#Yulia Loganova

[wolvesdevour]

Demonslayer Vol. 2 #5 is written by Alex Xatchett, translated by Danila Evstifeev, art by Denis Popov, pencils by Anastasia Kim, colored by Lada Akishina, and cover by Natalia Zaidova. I do really, really enjoy Tsafuran. I am thoroughly enjoying Demonslayer Vol. 2. Since the Time of the Raven, I think Demonslayer may be my favorite BUBBLE series; solid all around. I think my current “If you should start somewhere,” I would say start here.

Allies #5 is written Natalia Devova, translated Tatyana Omelchenko, art by Denis Popov, pencils by Marina Privalova, colored by Yulia Loganova, and cover by Yulia Litvinova. This is quite a switch. I do not know if these characters have shown up before, because I have not read all of Red Fury. I found the characters, however, fairly interesting. It took a bit to understand their situation, but I do not entirely dislike this direction.

Realmwalkers #5 is written by Evgeniy Fedotov & Roman Kotkov, translated by  Danila Evstifeev, art by Denis Popov & Anna Rud, colored by Anna Sidorova, and cover by Alexander Malyshev & Anastasia Troitskaya.  Similar to Demonslayer Vol 2′s #5 issue, this was a little bit of an inbetween issue. Both are good, certainly, but the story is still going, if you get my meaning. It’s not an outstanding issue, but it’s... Not bad. It’s just more of the story.

I will say, I noticed this time around some difficulties with the translation. Sometimes, issues are well translated with no English errors. For whatever reason, this round had several problems. Some are naturalistic errors--sentences that sound awkward or cumbersome, such as “Why cannot I open a portal from this place?!” versus “Why can’t I open a portal from this place!?” and other times, are grammar issues: “He’s been around here a moment ago...” versus “He was around here a moment ago...” I do not nitpick on the translations much, but I still think it’s noteworthy that it exists. My second frustration is not likely with BUBBLE at all, but rather with Comixology. The first era comics--Major Grom, Exlibrium, Friar, Demonslayer vol 1, Meteora, and Red Fury--are not publishing to Comixology. Why this is is unknown, it seems, among us fans, but so far signs point to an issue with Comixology and not BUBBLE. This is making it difficult to recommend these comics because I do not know when issues #9 will come out. This is very depressing because some of the stories are very good. Currently the only way to get further into the story is to read it in Russian, which is much more difficult for Americans.  I love era 2, but I very much want era 1 as well. :(