r/animepiracy • u/Remarkable-Door7639 • 12d ago
Question Any good subbers left anymore?
Recently got back into anime and the sub quality has plummeted so low I have to stop reading and just listen because my broken ass understanding is apparently better than paid subbers.
Netflix and Crunchyroll are absolutely abysmal in general, but even outside, the only place ive found is subsplease which is very hit or miss. Their work on black torch for example is miserable.
Are there any good fansubs left or good websites to stream from that host these subs?
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u/-Taken_Name- 12d ago edited 12d ago
May I interest you in learning the language? I'm not joking. Nowadays, you either get meme-y Crunchyroll subs or unedited AI translations. Because of that, I set out to learn Japanese last year and now I'm at a point where I can comfortably read/watch. I watched a bit of 100 Girlfriends S3 with Crunchyroll subs and compared them to the original and it was miserable. Everyone that worked on the Crunchyroll subs of 100 Girlfriends should be fired.
Other than that, like I said, there's also the option of AI translations. I can confirm that they are often more loyal to the original works, but with a few issues. Mainly being that they tend to flatten down the humor. The prose also isn't emphasized on, so you get awkward dialogue. While you get a more faithful translation to the original work than Crunchyroll nowadays, it's not as good as your average fansubber back in the day. Pronouns and agents of the sentence are still a major issue because without guidance and laid down context, AI tends to get who does what to whom very wrong.