Non-Japanese speakers, have you watched Japanese DB/Z without subtitles?

[Forte224]

I've been considering this. With regards to Z specifically, I know the story so well that I feel like I could watch and not really be affected by no subtitles. Has anyone done this? Was it interesting or nothing too spectacular? Just curious.

[Son Perfect]

I've watched the first DBZ TV special without subtitles and it felt like taking off my training wheels. I had a rough understanding what the characters are saying from the few Japanese words I've picked up. Without having the burden to read every piece of dialogue, I felt really special experiencing what the original broadcast might have felt like (maybe since it was broadcast audio but I think it was a bit of both). I wish I knew Japanese!

[Dbzfan94]

Not DB or Z bit before Crunchyroll I used to watch DBS live with no subs. It was a pretty fun experience going by only visuals and the occasional name or word I knew.

[Forte224]

Not DB or Z bit before Crunchyroll I used to watch DBS live with no subs. It was a pretty fun experience going by only visuals and the occasional name or word I knew.

Ah yes I did that once before Crunchyroll too but I can't remember the episode. It was in the Black Arc and it was pretty exposition heavy is all I remember so I was pretty annoyed haha. But better than waiting a whole 8 hours for fansubs to be done am I right?

[Dbzfan94]

Not DB or Z bit before Crunchyroll I used to watch DBS live with no subs. It was a pretty fun experience going by only visuals and the occasional name or word I knew.

Ah yes I did that once before Crunchyroll too but I can't remember the episode. It was in the Black Arc and it was pretty exposition heavy is all I remember so I was pretty annoyed haha. But better than waiting a whole 8 hours for fansubs to be done am I right?

Yeah exactly. I remember flipping out when they had the Buu flashback in Trunks’ timeline.

[SHINOBI-03]

Nah, still not at the level that allows me to have anime as background noise.