[Manga] Yotsuba is invincible. "WAKAPPA!"

Originally Posted by Dan!!

Not really my favorite chapter, nothing really happened (or less than usual anyway).

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Apparently a unicycle trend started in Japan recently. I thought that the "curl up in a ball" thing was a translator-note worthy joke, assuming she read it wrong. =/ I thought Yotsuba's pose when she saw the building was funny, but I wasn't sure if there was something I wasn't getting.

I got the impression that this was one of the first translations this particular translator did, not that I'm complaining.

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I'm pretty sure that Yotsuba confused TOMARE with some like sounding verb that meant roll. I'm no Japanese expert, but I'm pretty sure that was the joke. I liked Miru-Miru's lying to Yotsuba about being a princess. She's even breaking school rules. I think she's even trying to set up Yotsuba for the injury. >_<

Anyone have any Grandma theories? I so no relation to Dad or Yotsuba altogether. Probably just a close and elderly friend that Yot attatched to.

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Since the Yotsuba anime is inevitable, and since Azuma usually plays a key role in the sound development of his animes, does anyone have any ideas/theories of who'll make the voice act roster or wishlists for voice actors/seiyu's for the show?

I'm hoping they actually give the part of Yotsuba to a girl of similar age. Voice acting is such a big thing in Japan but it's so rare that they actually get a 30 year old woman who can decently play a 3-5 year old girl. It's even worse in Korea.

I'm thinking Yuki Matsuoka for Yotsuba--mainly because of her analogous work in Hale Nochi Guu and her close work with Azuma in Azumanga Daioh. She's one of my favorite actors--but even so, I'd much perfer the authentic sound of a young girl. She doesn't even have to be a brilliant actor--the role of Yotsuba is just one of those things you really can't mess up.

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Originally Posted by CLOudkiller

Most indeed there's just something authentic about a real young girls voice over an adult one, and on another note isnt Yuki M. the one who play the voice of Kuriko from Maburaho?

I'm not sure.

*checks wiki

Yep, I was wrong. She did work in Maburaho. Wow, she really gets around. You know, I think she'd make a perfect Mirua.

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Originally Posted by parKbench

I can never seem to get 4bizchan to work for me. I don't know if I am doing something wrong, or if I just have horrible luck

Maybe the address is wrong, it's http://4chan.biz/ then all you have to do is click on the chapter you want. I believe it'll give you a .zip file. If not, it may be .rar--which may mean that you'll have to download winRAR (which is free) but the latest version of zip should open .rar types too.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Ingram

Anyway to get the Rapidshare chapters? I'm trying to collect it all together for a friend (and myself, of course).

Let me know what chapters you need and I can host a link for a while.

I was speaking idiomatically.

http://www.yousendit.com/download/Rm...YTI0b0I1VEE9PQ

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Azumanga Daioh was once a weekly manga Daioh Manga. But Yotsuba only comes out once or so every month. Does anyone know if Daioh has switched it's publication schedule since?

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Originally Posted by Qwarky

Well it's said Dengeki Daioh was originally a quarterly publication, then bimonthly, then monthly, and its name was changed to Monthly Comics Dengeki Daioh. I'm not sure at which point Azumanga was published, but it's no wonder if the schedule changed.

Do you know anything about how Azumanga Daioh was published? I'm under the impression that the comic strip was done weekly. That'd be amazing if one page of all four volumes of Azumanga took up one month of publication.

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Shimauu is certainly a cute addition. :3 She reminds me of an eyebrowless Fuuka. I'll certainly do some snooping in past chapters to find her.

It'd be nice to see more boys in the series. Azuma is seems to focus on gals more when dudes are way more dorky. Also, it very clever transition from Shimauu to Miss Stake. I wouldn't have thought of that and it fits nicely in my opinion. In fact, I think I'll keep that as her official nickname in my little world.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I read this chapter last week and then consecutively for each day until now and it's still a riot. This is, in my book, the best chapter yet. Golden Week must have treated Azuma pretty well.


On a side note, I'm making another Yot flash. It's called Metal Gear Yotsuba. It's destined to be the best MGS/Yotsubato crossover tribute EVER.

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Originally Posted by fireball87

I'm looking at you Skaijo ;P).

