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NEWS: Diabolik Lovers, The Ambition of Oda Nobuna Get English Dubs

I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure.

But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though.

I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure.

But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though.

Felicity dash wrote:

I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure. But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though.

I actually made an account because this interested me just to answer this.

The issue about this anime/otome visual novel game isn't the vampires per say but Yui herself with a majority of people who watched it. She is extremely unrealistic for a person put into such a situation. You hardly feel bad for her because she does nothing against such vampires even when opportunities present themselves (such as the knife she was given to kill them.)

A normal girl wouldn't give sympathy to such captors nor think 'good' of them unless she was really naive and/or stupid. I sat down and watched the anime with an open mind and I could barely stomach the whole thing until the end. I can't understand why she would 'love' any of the guys nor keep expecting the guys to do this and that when they have shown to be sadists and/or attempted to kill her.

The game is much worse yes but it doesn't excuse it nor this anime series. Mind you I love Otome games and I've played Hatoful boyfriend with a racist pigeon but I couldn't deal with this series nor the VN PSP game. Its bad. Starry Sky, UtaPri, even the anime/eroge game by Little Cheese was better.

I won't buy the dvd either nor any goods because I can't support such things like this.

As someone who loves Diabolik Lovers, I'm glad it's getting a dub. Of course people are going to hate on it like they always do. But that's to be expected :roll

puppy1843e wrote:

As someone who loves Diabolik Lovers, I'm glad it's getting a dub. Of course people are going to hate on it like they always do. But that's to be expected :roll

I don't like drawing conclusions about a viewer based on the material that he or she watches. I usually bristle when I see that happening. For myself, the two and a half episodes I could barely stomach were masterpieces of shitty story-telling and ridiculous to boot. It was quite clear that the target audience for the show is people who dig watching a helpless female being terrorized and who also dig watching her "love" her tormentors regardless. Okay, fine. I can easily imagine a perfectly normal, nice person being into this sort of thing even though it skeeves me out enormously.

But anyone who can't seem to understand why this show would be criticized, has to be, by definition, a bit of a douchebag.

Felicity dash wrote:

I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure. But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though.

Yes they can but when it's done for the entirety of the series giving you absouletly no reason to care for any of the douchebags is it really worth it? I'd think not.

Naotomato wrote:

Felicity dash wrote: I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure. But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though. I actually made an account because this interested me just to answer this. The issue about this anime/otome visual novel game isn't the vampires per say but Yui herself with a majority of people who watched it. She is extremely unrealistic for a person put into such a situation. You hardly feel bad for her because she does nothing against such vampires even when opportunities present themselves (such as the knife she was given to kill them.) A normal girl wouldn't give sympathy to such captors nor think 'good' of them unless she was really naive and/or stupid. I sat down and watched the anime with an open mind and I could barely stomach the whole thing until the end. I can't understand why she would 'love' any of the guys nor keep expecting the guys to do this and that when they have shown to be sadists and/or attempted to kill her. The game is much worse yes but it doesn't excuse it nor this anime series. Mind you I love Otome games and I've played Hatoful boyfriend with a racist pigeon but I couldn't deal with this series nor the VN PSP game. Its bad. Starry Sky, UtaPri, even the anime/eroge game by Little Cheese was better. I won't buy the dvd either nor any goods because I can't support such things like this.

So what exactly would you do in this situation?
She does do things for herself and she does retaliate quite a bit.
Have you ever heard of Stockholm syndrome?
That's what it boils down to after they brothers torture her and do things to her she eventually stops trying to fight. A knife would hardly mean much but maybe allow her a few second head start before she's eventually hunted down and more then likely killed.
Of course she ends up sympathizing them especially with a whole mystery going on surrounding not only the brothers but her self as well.



and anyways she doesn't fall in love with anyone in the anime and it barely scratches the surface of what that girl was put through.

#808690 wrote:

Naotomato wrote: Felicity dash wrote: I`m going to get sooo much hate for this, but I don`t care. Does noone understand that vampires CAN be sadistic? Or do people only think of vampires as like the ones in Twilight? I mean for fudge`s sake, I wonder what people would do if the games ever got released outside of Japan...the anime version treats Yui way more nicer than the games do, thats for sure. But it does surprise me that it is getting a dub though. I actually made an account because this interested me just to answer this. The issue about this anime/otome visual novel game isn't the vampires per say but Yui herself with a majority of people who watched it. She is extremely unrealistic for a person put into such a situation. You hardly feel bad for her because she does nothing against such vampires even when opportunities present themselves (such as the knife she was given to kill them.) A normal girl wouldn't give sympathy to such captors nor think 'good' of them unless she was really naive and/or stupid. I sat down and watched the anime with an open mind and I could barely stomach the whole thing until the end. I can't understand why she would 'love' any of the guys nor keep expecting the guys to do this and that when they have shown to be sadists and/or attempted to kill her. The game is much worse yes but it doesn't excuse it nor this anime series. Mind you I love Otome games and I've played Hatoful boyfriend with a racist pigeon but I couldn't deal with this series nor the VN PSP game. Its bad. Starry Sky, UtaPri, even the anime/eroge game by Little Cheese was better. I won't buy the dvd either nor any goods because I can't support such things like this. So what exactly would you do in this situation? She does do things for herself and she does retaliate quite a bit. Have you ever heard of Stockholm syndrome? That's what it boils down to after they brothers torture her and do things to her she eventually stops trying to fight. A knife would hardly mean much but maybe allow her a few second head start before she's eventually hunted down and more then likely killed. Of course she ends up sympathizing them especially with a whole mystery going on surrounding not only the brothers but her self as well. and anyways she doesn't fall in love with anyone in the anime and it barely scratches the surface of what that girl was put through.

But she WAS given an opportunity to run away (forgot which douchebag vampire told her to go). Yet she doesn't take it. She doesn't even stay because she wants to stay with the poor excuses for living beings. She stays because she wants to find out about her father. Then proceeds to complain about how much she hates it at the mansion. So yeah I don't see anything realistic about her character. Any sensible person would choose to escape not continue to be tortured for the rest of their lives. It's not realistic at all.

Also the brothers hardly even care about each other. If she killed one of them in her way I doubt the dickheads would care. The show makes it a point to show just how self serving they are. Heck the only reason they keep Yui alive is so they can suck on her blood for the rest of her life (that's pretty much what the montage is saying). So yeah I'm calling BS on this situation being realistic.

No BluRay, no buy on IS2. I just can't justify investing in an outdated format. A shame, as I enjoyed the first season.

I simply cannot believe Sentai is going to dub Diabolik Lovers. REALLY?

Trying to watch those lines dubbed would probably be the most cringe-worthy thing ever. I almost would want to buy the DVD just to see how much I could stand! But no, not gonna do it. So curious, though.