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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not alone. I tried reading them and the premise was something I could get behind but the way it was written drove me crazy. I agree that if they had a better translator to make it sound more native English, I probably would have been fine with it. Bit as it stands it sounded very Chinese still. I'm hoping the show will solve that problem for us.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm glad I'm not alone on this.

I may be able to retry them knowing that they aren't translated in a way that feels more western, but I had just come off of some cozy-fantasy and sci-fi books and it was shockingly jarring to even try to get through.

I often feel like when most people love something and I don't, I owe it to myself to figure out why.