Yotsuba & Blue

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>>280160556

>>280188608
>and Yanda
chapter ruined

>>280188655
oh god...

>>280188677
>it smells good
YOTSUBA NO

>>280188677
I love this retard so much

>>280188719
actually quite smart of her to even notice the drips and do something about them, a lot of kids don't

You know, for a first unsupervised attempt, Yotsuba did well. I know I would have made a much bigger mess in like, my 20s or so.

>>280188866
>I'M BLUE

Done. She's blue dabadee dabada.
See you tomorrow!

>>280188899
Sankyuu

>>280188655
>>280188669
Oh no... no no no...

>>280188878
Kowai is such an asshole

>>280188677
Paint sniffer.

>>280188878
to be fair I would also laugh my ass off

What I love about this manga is how much old memories it unlocks.
When I was about six, I grabbed some paint at my grandpa's garage and painted my pedal car white. There was some amusement there too when I was discovered, but I also managed to get paint all over my clothes, so my mum wasn't happy about that.

>>280188917
Same energy.

>>280188866
bluesuba

>>280188767
Maybe it's just the limits of the art style, but it looks surprisingly good.

>>280188866
the masculine urge to mess with small children for kick

>>280188643
Uh oh

>>280188887
>sits on the floor and laughs in resignation
Honestly if I ever had kids, this would probably be my main reaction instead of anger

>>280188866

>>280189121
She didn't clean that table beforehand and I doubt Kowai has ever done it so there's probably a lot of dirt under the paint.

>>280189957
This is what happens when there is no woman in charge of the family.

>>280188732
>>280188747
>>280188789
>>280188799
da ba dee da ba di

>>280188866
>You'll be blue forever
It's easy to forget because the comic's black and white, but just remember going forward that Yotsuba is actually blue.

>>280188799
OUT, SPOT, OUT
>>280188820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZ50BWneq8
>>280188899
thanks, OP

>>280188719
awful form

>>280188899
Thanks OP. It would be cool to give this chapter the High and Low treatment and color in the blue while leaving everything else black and white

>>280189121
I think the panel in >>280188899 is supposed to be the more realistic look

>>280188899

>>280188866
DA BE DEE DA BA DI

>>280191864
Yandas blood doesn't wash off easy

>>280188608
>and yanda
we are so in

>>280188843
>>280188856
the sheer terror in her soul

>>280191951
Yotsuba’s ancestors are smiling at her, Anon, can you say the same?

>>280188677
rare that she didn't drink it, one of my friends did it as a kid

>>280188899
Thanks anon

>>280188555
Man look at the movement on those guys in the background. I can just hear them chattering. Azuma is so damn good.

>>280188570
RIP dad. High schoolers all over Japan are crying.

>>280188608
>for the kids and Yanda
Gay dads and their problem son.

>>280188655
>>280188669
YAMEROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

>>280188677
>Inhaling it

>>280188732
Oh, he will surprised alright.

>>280188633
Beautiful paneling

>>280193881
You're thinking of paint thinner, mizu

>>280188820
>>280188832
Oh dear
>>280188843
A parent's nightmare

One of the things about yots I like most is the kid is actually annoying/retarded at times. This chapter wasn't too bad but she does some duuuumb shit (as real kids do)

>>280188866
Now it's bluetsuba

>>280188570
What's the purpose of first panel

>>280188899
Thanks!

>>280188689

>>280194555
In the original newspaper release, that's where the "Garfield" logo was.

>>280194059
Yotsuba is only one step away...

>>280188887
>the tenant will be liable for the cost to repair damage caused by the tenant (e.g. damage caused intentionally or carelessly, damage caused due to the tenant’s using the property in a non-standard way)
So depressing...

>>280191805
That 'Do it for her' collage on the wall

>>280196161
do we know if he's renting? I can't remember it ever coming up, Yotsuba wouldn't care I guess.
Koiwai seems more like the type to own if he could, which isn't unreasonable in a lot of areas of japan. We know they don't live in Tokyo and it seems like a quiet suburban kinda place so the house prices are probably pretty affordable. And who could possibly turn him down of a housing loan if he showed up with Yotsuba in tow.

>>280197037
Iirc it was a family acquaintance's unused house
They even said it's ok to do some remodeling if koiwai wants to but he said that it's too big for 2

>>280197144
He has to marry Fuuka and buy the house. There's no other way.

>>280188655
>Isildur holding up the ring.jpg

>>280188732
>Yotsuba's genetic memory reminding her of the last ice age and doing cave paintings

>>280188778
>>280188789
>>280188799
>>280188820
>>280188832
>>280188843
Like a story from the Brothers Grimm, the blood just won't stop

>>280188878
This is Koiwai successfully keeping his composure, by the way. In the middle panel he's a hair's breadth away from losing it. His pituitary gland is pumping out testosterone and adrenaline at nigh-irresistable rates.

>>280188789
yotsuba as macbeth

>>280188832
this is so fucking cute

>>280188669
Use the handle!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

>>280188689
interesting, I'd never seen that kind of paintbrush before

>>280192742
How did he survive?

>>280188669
The sweet sweet nectar of the gods

>>280198675
MacSuba

>>280199215
bow to the new king

>>280188643
>paint in a low-level, unlocked cupboard
>a cupboard it's reasonable to assume she'll look in
Yeah, I'm thinking this one is daddy's fault.

