List of Yotsuba&! chapters

This is a list of volumes and chapters of the ongoing manga series "Yotsuba&!". "Yotsuba&!" is written and drawn by Kiyohiko Azuma and published in Japan by MediaWorks in the monthly magazine "Dengeki Daioh". Fifty-six chapters have been published since 2003, and collected in eight bound volumes as of August 2008.cite web | title=Yotsuba&! (manga) | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2966 | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2007-08-28] The series is published in English by ADV Manga, with five volumes published;cite web | url=http://www.advfilms.com/buy/manga/all-ages/yotsuba-/shop.aspx?categoryid=3351 | title=Yotsuba&! | publisher=ADV Films | accessdate=2007-12-08] volume six was scheduled to be published February 2008 but has been delayed indefinitely.cite web | title=AICN Anime-Yotsuba Questions Answered, An Early Look at Gantz, Koike's Color of Rage and More! | url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36891 | author=Scott Green | publisher=Ain't It Cool News | date=2008-05-28 | accessdate=2008-06-01]

"Yotsuba&!" follows the daily life of a young girl named Yotsuba Koiwai and her adoptive father, with each chapter taking place on a specific, nearly sequential day of a common year starting on Wednesday. The year was initially believed to be 2003, coinciding with the date of the manga's serialization, but Azuma has stated that the manga always takes place in the present day. [cite web | title=Azuma Kiyohiko discuses volume 6 (Japanese) | url=http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2007/01/23_1124.php | accessdate=2007-01-24] This allows the appearance of products created after 2003, such as the Nintendo DS Mr. Ayase plays in chapter forty-two.

Official story dates through volume five are given by a small artbook, "Yotsuba&! Illustrations and Materials", distributed in Japan with volume six and "Yotsuba & Monochrome Animals";cite book | last=Azuma | first=Kiyohiko | authorlink=Kiyohiko Azuma | title=Yotsuba&! Illustrations and Materials | year=2006 | publisher=MediaWorks | location=Tokyo | language=Japanese] dates from volume six on are established by evidence within the series, such as statements by characters. The collected volumes have seven chapters each, spanning about a week in series time. The first five volumes cover a summer vacation period.__TOC__

List of volumes and chapters

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VolumeNumber = 1
OriginalRelDate = 27 August 2003cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2966&page=28 | title=Yotsuba&! (manga) | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2007-12-06]
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-2466-6
LicensedRelDate = 6 June 2005
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0317-1
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Summary = On the last day of the spring semester, Yotsuba and Koiwai move into their new house and meet the neighboring girls, Asagi, Fuka, and Ena Ayase. As the Koiwais settle in, they encounter problems, including a broken bathroom lock and Yotsuba needing to learn about polite greetings, air conditioners, and the proper uses of doorbells. Fuka offers the Koiwai family their old television, and when Koiwai's friend Jumbo helps carry it, the Ayases are impressed by his height. For other household goods, Koiwai takes Yotsuba shopping at a department store for the first time. Jumbo takes Yotsuba and Ena cicada-catching and the next day, after Fuka helps bring in the laundry, Yotsuba plays in the rain.
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VolumeNumber = 2
OriginalRelDate = 27 April 2004
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-2674-5
LicensedRelDate = 1 August 2005
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0318-8
ChapterList =

8. nihongo|Yotsuba & Drawing|よつばとおえかき|Yotsuba to Oekaki
9. nihongo|Yotsuba & Revenge|よつばと復讐 |Yotsuba to Fukushū
10. nihongo|Yotsuba & Cake|よつばとケーキ|Yotsuba to Kēki
11. nihongo|Yotsuba & "No Bother"|よつばとどんまい|Yotsuba to Donmai|"Yotsuba & 'Don't Mind'"
12. nihongo|Yotsuba & Pools|よつばとプール|Yotsuba to Pūru
13. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Frog|よつばとかえる|Yotsuba to Kaeru
14. nihongo|Asagi & Souvenirs|あさぎのおみやげ|Asagi no Omiyage|"Asagi's "Omiyage"

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8. 27 July
9. 30 July
10. 31 July
11. 4 August
12. 7 August
13. 8 August
14. 9 August