Lolz, in some states that should be illegal. I'm gunning on making another spoof soon. xD Great chapter this month.

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Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

Does anyone know if Yotsuba will become an anime like Azumanga? God I loved that series.

So charming.

A friend of mine (who even out-otakus me) said that Azuma stated that he didn't want to turn Yotsubato! into an anime as that would destroy the innocence of the manga. I'm really hoping he's wrong.

Metal Gear Yotsuba was uploaded on Youtube without me even knowing. xD

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I'm actually glad that no one else heard him say that either. I'm really hoping to see an animated version sponsored by the original author in the future.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by hikarub

Well, just read ADV's volume 4 of the manga. Supposedly that in-joke concerning Koiwai's occupation comes back in the supermarket (remember in volume 1 they made Yotsuba tell Fuka that his job was a trainspotter?). Well, they totally ignored that and went with the original dialogue that meant he was mistaken to be a konyakuya. So, basically, they pretended the cock-up in volume 1 never happened, leaving readers who never read the scanslations to scratch their heads in confusion.

Man, why can't they take this shit seriously? They've still got grammatical errors and stuff as well....

Does anyone remember the official English dub of Azumanga Daioh?

Don't get me wrong, I still perfer scans and fansubs as an alternative. And I'm not immediately fond of putting an English/Americanized-oriented spin on things. Mostly, I just want read a manga or view and anime and understand what their saying. That said, I still like ADV's translation of Yotsuba. It's their first two volumes that introduced me and got me hooked on the series, to be honest. Some choices that they made I don't agree with--but if they left the original japanese jokes intact in without some sort of spin or thoughtful explanation (like the anime dub of Azu Daioh) I'd doubt I'd be as big a fan as I am now.

So yeah, I agree--they've made some unthoughtful changes. Maybe they simply thought that changing the joke would save them money and work rather than to index the manga and print additional pages of explanations of what specific terms and whatnot actually meant.

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Originally Posted by fireball87

I hated that dub, the osaka southern voice pretty much made me want to shoot myself in the foot.

It's one of the worst dubs out there to my knowledge. Even Bobobo Bobobobo's dub beats it. But to be perfectly fair, no one can really hold a candle to the voice acting abilities of Yuki Matsuoka. >: 3

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Originally Posted by Skaijo

A friend of mine (who even out-otakus me) said that Azuma stated that he didn't want to turn Yotsubato! into an anime as that would destroy the innocence of the manga. I'm really hoping he's wrong.

Bad news--I found the link my friend was talking about--and it was on Azuma's weblog. Last place I ever thought of looking:

http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/c_15.php

So I went to wikipedia to see if anyone else saw it and the info has already been updated. It's nothing definite, but Azuma at this point doesn't want to have an animated version of Yotsuba.

Despite the success of Azumanga Daioh, no plans have yet been announced for an anime adaptation of Yotsuba&!. In an entry posted on his website on 2005-05-15, Azuma said he did not want to see the series animated.

Gah.

It's an old article and it's WAY back in his blog. Seeing as there's already action figure and music CD's now, I think or at least am hoping that he's more open to the idea now.

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I loved this chapter--after waiting so long Yot, I was just about ready to accept anything. Still, Azuma didn't stoop to doing anything radical to start off his new volume and stuck with the same charm as always.

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There was a part of me that thought that she would break her ankle or something

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I also thought that Yot was coming THIS CLOSE to trying to milk a cat.

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Hey... when/where do guys think chapter 50 is coming? I'm suffering from withdrawl... ) :

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Yay! I hate to say it's about time, but I'm glad I don't have to suffer through another week of Yotsuba withdrawl. I loved this episode in Yotsuba's life just as much as the last recent batch. This Volume will truely be the best yet.

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A culture festival, huh? Nice way to set up for the next chapter. I wonder if there will be any Azumanga Daioh references next time.

On a side note...

Is anyone interested in seeing Resident Evil Yotsuba?

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I'm glad to see that Yotsuba isn't as invincible or sugar high as she was in the first ten chapter. As the characters mellow out more, the subtle humor can take more of a center stage in the manga. Plus, Yotsuba is way more believable as a kid in these latest chapters than where we started off. :3

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More Yot goodies as we wait for 52:

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I was speaking idiomatically.