>>280200365
Those cans are impossible to open without a tool. That 5-year old Yotsuba was able to figure one out is exceptional. Under ordinary circumstances she would have had no motivation to do so. It was the perfect storm of coincidences that led her to discovering paint on the day she had been shown how paint works, experienced an aesthetic response on the beauty of paint, and told that she would have been allowed to help use the paint. This is not something any reasonable jury would find to be a failure of Koiwai's parenting skills, and you can hang up the phone to child protective services.

>>280200567
>Those cans are impossible to open without a tool. That 5-year old Yotsuba was able to figure one out is exceptional
Is Yotsuba secretly a genius then? Even if she is dumb and blue

>>280200600
>Is Yotsuba secretly a genius then?
Unironically yes
The drastic change in living situation at a young age probably kickstarted her adaptation instincts and allowed an already naturally-high childhood IQ to flourish.

>>280188669
talk about childproof

>>280188570
Koiwaifu

>>280192742
>rare that she didn't drink it
>one of my friends did it as a kid
Anon, I...

>>280192742
Yotsuba learnt her lesson after eating glue

>>280200567
>Those cans are impossible to open without a tool. That 5-year old Yotsuba was able to figure one out is exceptional.
He doesn't know

>>280188866
why is he lying again

>>280200979
Lying to kids to cause them distress is one of the joys of being a parent

>>280200979
adults are allowed to lie

>>280200979
it's funny, and that makes it ok.

>>280200979
He's not lying.

>>280200979
are you stupid

>>280188669
>she immediately used something to apply leverage to a paint can lid to get it off
This is the only time in this manga so far that has felt unrealistic. Either she is REALLY smart or has seen people open a paint can before (might be the case, not sure.)

>>280202031
She probably saw it when they've built the shelf.

>>280202031
It's pretty easy to figure out, especially if you'd seen an adult do it before. I figured it out on milk powder and Milo tins, I forget exactly when but I was pretty young still

>>280188570
Just realised that Yotsuba has begun looking rather w i d e

>>280202031
you don't need to understand the underlying principles to figure out "i put the thing in there and move it and it opens"

>>280188843
I just noticed the detail that she's tiptoeing to avoid leaving more prints

>>280202485
>I just noticed the detail that she's tiptoeing to avoid leaving more prints
she started doing it here, after she noticed she stepped into paint on the floor and thus took of her socks
>>280188747
of course her consistency in doing it in the following minutes is...lacking

>>280200567
>a tool
It's not like you need anything hard to use or specific.

>>280188866
Someone needs to see nioh sama.

>>280202436
Of course not, no, but presumably having seen someone open a paint can before (most likely using a screwdriver or a tool specifically designed to open those cans) and realizing that she could use a spoon, a tool that has a completely different purpose, for the same task is indicative of higher-order thinking.

>>280200979
Lying to your children is important for their development.
Telling your kids lies introduces them to the idea that sometimes other people aren't going to tell the truth, and teaching them this with harmless lies in a safe environment is much better than letting them go out into the world and getting lied to by someone with far worse intentions.
Plus, it's really fucking funny.

>>280199215
>jaime lannister meets lord tywin lannister at the gates of king's landing, 283 ac

>>280198909
>>280200916
it was one of these small paints and he didn't drink all obviously, it was less than a half, maybe a third or even less

that guy is just built different

>>280188866

>>280196161
Paint stripper exists lmao.

>>280188899
Thank you for posting.

Yotsubump!

>>280207973
baby bump

>>280188754
>and the ships all sink
damn, yotsuba's been through some pretty tough stuff

>>280196163
nice catch

>>280188608
>Yanda and the kids are in the same group
kek

>>280208351
No.

>>280200365
>>280200567
>pick it the tin
>drop it
>explodes everywhere

>>280188608
>and Yanda
KWAB

>>280188843
My dad would have beat my fucking ass if I did something like this.
Koiwai is such a fucking good dad jesus christ. Hopefully next chapter is Yots helping him with cleanup.

>>280208351
>AI overview
>The image captures a moment from the manga series "Yotsuba&!".
>The top panel shows a pregnancy test with the Japanese words " 分类 Indicator" (Result Indicator) and "終 Test" (End of Test), indicating that the test has just been performed.
>The bottom panel shows the character Fūka Ayase, one of the main character Yotsuba's neighbors, holding a pregnancy test in her hand and looking surprised, which is emphasized by her expression and the text bubble with the words "Huh?".
>This moment is from chapter 60, titled "Yotsuba & Fuuka".
>In this chapter, Fuuka accidentally uses a pregnancy test she bought for her older sister Asagi and is surprised by the result.
Google, what the FUCK are you doing??

>>280212725
Correcting the timeline

>>280212725
I like how the ai doesn't make any assumptions about the result of the test but then completely makes up a chapter of the manga.

>>280212725
How did Fuuka accidentally use a pregnancy test? Is she stupid?

>>280212725
>a pregnancy test she bought for her older sister Asagi
>Jumbo won in the end
kino

Does Miura hate Yotsuba ?

>>280213650
If she'd hate her, she wouldn't have offered to ride with her to Ena's house

>>280213650
she can get annoying

>>280213582
The final chapter of Yotsuba will be a Jumbo/Asagi and Yousuke/Fuuka double wedding. Azuma astral projected into my dreams and told me so. I have spoken.

Yotsuba & Helmet

>>280200600
Yotsuba is a healthy, mentally normal child with multiple adult figures in her life that constantly interact with her and expose her to new things; that automatically pushes her to 90th percentile of learning development for her age bracket. People underestimate just how many parents cannot be bothered dealing with small children on more than a basic level, and how much that can affect them.

>>280213650
Miura just doesn't have the patience of the others. Frankly it's more weird that Ena treats her as a peer when Yotsuba is half her age.

