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Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave!

(Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah!

You should come play with Yotsuba too! (Source: Yen Press) Notes: - Includes an interlude. - Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016. - Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.

- Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

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Who created Yotsuba&!?

Yotsuba&! is by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of Azumanga Daioh. It began serialization in Dengeki Daioh in 2003 and follows the everyday discoveries of five-year-old Yotsuba Koiwai.

Is Yotsuba&! an ongoing manga?

Yes, it has continued for many years with an irregular release pace. The series has been collected into 16 Japanese volumes, making it a slow, long-running slice-of-life manga rather than a completed short series.

Why has Yotsuba&! never had a full TV anime?

There is no full standard TV anime adaptation of Yotsuba&!, despite its popularity. The related cardboard-robot character Danbo became a merchandising icon, and Nyanbo! received a 2016 anime spinoff, but that is not a direct Yotsuba adaptation.

What makes Yotsuba&! different from Azumanga Daioh?

Azumanga Daioh is a school comedy built around ensemble timing, while Yotsuba&! is slower and centered on a child's view of ordinary life. The recurring neighbors, including the Ayase sisters, make the neighborhood feel like the main stage.

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