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Everyone swears the sub version is the only way, but watching 1.5x with subs off helped me actually finish 12 shows
I know this sounds like a crime to most people here. I could not finish anything for a couple of years because I kept pausing to read every subtitle and losing the flow of the action scenes. So I tried something weird: I turned subs off and watched at 1.5 speed for stuff I had already seen clips of, like Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man. My completion count went from 3 shows in 2023 to 12 shows in about 5 months, and I actually remember the plots better. I still use subs for dialogue heavy stuff like Monster, but for fight heavy shows the dub plus speed is just easier on my brain. Does anyone else split it up like this or am I just ruining anime for myself?
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nguyen.blake21d ago
Watching at 1.5x with no subs for fight scenes is honestly fine, the animation is the point there and pausing every two seconds to read kills the pacing anyway. But 12 shows in 5 months sounds less like a viewing style and more like you just finally found a system that works for your brain, which is normal. The part I would push back on is the dub plus speed combo, since some dubs change jokes and names enough that you are basically watching a different show. Do whatever keeps you watching, though, nobody is grading you on this.
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