Watched Frieren subbed after 6 episodes dubbed, and the difference in the quiet scenes got me
I started the show dubbed on a whim back in March and it was fine, but switching to subs made the little pauses and whispers land way harder for me. The dub rushed some of those soft moments, like when Frieren just sits with a memory, and the sub let it breathe. Did anyone else switch midway through a show and feel like they were watching a different one?
The "let it breathe" thing is so real. I did the exact opposite of you and started subbed then got lazy one night and switched to dub, and I spent the whole episode feeling like someone was tapping their foot at Frieren to hurry up. My dumb version of this is I once switched audio tracks on a rewatch and didn't notice for two whole episodes, so clearly my ears are not to be trusted. The quiet stuff is where these shows live though, those little pauses are doing more work than half the dialogue.