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		charcircuit on Dec 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What We Watched: A Netflix engagement report They may not have the license for English subtitles in Japan similar to how outside of Japan you can't get Japanese subtitles on Japanese TV shows because of licensing.

Tomis02 on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

I heard the "no license" theory before but I find it hard to believe because Netflix originals suffer from the same problem.

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