List of Yotsuba&! chapters
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This is a list of volumes and chapters of the ongoing manga series Yotsuba&!. The series is written and drawn by Kiyohiko Azuma and published in Japan by MediaWorks in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh. Fifty-two chapters have been published since 2003, and collected in seven bound volumes as of January 2008.[1] The series is published in English by ADV Manga, with five volumes published;[2] volume six was scheduled to be published February 2008 but has been delayed indefinitely.[3]
Yotsuba&! follows the daily life of a young girl named Yotsuba Koiwai and her adoptive father, with each chapter taking place on a specific, nearly sequential day of a common year starting on Wednesday. The year was initially believed to be 2003, coinciding with the date of the manga's serialization, but Azuma has stated that the manga always takes place in the present day.[4] This allows the appearance of products created after 2003, such as the Nintendo DS Mr. Ayase plays in chapter forty-two.
Official story dates through volume five are given by a small artbook, Yotsuba&! Illustrations and Materials, distributed in Japan with volume six and Yotsuba & Monochrome Animals;[5] dates from volume six on are established by evidence within the series, such as statements by characters. The collected volumes have seven chapters each, spanning about a week in series time. The first five volumes cover a summer vacation period.
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| 1 | 2003-08-27[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-2466-6 | 2005-06-06[6] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0317-1 |
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| On the last day of the spring semester, Yotsuba and Koiwai move into their new house and meet the neighboring girls, Asagi, Fuka, and Ena Ayase. 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. Fuka offers the Koiwai family their old television, and when Koiwai's friend Jumbo helps carry it, the Ayases are impressed by his height. For other household goods, Koiwai takes Yotsuba shopping at a department store for the first time. Jumbo takes Yotsuba and Ena cicada-catching and the next day, after Fuka helps bring in the laundry, Yotsuba plays in the rain. | ||||
| 2 | 2004-04-27[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-2674-5 | 2005-08-01[6] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0318-8 |
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| Yotsuba tags along when Ena and her friend Miura go drawing in the park. After watching a gangster movie, Yotsuba takes revenge on the Ayases with her water pistol. The next day, Mrs. Ayase sends Ena, Miura, and Yotsuba to buy cake from a bakery. After working all night on a deadline, Koiwai falls asleep, leaving Yotsuba to watch the house on her own. In a failed attempt to get closer to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Fuka, and Ena swimming at the pool. When Yotsuba catches a bullfrog, Ena adores it but Miura is frightened of it. Asagi returns from an Okinawa vacation with souvenirs for her family—and leftover sata andagi for Yotsuba. | ||||
| 3 | 2004-11-27[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-2895-4 | 2005-10-03[6] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0329-4 |
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| To thank Asagi, Yotsuba travels to the playground for a souvenir for her and her friend Torako. In return, Asagi buys Yotsuba a package of fireworks. While helping Fuka shop at Jumbo's flower shop, Yotsuba buys all the leftover stock for ¥10. The next day, during Obon, Koiwai sends Yotsuba, dressed as the "Flower Cupid," to give away excess flowers. The next day, Koiwai takes Yotsuba on her first visit to a zoo to see an elephant. In an another attempt to get close to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Ena, and Miura to a fireworks show, where Yotsuba learns that crowds can be scary and that display fireworks are more impressive than firecrackers. | ||||
| 4 | 2005-08-27[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-3163-3 | 2007-06-27[6] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0345-4 |
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| To give Miura a "summer vacation memory," Jumbo takes her, Yotsuba, and Ena fishing. Koiwai and Yotsuba go shopping for dinner, but he forgets his wallet and they must borrow money from Fuka. When Fuka sees the boy she likes with another girl, Yotsuba tries to understand, then console, her broken heart. After Ena takes Yotsuba to radio exercises for the first time, she invites Yotsuba over for breakfast, where Yotsuba decides to become a newspaperman. Her career ends, however, when The Yotsuba Times publishes the secret of Fuka's heartbreak to the rest of the family. After dreaming of being a tsukutsukubōshi, Yotsuba dresses up as one, only to learn that they are not summer-ending fairies but a type of cicada.[7] | ||||
| 5 | 2006-04-28[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-3441-2 | 2007-10-10[6] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0349-2 |
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| Ena and Miura make a robot costume out of cardboard boxes, which Yotsuba believes is a real robot. Yotsuba helps Mrs. Ayase with household chores and then meets Koiwai's kōhai, Yanda, whom she instantly dislikes. To help with Ena's homework, Jumbo takes her, Miura, Yotsuba, and Fuka stargazing. During rainy day errands, Yotsuba misinterprets Koiwai's excuse for not going to the ocean, "There'll be jellyfish!" as a promise to go see the jellyfish, and invites Ena and Fuka along. When she throws a tantrum, he gives in and the four spend the afternoon at the beach. | ||||
| 6 | 2006-12-16[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-3702-4 | unknown[3] | ISBN 978-1-4139-0366-9 |
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| On the last day of summer vacation, as Miura desperately finishes her homework, Yotsuba gives herself the assignment of constructing a utility shirt out of recycled materials. Koiwai buys Yotsuba a bicycle and she learns, after a few falls, to ride it. Yotsuba tries out more careers, first as an office worker, then as a milkman, delivering a bottle of milk to Fuka at her high school. For riding off without permission, Koiwai takes away her bicycle privileges, but after she helps him and Jumbo build some bookshelves, he restores them. | ||||
| 7 | 2007-09-27[6] | ISBN 978-4-8402-4053-6 | — | |
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| Ena and Miura show Yotsuba how to make a paper-cup telephone, and then take her on a bike ride to the elementary school playground. Because of Yotsuba's continuing interest in milk, Koiwai plans a trip to a farm, but this is put off when she gets a fever. Yotsuba helps Fuka and a classmate bake an elaborate cake as practice for their school cultural festival. When Koiwai wants instant ramen for lunch, Yotsuba insists on running the errand by herself for the first time. Koiwai, Jumbo, and Yanda take Yotsuba on her long-delayed farm visit, where she meets sheep and learns how to milk a cow. | ||||
[edit] Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
The following chapters published in Dengeki Daioh have not yet been collected in a tankōbon volume.
