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Title: Yotsuba&! Vol. 2
Series: Yotsuba&! #2
Author: Kiyohiko Azuma
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Manga
Pages: 192
Words: 8K
| Synopsis: |
Chapter List:
Yotsuba & Drawing
Yotsuba & Revenge
Yotsuba & Cake
Yotsuba & Donmai
Yotsuba & the Pool
Yotsuba & the Frog
Yotsuba & Asagi’s Gifts
| My Thoughts: |
Ahhh, this was just what I needed. After the previous week having been such a mess, reading this Saturday morning was perfect. I laughed, I laughed and then I laughed some more. Not uproariously, not side-splittingly kind of laughing, but a continual amusement and fluffy kind of laugh.
The above picture is a chapter where Yotsuba is watching a gangster tv show with her dad and Jumbo and sees a gangster kill someone. She then proceeds to squirt gun her dad and Jumbo to death and then switches characters to hunt down the person who killed her beloved dad and friend. She goes next door and kills all of the girls next door, except for the eldest, Asagi, who ends up killing Yotsuba. The chapter ends with Yotsuba admitting to her dad and Jumbo that she failed to avenge them and died. Jumbo moralizes that nothing good ever comes from revenge.
I am finding that Azuma is able to do a ton of world building and character sketches in just a couple of panels. It is rather amazing. It gives the manga a bit of depth that makes it easier to digest. It also makes this re-read possible and future re-reads a real possibility, if not a sure thing.
What kind of first sentence does this one have? That’s how I judge any creative work…
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The most mind blowing sentence that I clean forgot to talk about it! 😀
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Which is?
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42…..
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Life, the universe and everything?
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You sir, are a well read gentleman about town…
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“I laughed, I laughed and then I laughed some more”…and you know what they say right? Laughter really is the best medicine😀 Glad to see you are still enjoying this series so much. It makes me want to start with the Urusei Yatsura manga’s but still in the middle of Alita and Orange.😀
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This should take me about 7 months to get through. And since I only read one manga series at a time, this is it for the foreseeable future.
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Well that sounds bonkers.
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While we don’t have kids, what we’ve observed in other couples is that yes, kids make life bonkers 😀
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And it ends with 14 volumes too! I hope it stays this strong till the end. Will definitely have to give it a go in the near future. Currently progressing through my own reread of Shaman King among other manga. Let’s just say that teenage-me clearly loved it more than I ever could today hahahha
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Thankfully, having just read vol 14 a year or 3 ago, I know I’m in for some serious comfort reading.
good luck brother! Shaman King almost killed my desire to read manga
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So glad you found this to be the right medicine for that crapoy week you had last week. 😊
And i am reminded yet again that I NEED this in my life …
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You should definitely read it when you get the chance. Each volume is pretty self-contained and there is no big overarching plot. Just a nice slice of life fun read 🙂
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Hooray for fun, fluffy, comedic reads!
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If I wasn’t so stingy, I’d try to read more of them each month. But I want to savor this positive manga experience 🙂
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Yotsuba sounds like quite a lot of fun. Illbe looking out for these. Just got a new Manga of of NG today..
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You’ve been doing really good at getting some good manga through NG, that is for sure.
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