Justin Briner is an American anime voice actor who voices Izuku “Deku” Midoriya in My Hero Academia and Yoo Jin-ho in Solo Leveling. Hot on the heels of the My Hero Academia Season 7 premiere, Briner is pleading with fans on social media not to ask him or the other voice actors about their personal views on the romantic pairings between the characters their anime.
Briner took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to express his plea to anime fans. “Please stop asking me about the ships on my dashboard,” Briner said. “It's none of my business and it's officially gone too far. I do not prosecute any fandom. I also speak in general! Overall you're very thoughtful and we have a lot of fun together. I certainly don't.” The strange fandom space is yours. Involving me in that was at best uncomfortable and at worst highly inappropriate.”
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Before signing off, Briner made it clear that he didn't want anyone to attack the person in question that led to the response, and offered some more clarity on why he and the cast Other anime dubs cannot answer these romantic questions from fans. “I could get in big trouble for these interactions and have to withdraw, that's it,” Briner said. “I do not condone any of your cruelty or personal attacks. I also don't forgive those who used this moment as an excuse to dismiss the entire fandom as weirdos when that simply wasn't my experience with them. Me too. never send fans to attack anyone on my behalf.”
While some may see Briner's response as an overreaction to a harmless question, as an official voice actor, what he said about Deku or anyone other in My Hero Academia has more weight than an outsider. Expressing his satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a romantic pairing could be interpreted as an official endorsement, disappointing fans who send XY together and not Xperia. Things get especially difficult when it comes to same-sex couples. Additionally, any public support for a particular pairing could be taken as a confirmation, potentially upsetting fans if said ship is not confirmed by the end. series. Both Naruto and Bleach went through their own fandom wars regarding the confirmation of NaruHina and IchiHime.
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Aleks Le, the English voice actor for Jinwoo Sung in Solo Leveling, recently opened up about the online threats he received from fans if he didn't deliver his character's “Arise” line to they are satisfied. “If you don't say ARISE right, I swear I WILL FIND YOU and then Sung Jhin-woo will not take you back,” one hateful message read. Responding to this and “thousands” of other comments with similar content, Le said: “If you continue to spam my comments section with threats, if you continue to threaten me about this scene, I will change it to 'Wake up'. upward.' I'll change it to 'Wakey Wakey'… I'll change it to 'Wake up, friend… it's time to go to school.'” Before concluding his video response, Le assured fans that he would transmit load to the best of their abilities but still ask them to “set their expectations” regardless.
The new season of My Hero Academia is currently airing on Crunchyroll, while the final storyline of Kohei Horikoshi's manga continues. Solo Leveling Season 1 is also available to stream on Crunchyroll, with Season 2 confirmed but currently with no release date announced. The franchise will also receive its first official video game, scheduled for release globally on May 8.
My Hero Academy
Izuku has dreamed of being a hero his entire life—a noble goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid without superpowers. That's right, in a world where 80% of the population possesses some kind of “superpower”, Izuku was unlucky to be born completely normal. But that wasn't enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the most prestigious hero academies in the world.
Release date May 5, 2018
Cast Daiki Yamashita, Justin Briner, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura
Seasons 6
Level up alone
In a world of talented hunters and monsters, weak hunter Sung Jin-Woo gains extraordinary powers through a mysterious program, making him one of the strongest hunters and conquers the entire world. the strongest dungeons.
Release date January 7, 2024
Cast Alex Le, Taito Ban
Main category Work
Seasons first
Source: X (formerly Twitter)