It has been serialized since march 2003 in the monthly magazine dengeki daioh by ascii media works, formerly mediaworks, and has since been collected in fourteen tankobon volumes. The series was licensed in english by adv manga, with five volumes published. My favorite parts of this volume were the camping trip, yanda making yotsuba. Cependant, les 12 premiers volumes setalent sur une periode tres courte. The main character is a 7 years old girl called yotsuba and she lives with her dad in country side. Nov 26, 2011 this book is about the everyday life story of ordinary japanese family. Mar 09, 20 in this yotsuba collection, yotsuba chases geese, she welcomes tora into the neighbors home and learns to tie a bow, yotsuba finds some paint and decides to spruce up the house a little, yotsuba gets a helmet and faces repercussions for her painting spree, fuuka and miss take introduce yotsuba to halloween, and then yotsuba and daddy go camping with jumbo, yanda, ena, and muira. The giant amusement park of tokyowith all its trains to ride. Compare yotsuba to the artists other work, azumanga daioh, where the series had a definite ultimate direction see the girls through their high school years, its. The actual series considered a comedy is about a 5 year old girl named yotsuba.
It depicts the everyday adventures of a young girl named. The funny adventures of yotsuba koiwai continue in kiyohiko azumas second manga series of the precocious little girl living with her single parent father and the fun she has with the gentle hyperthyroid jumbo and the ayase family next door, including the mother and the three daughters, the tall and attractive blonde asagi, fuka, the responsible daughter who often ends up the butt of yotsuba. Every chapter in the manga is titled yotsuba and something like yotsuba and moving. And starts an allout war with her dads assistant who she mistakes.
Yotsuba acts like a typical young child living ordinary adventures with her dad and neighborhood friends. The comics series describes the hilarious exploits of the. Dans ce volume, yotsuba apprend a recycler et mais aussi a faire du velo en toute securite avec son pere. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The series overall seems directionless outside of the little contained stories within these volumes, and the growing characters and continuities that continue past those stories. I like this series a lot because the little girl and her story are so cute and sometimes teach me good lessons. Its the end of an endless summer, and yotsuba is more. Her name is japanese for fourleaved clover, which explains. Book overview everyones favorite greenhaired fiveyearold is back and this time, yotsuba s expanding her horizons by taking a trip to the big city with her dad the giant amusement. The phrase yotsuba to means yotsuba and, a fact reflected in the chapter titles, most of which take the form yotsuba and something.
Everyones favorite greenhaired fiveyearold is back. The series was also nominated for an eisner award in the u. Tora taught yotsuba how to tie a bow like a butterfly. Even in the most trivial, unremarkable encounters, yotsuba s curiosity and enthusiasm quickly turn the everyday into the extraordinary. Kiyohiko azuma delivers once again in the 12th installment of the lighthearted adventures of a greenhaired little girl named yotsuba. And best of all, the last page of the book says to be continued, so that. This is one of the first manga ive ever read, and its definitely a worthwhile series. After arriving to the flower shop too late to help jumbo paint a desk, yotsuba finds a can of blue paint in the shoe rack. The giant amusement park of tokyowith all its trains to ride, neighborhoods to explore, and fancy lunches to eatpromises heartwarmingly hilarious adventures in this longawaited volume. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Thats why over the past couple years the releases have gone like this in english. Book series 12 books all formats kindle edition from book 1. My husband and i have been collecting this series for at least the past 12 years, and even though new volumes are released slowly, yotsuba s antics havent gotten old. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Aug 27, 2003 every chapter in the manga is titled yotsuba and something like yotsuba and moving. Book overview everyones favorite greenhaired fiveyearold is back and this time, yotsuba s expanding her horizons by taking a trip to the big city with her dad the giant amusement park of tokyowith all its trains to ride, neighborhoods to explore, and fancy lunches to eatpromises heartwarmingly hilarious adventures in this longawaited. Yotsuba moved with daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there. And this time, yotsuba s expanding her horizons by taking a trip to the big city with her dad. Yotsubato for me is like a sunday comic you see in newspapers. Yotsuba is a strange little girl with a big personality. Was nominated in 2008 for the 12th osamu tezuka culture award, the eisner award best publication for kids category and. The funny adventures of yotsuba koiwai continue in kiyohiko azumas second manga series of the precocious little girl living with her single parent father and the fun she has with the gentle hyperthyroid jumbo and the ayase family next door, including the mother and the three daughters, the tall and attractive blonde asagi, fuka, the responsible daughter who often ends up the butt of yotsuba s. This book is very heartwarming, a good thing to read when youre trying to set aside your everyday worries. More all ages comedy from the creator of azumanga daioh. Yotsuba is a greenhaired and wideeyed girl who always has her befuddled neighbors and friends heads spinning with her energy.
Join yotsuba s adventures as she expores the wonders of the world around her. When i came to a public library, i saw yotsubato, and the book looks like its been read a lot of times base on the damage. Daddy plays all kinds of neat games with yotsuba, but he always wins. The series gets expanded as yotsuba s grandmother comes to visit. The actual series considered a comedy is about a 5 year old girl named yotsuba who basically is learning about the world and seeing everything through the first, let me explain the title. My favorite parts of this volume were the camping trip, yanda making yotsuba laugh by having open eyes drawn on his eyelids, the picture of everyone having dinner at the campsite which reminds me of a longago trip with another family to west virginia, the.
This would be a good series for a younger audience interested in exploring manga, too. Even in the most trivial, unremarkable encounters, yotsuba s curiosity and enthusiasm quickly turns the everyday into the extraordinary. Although this volume doesnt have the hilarious moments of the second, it still has some funny parts i. Won an excellence award for manga at the 2006 japan media arts festival. Yotsuba moved with daddy to a new house from our old. Its simply a case where the creator kiyohiko azuma is just working on it irregularly. Usually, yotsuba has me crying from laughing so much, but for the first time in the series i nearly shed tears of.
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