The struggle is eternal. Though it may start and stop it fits, there will never be an end to it. Thus, our journey begins anew.
Not much happens in this first episode, but one thing you can immediately notice is the stilted voice acting from much of the cast. If you compare the performances in Days with that from previous Kingdom Hearts, there’s a noticeable monotone is most of the lines.
Even Sam, who watches so much anime that a wooden performance or two might slip be him without notice, couldn’t help but commenting on just how bad the voice work is. One rule I like to use is that if one or two characters have flat, bland acting, it’s likely those performances. However, if the whole cast, or most of it, is turning in sub-par voice work, it’s probably the direction.
And since we don’t see this problem in any other Kingdom Hearts game, I can only imagine that whoever was tapped to direct the voice work here just wasn’t up to it.
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