The comics series describes the hilarious exploits of the strange, outofthisworld girl in her new town. Nov 26, 2011 this book is about the everyday life story of ordinary japanese family. Its simply a case where the creator kiyohiko azuma is just working on it irregularly. The main character is a 7 years old girl called yotsuba and she lives with her dad in country side. Yotsuba acts like a typical young child living ordinary adventures with her dad and neighborhood friends. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Its the end of an endless summer, and yotsuba is more. 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. Daddy plays all kinds of neat games with yotsuba, but he always wins. 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. 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.
So yotsuba drew jumbo on the street in front of our house. Yotsuba moved with daddy to a new house from our old. More all ages comedy from the creator of azumanga daioh. Yotsuba is a strange little girl with a big personality. Yotsuba is a greenhaired and wideeyed girl who always has her befuddled neighbors and friends heads spinning with her energy. And starts an allout war with her dads assistant who she mistakes. Even in the most trivial, unremarkable encounters, yotsuba s curiosity and enthusiasm quickly turns the everyday into the extraordinary. Won an excellence award for manga at the 2006 japan media arts festival.
Yotsuba moved with daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there. As yotsuba puts it grandma has an angry face, but shes not angry. 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. Kiyohiko azuma delivers once again in the 12th installment of the lighthearted adventures of a greenhaired little girl named yotsuba. Everyones favorite greenhaired fiveyearold is back. The series gets expanded as yotsuba s grandmother comes to visit. And best of all, the last page of the book says to be continued, so that means there could be more delightful adventures with my favorite greenhaired child. Her name is japanese for fourleaved clover, which explains. Dans ce volume, yotsuba apprend a recycler et mais aussi a faire du velo en toute securite avec son pere. I like this series a lot because the little girl and her story are so cute and sometimes teach me good lessons. Was nominated in 2008 for the 12th osamu tezuka culture award, the eisner award best publication for kids category and. Tora taught yotsuba how to tie a bow like a butterfly. This book is very heartwarming, a good thing to read when youre trying to set aside your everyday worries.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading yotsuba. 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. 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. 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. Cependant, les 12 premiers volumes setalent sur une periode tres courte. 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. 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. Every chapter in the manga is titled yotsuba and something like yotsuba and moving. Usually, yotsuba has me crying from laughing so much, but for the first time in the series i nearly shed tears of.
The phrase yotsuba to means yotsuba and, a fact reflected in the chapter titles, most of which take the form yotsuba and something. This is one of the first manga ive ever read, and its definitely a worthwhile series. Yotsubato for me is like a sunday comic you see in newspapers. 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. It depicts the everyday adventures of a young girl named. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Book series 12 books all formats kindle edition from book 1. The giant amusement park of tokyowith all its trains to ride. My favorite parts of this volume were the camping trip, yanda making yotsuba. The more of these volumes i read, the more endearing all of the characters become. This would be a good series for a younger audience interested in exploring manga, too. Although this volume doesnt have the hilarious moments of the second, it still has some funny parts i. 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. The series was also nominated for an eisner award in the u.
The actual series considered a comedy is about a 5 year old girl named yotsuba. Join yotsuba s adventures as she expores the wonders of the world around her. And best of all, the last page of the book says to be continued, so that. Aug 27, 2003 every chapter in the manga is titled yotsuba and something like yotsuba and moving. Grandma is a tough bird, but not without a kind heart. Even in the most trivial, unremarkable encounters, yotsuba s curiosity and enthusiasm quickly turn the everyday into the extraordinary. 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. And this time, yotsuba s expanding her horizons by taking a trip to the big city with her dad. 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. The comics series describes the hilarious exploits of the. Thats why over the past couple years the releases have gone like this in english. 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 series was licensed in english by adv manga, with five volumes published.
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