よつばと! 15 [Yotsuba&! 15]

よつばと! [Yotsuba&!] #15

by Kiyohiko Azuma, あずまきよひこ

変わる時代。変わらない毎日。
深く、静かに、そして広く、長く読み継がれて18周年――。
夏から始まったよつばたちの世界にも、いつしか冬が訪れる。
そして、ある出来事をきっかけに小岩井家の日常が、優しく滲む。
14巻に渡る穏やかな波のうねりが、光のように砕け散る15巻!
全256ページの増ボリュームで、約3年ぶりの新刊をお楽しみください。

Genres: Manga, Slice Of Life, Graphic Novels, Comics, Humor, Fiction, Japanese Literature

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2021

About the author

Kiyohiko Azuma (東清彦 or あずまきよひこ Azuma Kiyohiko) is a Japanese manga author and artist. His most well-known work is Azumanga Daioh. His current series is Yotsuba&!, which is serialized monthly in Dengeki Daioh magazine.

Reviews

[Silvia]

Cries @ backpack scene

[Fatima]

I have so much love for all the characters in this manga. 🧎🏻‍♀️ Now what do I do with my life ..

[Ștefi]

Oh to be a five year old going rock hunting with my friends at the beach

[Óscar Trobo]

Cuando en un momento bastante duro de la pandemia vi el avance de la cubierta de este manga pensé: "Menos mal que Yotsuba y Youseke están bien". No se me ocurre nada mejor que decir de esta serie.

[Ola G]

9/10 stars

This was great. The long break between the volumes doesn't hurt this manga at all, you open the book and instantly get immersed in Yotsuba's world once again. While I feel that Yotsuba&! is gradually becoming less carefree and happy-go-lucky, whatever it loses in humour it gains in thoughtfulness. The subtle, underplayed emotional consideration of fatherhood and dealing with the growing up of one's children is spot on - as is the absolute pleasure of gathering smooth, shiny rocks on a beach :D

I think this might be my favourite volume to date!

[Rod Brown]

Nothing really happens in Yotsuba&!, but everything happens in me when I read it. Sooo cuuuute and it makes me sooooooo happppppppy!

[Stanley]

Despite the years between publication, Azuma ensures seamless transitions of modern conveniences in the Yotsuba&! series. I read this the moment it arrived and it is full of the wholesome, heartwarming moments beloved in the series. I’m not crying, you’re crying (yes this manga literally brings me tears of joy and this volume did not disappoint).

[hotsake (André Troesch)]

No matter how shitty I'm feeling reading Yotsuba&! makes me feel just a little better and I always end up laughing out loud at least once.

[fonz]

En lo que, en apariencia es una comedia costumbrista sobre una niña que va descubriendo el mundo, Azuma examina temas inmortales como la memoria, el paso del tiempo y la fugacidad de los momentos felices con una ligereza y frescura insultantes, como sin querer, como si fuese tan fácil, sin darse importancia. A este respecto hay media docena de páginas en la historia de las piedras que, no me cabe duda, Azuma las dibujó mientras los ángeles le susurraban al oído.

[Jillian -always aspiring-]

Will I be reading about Yotsuba for another fifteen years…? Stay tuned!!

[Ｂｅｅｌａｈ]

Atas beberapa siri desak-mendesak dan tekan-menekan dari pembaca siri Yotsuba, akhirnya KGS berjaya menerbitkan terjemahan jilid 15 & 16. Girangnya rasa hati 🤩.

Yotsuba ni macam makhluk asing. Banyak perbuatan dan kata2nya yang pelik semacam. Tapi memang comel la. 😍 Hehe

Antara aktiviti Yotsuba kali ni ialah
👧🏻 belajar tentang kotatsu
👧🏻 beli mesin pengisar jus untuk buat air susu pisang (sedapnya 😋🥛)
👧🏻 cari batu cantik di pantai
👧🏻 pelajari erti pulun belajar bersama kak Fuuka & kak Shimau (sebenarnya Yotsuba hanya mengacau sebab nak pulun makan snek 🤭)
👧🏻 belajar melukis menggunakan cat lukisan
👧🏻 beli beg sekolah untuk sesi persekolahan darjah satu tahun depan. Dah besar dah Yotsuba 😢

Beruntungla seketul Yotsuba dikelilingi orang yang sayangkan dia dan layan kan aje telatah dia. ☺️

[charlotte]

DONT MAKE ME BE DONE PLEASEEEEEEE

[Pinky N.A]

This the first time I cried while reading Yotsuba&!, and the first time I see Mr Koiwai crying, too. I can't help it! I just can't help picturing Yotsuba as a grown-up later, and then Mr Koiwai watch her growing up. Is that how my parents feel when they watched me grow up?