Summary = Yotsuba tags along when Ena and her friend Miura go drawing in the park. After watching a gangster movie, Yotsuba takes revenge on the Ayases with her water pistol. The next day, Mrs. Ayase sends Ena, Miura, and Yotsuba to buy cake from a bakery. After working all night on a deadline, Koiwai falls asleep, leaving Yotsuba to watch the house on her own. In a failed attempt to get closer to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Fuka, and Ena swimming at the pool. When Yotsuba catches a bullfrog, Ena adores it but Miura is frightened of it. Asagi returns from an Okinawa vacation with souvenirs for her family—and leftover "sata andagi" for Yotsuba.
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VolumeNumber = 3
OriginalRelDate = 27 November 2004
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-2895-4
LicensedRelDate = 3 October 2005
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0329-4
ChapterList =

16. nihongo|Yotsuba & Souvenirs|よつばとおみやげ|Yotsuba to Omiyage
17. nihongo|Yotsuba & Asagi|よつばとあさぎ|Yotsuba to Asagi
18. nihongo|Yotsuba & Flowers|よつばとフラワー|Yotsuba to Furawā
19. nihongo|Yotsuba & The Bon Festival|よつばとお盆|Yotsuba to Obon
20. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Elephant|よつばとぞう|Yotsuba to Zō
21. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Fireworks Show?|よつばと花火大会?|Yotsuba to Hanabi Taikai?
22. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Fireworks Show!|よつばと花火大会!|Yotsuba to Hanabi Taikai!

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15. 10 August (daytime)
16. 10 August (evening)
17. 11 August
18. 12 August
19. 14 August
20. 16 August
21. 17 August

Summary = To thank Asagi, Yotsuba travels to the playground for a souvenir for her and her friend Torako. In return, Asagi buys Yotsuba a package of fireworks. While helping Fuka shop at Jumbo's flower shop, Yotsuba buys all the leftover stock for ¥10. The next day, during Obon, Koiwai sends Yotsuba, dressed as the "Flower Cupid," to give away excess flowers. The next day, Koiwai takes Yotsuba on her first visit to a zoo to see an elephant. In an another attempt to get close to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Ena, and Miura to a fireworks show, where Yotsuba learns that crowds can be scary and that display fireworks are more impressive than firecrackers.
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VolumeNumber = 4
OriginalRelDate = 27 August 2005
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-3163-3
LicensedRelDate = 27 June 2007
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0345-4
ChapterList =

22. nihongo|Yotsuba & Challenges|よつばと勝負|Yotsuba to Shōbu
23. nihongo|Yotsuba & Fishing|よつばと釣り|Yotsuba to Tsuri
24. nihongo|Yotsuba & Dinner|よつばとばんごはん|Yotsuba to Bangohan

: Intermission. nihongo|Yotsuba & Four-Panel Manga|休憩　よつばと４コマ|Kyūkei - Yotsuba to Yon-Koma

25. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Bloom of Youth|よつばとせいしゅん|Yotsuba to Seishun|"Yotsuba & Adolescence"
26. nihongo|Yotsuba & Newspapers|よつばとしんぶん|Yotsuba to Shinbun
27. nihongo|Yotsuba & "Tsukutsukuboshi""Tsukutsukubōshi" is a species of Japanese cicada ("Meimuna opalifera"), named onomatopoetically after its call.] |よつばとつくつくぼうし|Yotsuba to Tsukutsukubōshi

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22. 18 August
23. 19 August
24. 20 August

: Intermission. Several days

25. 21 August
26. 22 August
27. 24 August

Summary = To give Miura a "summer vacation memory," Jumbo takes her, Yotsuba, and Ena fishing. Koiwai and Yotsuba go shopping for dinner, but he forgets his wallet and they must borrow money from Fuka. When Fuka sees the boy she likes with another girl, Yotsuba tries to understand, then console, her broken heart. After Ena takes Yotsuba to radio exercises for the first time, she invites Yotsuba over for breakfast, where Yotsuba decides to become a newspaperman. Her career ends, however, when "The Yotsuba Times" publishes the secret of Fuka's heartbreak to the rest of the family. After dreaming of being a "tsukutsukubōshi", Yotsuba dresses up as one, only to learn that they are not summer-ending fairies but a type of cicada.
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VolumeNumber = 5
OriginalRelDate = 28 April 2006
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-3441-2
LicensedRelDate = 10 October 2007
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0349-2
ChapterList =

