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Man, am I glad I found those scanlations. It doesn't look like ADV has Vol. 4 of Yotsuba&! scheduled anytime soon. And after the horrible print quality of Vol. 3, I'm less inclined to purchase their stuff.
Yotsuba&! is definitely the best manga I've read in years. I do with there was more of it, but Azuma definitely makes the most of every chapter. His style has definitely become cleaner and more attractive since the early days of Azumanga Daioh. The only thing that gives me pause is the fact that it's published in the seinen magazine Dengeki Daioh, where ecchi and lolicon content is fairly common. Yotsuba&! is pretty innocent for the most part, but being in that mag gives it some undertones that kinda bother me. Most amazing jew boots |
Hmm, odd that you guys didn't notice, it caused a big stir on the AnimeOnDVD forums... Basically, ADV's entire print run of Yotsuba&! Vol. 3 is marred with lower-quality, pixelated, "jagged" edges, something even an apprentice printer should have been able to catch. It's not really noticable if you hold the book a full arm's length away, but I like to hold it closer, to better appreciate the linework (as do many people). I'm not sure whether ADV just happened to get low-quality masters for this volume (unlikely), but it definitely affected my enjoyment of the volume. Their first two volumes were pretty much pristine, which is important since Azuma has such a clean line style. As far as I can tell, there's only one "clean" page in the whole volume (p. 173, when Yotsuba tries balloon catching over, and over, and over...) Look at the lines of their face, then compare it to the opposite page. You'll definitely notice. I actually held off on buying vol. 3 for the longest time, hoping ADV would correct the problem in a new print run. They haven't acknowledged it yet. Sorry to go off on a tangent here, I still loved the content, just wish it was treated better. Double Post:
It's probably not an expression you hear out loud too much, but I've seen it used in a number of titles, so it's definitely a part of the Japanese mindset. Guess it ties in with their cultural fear of being singled out & being thought of as "weird". There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Hatter106; May 15, 2006 at 10:08 AM.
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I hope this series continues for a long time... Azuma doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get them anywhere, though, so hopefully it'll continue well beyond Azumanga Daioh' four volumes. When I first saw that series, I thought it was the epitome of charming "slice-of-life" material, but man, Yotsuba just blows it out of the water. For all its wacky humour, it truly is founded in realistic family behaviour. And I can't stress enough how much Azuma's art has progressed since the early days of Azumanga.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Bah. I don't need some random translator thinking he's funnier than Azuma.
Any proper translations of 37 out there? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |