We've been calling them 'words.'
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.

A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.

So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.

Ask yourself this: Do you want this to be the future of your anime watching experience, forever? If your answer is no, then act on it! If you are a journalist or anyone with a platform, talk about this! If you know such people, urge them to do so! Use my article as base! Now, before it's too late!

release too slow? not available in X region? too expensive? poor quality? caught up in the ~AI translation~ crossfire and dialogue's falling out of the bubbles and characters keep changing pronouns and how they spell each other's names from page to page?

yell at the pub, not gaysexenjoyer420