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>–For example, in the chapter where Yotsuba makes pancakes, her movements are very carefully drawn out and it made me feel like I was there in that moment watching over her. It seems like you must do a lot of research and test a lot of things out in real life when you create your manga. Did you actually make pancakes for that chapter?
>Azuma: I did. I figured that the key to that chapter was the movements of a child making pancakes, so I had one of my assistant’s kids make pancakes while I stood by and watched.
>–It was really cute how she made such a mess when she couldn’t flip them over right.
>Azuma: The way Yotsuba reacted was different from how the assistant’s kid reacted, but that’s what Yotsuba is like. The real kid is actually very bright and didn’t mess up that badly. The kids I use as reference grow up so quickly.
>–You’ve been making manga about Yotsuba’s everyday life for over ten years now. Do you not find yourself running out of material?
>Azuma: Yeah, I do. I had zero material stocked up when I started, so I’ve really been just making it up as I go along. I generally plan the manga in terms of volumes – like, I’ll figure out what it is I want to do with, say, volume 12, then go along creating it accordingly.
>–Interesting. The way time passes with every day following one after the other is another point that’s unique to Yotsuba&!.
>Azuma: It’s basically one day per chapter. I skip days here and there, but it’s pretty much every day.
>–It feels like we get to peek into their everyday lives. Things like how the acorns Fuuka collects can be seen in the Ayase family dining room days later, or how Yotsuba gets a fever and can’t go to the farm one day, but then gets to go later on.
>Azuma: I did. I figured that the key to that chapter was the movements of a child making pancakes, so I had one of my assistant’s kids make pancakes while I stood by and watched.
>–It was really cute how she made such a mess when she couldn’t flip them over right.
>Azuma: The way Yotsuba reacted was different from how the assistant’s kid reacted, but that’s what Yotsuba is like. The real kid is actually very bright and didn’t mess up that badly. The kids I use as reference grow up so quickly.
>–You’ve been making manga about Yotsuba’s everyday life for over ten years now. Do you not find yourself running out of material?
>Azuma: Yeah, I do. I had zero material stocked up when I started, so I’ve really been just making it up as I go along. I generally plan the manga in terms of volumes – like, I’ll figure out what it is I want to do with, say, volume 12, then go along creating it accordingly.
>–Interesting. The way time passes with every day following one after the other is another point that’s unique to Yotsuba&!.
>Azuma: It’s basically one day per chapter. I skip days here and there, but it’s pretty much every day.
>–It feels like we get to peek into their everyday lives. Things like how the acorns Fuuka collects can be seen in the Ayase family dining room days later, or how Yotsuba gets a fever and can’t go to the farm one day, but then gets to go later on.
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