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Yotsuba To! (よつばと!)
is a
manga series by
Azuma Kiyohiko, the creator of
Azumanga Daioh. The series centers around the antics of Yotsuba, a six
or seven year old girl who is energetic, cheerful, curious, strange and
quirky; in fact, she's so strange and quirky that even her own father
calls her a weirdo. She's also completely ignorant about a large number of
things you'd expect a child of her age to know about, among them
doorbells, escalators, and even playground swings; this not only adds to
her weirdness, but also allows for humorous stories where she first learns
about and/or misunderstands these everyday things.
"Yotsuba To!" means "Yotsuba And!", which comes from
the fact that the title of every chapter/issue of the manga is of the form
"Yotsuba and Something". The name "Yotsuba" (四葉) can be
translated as "Four Lobes", referring to Yotsuba's four
ponytails.
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