>>280215521
>notto disu shittu agen

>>280215521
>>280215544
Fuck communism
I love these two pages

>>280215676
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>280215676
curse removed

>>280215658
Cute
I'd do the same if I'd own my own house

>>280215784
FIST

>>280215797
>>280215812
>>280215833
>She's immune to bonking now
Oh shit oh fuck

>>280215922
you forgot someone Yotsuba

>>280215934
Do the Japanese still sleep on the floor? Or have they westernized enough that they mostly have beds now? Most anime nowadays have people on beds.

And todays Yotsu-lesson:
Alcohol is the solution to all of the worlds problems

Done. With a helmet you can fight everyone you want.
See you tomorrow!

>>280215417
>>280215443
Why does she read out loud the price of every product? Is this normal in Japan? Don't their cash registers have those little digital monitors that show you the price as they scan it?

>>280215991
Sankyuu

>>280215976
Alcohol is magical water

>>280215991
Thanks

>>280215991
Thanks OP. I dont wear helmets because they irritate my scalp in ways I cannot describe, so I won't be fighting anyone

>>280215968
beds are more common these days afaik but futons are still not weird or anything, and most houses will at least have some for guests

>>280215833
How will our hero, Yanda, overcome this?

>>280215492
stylish

>>280215349
Me when I eat something really yummy and need to let everybody know

>>280215443
One Yotsuba a day to keep the cashier's smile on her face

>>280215474
For fucking up with the paint your punishment will be to wear a tard helmet

>>280216119
Psychological warfare.

>>280215544
>That would had get us both executed back then

>>280215676
MacSuba: good ending

>>280215492
>customize your character

>>280215868
>they skip Yotsuba in the bath.

>>280215474
>"Yotsuba's a good girl!!"
>says after trashing the kitchen
this kid

>>280215349
I tried eel recently and it is indeed very yummy

>>280215443
Yotsuba & Haggling

>>280216355
>+15 def
>-5 int

>>280215994
That's Yotsuba reading them out. She's just excited because knows how to read numbers.

>>280215868
>making jellyfish with the washcloth
huh?

>>280216453
The cashier clearly reads out the first two, and in the second page only half of the bubbles have an arrow pointing to Yotsuba, indicating she is only saying those while the cashier says the rest. I interpreted the second page as the cashier reading out the actual prices and Yotsuba just making up numbers because she thinks that's what the cashier was doing and wants to participate.

>>280215608
i wonder if it's gonna fuck up the wood treatment

>>280216528
I'm guessing it's just moving the washcloth underwater like a jellyfish

>>280216355
>Left
Healer
>Middle
DPS
>Right
Tank

>>280216528
You trap a pocket of air into a washcloth and drag it underwater. Then you let go and it floats to the surface like a jellyfish.

>>280215833
TANKsuba the UNSTOPPABLE

>>280215392
pretty clerk

>>280216528
You'll see in a few chapters

>>280215991
Thanks OP

>>280215658
Sweet. Reminds me of this poet who had his wife's wet footprint pattern sewn into the stairs

>>280216355
Middle was always the best design for me. Don't even know why, it's just neat.
And RAD AS FUCK

>>280216355
>>280217026
Left for me. I've always been a sucker for the 60's police style.

This chapter is so comfy!

>>280215812
future masochist

>>280215748
Is eating and going to sleep early normal?

>>280215797
Famous last words

>>280215934
Are futons really comfy?

>>280218815
Probably not.

>>280215968
>Most anime nowadays have people on beds.
Because the ctrl-c ctrl-v easier than a futon.

>>280215693

>>280218815
they can be

>>280218815
They're intended for sleeping on tatami mats. Sleeping with minimal padding on a regular hardwood floor is about as comfortable as you'd imagine.

>>280215392
>>280215417
>>280215443
She's cute
>>280215991
Thanks anon

>>280215349
It's been a while since the last time I ate eel, even though it's so yummy.

>>280215960
I often think of this page. It's so cute.

>>280215658
I hope that huge autistic faggot who said Koiwai was an asshole during vol 4 or vol 5 dumps can see what a great dad Koiwai is.

>>280220267
Koiwai is a pretty realistically imperfect dad, in that he loves and supports Yotsuba as much as he can but doesn't follow strict rules on discipline and education and whatnot with perfect 24/7 consistency.

>>280215784
Yotsuba he's twice your size. He'll fold you like a fucking lawn chair.

>>280215887
:)

>>280215991
this helmet has some scratches, this picture is taken later maybe?

>>280221367
Her fathers fists did that.

>>280215492
You ever worry Yotsuba is going to grow up with too much self-confidence?

>>280221178
You have no idea how many time she's stomped boxerman in a fight.

>>280215474
koiwai is a hansome man

>>280222278
that's why he's popular in fuuka's hs

>>280215308
Alright gimme the damn raw page, that's clearly a セ and Yotsuba is NOT stupid, she reads kana perfectly well.

>>280215978
It zooms out like that was some kind of dramatic revelation

yotsuba reminds me of a slightly retarded dog except smarter but not too much

>>280222756
She's outright dressing like a retard now with that helmet

>>280222408
she says セ ロ リ
with spaces between

>>280215991
Thanks OP

>>280223103
As expected, because she's always been able to read kana clearly.
So why the HELL did the " translator " write KE LE REE?
ffs what's wrong with these assholes

>>280215994
>Why does she read out loud the price of every product?
Why wouldn't she?
>Is this normal in Japan?
Yes.
>Don't their cash registers have those little digital monitors that show you the price as they scan it?
Most have full on 1080p LCD touchscreens now.

