Alternative TitlesEnglish: Yotsuba&! Synonyms: Yotsuba and !, Yotsuba!, Yotsubato, Yotsuba and! Japanese: よつばと！
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
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Status: Publishing
Published: Mar 21, 2003 to ?
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Ranked: #102
Popularity: #33
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They are both by the same author and have a similar style of unique comedy. A great series if your looking for lots of fun and laughs.
Yotsuba reads like a heavily remixed version of Azumanga Daioh. Both are by Kiyohiko Azuma, and both should be prescribed remedies for the blues. Nothing on earth is a more potent cheerer-upper than Azuma's works =)))
From the same artist, very random and hilarious!
Both contain Slice of Life Comedy that will make you laugh and smile.
Same author and lots of randomness in both oOo!
Si te gusto Azumanga, entonces Yotsuba& te va a encantar, este manga es escrito por el mismo autor, Kiyohiko Azuma, y nos narra las divertidas aventuras de la pequeña Yotsuba...no digo mas, debes leerlo para disfrutar la experiencia.
They are both slice of life. Both main characters have the pig tails thing. One more thing is that they are both by the same person.
It the same guy creator so it just has to be funny.
Both are from the same author and both have the same type of hilarious wackiness. :D A great read indeed
Well, what's not similar? They are made by the same mangaka. They are both slice-of-life stories featuring young girls... doing strange, stupid, random, but funny things. And doesn't Chiyo-chan remind you of Yotsuba? (Facial wise... they have completely different... IQ points...)
From the same mangaka as Azumanga Daioh. Both are brilliant and funny! =)
Same author and same feel~ Both have cute characters and good laughs.
An obvious read for fans of the Azugirls. While Yotsuba doesn't have Osaka, it does have a nice flow and whatnot from not being in the 4-koma format. It also features the titular character of Yotsuba, who is slightly reminiscent of Chiyo, mixed with all the curiosity of a five year old.
If you like Azumanga, you WILL like Yotsuba. Vise Versa is absolutely possible.
Seriously, these two manga's are so, so different yet you can't put one away from the other in terms of greatness.
more of the same from the same person, most excellent
They are both written by the same author, Kiyohiko Azuma, are slice-of-life style manga's, are mostly centered around female characters, and have no real deep plot to them, while still being an entertaining and adorable read.
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Like Ryushika Ryushika, Yotsuba stars an eccentric little girl and the short stories in it is about her strange thoughts and adventures.
Similar radical-thinking female protagonist, plot development, and 4koma style
little girls who like to discover the world everyday by their ways,
Yotsuba&! is a bit funnier.
Ryuushika Ryuushika has a great art, and fully colored
If you wanted to read Youtsuba@! by Abe, Yoshitoshi's way, I recommend you Ryuushika Ryuushika
Ryuushika is Yotsuba on hallucinogens. Both must reads for the "slice of life" fan.
About a little girl who always wants to know about everything and discover new things around her, in her daily life. She mostly interacts with her family and neighbour (but in Yotsuba&! she also interacts with her father's friends). Both manga are full are comedy.
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Another light-hearted slice of life title. Stress-free yet not saccharine, it's perfect for the jaded manga reader or anybody who wishes to see the world in a new light.
Both calming and peaceful manga that i really enjoyed. Though the setting may be different they still manage to have the same feeling of calm and ejoyment of life.
Both top quality Slice of Life!
Both are about green haired girls that go through the adventures of day to day life.
Yotsubato is more light hearted then YKK but both are excellent and are worth giving a try!
How does a view of the world of a 5-year old match the world of Alpha and Kokone?
Discovery.
You couldn't expect the discovery of the world by a 5-year old to be as peaceful and calm as YKK, but there are moments (like the astronomy) where things just work out right.
There's more humor in Yotsuba, the artwork is of a very good quality, and the characters around her are well crafted. Well worth checking it out.
If you don't read Japanese, then the French translations by Kurowawa.fr are released much quicker than the English translations, and can be bought from online french booksellers.
Unbelievably cute slice of life mangas. Although for different reasons, since Yotsubato is more comedy and YKK is just life story-telling.
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In the eyes of the innocent, the world is always full of wonders.
Both are slice of life comedies that are laid back. Both of them are definitely worth reading.
Very strong in the slice of life theme, neither has any real story, yet is better than many others with. Both Yotsuba and Akari see the world in a very innocent way, both very enjoyable. Yotsuba&! is more comedy oriented than Aria, though.
The genre of both is best described as slice-of-life. Both deal with the generally calm and relaxing details of a character's everyday existence. The chief similarity between Yotsuba and Akari is that both are eternal optimists who find wonder in everything they experience. Akari is able to reflect in a more sophisticated way on the wonders she discovers, but both characters' initial reactions are often comical in their intensity.
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If you loved Yotsuba, then you will absolutely love Crayon Shin-Chan too! Both manga series are about children at the age of 5. They are both a little bit rude, crazy and not really smart. But they are really funny as well! Yotsuba and Crayon Shin-Chan both have short stories. Every chapter is a new adventure. A must read for every manga comedy fan out there!
both are about 5 year old children who seem to do some mischievous acts and get into trouble. the titular characters are usually very afraid of their parent(s) after they do something wrong.
