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People hate the 4Kids version because they refused to understand American culture and its view on children properly. Some of the things that were seen/said in the unedited version were okay for the Japanese kids according to their culture, but not so much in American culture. So 4Kids edited it out/replaced it so the show could be allowed to be aired for an American auidence as well.