>>280215544
>Shimano brakes
>Richard Garriot, essentially the creator of the computer RPG and thus grandfather all JRPGs (yeah yeah, I see you there Wizardry) named one of his LARP characters Shamino after misremembering the name
Yotsuba is 2 degrees of separation away from Lord British

>>280215608
>tfw have that literal bottle in my cupboard
it's amazing how accurate his labeling is, when everyone else is doing DcMonalds

>>280215676
>>280215706
"Yotsubato".... is a "story".... about ending a "curse"......

>>280215968
Many do. Some don't. Futons increase the amount of available living space, because after you wake up you fold it and put it in the closet, unless you're a slob (which is a common character archetype in anime and manga). Thinking about it, most of my friends in Tokyo have beds, but my wife's family in the country all have futons. When we visit for the summer everyone drags futons to the living room and sleeps around the table.

>>280223306
>Anhydrous Ethanol
I'm not American but is this the best substance to remove paint? I flunked chemistry but we have some fucking awful shit where I live to remove that sort of paint, like turpentine and some paint thinners with methanol and acetone.
Not only are they usually ineffective, they smell awful and fuck your skin. No way you could use them to remove paint from wooden floors.

>>280215544
Shaggy Beard is not only a fun guy but also knows how to roll with the irrationality of women.
This is such a feel good book, especially the later camping chapters. Also, the flying squirrel part at the end is chef's kiss.

>>280188878
>>280188887
That moment when something goes so far on the fucked scale, it just wraps right back around to being whatever

>>280223371
NO. SHUT IT.

>>280223743
I took extra practical chemistry course in our junior high school and one of the classes was making paint thinner. We would first paint a nail our finger, then make the thinner solution and then use it to remove the paint.

In other class for the same course we did something with ammonia and it was first time me smelling it. It felt like physical thing climbing and pressing against my nostrils.

i wonder how long it will be before yotsuba learns to say the n word

>>280188570

>>280215349
...unagi. for 1000 yen? I know unagi is domestic to Japan, but why the fuck is an unagi bowl with rice $28 (!!!) where I am?

>>280215960
The lights in the sky are flying squirrels.

>>280225329
transportation is expensive

>>280218720
I used to eat dinner at 4:00pm, go to sleep at 6:00pm and wake up at 2:00am while I was at high school

>>280223743
it depends what you're removing and how dried the paint is, different kinds of paint can react very differently
if the paint isn't cured you want something similar to the solvents its made with, so alcohol or even just warm water works fine for latex and similar water based paints, but you want mineral spirits or paint thinner/turpentine for oil paints
after they're fully cured then you probably need a chemical made to attack the solids that are the actual 'paint' part of paint, usually called a paint stripper and those are the more nasty ones, they break the chemical bonds in the paint up so it turns into a gooey mess and you can scrape it off, but they aren't really for simple cleaning like this because they need time to sit on the paint and work
google says the can says Water Based on it so alcohol and a bit of scrubbing probably work fine as long as it hasn't been there more than a couple days

>>280225459
that sounds like an amazing schedule but you must not have hung out with your friends after school much, did you...

>>280225741
I had no friends, I went straight home, did my homework in the morning before school, I had all A's and some B's, and I played video games and watched anime in my free time. It was great, somehow everything went wrong

>>280215349
Yotsuba has a future in advertising

>>280215492
The one in the middle is my helmet... feels so weird...

>>280224512
what is this image?!

>>280220629
>imperfect dad
What does he do wrong? I think he's acting perfectly well considering Yotsuba's age.

>>280216935
>>280215658
Very wholesome but also a little melancholy

>>280215850
Alligators won't eat dad?

>>280215976
>solution
I see what you did there

>>280188608
Yanda the manchild

>>280213650
>>280215431
Miura as far as we know is a single child, which might explain the unease in her dealing with smaller children like Yotsuba but confident in interacting with adults.
Ena is the youngest child of a three sister family, she is more acquainted with sibling stuff, and probably she can see Yotsuba as the new younger child so she can take over the role of older sister.

i think i will cry when the last yotsuba chapter is released

>>280188643
>shoeless foot in the genkan
it's so over

>>280225329
Rice is expensive

>>280227096
I will too
but I cry every day anyway
so in that sense that day will be no different

>>280188633
What's Koiwai's job again

>>280215960
>Musasabi
This is a Momonga household!

>>280215833
Why doesn't he browse social media or watching youtube?

>>280227921
it saddens me to hear that you cry everyday, unless they are tears of joy in which case i'm happy to hear that
>>280228187
were smartphones and social media as common as today back when azuma made this chapter?

>>280215994
>Why does she read out loud the price
It seems to be an old practice that was used to prevent typing errors before barcodes became widespread. Due to changes in cash registers and the experience of the pandemic, it may be outdated.

>>280219065
Fun fact. Mapo tofu is called MĀBŌ DŌFU in Japanese.

>>280227976
Translater

>>280228266
>were smartphones and social media as common as today back when azuma made this chapter?
at the point of this chapter, only young folks regularly used smartphones. It still took several years before even older people got used to it

>>280228419
There's no such thing as "outdated" in Japanese culture. There's only "this is the way we do things".

>>280228676
Is a translator salary enough to provide for a child in Japan

>>280228733
I feel like if that was true they would have gotten colonized like the rest of Asia instead of turning themselves into a colonial power.

>>280225329
>unagi. for 1000 yen?
Currently, a pack of whole grilled eel costs about 3000 yen or more at a typical supermarket.

