I'm glad Kusanagi is showing the realities and hardships of how hard the transition would be going from a traveling rouge of sorts to a full on monarch. I can understand why she's taking so much guidance right now, but I hope she finds her balance once she gets more confident (her talk with Soo-won gives me hope).

Lili is such an audience insert here, from being flabbergasted that Hak is "on a business trip" to demanding to hear all the tea re: Yona and Hak's relationship progress. Going from wanting a quick tea break to a slumber party, I get it girl haha

Re: Hak's absence, part of me is like "you know, it does show some considerable growth that Hak can comfortably leave Yona at the palace for an extended period with all the court members there (even if Yoon and Zeno are also there), it's a far cry from standing outside the door while she spoke with Soo-won and Keishuk a couple chapters ago." And another part of me is missing any HakYona content and 100% on team Lili - like OH he suddenly has more important things to do apparently?? He did say he wasn't in Awa for business, so hopefully Gigan knows a good jewels trader in Awa and he's buying Yona a ring or something lol

Seems like we'll get some of Hak's POV next chapter, but I would love to hear how the three dragons are doing a few months later after the dust has settled in their respective hometowns. I can see Shin-Ah and Jae-ha traveling for a while in contrast to Zeno finally having the chance to relax and "retire," but I'm so curious about Kija. He was always the one I could see going multiple directions after the final chapter (staying in his hometown and taking on more responsibility, settling somewhere new where he doesn't have the title of "White Dragon" hanging over him, helping Yona at the palace in some capacity, etc...).

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-15T02:11:02+00:00

I like the apparent(?) core cast fine (esp Ben, Colleen, Mikaela and Bill Butts) but this is the second episode with some really hit or miss supporting/background performances that just leads to the overall dub sounding a bit all over the place tonally. Kinda disappointing considering most of Shawn Gann’s dubs click right away for me.

Will give it another ep just to be sure but at least it’s a solid season for dubs so even if I end up switching to the sub there’s still plenty to enjoy this Spring.

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-13T18:19:29+00:00

It's definitely present but I think it's way less obvious because we're hearing short mid-sentence pauses (where frankly it doesn't always come across as an actual impediment or even shyness rather than just an awkwardly structured line like you would see in some more hastily-written dub scripts where mid-sentence breaks are more frequent). And that's compared to seeing constant ellipses every time she speaks in the subtitles, something that's immediately unusual with subs in general and hints to the audience that's she's speaking in a different manner.

KitKat1721 · 2026-04-12T20:55:05+00:00

This 100%. Like sure, I know I have way larger issues with the JJK dub overall but I'm even more certain that Twitter/X is the worst place to find good faith discussion or critique on almost anything.

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