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Soft subs also allow those of us with a with a little bit of technical knowledge to add English subtitles to DVD ISO files for DVDs that probably won't ever make it to the US, which I'd like to show to my friends.

One man released the full series of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien on DVD with English subtitles added in, and that has inspired me to follow in his footsteps and learn how to edit DVDs. The only obstacle is getting those stingy fansub groups to release scripts for hard-subbed episodes. I've had to resort to manually transcribing, re-timing, and typesetting the subs myself.