- Yotsuba & Opposites (よつばとあべこべ Yotsuba to Abekobe?) - date uncertain
- Yotsuba & Restaurants (よつばとれすとらん Yotsuba to Resutoran?) - date uncertain
- Yotsuba & the Cultural Festival (よつばと文化祭 Yotsuba to Bunkasai?) - the next day[25]
- Yotsuba & the Typhoon (よつばとたいふう Yotsuba to Taifū?) - date uncertain
- Yotsuba & House-sitting (よつばとるすばん Yotsuba to Rusuban?) - Thursday, date uncertain[26]
- Part 1. Yotsuba & Festivals (よつばとおまつり Yotsuba to Omatsuri?) - the week after chapter 50, date uncertain[27]
- Part 2. Yotsuba & Festivals (よつばとおまつり Yotsuba to Omatsuri?) - the same day[28]
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Yotsuba&! (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ Yotsuba&!. ADV Films. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ a b Scott Green (2008-05-28). AICN Anime-Yotsuba Questions Answered, An Early Look at Gantz, Koike's Color of Rage and More!. Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ Azuma Kiyohiko discuses volume 6 (Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e f Azuma, Kiyohiko (2006). Yotsuba&! Illustrations and Materials (in Japanese). Tokyo: MediaWorks.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Yotsuba&! (manga). Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ a b Tsukutsukubōshi is a species of Japanese cicada (Meimuna opalifera), named onomatopoetically after its call.
- ^ The Japanese name of Ena and Miura's robot costume, Danbō, comes from danbōru (段ボール), the Japanese word for the corrugated cardboard it is made of.
- ^ Takes place on the last day of summer vacation, and school resumes in chapter 36.
- ^ Koiwai says, "September starts today," and Yotsuba changes all the calendar pages.
- ^ The day after chapter 36: Yotsuba's bicycle was "just bought" the day before.
- ^ Takes place on the next Friday.
- ^ Takes place on Sunday, with Mr. Ayase at home for the weekend, and chapter 39 takes place the next day on a school day.
- ^ The day after chapter 39, and a school day.
- ^ Takes place on Jumbo's day off, so is the Thursday before chapter 43.
- ^ Serialized in Dengeki Daioh as よつばと敬老の日, which is the same title written in kanji.
- ^ Serialized in Dengeki Daioh as "Yotsuba and Farm" (よつばとぼくじょ Yotsuba to Bokujo?, with the last word misspelled).
- ^ Serialized in Dengeki Daioh as よつばとパティシエ; ぱちしえ is small child's pronunciation of パティシエ.
- ^ Serialized in Dengeki Daioh as "Yotsuba and the Farm" (よつばとぼくじょう Yotsuba to Bokujō?).
- ^ Serialized in Dengeki Daioh as "Yotsuba and the Farm!" (よつばとぼくじょう! Yotsuba to Bokujō!?).
- ^ Date, shown on a calendar, of Respect for the Aged Day in a common year starting on Wednesday.
- ^ Chapters 47 and 48 take place one week later, on Jumbo's next regular Thursday off.
- ^ Yanda says, "Today is 25 September."
- ^ Starts soon after the end of chapter 47.
- ^ In chapter 50, Yotsuba says Fuka's Culture Festival is "tomorrow".
- ^ Takes place on Jumbo's day off, so is a Thursday.
- ^ In chapter 50, Koiwai says the festival is "next week."
- ^ Chapter 54 was published in two parts.
