Talk:SmPC36/@comment-5469588-20190611222730

The dub could have easily changed it so Brian didn't speak English, though I'm betting the cultural references we see (Kendo, tea ceremony, Akane's restaurant) would have been 'too foreign', and confusing if the dub was set outside of Japan. (Why would somebody wanna see kimonos and samurai in America?)

Lastly, I don't agree with the trivia note. Yes Akane learns English, but they could have changed the language barrier and had her learn another language instead if they wanted to keep this episode.