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Aniplex of America Fixes Kaguya-sama “Social Distancing” Translation

A rather memetic and “liberal translation” of a line in episode five of the second season of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai has been fixed by Aniplex so as to not mention “social distancing”, since the phrase was not being spoken by the actors.

The statement and apology issued by licensor Aniplex of America:

The initial translated line that mentioned “social distancing”, a term that is frequently brought up due to the Coronavirus pandemic:

What those online are saying the subtitle was changed to:

Hopefully Aniplex USA’s amendment will lead to out of place, asynchronous and joke translations being weeded out from official anime subs and dubs, which have been especially egregious over the last few years in Funimation’s “localization” work.

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