>>280710148
>This is why they change proverbs, references, common expressions, etc, from japanese culture to something an american would recognize
>9/10 times they replace the figure of speech with its literal meaning

>>280710618
Academia is itself as divided as general discussions, but it's the Overton window. The academic threshold for what qualifies as conveying the "intent" is a lot stricter, involving minute technical elements like etymology and syntax. Localizers took the general argument and butchered it into a Motte & Bailey while their changes would be unacceptable to most academics who have pushed for it in the first place.

Localization = bad

So says the greatest author of all time. If you want to prove him wrong, you have to write a better series than him.