>>280223371
I fancy anon sometimes

>>280218815
I slept on a few futons over there, always on tatami of course. It certainly is noticeably harder/non-conforming to the body than a mattress on sprung slats, but you get used to it and worst case I think you can use a soft topper.

>>280228798
It's almost like one of the most famously defining traits of Japanese culture is its ultra-precise adherence to tradition.

>>280229097
But that's not true as I pointed out. If they had stuck to tradition instead of modernizing faster than any other nation in history and completely upending their entire social structure and society in less than two decades they would have gotten colonized. The idea that adherence to tradition is somehow a quintessential feature of Japanese culture is a post-hoc rationalization for their unresponsive corporate culture. "Our companies and country as a whole aren't poorly led, we are just traditionalist!", that sort of thing.

>>280228823
Grilling is very expensive

>>280229195
>But that's not true as I pointed out
It's absolutely true. WHAT the fuck are you talking about? Jesus, stop huffing /pol/ farts.

>>280229214
>They are very traditionalist except this one time in recent history when they were less traditionalist than any other country on earth but let's just ignore that because it goes against my point
Out of UK and Japan, which one still has an official noble class that has legal privileges and which one abolished their extremely old and traditional class system in a single decade?

>>280229195
Japan is literally the most traditional culture in the world short of certain shoeless islamic hellholes. The fact that they "modernized" and built countless skyscrapers in record time did not change the philosophical and psychological makeup of the people and their approach to values and social behavior. The aesthetic principles of this continue to be seen in countless aspects regardless of the steel and glass it intermingles with. On a non-corporate, individual level, there is practically NO modernization. My wife's family's second house is still continually refurbished with the same sap-dripping bare wood as the day it was built. In the center room is the family shrine, and a >150 year old book containing the names of every ancestor, with portraits on the walls stretching back to those early pinhole-camera type portraits. I don't want to get too into private details but the drama in her family involving adoptions and un-adoptions and re-adoptions over the hereditary lineages of the people of her town that carry on the same old hierarchies of boss families and subservient that stretch back centuries are insane.

To say Japan is not "traditional" is an utterly absurd non-starter as far as I'm concerned, and I can't imagine what would possess someone to give voice to a meaningless statement like that.

>>280227976
Depending on the translation, he is either a trashman or makes konnyaku.

>>280215392
New Azuma waifu dropped

>>280215658
Feels

>>280227976
Garbageman.

>>280229415
The cities aren't like that and japan 50 percent city at this point.

>>280231333
i dare /a/ to not lust after a female character drawn by azuma

>>280225558
>water based
Makes a lot of sense Koiwai could remove it so easily and spray the diluent on Yotsuba's hands so freely.

>>280229836
Remember to wear your helmet while biking lads.
My grandpa got almost scalped once because he went down a ramp while a vertical gate was lowered, he got like 30 stitches. I had to clean so much blood

>>280232267
i dare azuma to not make perfect 10/10 girls for every background character

>>280232559
how to draw 10/10 girls tutorial:
1- draw fuuka
2- change hairstyle
3- (optional) change boob size

>>280232267
Azuma's characters are for loving, not lusting

>>280232586
Fuuka looks the most different from the other non-kid women in azu

>>280232672
i uh... never read azumanga

>>280215658
This one always gets me.

>>280232693
I meant "azu" as in Azumanga + Yotsuba, but my point still stands

>>280215903
>>280215922
>>280215934
>>280215960
>>280215978
Comfy as fuck
Azuma really captured well the atmosphere of energy quietly winding down as you drift off to sleep in these few pages

>>280229195
>never heard the phrase Western technology; Japanese spirit
It's like you don't know what you're talking about or something, the whole point of the Meiji revolution was to keep japanese culture while maintaining relevancy in world politics

>>280231333
>new waifu
more like newfag, lmao

>>280232693
Yotsuba is an Azumanga.

>>280223467
>He has a jap wife
...
I'm jealous as fuck, but good for you anon...

I read on a japanese forum that some guy thinks yotsuba has a developmental disorder. Is this true? She seems pretty normal to me

>>280233279
She's normal, Azuma also confirmed it in interviews

>>280233279
Ascribing disorders to children is like calling a cat narcoleptic. It's not a disorder, it's just their nature

>>280233279
Did he post evidence/arguments? Because all the chapters I've read (which is.. *checks* all of them) generally indicate she's rather intelligent for her age.

https://helpmegrowmn.org/HMG/DevelopMilestone/5Years/index.html

Particular to Japanese, Yotsuba can read and write kana at age 5 prior to any schooling, she is ahead of the curve.

>>280233356
I could read and write when I was 4, I got into kindergarten early because I was literate

>>280233279
Yotsuba named her box "Yotsubox" (Yotsubako). Pun use is high IQ.

>>280233396
it's great when puns miraculously work between languages

>>280233390
Well gosh you get one of these then!!

>>280226287
Like I said, he doesn't follow strict textbook rules on discipline and education, e.g. he gives into her tantrums sometimes, he isn't 100% consistent with her punishments, he lets her watch stuff on tv that has violence in it, etc. Point is nobody is actually perfect on that stuff and he's still clearly a great dad, because the essence of being a good parent is more nuanced than just following all the "rules".

>>280233820
> he lets her watch stuff on tv that has violence in it,
Were you one of those kids whose parents followed age-ratings religiously?

>>280233175
So I guess an inherited warrior class with special legal privileges wasn't a big part of the Japanese culture back then, they were a purely technological aspect with no cultural ties. That makes sense, it's not like their former warrior class is strongly associated with them as a nation in all media in both East and West.

