but animation is also a very visual medium, and your play of the eye over the canvas is a big part of the vision too.

Maybe if you're a slow reader but I just glance at the text or pick it up from my peripheral vision. It's less distracting than watching the dubs either repeat frames or just not match up with the voices. Plus most dubs are just kinda mediocre which really lowers the product.

Also white people going "Onii-chan!" in some dumb cutesy voice is so cringe I literally can't continue watching it. It's cringe when Japanese people do it to be clear but less so.