Agreed, but stigma still persists in other areas sadly. Go to the Honkai channel and sort videos by views, you will notice that the original Chinese voiced animations which were released far earlier, has way less views compared to the later Japanese-dubbed versions. I expect this one to not be any different.
That is not true for most of them, especially the most recent ones:
Thus Spake Apocalypse: Chinese 6.5 million vs Japanese 368K
New Arc Trailer: Chinese 946K vs Japanese 265K
Everlasting Flames: Chinese 9.2 million vs Japanese 2.6 million
Shattered Samsara: Chinese 2.8 million vs Japanese 2.3 million
In any event, I'm not going to sit here and deny there's a lot of people out there who prefer Japanese dub because they are used to watching anime and prefer to hear that voice acting. It is what it is.
Even the pop culture references of this game and other Chinese games all contain Japanese words.
Yes, a lot of Chinese games are heavily inspired by Japanese anime and its aesthetic. So what? Anime was itself heavily inspired by Disney until it evolved and grew into its own thing.
It is clear where the soft power lies.
Not denying that Japan is a soft power titan whereas China is not at that point yet. All in due time my friend.