>>280234292
The fault in your logic lies here:
>The Japanese modernized very quickly, therefore they are not traditional
However, the truth is:
>The Japanese modernized quickly despite being very traditional
If anything, the Meiji restoration was just another episode in a long tradition of struggle between Emperor and Shogun.
Another mistake you're making is assuming that changes in the politics or structure of government have any bearing on the ingrained behaviors of the people themselves. Even if you consider the government non-traditional, it does not necessarily apply to the people.

>>280234292
>>280234813
I will also add that yes, some Japanese may agree with you - see: Mishima fearing the decay of Japanese traditional society with the total redistribution of the Emperor's power after the war - and yes, many Japanese people are not exactly living lifestyles in any way comparable to those common even 50 years ago, but still, there are many traditional/cultural/superstitious elements present in the average person that can only be taken out of them by permanent transplantation to the West in early childhood.

>>280215392
>those panels showing Yotsuba struggling with the basket.

Azuma is unironically so good. This is such a minute detail that gives the manga such an authentic feel. The way he captures children mannerisms and thinking is truly unmatched.

Its sad we all kinda forget what we used to be like as kids. Yotsuba works really well in that regard to remind me how i saw the world when I was little. Children suffer because adults dont remember their own childhoods and they treat them like retarded sub humans.

>>280234923
>there are many traditional/cultural/superstitious elements present in the average person that can only be taken out of them by permanent transplantation to the *other culture* in early childhood.
This applies to pretty much any culture. Obviously there are many traditional aspects of Japanese life and culture, but that applies to any nation or people with a long history. My own country still celebrates pagan holidays despite being Christian for over a thousand years. I just don't buy this idea that Japanese are particularly more traditional than any other group of people. I feel like it's more of a case that Americans are less traditional than most other nations due to their relatively short history and a lack of shared backstory. They then view Japanese as ultra-traditional simply because Japanese are more different from them and this view then bleeds into other non-American countries due to American cultural hegemony.

>>280215474
>a helmet that'll fits her head
that's going to be hard

>>280235003
>unironically so good
How could he be "ironically" good? No one in this thread questions his skills.

>>280235096
>Americans [...] view Japanese as ultra-traditional
Probably true.

>>280228733
That's not true. There are outdated ways of speaking, writing, dressing, etc. just like any other culture.

>>280235096
You aren't winning, no matter how many times you throw the word "hegemony" out. Your ideas are stunted, moronic, and highly motivated in political resentment.
Japan is an exceptionally traditionalist country. This isn't up for debate. It is ingrained in the fabric of every citizen's being. It is not just a minor collection of holidays or lip service.

>I just don't buy this
Don't care what you don't buy because you've never BEEN here.

>>280215631
>alcohol
>magic water

oh no bros yotsuba alcoholism foreshadowing

>>280232534
A friend back in university tripped going down a hill and only survived because the helmet took the split in half, still had to wear arm cast for a while

>>280236036
I recently saw an ad for "unbreakable helmets" for bikers and cyclists, and people were shitting themselves about those helmets being so cool and so much more safe! They don't realize that the helmet is supposed to break. If the helmet is completely solid the force of the impact is transmitted through it and your skull receives the whole impact but, if the helmet breaks, it absorbs the vast majority of the force. It's just like the front of cars getting destroyed in accidents, they are supposed to do that to absorb the impact.
Just wanted to share it with you all.

>>280226206
dw about it

>>280234923
I wonder if Mishima would like Yotsuba

>>280229195
The japanese saw the abandonment of feudalism and adoption of a standing army as a return to an even older tradition predating the heian period.

>>280215456
THE WIND IS PUSHING MEEEE

>>280215812
>Hurt me more, Snake!

Why did Koiwai rent such a big house anyway? Like half the rooms are never actually seen. The entire second floor is a mystery except for his office

>>280229297
>Out of UK and Japan, which one still has an official noble class that has legal privileges
Both? Or am I retarded? None of them have much defacto power iirc, but both exist and get special privileges. I get your point, and I mostly agree, but this comparison is weird.

>>280235543
>You aren't winning, no matter how many times you throw the word "hegemony" out. Your ideas are stunted, moronic, and highly motivated in political resentment.
>Japan is an exceptionally traditionalist country. This isn't up for debate.
NTA but these are ultra retarded sentences. Basically whining
>AGREE WITH ME, AGREE WITH ME, YOU STOOPID, WHAAAAA
I don't care much for either side, but learn to write better because this is painful to read.

>>280244216
In Japan only the Imperial family has any sort of legal status, all other nobility is defunct. Although previously noble families still command large amounts of influence and political power due to their wealth and connections, there is no legal distinction between them and ordinary citizens. Whereas UK still has an entire noble class with privileges, including a non-elected legislative chamber.

>>280215658
I saw something like this at an open house the other week
I took it as a good sign that the house was well loved

>>280239980
He'd prefer Yotsuba's dad

>>280244186
it was passed on to him by a relative

Yotsuba & Halloween

She's perfect.

>>280245250
is this the first SUMAHO of this mango?

>>280245241
big hat

>>280245261
This joke is reused from Azumanga
It's fine though

>>280245299
BIG HAT!

>>280245322
PIRIKA PIRILALA POPORINA PEPERUTO

>>280234923
>>280239980
>REEEE muh traditional values
>Reject the West
>jerks off to Western art
Was Mishima the first /pol/tard?

>>280245299
What's up with Japanese witches having long striped socks?

>>280245299
Did Fuukas Fuukas get bigger?

>>280245299
Big fuukas
Also cute Mistake

>>280245447
Yots-o'-lantern

>>280245472
yes >>280208351

>>280245495
sex

>>280245395
He was a /pol/tard but definitely not the first one. Lovecraft predates him by a few decades.

