Yotsuba&!, Vol. 15

よつばと! [Yotsuba&!] #15

by Kiyohiko Azuma

Yotsuba is going to school...almost! Fuuka says at school you read and write and do tests! A test is where you write your name at the top and answer questions. Yotsuba got alllll the questions right, so Fuuka gave her a perfect score! And, and, you get to paint with big-girl paints like Ena, wear a backpack, make picture books, and collect pretty rocks! School is gonna be great! …Right?

Genres: Manga, Slice Of Life, Comics, Graphic Novels, 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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cries @ backpack scene

[Fatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Óscar Trobo · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Ștefi · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Ola G · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Stanley Prescott · Rating 5 out of 5]

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).

[Rod Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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- · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

DONT MAKE ME BE DONE PLEASEEEEEEE

[Pinky N.A · Rating 5 out of 5]

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...

[MargReadsManga · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most wholesome series that I’ve read by far. That last chapter had me tearing up! I’m so excited that volume 16 was coming out in Japan soon!

[Emmett · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Chelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

The whole backpack scene was just the best.

[Jenny Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Ariane · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Não gostei zero estrelas quero mais estou órfão.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

[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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my heart, the rocks!

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Nomsain · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really nice!