Okay, let me preface this by stating that I do not condone repeating half of what I've heard in the anime I've viewed over the years. From kid-friendly poop jokes to teen misogyny to very, very adult-oriented insults, much of anime suffers from a, how do you say... lack of subtlety.It's not that Japan's brand of animation can be generalized as more offensive than Western content -- I'm sure "Family Guy" would make our neighbors to the East blush if translated properly -- It's just Japan is a little less constrained by certain kinds of dialogue.
The clip, from the World War II-ish mecha series "The Super Dimension Century Orguss 02" sets up the line pretty well, establishing the characters' relationship and motivations in the space of 40 seconds or so, and mediocre voice acting aside, it leaves you completely unprepared for the approaching awfulness.
I won't ruin the casually shocking ending for you here my friends, you'll just have to see it after the jump. Remember, watch it all the way until the end...
Yeah, you can put that on my list of things to never say ever.
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Thursday 22 October
By ostrakos
Wait...is the worst line the rape line, or the very last line he says? Because I was way more shocked by that nonchalant delivery of the last line and how it stands in complete opposition to the rape line than the rape line. Or maybe nothing about Japanese culture shocks me anymore.
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Thursday 22 October
By Laura Hudson
I feel it is the one-two punch that really makes it special.
Monday 26 October
By Drake
Oh come on, THAT'S the worst line ever...failtastic.
Friday 23 October
By MtL
It feels like the meaning was definitely lost in translation. Then again most, if not all, older dubbed anime tend to have pretty bad translations. I recently re-watched an ep of Ronin Warriors (dub) for example and was surprised when the line, "I'll fill you with hot light" was uttered as a protagonist attacked an enemy.
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Friday 30 October
By Tommy
This is why I don't watch English dubs anymore.
Friday 30 October
By Danielle
I LOVE Ronin Warriors. :D
Also, this was sort of anticlimactic. I guess the internetz has ruined my brain.
Does anyone else think that girl sounds like Ariel from Little Mermaid?
Monday 26 October
By Sammie
This actually made me giggle...
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Wednesday 27 January
By damnedking
XD CANT STOP LAUGHING XD that was the most random thing to say ever
Monday 26 October
By Ben
with all of the hype I was kinda disappointed.
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Monday 26 October
By heather
WOW THE BLESS YOU THANKS WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THE I'LL RAPE YOU LINE
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