Bitching -- Itsuki and Sensui

[perpetuity]

Fandom specific. Spoilers. Homosexuality.

Eh. It just annoys me. I'm very proud of FUNimation for keeping Itsuki gay. He says he wanted Sensui as his lover--which is quite true.

But the completely forget Itsuki and Sensui are in a relationship. Watch the English uncut, and it's like Itsuki is a heartless bastard who's more of a obsessed stalker than a lover to Sensui. *snickers* I'll say Itsuki is a bastard, as he is willing to just watch Sensui's corruption. But the obsessed stalker bit, about following Sensui and killing his opponents--complete BS. And completely pointless. Just like the part about Itsuki's pet Uraotoko being a trash collector.

And Sensui is even madder than he really is. Japanese Sensui is definitely insane. No doubt. But English Sensui is a goddamned fanatic!

But really, my only objection in all of it--

Itsuki in English: "It's true, I wanted him for my lover."

Itsuki in Japanese: "It was as if I had acquired both a lover and time bomb."

Not direct, I'm sure. They're saying Itsuki wants, as if he doesn't have, Sensui, but in Japanese he's already his lover... argh!

Now I gotta write a cuddly Sensui x Itsuki fic... official yaoi, I love it.

Comments

[felinephoenix.livejournal.com]

Wish I knew what fandom you were referring to...but, wait, someone was kept gay? In a dub? **dies of shock**

But look on the bright side. Obbsessed stalkers? Much better than not-so-vaguely lesbian "cousins" (Sailor Moon dub, how I abhor thee.)

[perpetual-poet.livejournal.com]

Yu Yu Hakusho. Watch it. I implore you. Canon slash, man, it doesn't get any better than that (exceptyougottagetthrough70+episodesforthecanonslash).

It was the uncut dub, I had to buy the DVD. I wanna cry just thinking about how he'll actually be on Toonami... *shudders* They'll probably be cousin's best friend's dog walker's boss's babysitter's partner's mailman's stepsister's uncle or something...

'Amara' and 'Michelle.' Augh, not Anime in America's finest moment.

[ex-akai-sen.livejournal.com]

My personal opinion is that they kept different things "hidden" in the different versions. Japanese is notorious for understatements, and, when a character states something directly, especially when said character is Itsuki (and he likes to screw with others' heads, and also talks in a very enigmatic, Zenlike way a lot), BEWARE. Even though he said he was his lover, he may or may not mean it literally. Same thing for the English version...I got the impression by the way Itsuki talked that he finally convinced Sensui of the irrelevance of his position by sleeping with him. >D (Just the way he said "traditionally defined"...good gods!)

OK, I'm a warped weirdo. >D Just wait until you hear the Toonami version, though.

[perpetual-poet.livejournal.com]

I've said it before: on Toonami, they'll be cousins' half-sister's dog walker's post man's high school history's teacher's boss's wife's stepfather's Little League coach or something.

I read your piece on that at Fallen From Grace, but I never picked up on it myself. Then again, I'm a naive 15 year old. Hm.

And I do think you're right.

Of course, the thing I like SenItsu is that Itsuki is devoted to Sensui... if Sensui wanted to chop his head off and play soccer with it, Itsuki would help him do it. I probably should watch a few more episodes, though.