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The Russian voice acting...


I dont know how many Russian speaking people have caught this show, which i like by the time. But damn, one of the main characters has a Russian accent. I was initially surprised by the fact that he happens to be Russian, Black, and* at the same time, working at a Sushi shop in Japan. But, its like the makers of the show didnt care at all. There are several episodes where other characters speak russian, or even when Simon does, and its just PAINFULLLL! You can hear the words but there is zero effort to get it right even 5%. Live shows tend to care about details like that, and if it was a side thing, thats whatever, but the show makes a habit of dipping into the russian culture, with an episode about "the two kinds of ivans" (what the??) and in DRRRX2 there are even more horrible russian accents...

Just kinda dampens what i think is a good show.

When Izaya starts speaking russian, its just jaw dropping, youd expect his character to be proficient at the languages he knows. But hes so bad its just...gears grinding

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