Notice how in the DiC dub, Zoycite explicitly says this is her plan. It’s a small, hardly noticeable difference, but today when I was watching it, I totally had an A-HA moment. Now this is interesting (and this is why I love doing comparison-posts like this). Though the anger Sub-Beryl’s going through seems much more venemous… (”Oh gee golly whiz, I can’t believe he just did that!” Coy-Zoi at his best.) (Also, check out the Zoisite’s TOTALLY INNOCENT HEAD-TILT): But I don’t think that was Nephrite’s intention…while Neflyte sounds like he’s trying to at least exit somewhat courteously, Nephrite’s practically throwing up as an ironic FU. “I’ve had enough of this, LATERZ.” Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to help. I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like Neph’s already hung himself with that line.
Zoycite is syrupy-sweet, Zoisite practically does that not-so-innocent-innocent oOo face with the hand to his mouth.Ĭlass act Nephrite! Another little change to tone down Nephrite’s immense ego - Neflyte reminds Zoycite of the facts and thus shifts the implication back to her interfering. Nephrite, instead, shoots himself in the foot - he actually isn’t annoyed with Zosite’s interfering - he’s actually annoyed with Beryl’s helicopter parenting and Zoisite’s just fanning that fire. HAHAHAHA I love watching Nephrites refuse direct orders with the grace of semitruck. This is not a woman falling for Zoisite’s cuteness, but is the mother-figure who is reluctantly agreeing the younger of her two petulant children is right. Ok I know there’s no audio, so I want to stress this: While DiC Beryl seems to wholeheartedly buy Zoycite’s sorority angle, Sub Beryl actually does an inhale-sigh. LOL YOU WORK THAT SISTERHOOD ANGLE ZOYCITE. (Where is my FU emoticon?) Meanwhile, Zoisite stays professionally on-point. DiC, trying to hammer in the cenorship in case we missed it. Zoisite tries to be a gentleman and team player. Zoycite’s having a harder time making it believable. I’m a bit ambivalent about its success, but, that’s another post.Įnter Zoycite and Zoisite, both giggling like villainous masterminds we’re meant to see them as, trying to be cute. My impression is that DiC knew how he was going to end up and tried their best to make him less of an ass to give his ultimate redemption a little more heft. I do want to point out that Neflyte overall seems like a more nicer guy than Nephrite.
Opening up with Queen Beryl railing on Neflyte / Nephrite. So without further ado, my running commentary on DiCDub vs Sub, Episode 15/18 - “Dangerous Dollies” / “Shingo’s Love, the Grieving Doll”! That and the ridiculousness of the DiC is freaking entertaining It is yet another area of exploration in my never-ending research of KunZoi. I however, find the side-by-side comparisons fascinating - because more often than not, I catch little oddities in my assumptions and understanding of the characters, which may have been subconsciously influenced from my exposure to the Dub as a child.
I know there is a lot of ick factor when it comes to the DiC dub, so I understand if anyone wishes to skip or scroll through. Which means to say…the Zoisite-related episodes ).
Omg okay so because I’ve just been reading whatever novelizations I could find of the 90s DiC Dub, it cranked my nostalgia on full power so I decided to rewatch some of my favourite episodes.