[Orange Ranger]

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Originally Posted by algo448

Fair enough, I just never interpreted that as multi-tasking since it's the common way to watch foreign shows here.

I wasn't trying to say it was multi-tasking. I was just pointing out that you wouldn't realize if you were missing things. You would assume you hadn't just like a lot of people assume they are doing two tasks (say talking on the phone and writing a paper) at 100% even though the more confident they are about it the lower their performance. Again, I'm not saying reading subs is multi-tasking. Maybe it technically is but I don't count it as such. I'm just saying it's easy to not realize when you are missing stuff.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Same. To me it's just the same as watching a movie, I often have subs on both video games and English language films as well so I don't miss dialogue.

I do the same thing for video games for when voices aren't clear or the dialogue audio is too low and you can't hear what's being said.I don't mind reading it when I have to but I would rather stare where my eye is drawn for as long as I desire.

I saw a study on foreign language films a couple of years back where it showed the audiences missed more of the visual details of in foreign films than ones in their own language. Like, they scored lower on tests about specific details after the viewings. I should try to track that down. I don't remember what they suggested was the reason for that. A general audience might be different than seasoned anime vets.

I'm sure some people have brains more suited to it. I just know the general population always complains about subs and I even see anime fans who prefer subs saying they miss things and have to rewind, especially with heavy action series. I've never said it's wrong to watch subs (I watch plenty of them), it just means you are valuing one thing over the other if you pick them to a fault. For most people, subs mean the animation comes second to them. Even more so if someone doesn't read as fast as we do. Some people with learning disabilities get completely lost with subs or even just people that read slower for whatever reason.