Done. Fuuka and Shimau don't know SHIT.
See you tomorrow!

>>280245291
8 8 8 8

>>280245563
Sankyuu

>>280245447
Okay, time to start a completely new, off-topic argument for the thread: Is Halloween a Christian holiday? Make your choice and be prepared to defend it with extreme confidence even if you know nothing about the subject!

>>280245308
Oh, Fuuka is one of "those" people

>>280245426
It might come from the wicked witch of the East from the Wizard of Oz movie. You know, the one that had a house dropped on her and all we saw of her were her shoes and striped socks.

>>280245495
milf

>>280245563
Thanks OP. Between Fuuka, Miura's mom, Miss Stake and costumes, my dick barely survived this chapter

>>280245426
Not exclusive to Japan afaik.
The first example I know of is one of the witches from The Wizard of Oz, and her stockinged feet curling up when she gets crushed by a house or something.

>>280245339
Behind you!

>>280223120
Because that's a realistic mistake a child learning to read english would make, autist-kun.

>>280245563
Thanks
Cute picture btw

>>280245592
It is, paganfags are just coping because they like to insert their degeneracy into everything.

>>280245371
>she calls her husband "father"
What's going on here?

>>280245830
That's normal in Japan.

>>280245241
flying yots

>>280245563
Cute chapter. Thanks OP

>>280245863
It's somewhat normal in the west too especially when talking to children, though it's more of an old fashioned thing

>>280245323
>Chiyo went to america for college, ended up making friends with the wrong crowd, started abusing drugs, got gangraped, couldn't afford an abortion so she abandoned the child, and later froze to death while seeking refuge in an sewage overflow pipe underneath San Fransisco at age 14
>That child was later named "yotsuba"
screenshot this

>>280246052
Here. The reaction pic you wanted.

>>280245339
Why does she look so hot just turning a page

>>280245592
All Saints' Day and Allhallowtide are christian.

>>280245511
>I choose trick
If you live in a nice neighborhood, this shit is so funny to pull on children. They get stunlocked

>>280246227
like christmas, it's a pagan fest that become christian

>>280245322
No translation note for "cool Japan"?

>>280246227
Samhain is pagan though.

>>280246284
That's why in my country trick wasn't an option. We used to sing a song that cursed you if you didn't surrender your candy instead.

>>280245592
It all plays out like this
>Celtic peoples have days in fall that focus on spirits and the deceased.
>Catholic Church co-ops the days through their own commemoration of the deceased, All Saint's on Nov. 1st and All Soul's on Nov. 2nd.
>certain pagan practices and folklore continue and are Christianized.
>Some of these people eventually immigrate to America, bringing the practices with them.
>Practices become Americanized.
If anything, modern Halloween is an American holiday that's about dressing up and focusing on scary things, which include spirits.

>>280245592
>Is Halloween a Christian holiday?
Depends on how you measure it but my answer overall would be "lol, lmao even". Same old case of Christians slapping their own holiday on an existing pagan festival in the hope of smothering the latter.

>>280246422
It's funny how many "Christian" holidays are just the church doing "embrace, extend, and extinguish" shenanigans with pagan festivals

>>280245495
I want to give Miura a bunch of siblings

>>280218720
>eat and then sleep
>very rarely get acid reflux
>no idea if eating then sleeping caused it
Anybody get that shit? Even though I know it'll pass in a few seconds, it's still fucking scary.

>>280245321
>big hat
Best part

>>280245299
>vertical lines to accentuate the shape and size of Fuuka's boobs
Sasuga, Azuma-sensei

>>280245511
Mom is confirmed a brat

>>280245511
Mating pressing Miura's mom as a trick

>>280245592
tl;dr sort of.
Its not explicitly religious but its origins are, like alot of other Christian holidays, a co-option of pagan festivals into Christian tradition. Its also a holiday with origins in, and these days mostly practiced, by Christians in Christian nations. iirc it is becoming exported more to Asia (Japan and Korea especially. I dunno about China) by the spread of American culture but it's not really a thing there the way it is here.

>>280247095
It's not really a thing in many European countries either. We mostly get stores selling Halloween crap because globalism, but kids don't do trick-or-treating.

>>280189350

>>280246472
most of the time it's just the people who converted recontextualizing their old holiday into their new faith

>>280245241
Yotsuba can do that?!

>>280247389
Usually it was the church/clergy recontextualizing existing old holidays so that people didn't have to give up on their old customs and festivals if they wanted to convert in order to make conversion an easier sell.

>>280247473
Yotsuba can do anything!

>>280247389
>>280247485
Where can I read about this?

>>280247473
The powers of Tsuku Tsuku Boshi are vast and mysterious.

>>280246284
I thought the trick was vandalism of your home

>>280245521
>>280247520
See, it is vandalism

>>280247520
It is, hence why he said "good neighbourhood," because in a rough one the kids' response is usually giving you a sly look before fucking off, and then you'd better make sure to stay awake that night with a baseball bat unless you want to wake up with your house covered in eggs + TP.

>>280245495
Hmm

>>280246052
>freeze to death in san fransisco
Is that possible?

>>280247673
that's the local slang for ODing on crystal meth. Y'know. "Ice."

>>280247684
Huh that one is new to me.

>>280247389
>>280247485
It's a mix of both. People refusing to abandon their traditions and the Church deciding that giving them a Christian paint job is better than the alternative.

