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I realize I’m a bit late on this, but my favorite manga series, Yotsuba&!, who was picked up back in January by Yen Press, is back! They just released volume 7, and I just picked it up at Kinokuniya. I have the first run of Yotsuba as well, released by ADV Manga, and re-release so far is excellent.

Yotsuba&! focuses on the day-to-day life of a five-year-old adopted foreign girl named Yotsuba Koiwai. She has all sorts of seemingly normal, everyday encounters and adventures that constantly blow her mind. She discovers swings, learns about global warming, becomes a milkman, and obsessively absorbs every little thing that comes her way, forcing her excitement on her dad, her dad’s friend , Jumbo, the neighbors, and anyone else she happens to come across. Her enthusiasm is contagious!

Yen Press has also re-released the manga for Azumanga Daioh, my favorite anime. I haven’t read the manga yet because I’m not a fan of the “comic strip” style layout.

If you like cute, slice-of-life manga, check out Yotsuba&!.

It took me awhile to actually get into reading manga. I like anime enough, but it seemed like the manga I started with was just boring to me. I initially started with Marmalade Boy, which I like, but at the time it was just too expensive to buy every one. I tried reading Lone Wolf and Cub, Negima, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, XXXHolic, Gunslinger Girl… there were a few others, over about a four-year span. I eventually stumbled on Yotsuba&, and everything changed.
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