28. nihongo|Yotsuba & Cardbo|よつばとダンボー|Yotsuba to Danbō|"Yotsuba & Danbo" [The Japanese name of Ena and Miura's robot costume, Danbō, comes from "danbōru" (段ボール), the Japanese word for the corrugated cardboard it is made of.]
29. nihongo|Yotsuba & Helping|よつばとてつだい|Yotsuba to Tetsudai
30. nihongo|Yotsuba & Yanda|よつばとやんだ|Yotsuba to Yanda
31. nihongo|Yotsuba & Stars|よつばとほし|Yotsuba to Hoshi
32. nihongo|Yotsuba & Rain|よつばとあめ|Yotsuba to Ame
33. nihongo|Yotsuba & Sunny Skies|よつばとはれ|Yotsuba to Hare|"Yotsuba & clear weather"
34. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Beach|よつばとうみ|Yotsuba to Umi|"Yotsuba & the sea"

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28. 25 August
29. 26 August
30. 27 August
31. 28 August
32. 29 August
33. 30 August (morning)
34. 30 August (daytime)

Summary = Ena and Miura make a robot costume out of cardboard boxes, which Yotsuba believes is a real robot. Yotsuba helps Mrs. Ayase with household chores and then meets Koiwai's kōhai, Yanda, whom she instantly dislikes. To help with Ena's homework, Jumbo takes her, Miura, Yotsuba, and Fuka stargazing. During rainy day errands, Yotsuba misinterprets Koiwai's excuse for not going to the ocean, "There'll be jellyfish!" as a promise to go see the jellyfish, and invites Ena and Fuka along. When she throws a tantrum, he gives in and the four spend the afternoon at the beach.
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VolumeNumber = 6
OriginalRelDate = 16 December 2006
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-3702-4
LicensedRelDate = unknown
LicensedISBN = 978-1-4139-0366-9
ChapterList =

35. nihongo|Yotsuba & Recycling|よつばとリサイクル|Yotsuba to Risaikuru
36. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Bicycle|よつばとじてんしゃ|Yotsuba to Jitensha
37. nihongo|Yotsuba & Pottering Around|よつばとポタリング|Yotsuba to Potaringu
38. nihongo|Yotsuba & Fridays|よつばときんようび|Yotsuba to Kin'yōbi
39. nihongo|Yotsuba & Milk|よつばとぎゅうにゅう|Yotsuba to Gyūnyū
40. nihongo|Yotsuba & Deliveries|よつばとはいたつ|Yotsuba to Haitatsu
41. nihongo|Yotsuba & Bookshelves|よつばとほんだな|Yotsuba to Hondana

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35. 31 August [Date is shown on a calendar.]
36. 1 September [Koiwai says, "September starts today," and Yotsuba changes all the calendar pages.]
37. 2 September [The day after chapter 36: Yotsuba's bicycle was "just bought" the day before.]
38. 5 September [Takes place on the next Friday.]
39. 7 September [Takes place on Sunday, with Mr. Ayase at home for the weekend, and chapter 39 takes place the next day on a school day.]
40. 8 September [The day after chapter 39, and a school day.]
41. 11 September [Takes place on Jumbo's day off, so is the Thursday before chapter 43.]

Summary = On the last day of summer vacation, as Miura desperately finishes her homework, Yotsuba gives herself the assignment of constructing a utility shirt out of recycled materials. Koiwai buys Yotsuba a bicycle and she learns, after a few falls, to ride it. Yotsuba tries out more careers, first as an office worker, then as a milkman, delivering a bottle of milk to Fuka at her high school. For riding off without permission, Koiwai takes away her bicycle privileges, but after she helps him and Jumbo build some bookshelves, he restores them.
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VolumeNumber = 7
OriginalRelDate = 27 September 2007
OriginalISBN = 978-4-8402-4053-6
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42. nihongo|Yotsuba & Telephones|よつばとでんわ|Yotsuba to Denwa
43. nihongo|Yotsuba & Respect for the Aged Day|よつばとけいろうのひ|Yotsuba to Keirō no Hi [Serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" as よつばと敬老の日, which is the same title written in kanji.]
44. nihongo|Yotsuba & Fever|よつばとねつ|Yotsuba to Netsu [Serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" as nihongo|"Yotsuba and Farm"|よつばとぼくじょ|Yotsuba to Bokujo|with the last word misspelled.]
45. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Patissiere|よつばとぱちしえ|Yotsuba to Pachishie [Serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" as よつばとパティシエ; ぱちしえ is small child's pronunciation of パティシエ.]
46. nihongo|Yotsuba & Errands|よつばとおつかい|Yotsuba to Otsukai
47. nihongo|Yotsuba & Departures|よつばとしゅっぱつ|Yotsuba to Shuppatsu [Serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" as nihongo|"Yotsuba and the Farm"|よつばとぼくじょう|Yotsuba to Bokujō.]
48. nihongo|Yotsuba & Farms|よつばとぼくじょう|Yotsuba to Bokujō [Serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" as nihongo|"Yotsuba and the Farm!"|よつばとぼくじょう!|Yotsuba to Bokujō!.]