>>280247514
https://daniel-cho.com/2025/03/21/catholicism-and-the-christianization-of-pagan-traditions/

>>280245521
EVIL
EVIL!!!

>>280246327
The translator might not know what fuuka's talking about. I sure don't.

>>280247848
I might be way off base, but I think Cool Japan was a publicity effort by Japan to export their culture

>>280247848
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Japan
First result when googling "cool japan." Works with katakana too. It's a translator's job to know.

>>280247848
tl;dr Cool Japan was a campaign by the Japanese government in order to improve the cultural image of Japan abroad and cast the nation as generally being "cool," and emphasizing it as a global cultural powerhouse, as well as promoting the quality and efficacy of Japanese trade goods abroad. It derives the name from the earlier "Cool Brittania" campaign of the United Kingdom which had similar goals.

>>280247473
She can do other things, why shouldn't her?

>>280245412
CANDY OOOHHHH

>>280245323
my cuteness aggression.... I need to kill that penguin NOW

>>280246596
Its the easiest way to convert people. Works a lot better than saying No all of your old holidays are pagan garbage and you need to quit all of them.

>>280245521
>summons the ancient shoe yokai into the home
Yotsuba is ruthless if she doesn't get her candy

>>280245542
>entire cartons and bags of shit
Trick or treating in japanese cities is like trick or treating in rural areas in the wests?

>>280245482
the same mom and daughter as the other time kek

>>280248017
In a way, it's the church doing their own Cool Japan campaign

>>280245412
> I doubt any other houses do halloween

what kind of godless heathen country is this?

>>280248155
Cool Pagan!

>>280247908
Sounds like something I wish didn't exist.

>>280248211
I know it doesn't rhyme, but it would be more like Cool Jesus.

>>280245535
i don't find yotsubas spoiled brat attitude cute anymore

>>280248155
>>280248211
>>280248324
that's literally this creature

>>280247848
There's also a pun associated with Cool Japan. Japan used to be quite strict on work appropriate clothing, for example in some places men were not allowed to take off their coats while working in the office. So "Cool Japan" also loosened the restrictions, forbidding employers from forcing a dress code that would overheat their workers, so men can wear just a button-up during summer now and not be forced to wear their coat all day. It also encouraged employers to purchase AC units for their offices
In this case, a Kimono is really hot because it consists of several layers of clothing, whereas a Happi is a lot breezier being just a single layer over your normal clothes, ergo Cool Japan. Although it's October so I don't think it matters a whole lot and Fuuka is just being a fat lazy BITCH

>>280245563
Cute chapter, pumpkin Yostuba was great!

>>280249268
I thought it was the other way around, it encouraged people to take off their coats so AC usage would go down

>>280245447
Dorks

>>280249323
something like that, I dunno, I learned about it a decade ago

>>280245830
She has accepted Yotsuba as one of her daughters

>>280249349
I mean, all I know about it comes from kumeta manga and TL notes

>>280249440
I remember that dressing lightly and calling it Cool Japan was a thing in Haruhi-chan too.

>>280248324
https://youtu.be/Kppx4bzfAaE

Why do so many manga have a Halloween episode where they explain that nobody in Japan celebrates Halloween?

>>280249881
They like the idea of halloween.

>>280245563
>Fuuka and Shimau don't know SHIT
They're dumb, but they're cute, so it's fine
Thanks anon

>>280245308
fuuka is dead... ;-;

>>280249881
Shut your baboon mouth you disrespectful fool

>>280249881
I love Halloween manga

Why isn't Halloween more popular in Japan? It seems right up their alley, given how notoriously safe the country is (generally speaking).
>fun way to interact with your neighborhood, and just interact with people having a fun time with their kids
>TONS of Japanese youkai/folklore to inspire costumes
>you can literally opt-out of the holiday by just leaving your porch light off
Maybe it's too "western", idk.

>>280252059
lack of tradition (as we just previously discussed in this very thread, they do everything out of tradition, of which in regards to halloween they have no history of participating in)

>>280252059
I think it is catching on pretty quickly, as far as things like that go
I have no numbers to back this up but I'd assume that before the modern era a change like that would take a dozen generations of cultural osmosis before it got any significant foothold but while it obviously isn't widely practiced in japan it is pretty well known and some kids participate and no one thinks it's that crazy, it's on track to become pretty commonplace in like two generations

>>280252059
Ringing a stranger's doorbell just because YOU want candy is not the Japanese way.

>>280252478
the children in costumes and candy wards off bad luck and evil spirits, though

>>280252517
Children.... uoohhhhhh

>>280252538
Nevermind halloween is japan is cancelled

>>280252517
they should throw candy at children like how they throw beans at oni

>>280247514
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion talked about many pre-Christian customs in Europe in one of its chapters.

It’s a book from 1890 so you don’t need to worry about all those postmodernism bullshit, or “wokeness”

>>280252931
If it's from 1890 it probably has methodological issues much more serious than "postmodernism".

>>280245308
no sexy nurse...?

>>280248196
well, these fucking lunatics are going trick or treating in broad daylight, i think we can chalk this up as "they just don't know what they're doing"

>>280245495
oooohhhhhh seeeeeeex

>>280253008
NtA but imo there's nothing better than forming your own opinions with flawed pre 20th century knowledge of quaint scholars scholars as a starting point.
To quote an example, no matter how flawed, Burton's edition of Arabian Nights is full of soul. There are probably better, more accurate translations by now, but nobody is going to write better nonsense like a British explorer who not only translated but included detailed footnotes of his visits to arab brothels.

Read it then find more creditable sources.

>>280245241
Yotsubump&!

>>280253352
Anon...

Yotsumi.