IDK if I'm the only one who has seen these little manga. (there is no anime yet, but maybe if enough people get interested, there will be... I can dream) I bought the first one a year ago or so, and have been craving more ever since. Hastings recently picked up the series, so I'm back into it.

Yotsuba is from the creator of Azumanga Dioah (Did I spell that right? Probably not.) You can find it easy just by looking for the little green-haired girl on the cover. The drawing style is much less boxy then Azumanga was, but the type of story is told similarly and the straightforward way the artist is able to portray emotion still amazes and amuses me.

The story centers around the little girl, Yotsuba, who is pretty clueless (she'll remind you a lot of both osaza and chiyo, if you've seen or read Azumanga) but her adoptive Dad, his best friend, and the three older girls and thier mother next door are ready and willing to help her figure it out! This completely innocent kid, seeing society as only a little kid can, if a bit intrueging, and very, very funny. Little aspects of everyday life are once again all up for examination for our own amusement. Yotsuba watches her Dads dating trouble, and things like global warming, in complete fascination, while we watch her equally enamored. I've been taking a child development class, and studying child phsychology and so forth, and the ways this artsits captures how kids think is just awesome.

Now, this manga is not meant to change the world. It doesn't call for dramatic changes in society, or even how we view it. It just asks us to consider how things COULD be. It encourages us to dream, to consider the possabilities, and to embrace our own inner children. If you were ever a kid, you'll love this curious little girl and her many misadventures.