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Both have a lot of the same type of for-the-older-audience type of humor, where nostalgia of the reader is a big part in it. Ichigo Mashimaro has a bit more of a focus on this, and because of that more often has jokes that will possibly go over the head of the younger audience, but this doesn't really have a detrimental effect on the overall quality as its usually small stuff or things you wouldn't notice if you wouldn't get it.
The two series also have a large focus on typical slice of life day-to-day going ons, basically both are about cute girls doing cute things in cute ways
Both of these series can also be greatly, and easily, enjoyed by anyone of any age and even people who aren't into these types of series.
Cute kids doing cute antics. Two titles that will draw laughs and sighs as they celebrate the innocence, evanescence and nostalgia of childhood.
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the slice of life elements, along with endearing characters, will keep your Slice of Life need satisfied.
Both are upbeat, slice-of-life comedies. While the basic premise of the two series are very different, the two are very similar in tone. They're both sure to put a smile on your face! :)
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Mature Yotsuba & for mature people such as myself.
Both are stories about a single dad raising an adorable little girl. Both have elements of innocence and wonder, and both are sweet and funny. I think Yotsuba&! is more funny than Usagi Drop, but Usagi Drop is better at portraying the realities of daily life with a young child.
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Both are a slice of life involving not so normal little girls and their daily antics with their neighbors and community.
They both have two energetic little girls and are about the community they live in.
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Oku-san is almost exactly like Yotsubato!, mainly in tone and characters, but here the curious 5-year-old is replaced with an extremely whimsical housewife of 32 years.
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Although Lucky Star is centered around high schoolers, both are simple and enjoyable slice of life series with plenty of laughs.
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No blood relationship families' story.
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The story is really different, But both they are amazing slice of life mangas with comedy. They're both really cute. Otoyomegatari is more serious, and is less easygoing than Yotsubato, But they both have the same feeling to it and if you like the one, you'll like the other.
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Same style: adventures of everyday life (of 5-year-old girl and witch) with simple character art and beautiful backgrounds.
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Cute adopted girls doing cute things.
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Both very cute with little kids causing the main protagonist lots of trouble and joy. Nice reads, especially when your just wanting something that will make you go "aww"
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Both series are good slice of life, though while Yotsuba is much funnie, Sonna Mirai wa Uso de Aru is more soothing in terms of mood.
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There aren't many other series that can take a perfectly safe, idealized world and make it feel so realistic and well-done. Kimi Ni Todoke may be the more dramatic of the two, but the feeling you get from it is the same as Yotsuba&.
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Hotman is the dramatic version of Yotsuba with a single father, who would be similar to Jumbo, raising his group of daughters as he struggles financially. Hotman is essentially a combination of Great Teacher Onizuka and Yotsuba with a mix of some romantic drama aimed at a mature audience.
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Feel-good slice of life with cheerful main characters.
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These two are similar on many levels, both deal with leading characters who have little understanding of the world, hilarity ensues.
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Yotsuba follows the daily randomness and amazement with everything of its titular heroine. She's got a screw or two lose/is mentally disabled and likes smiling as she gets involved with the family next-door, after moving to a new town. It's purely slice-of-life and - in the first five volumes, at least - has no real direction.
Chinatsu, like Yotsuba, follows the life of its titular heroine after she moves to a new town. Unlike Yotsuba, Chinatsu comes across like a person, despite of her friendliness and cheerful, smiling nature, and it's easy to understand why everyone come to love her. There's a touch of romance and some moving drama in Chinatsu - the angelic heroine finding herself involved with her future boyfriend/best friend's possible parent divorce woes and, from time to time, using her 'healing' voice to help them.
Slice-of-life aside, one of the things that links the two closely is the clouded pasts of the heroines. Neither Chinatsu nor Yotsuba's parent confusion is cleared up straight away, and in the case of Chinatsu her mother's past is an important part of the story.
Chinatsu was created by one of the best artists around. Definitely the best at slice-of-life I've come across. So, in my opinion, Chinatsu is better than the far more well-known Yotsuba.
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I'm only at the first volume of Kobato so I don't know how much emphasis is there on the supernatural part later , but the beginning reminded me a lot of Yotsuba&! because both mangas show every day life in a really heart warming way .
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Another light-hearted slice of life title with a cheerful little girl :)
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both have an older man looking after a young girl, although Yotsuba is more focused on the "adventures" of the little girl and the friends she makes. Yotsuba is lighthearted with serious moments.
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There both funny and in both the main character is a mischievous girl, although Yotsuba is more clueless.
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Ever wondered what Nodame was like as a child? Yotsuba would most likely bethe best way to describe the carefree, expressive, imaginative yet naive Nodame before she became the great musician.
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Curious cute little girl doing cute stuff in the strangest way possible is the premise of these comedy manga both catering to the male demographic (whether Yotsuba is seinen or shounen is still arguable so let's generalize that). Art in both are greatly similar to one another - simple yet appealing.
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Both are cheerful, heart-warming stories about raising children. Full of funny events and optimistic, makes you smile all the time while reading.
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Both series are light and good slice of life comedies.
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