Netflix’s “The Glory”, which depicts the revenge plan designed by a school violence victim after becoming an adult, is currently a popular drama.
Among numerous hot topics, the one about “The Glory” Japanese dubbed version is drawing keen attention from netizens.
Video of the scene where Moon Dong Eun (Song Hye Kyo) cheers for Park Yeon Jin (Lim Ji Yeon), who receives an award, is being shared on Youtube, TikTok, and other SNS sites.
In that scene, Moon Dong Eun shouts “Fighting, Park Yeon Jin”, “Bravo”, “You’re amazing, Yeon Jin”, etc., and clapped her hands for Park Yeon Jin, who is receiving an award at their old high school.
Upon seeing Moon Dong Eun’s strange behavior, Park Yeon Jin’s expression stiffens.
This is the scene where Park Yeon Jin looks uncomfortable because the neat and clean manner of Moon Dong Eun makes her feel like she’s being mocked.
Then how did Japanese viewers watch this scene?
The lines dubbed by the Japanese voice actress for Moon Dong Eun sound like “Hwaito, Parku Yonjin”, “Bravo”, “Yonjin, kakkoi”, etc.
Viewers who watched the Japanese dubbed version compared them to the original Korean lines and responded that they felt like watching an anime because “the Japanese lines feel restrained (?)”.
Some commented, “The lines sound too light in the dubbed version”, “The voice actress failed to deliver the mood of the scene”, “I heard foreign viewers tend to prefer watching dubbed versions. I hope they would watch the original one with subtitles instead”, “The lines in Korean are much more emotional”, etc.
Meanwhile, “The Glory” is still on a rise after releasing Part 1 in December last year then Part 2 on March 10th. According to FlixPatrol’s report on the 16th, the drama topped Netflix’s Worldwide TV Show on the 15th.
“The Glory” has dominated the No.1 spot on Netflix’s TV Show category in 42 countries, such as Korea, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Mexico, Japan, etc.
Source: Insight
