Changes: Yotsuba&!

Latest revision as of 16:30, 23 July 2011

Essentials[]

Chinese Title	四叶妹妹
Japanese Title	よつばと!
English Title	Yotsuba&!
Character Set	Traditional (a few, scattered chapters are in Simplified)
Genre	Comedic Slice-of-Life
Country of Origin	Japan
Year of First Publication	2003
Series Info	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yotsuba%26!
Read Online	http://www.dm5.com/Type.aspx?id=1626 Jump to first page: http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH19/Comics-19031_1f1744fe_page-8.htm Note: after the first couple of volumes, the dm5.com has what appears to be fan-subbed versions (in simplified). The official translation (in traditional) can also be found at http://www.jmydm.com/comicinfo/4578.html
Buy Online	http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010250663
Difficulty	Very Easy (but see Legibility below).
Legibility	Very good, except when 四叶 is excited, the writing is in a more child-like, chubby font, which is harder to read. Also, some of the text that isn't in speech bubbles is rather small.
Summary	Yotsuba (四叶) is a rambunctious five-year-old who lives with her father. Together they explore their new neighborhood and frequently bumble their way into awkward situations.
Page Counts	Volume 1: 224 Volume 2: 190 Volume 3: 182 Volume 4: 190 Volume 5: 204 ... (this is an ongoing series)
Read Offline (CBZ File)	Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6
Word List	Yotsuba Word List
Discussion	http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/28066-grand-comic-reading-project-2-yotsuba/

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+Jump to first page: http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH19/Comics-19031_1f1744fe_page-8.htm
+Note: after the first couple of volumes, the dm5.com has what appears to be fan-subbed versions (in simplified).  The official translation (in traditional) can also be found at http://www.jmydm.com/comicinfo/4578.html
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-| style="vertical-align: top;"|Buy Online
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+Buy Online
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-| style="vertical-align: top;"|Level
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+Very Easy (but see Legibility below).
-Very Easy. Except when 四叶 is excited, the writing is in a more child-like, chubby font, which is harder to read. (Somebody care to throw in an HSK estimate?)
+|-
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|Legibility
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|Very good, except when 四叶 is excited, the writing is in a more child-like, chubby font, which is harder to read. Also, some of the text that isn't in speech bubbles is rather small.
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-Volume 1: 230
+Volume 1: 224
-Volume 2: ?
+Volume 2: 190
-Volume 3: ?
+Volume 3: 182
-Volume 4: ?
+Volume 4: 190
-Volume 5: ?
+Volume 5: 204
+... (this is an ongoing series)
-...
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-| style="vertical-align: top;"|CBZ File
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|Read Offline (CBZ File)
-| style="vertical-align: top;"|(will be available by September 15th)
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12447880-6c4 Volume 1]
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12616575-15b Volume 2]
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12706249-3e4 Volume 3]
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12706468-d4d Volume 4]
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12706493-adc Volume 5]
+[http://www.divshare.com/download/12843080-6a3 Volume 6]
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-| style="vertical-align: top;"|N/A
+| style="vertical-align: top;"|[[Yotsuba Word List|Yotsuba Word List ]]
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