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I've seen debate over (2) as to just how formal Allen speaks, do you know if the official localizations are any help voice-wise?

Wrt 3, though, I'd like to hear more about what you think motivates Allen's "kindness"/the kind of kindness it is. Or good scenes that really exemplify it (or question it). Is he kind because of trying to emulate Mana, or was he always that kind of boy? The person who would someday develop an Innocence centering around "one hand for the akuma, one hand for the humans"?

Regarding Allen's formality, that comes from the way he speaks in Japanese canon which is easily recognizable in that context as "polite Japanese." It's a little more difficult to convey in English (especially American English, as the case is) because "formal English" just isn't comparable to the "polite Japanese" Allen uses.

The whole "'formal English' just isn't comparable to the 'polite Japanese'" line is just kind of silly, imo.

No, they're not comparable, but that's also not the point. It is very possible to be true to the spirit of speaking politely in English, and also of speaking more formally or more casually in English. The fact that the precise mechanism for doing so isn't the same as it is in Japanese is neither here nor there. All the problem takes is a modicum of attentiveness.

And the whole thing is doubly a red herring because even though the manga is written in Japanese, the characters are understood to be speaking in English (not to mention that Allen wouldn't be speaking in American English anyway, because he's not American). People who are trying to be "true" to the letter rather than true to the spirit of the manga are just being pedantic. And people who claim that there aren't more formal and more colloquial ways to speak in English are just being obtuse anyway.

Actually, I think you're completely right on this point. I didn't mean to make it seem like you can't convey formality and politeness in English, and I did mean to imply that Allen doesn't speak American English but I don't think I made that very clear.

But no, I think you're absolutely right there. My bad :(

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