Yotsuba&! is by far my favorite manga, though I’m not really what you would consider a moe-type (I personally tend to prefer “slice of life” comedy, though that’s not the only thing I like). I’ve cut down on my anime and manga consumption again (it’s based in phases based on how much time I have, and what I’m using to kill time), so now I just read Yotsuba&! when it’s released, Full Metal Alchemist, which will end next month, and watch the FMA anime with friends.
As for here in the US there are plenty of people who think comics or cartoons are childish, and those tend to be the people who not only have never seen anything decent, but tend to be completely unwilling to try at all. My brothers girlfriend (is it ex, I don’t actually know, I live with him, but she moved for college, and I was never informed or not if they broke up or are maintaining some form of long term relationship) for example left angry last time my brother even suggested she watch The Girl Who Leapt Threw Time with him, though that wasn’t because it was “childish”, that was because it was “nerdy” (which is amusing in itself, as my brother is quite certainly professionally nerdy) (she somewhat doesn’t like me for various reasons, I interfered with their “alone time”, sometimes turned the conversation into one about technology, and would join in on arguments about various concepts).
Whoa, I really said alot for what was initially just a statement of liking yotsuba, ah well, thanks for your little comic, It seems pretty enjoyable, I’ll probably add it to my RSS feed.
I also like Yotsuba& though it’s not something that Kei reads – she pretty much exclusively reads the most underground stuff she can find, though she was very impressed by the Otoko No Ko magazine I picked up last month, which is sorta moe-kei art-wise, and she’s been reading Koharubiyori because “this is your idea of paradise, isn’t it”…
Haha, yeah, I somewhat inferred some of that from the comic (I’ve been reading it as a sort of a visual blog of sorts, I assume there’s of course a decent amount of creative license, but most statements are more or less accurate representations of reality. You can correct me if that’s that interpretation is wrong). I also got the feeling from it that you’re probably a fan of the Dengeki series of magazines, seeing as a great number of the listed fandoms were from there (I recognize alot of those titles from various communities I subscribe to, mostly due to them being a source of Yotsuba&! fan-translations, there is of course some carryover conversations/translations about other stuff in the magazine). As for the series’s Kei mentioned, there isn’t much English information about any of them except for Hanshin, of which I read and enjoyed, I’ll may have to pick up the little Hagio Moto anthology that is supposed to be released in the states soon.
Mostly every time I see Yotsuba&! mentioned in places where I wasn’t particularly looking for it I find it pretty exciting, I’ve been somewhat campaigning for people to read it since I first caught wind of it not long after the series was released and a few chapters happened to show up translated (it has been my avatar, wallpaper, and forum signature almost everywhere for a number of years). It’s pretty rare that it’s influence reaches past a few communities as far as I know of, so when it’s brought up I tend to indulge in my liking for the series. It’s becoming more popular in the states now though, which is nice.
Hagio Moto is very very great comic artist.
She drew the cartoon of child abuse at SF, problem of gender, and boy’s adolescence. There might not have been girls’ comics of Japan today if she was not.
Yotsuba&! is by far my favorite manga, though I’m not really what you would consider a moe-type (I personally tend to prefer “slice of life” comedy, though that’s not the only thing I like). I’ve cut down on my anime and manga consumption again (it’s based in phases based on how much time I have, and what I’m using to kill time), so now I just read Yotsuba&! when it’s released, Full Metal Alchemist, which will end next month, and watch the FMA anime with friends.
As for here in the US there are plenty of people who think comics or cartoons are childish, and those tend to be the people who not only have never seen anything decent, but tend to be completely unwilling to try at all. My brothers girlfriend (is it ex, I don’t actually know, I live with him, but she moved for college, and I was never informed or not if they broke up or are maintaining some form of long term relationship) for example left angry last time my brother even suggested she watch The Girl Who Leapt Threw Time with him, though that wasn’t because it was “childish”, that was because it was “nerdy” (which is amusing in itself, as my brother is quite certainly professionally nerdy) (she somewhat doesn’t like me for various reasons, I interfered with their “alone time”, sometimes turned the conversation into one about technology, and would join in on arguments about various concepts).
Whoa, I really said alot for what was initially just a statement of liking yotsuba, ah well, thanks for your little comic, It seems pretty enjoyable, I’ll probably add it to my RSS feed.
*feed reader* not feed
I also like Yotsuba& though it’s not something that Kei reads – she pretty much exclusively reads the most underground stuff she can find, though she was very impressed by the Otoko No Ko magazine I picked up last month, which is sorta moe-kei art-wise, and she’s been reading Koharubiyori because “this is your idea of paradise, isn’t it”…
Haha, yeah, I somewhat inferred some of that from the comic (I’ve been reading it as a sort of a visual blog of sorts, I assume there’s of course a decent amount of creative license, but most statements are more or less accurate representations of reality. You can correct me if that’s that interpretation is wrong). I also got the feeling from it that you’re probably a fan of the Dengeki series of magazines, seeing as a great number of the listed fandoms were from there (I recognize alot of those titles from various communities I subscribe to, mostly due to them being a source of Yotsuba&! fan-translations, there is of course some carryover conversations/translations about other stuff in the magazine). As for the series’s Kei mentioned, there isn’t much English information about any of them except for Hanshin, of which I read and enjoyed, I’ll may have to pick up the little Hagio Moto anthology that is supposed to be released in the states soon.
Mostly every time I see Yotsuba&! mentioned in places where I wasn’t particularly looking for it I find it pretty exciting, I’ve been somewhat campaigning for people to read it since I first caught wind of it not long after the series was released and a few chapters happened to show up translated (it has been my avatar, wallpaper, and forum signature almost everywhere for a number of years). It’s pretty rare that it’s influence reaches past a few communities as far as I know of, so when it’s brought up I tend to indulge in my liking for the series. It’s becoming more popular in the states now though, which is nice.
thanks,Yotsuba is very pretty comic.
Hagio Moto is very very great comic artist.
She drew the cartoon of child abuse at SF, problem of gender, and boy’s adolescence. There might not have been girls’ comics of Japan today if she was not.