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42. uncertain
43. 15 September [Date, shown on a calendar, of Respect for the Aged Day in a common year starting on Wednesday.]
44. 18 September [Chapters 47 and 48 take place one week later, on Jumbo's next regular Thursday off.]
45. uncertain
46. uncertain
47. 25 September (morning) [Yanda says, "Today is 25 September."]
48. 25 September (daytime) [Starts soon after the end of chapter 47.]

Summary = Ena and Miura show Yotsuba how to make a paper-cup telephone, and then take her on a bike ride to the elementary school playground. Because of Yotsuba's continuing interest in milk, Koiwai plans a trip to a farm, but this is put off when she gets a fever. Yotsuba helps Fuka and a classmate bake an elaborate cake as practice for their school cultural festival. When Koiwai wants instant ramen for lunch, Yotsuba insists on running the errand by herself for the first time. Koiwai, Jumbo, and Yanda take Yotsuba on her long-delayed farm visit, where she meets sheep and learns how to milk a cow.
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VolumeNumber = 8
OriginalRelDate = 27 August 2008
OriginalISBN = 978-4-0486-7151-4
LicensedRelDate = —
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49. nihongo|Yotsuba & Opposites|よつばとあべこべ|Yotsuba to Abekobe
50. nihongo|Yotsuba & Restaurants |よつばとれすとらん|Yotsuba to Resutoran
51. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Cultural Festival |よつばと文化祭|Yotsuba to Bunkasai
52. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Typhoon |よつばとたいふう|Yotsuba to Taifū
53. nihongo|Yotsuba & House-sitting |よつばとるすばん|Yotsuba to Rusuban
54. nihongo|Yotsuba & the Festival |よつばとおまつり|Yotsuba to Omatsuri [Serialized over two months as "Part 1" and "Part 2" in "Dengeki Daioh".]
55. nihongo|Yotsuba & Acorns |よつばとどんぐり|Yotsuba to Donguri

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49. uncertain
50. uncertain
51. the next day [In chapter 50, Yotsuba says Fuka's Culture Festival is "tomorrow".]
52. Weekday, date uncertain
53. Thursday, date uncertain [Takes place on Jumbo's day off, so is a Thursday.]
54. Saturday the week after chapter 50, date uncertain [Yotsuba says "Today is ... Saturday"; in chapter 50, the festival is to be "next week."]
55. uncertain

Summary = Still excited from her trip to the dairy farm, Yotsuba brings the Ayases a souvenir of butter toffees, and she is fascinated by Mrs. Ayase's mail-order catalog. The next day, Mrs. Ayase tells Koiwai about the cart-pulling festival the following week, while Yotsuba confuses him with her "opposites game." They decide to go out for lunch, where Yotsuba runs into Torako, and manages to order for herself. Yotsuba and Koiwai attend the cultural festival at Fuka's high school, where Yotsuba is disappointed with the cake her class serves. Yotsuba is excited by her first typhoon, and insists on going next door in the torrential downpour. When Fuka warns her that she will fly away if she goes outside, Yotsuba goes out to test this. Jumbo babysits Yotsuba while Koiwai is out, and when Yanda shows up to eat his instant ramen, Yotsuba defends the house from the "intruder" with Jumbo's help. Yotsuba and Ena participate in the aforementioned cart-pulling festival, where Yotsuba is visibly impressed by the happi, the taiko drum, Jumbo's tengu costume, exposed butts, and the amount of candy she receives. Koiwai takes Yotsuba shopping for autumn clothes, but when they pass a park she insists on collecting as many acorns as she can.
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

The following chapters published in "Dengeki Daioh" have not yet been collected in a tankōbon volume.

56. nihongo|Yotsuba & Schedules |よつばとよてい|Yotsuba to Yotei - date uncertain

Notes and references