Comments on: Review: Yotsuba&! Vol. 6 http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/13/review-yotsuba-vol-6/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Foxwings http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/13/review-yotsuba-vol-6/comment-page-1/#comment-474448 Foxwings Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:13:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12688#comment-474448 I was so excited but then bitterly disappointed. I too started reading the editions put out by ADV and loved them. But the new publisher Yen press has seriously fallen short in two areas. 1. The printing is in my opinion seems poorer in quality, which is a pity because the author has such a clean and detailed style, so it really doesn't do it justice. However I could forgive the printing quality if it were not for the second major problem. 2. The translation is really really bad... I feel in this translation everything is overly spelled out to the point where the dialogue feels clumsy and simplistic. It looses its magic. You really notice this when you read Yen press version side by side with the original edition. Any thoughts? Am I imagining these major differences or are others feeling the same bitter disappointment? I was so excited but then bitterly disappointed. I too started reading the editions put out by ADV and loved them. But the new publisher Yen press has seriously fallen short in two areas.

1. The printing is in my opinion seems poorer in quality, which is a pity because the author has such a clean and detailed style, so it really doesn’t do it justice.

However I could forgive the printing quality if it were not for the second major problem.

2. The translation is really really bad… I feel in this translation everything is overly spelled out to the point where the dialogue feels clumsy and simplistic. It looses its magic. You really notice this when you read Yen press version side by side with the original edition.

Any thoughts? Am I imagining these major differences or are others feeling the same bitter disappointment?

]]> By: William George http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/13/review-yotsuba-vol-6/comment-page-1/#comment-473874 William George Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:19:04 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12688#comment-473874 I gotta say that Yotsuba & Delivery was my favorite of that volume. It really is something a five year old would do... You guys back home have a lot to look forward to as volumes seven and eight are even better. If only for the addition of Yanda as a regular. This series just gets better each time. I gotta say that Yotsuba & Delivery was my favorite of that volume. It really is something a five year old would do…

You guys back home have a lot to look forward to as volumes seven and eight are even better. If only for the addition of Yanda as a regular. This series just gets better each time.

]]> By: Kat Kan http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/13/review-yotsuba-vol-6/comment-page-1/#comment-473841 Kat Kan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:24:29 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12688#comment-473841 I giggled and laughed my way through Vol. 6 this weekend, prompting my 14-year-old son to comment; I usually read silently. I agree that translating a phrase or sound effect once is enough, but the repetition didn't really get in the way of reading the manga, at least not for me. I can't wait to share this with the kids at my school; I just KNOW they'll be fighting over who gets it first. I giggled and laughed my way through Vol. 6 this weekend, prompting my 14-year-old son to comment; I usually read silently. I agree that translating a phrase or sound effect once is enough, but the repetition didn’t really get in the way of reading the manga, at least not for me. I can’t wait to share this with the kids at my school; I just KNOW they’ll be fighting over who gets it first.

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