11The bit about YGO, and the last verse of this fic, are the same as in ML: YD, with a few minor changes. The YGO one also has more verses about YGO (obviously). Other than that, everything else is new, so it's not the same as posting the same entry twice (if you don't believe me, check out ML: YGO Division. They aren't the same at all).
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I actually don't mind dubs or censorship most of time (as long as it isn't too overboard), but this is for those who do. Purists are cool! WOOO- snippy!
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Mainstream Lament
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When East meets West, then cultures clash
Sub versus dub, the fans or the cash
It's obvious which one the distributors will choose
And it's a hopeless war for purists, cuz I'm sure they're gonna lose
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Satoshi's friendly Pikachu gave a crowd of kids a seizure
Was it this that sparked the popularity of America's Poke-fever?
Takeshi was a pervert; the cross-changing wrecked havoc
The Americans put a stop to Kojiro's un-Western habit
The show was full of cultural references, the modern and the old
Despite this culture gap, the merchandise still sold
But the second season was tainted with the West's toned-down cartoons
The fad dropped off and the Poke-master took his dues
Pokemon continues on its sad, dejected way
Its legacy is being sold for next to nothing on eBay
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Sailor Moon had lesbians which the censors couldn't abide
Some sex-changes were made so that parents wouln't run and hide
Relationships were mutilated, and now the lovers aren't in love
And Bunny is a brat with a voice that says enough (enough! Enough!)
Naked ladies in the shower are definitely not allowed
Upon bare skin and nudity the distributors scowled
They cut it out and mashed it up until the show was a disgrace
Then they gave it to the fans who chewed it up and made a face
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Yugi Mutou gets beat up on an average five times a day
And Shonen Jump had integrity not to censor what they say
Honda is a friend whose character development was a dud
And Yami Bakura rigged the ratings with his morbid taste for blood
Mokuba's mouth was dirty; this the dubber's didn't keep
The swearing didn't make it with the translation's leap
Yugi's dark side liked sharp objects, with which he cleaned the bully's clock
The scene was cut out entirely and now the purists are in shock
Most villains were driven crazy by Yami Yugi's mental games
But the distributors didn't like this, and now the show's just not the same
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Escaflowne died without a whimper or ceremony
And Yusuke and Tenchi you can see on special late nights only
Beyblade and Hamtaro are the mainstream face of doom
Those shows make some want to completely annihilate the room
Dragonball was funny but DBZ it leaves me hissing
The distributors made their cuts and now half the show is missing
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This guy is a pervert, this girl's skirt was hitched
She punched him in the face, and in the dub this was a glitch
Potty mouths were removed and second seasons they were tamed
While the purists rose up in protest, for the dubbers had no shame
Professional Japanese seiyuu were replaced by random hoarse-voiced hacks
The original music was inspired, but now techno fills the soundtracks
Names are changed to fit the world of McDonalds and pop-pollution
'Ash Ketchum' was enough to get the purists set for revolution
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And still the visions haunt us, the ghost of a Might-Have-Been
In which the war of censorship was merely a bad dream
And subbers can roam the streets, forever wild and free...
But despite online petitions, I guess it's just not meant to be.
~The Bitter End~