Your way of parenting is splendid, Mr Koiwai. Despite your age and everything, you are a splendid father.

Now I wish to hug my father and mother...

[Emmett]

The happiness of going into my local comic store and finding that after 3 years a new volume of Yotsuba, my nº1 comfort piece of media, has finally come out is unmatched by anything. I bought it in the same shop, and to the same lady that sold me the first volume 10 years ago. She recommended it to me back then, when I was 11, and we excitedly talked about this new volume and how happy we were about it (and how frustrating it's to have to wait so long for them). I am 21 now and I have grown reading Yotsuba. When I started reading it Fuuka seemed to me like almost a proper adult and now I see her as the 17 yo teen she is. Now i get to understand the occasional emotional bits a lot better. But the feeling of reading these mangas is the same as when I was 11. This new volume was a funny (I was laughing out loud by page 2), as comforting and as wholesome as all of them are. That last scene in the backpack shop... i did cry a little.

[Sarah Schanze]

After three-some years, Yotsuba is finally back. This volume is as beautiful, and sweet, and cute, and hilarious as all the others, and tosses in some parent tearjerkers too. What a breath of fresh air.

[Hanner]

The “Rocks” chapter is so quintessentially Yotsuba. I've never appreciated a series more than this one, this year.

[Chelsey]

The whole backpack scene was just the best.

[Jenny Clark]

Adorable! We see Koiwai coming to terms with Yotsuba growing up as well... the crying over the backpack got me

Check out my YouTube channel for bookish videos and monthly wrap ups!

[Anu-vinkkari]

Yotsuba vain osuu suoraan sydämeen.
Yotsuban kouluikä lähestyy ja yleensä niin hillityn isänkin silmät kostuvat, kun miesporukalla lähdetään ostamaan tyttärelle ihka-ensimmäistä koulureppua.

[Ariane]

La série Yotsuba&! est selon moi une des meilleures séries de mangas moderne. C'est doux et beau et ça fait du bien au coeur. Ode à la naïveté et la joie pure de l'enfance.

[Conrad]

He's a dad!!! A DAD!!!!!

[Emily]

4.5/5 stars
I forgot how happy reading Yotsuba makes me 😭 Now to probably wait (over?) a year before the next one comes out 😢

[Aniel]

Não gostei zero estrelas quero mais estou órfão.

[Sara]

Well what an absolute cozy read! The delight and wisdom of childhood and the bizarre mix of emotions of parenting all in one.

It's important to know where to find good rocks and what food your haircut pairs with!

Adorable and Informative of life in Japan.

[Travis]

Even though I don't remember the recent events of the previous volumes, I still remember enough of the series in general to jump right back in, as it's just slice of life. Things are happening! Yotsuba is getting ready for first grade! Everything is, as usual, very cute. I do have to wonder if the author is going to end it when she starts school, though. It seems like a good ending place, but also presents so many more possibilities that it would be great if he did continue.

[Yunebooks]

¡Como me gusta Yotsuba! De hecho es uno de mis mangas favoritos. En este tomo tenemos capítulos muy graciosos, pero el último es muy emotivo. De hecho, por primera vez tenemos información sobre la experiencia paterna del padre de Yotsuba, algo en lo que se podría profundizar más.


Yotsuba crece, ya va ir al cole y la nostalgia y la emoción ¡se apodera de mii!

[asma]

[all the stars in the world]

it's insane how I've been reading this manga since I was in 6th grade and I still adore it with all of my heart.
also, definitely did not expect that heart-warming ending I cried a lot.

[Nancy Walters]

Oh my heart, the rocks!

[Matthew]

[Nomsain]

This book is really nice!