#also I need to give a shout-out to the duo of Rodin and Kablukova who did the art for this one

[sovamurka]

As a person who read almost the entirety of 'Legends of Bubble' series I can say that it's bonkers how 'Dreamcatcher' is the smallest book in the series yet it's surprisingly the most important book for its original source.

'Demonslayer' has, like, 5 separate legends, two of them are fucking HUGE (with 'Yarkh. Step up' being the biggest) but 'Dreamcatcher' is the only one that actually ties the first and the second part of its source material and uses it cleverly. It's amazing.

I read this one with the expectation that it's a fanservice-y kind of comic book that could potentially explore the characters but have very little impact on the story as a whole. A story for a very specific audience, a story that could be just skipped. But nooooooo.

They went HARD on this one. Not only we learn more about Balor and Yana's relationship and how it's even more fucked up than we thought (the part where we learn how their first meeting actually happened and whose fault it was had me shooked), but we also learn what kind of plans they had for the future, we learn why they do what they do in Vol.2, we learn why and how the whole 'Satan in the knife' plot started.

But the craziest thing is that they basically spoil the entirety of Vol.2. I kid you not, the way they splattered small delicate details everywhere that you only notice and connect after you read the entirety of 'Demonslayer' is insane. It was not even a Chekhov's gun, it was straight up a Chekhov's cannon. And if after you read it for the first time you're like 'Well, that was fun, moving on!', on your second reading you experience something akin to the existential crisis mixed with five stages of grief. And if you decide to read 'Demonslayer' in its entirety again, thanks to this you'll see everything in a new light and cry over things you didn't cry about before! In fact, you'll finally understand things you didn't understand! You'll also be obliterated by the ending twice as hard this time!

And to this day it drives me crazy how all of this was done in just 114 pages.

#also I need to give a shout-out to the duo of Rodin and Kablukova who did the art for this one #and like with the book itself you start to truly appreciate them after you read Dreamcatcher for the second time #if I'm not mistaken that's the only Demonslayer project they worked on #and after reading it you just feel a little bit disappointed that they didn't use this artist duo more #same goes for Exlibrium by the way! the most interesting heart wrenching arcs were drawn by THEM #in fact a lot of people got into Exlibrium because the early chapters were done by THEM #as I learned not so long ago they're called only for the very very important arcs that have a huge impact on the future of the series #and I realised what exactly that meant when I reread all of the things they had their hands on #the latest thing they did was the 'home-coming/housewarming ' arc of Exlibrium and oh boy was it important #it was the most interesting and well-paced thing the series had in two damn years! #listen the work of the writers is important as well but the way Rodin and Kablukova bring it to life with their own little details??? #it's insane!!! #just... wow. #demonslayer #бесобой #bubble comics