Did Nanami really say both kinds of work are equally bad?

True, with a version-specific wording note. James Beckett’s Anime News Network review of episode 9 transcribes Nanami saying: “If both are equally shit, then I’ll take the one I’m more suited to.” The review records an English rendering without naming a particular subtitle or dub track.

Crunchyroll’s official English-subtitled clip confirms the comparison. Around 00:49, the displayed subtitle gives the same choice but leaves out the word “then.” That is a concrete difference between these two sources, not evidence that all anime releases divide into two matching versions.

What is he comparing?

In Beckett’s transcription, Nanami first condemns sorcery after studying at Jujutsu Tech, then condemns ordinary company work after trying it. His conclusion weighs those two working lives against his own aptitude. The sentence does not claim that every profession is equally bad, or that there is no meaningful difference between helping people and working for a company.

One reading is that disappointment has changed the question he asks. If neither option supplies an ideal life, the choice becomes where he can function usefully. That is a limited, practical criterion. It allows a decision without pretending the chosen occupation has stopped being unpleasant.

The line can also be read as dry self-justification. Calling both options equally miserable flattens differences that might deserve more thought. Aptitude may make a job easier to perform while leaving its demands harmful. Being suited to something does not automatically make continuing it wise. This counter-reading prevents the quotation from turning into uncomplicated career advice.

Profanity and attribution

A cleaned-up description such as saying that both jobs are bad conveys the broad comparison. It should be labeled a paraphrase. It is not the exact quoted wording in either checked source. If the profanity is unsuitable for the setting, summarize the point instead of placing replacement words inside quotation marks and attributing them as dialogue.

For a direct quotation, identify whether it follows Beckett’s review or Crunchyroll’s displayed subtitle. The difference is small enough that the meaning remains recognizable, but exactness is the purpose of a quotation check. Adding a connector silently makes a hybrid sentence whose source has become harder to locate.

The useful insight is a question rather than a command: when several choices disappoint you, what criterion remains worth choosing by? Nanami’s comparison suggests aptitude as one answer. Readers may reasonably insist on other answers, including safety, fairness, or the people affected by the work. Those extensions are interpretation, not additional words spoken by Nanami.