HIDIVE vs Crunchyroll Engaged to the Unidentified subtitles.

I just watched the first episode of Engaged to the Unidentified on Crunchyroll.  And as I expected the Subs it had when I watched it many times on a certain illegitimate site a few years ago were taken from Crunchyroll.

Last year I watched the first episode on HIDIVE, a new legal streaming site I kind of wanted to become an enthusiastic supporter of at the time.  But the subs were different there, and every difference I noticed felt inferior.

Now when it comes to lines like "Kobeni blew her top" and "Domestic violence already" which are from the Crunchyroll version, I don't know nearly enough about Japanese to say which is more accurate, and my preference for the Crunchyroll version could just be that being what I watched first and got very used to.

But there is one change I feel I can give a meaningful opinion on.

Everytime Benio refers to Mashiro a Mashiro-Tan, the Crunchyroll subs say Mashiro-Tan.  But on HIDIVE they subtitled it as "Marshmallow".

The thing is, the liberty HIDIVE took here is one I could have been fine with in a Dub, if this show ever gets a Dub it'll probably not use Honorfics like most sadly, so having Benio nick name Mashiro "Marshmallow" would be a clever creative liberty.

But in a Sub, when I can hear what Benio is actually saying, it's distracting and annoying.

So my advice to people interested in watching this show is to use Crunchyroll.  Though it's not a show well suited for Normies anyway.

However neither site seems to have the OVAs, which surprises me, HIDIVE has OVAs for many of their series but not this one.

Update: I decided to go to HIDIVE again for the first time in awhile after posting this.  And now they've increased the amount of stuff you can only do as a Subscriber (I wanted to use them for re-watching Higurashi Kai).  So screw them, you've just lost my potential ad support and given it to pirates.

Update January 3rd 2025: Engaged to the Unidentified isn't on CR anymore.  It's English Physical Media Release is Sentai branded which means it most likely has the HIDIVE Subs.  It's Prime VIdoe Uploads are also explicitly promoting HIDIVE.

So I fear the Subs I prefer for this show could become Lost Media if the Pirate Sites start ever feeling the need to Update which versions they have.