Plainly put, Yotsuba&! is one of my favorite reading experiences of all time and the only one to so wholly transport me into a world of smiles and laughter.Īzuma’s story concerns a strange young girl-a five-year-old with green hair and pigtails-and the way she interacts with the world about her.
Even if one approaches the work with the knowledge that Yotsuba&! bubbles forth as a fountain of joyfulness, this little girl’s nature and adventures will still surprise in how purely they deliver one into this momentary Other Place. Kiyohiko Azuma’s series is an unexpected pleasure. And, I suspect, for a great number of others as well. Yotsuba&! is one of these sources of magic for me. These things give us a glimpse of What May Have Been and sometimes even What Could Someday Be. We sometimes encounter things that divorce us from the corrupting coolness of reason and leave us in a state, however temporary, of unblemished joy. Things that slide so neatly between our hope for the world and our experience of the world that our rational mind is sheared momentarily from the engine of our dreams, that part of us that fuels and crafts desires, longings, hopes, and wishes.
Fuuka offers the Koiwais her family's old television, and when Koiwai's friend Jumbo helps carry it, the Ayases are impressed by his height. As the Koiwais settle in, they encounter problems, including a broken bathroom lock and Yotsuba needing to learn about polite greetings, air conditioners, and the proper uses of doorbells. On the last day of the spring semester, Yotsuba and her father Koiwai move into their new house and meet the neighboring Ayase girls, Asagi, Fuuka, and Ena. Release date ( Yen Press): 15 September 2009.Release date ( ADV Manga): 21 June 2005.First Release date ( MediaWorks): 27 August 2003.
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