History Manga / Yotsuba

* CatSmile: Two from Fuuka, one from Ena, and one from Yotsuba, for various reasons. For example, Fuuka does it once when she finds out Jumbo uses a beard trimmer while trying to hold in her laughter as Yotsuba had just trimmed some of Jumbo's beard off right in the middle.

* WebcomicTime: The story keeps track of Yotsuba slowly growing upon over time, right down to some chapters taking place on a specific month or even a date. By Volume 15, published in 2021, the manga progressed half a year, while 18 years have passed in real life. Still, the manga is always set in the present, allowing for things to exist in the story that would not have existed in 2003 when the manga launched, such as digital SLR cameras, the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo DS}} (and later the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch), and even smartphones.

* ThermostatTemperTantrum: In "Yotsuba and Global Warming," after Fuuka explains the concept of conserving energy, Yotsuba is outraged to discover that her dad has installed an air conditioner in their apartment, contributing to "global warming." She tearfully declares him "the enemy of the earth," much to his complete bafflement.

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* SenpaiKohai: Yanda is Koiwai's kohai (whether from work or school is unclear), so Koiwai lets him regularly visit even though Yotsuba constantly antagonizes him.

** The suburban setting of the series is not clearly defined, being something of a stand-in for suburbs ''everywhere'' in Japan. For what it's worth, the locations are drawn from photographic references taken around the author's home in Hyogo Prefecture, and the presence of a Danjiri Festival in autumn places it pretty concretely in the Kansai region. However, characters generally speak Standard Japanese, though that means little in fictional works not set in a concrete location; the fact that Fuuka's use of [[TohokuRegionalAccent Tohoku dialect]] in Chapter 67 confuses Yotsuba makes it pretty clear that we're not in northern Japan. One arc indicates they're far enough from Tokyo that they have to take two trains to get there, and the rock hunting chapter also confirms they live about an hour and a half away from Chigasaki, Kanagawa, by car. Otherwise, the question more-or-less remains open.

Though the series is very commercially successful and regularly receives merchandise and tie-in material, it is [[NoAdaptationsAllowed unlikely to receive an animated adaptation]], with Azuma himself [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2008-12-04/yotsuba&creator-kiyohiko-azuma-addresses-anime-rumors explaining]] his belief that Yotsuba [[HardToAdaptWork isn't well-suited to an animated format]]. It does, however, have an anime spinoff, ''Anime/{{Nyanbo}}'', featuring catlike creatures of the same species as Yotsuba's cardboard robot friend, Danbo. Yotsuba makes a non-speaking cameo in the end credits of each episode.

The series is [[NoAdaptationsAllowed unlikely to receive an animated adaptation]], with Azuma himself [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2008-12-04/yotsuba&creator-kiyohiko-azuma-addresses-anime-rumors explaining]] his belief that Yotsuba [[HardToAdaptWork isn't well-suited to an animated format]]. It does, however, have an anime spinoff, ''Anime/{{Nyanbo}}'', featuring catlike creatures of the same species as Yotsuba's cardboard robot friend, Danbo. Yotsuba makes a non-speaking cameo in the end credits of each episode.

Chapters are serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' (which makes the series ShonenDemographic), and then collected in print volumes every two or three years. Fifteen volumes have been released thus far in Japan, with the most recent being published in February 2021. ''Yotsuba&!'' has an irregular publishing schedule due to Azuma's method of authoring, where chapters only make it once he has had a fruitful idea to put on paper; some years have passed where as few as four chapters were released. His meticulous artwork, often coming close to [[SceneryPorn resembling real-life photographs]], is another factor in the long delays between chapters.[[note]]To put that into perspective, an ongoing monthly manga from 2003 would have collected ~40 volumes by 2023.[[/note]]

Fifteen volumes have been released thus far in Japan, as of March 2021. ''Yotsuba&!'' has an irregular publishing schedule, as some years have passed where as few as four chapters were released due to Azuma's method of authoring, where chapters only make it once he has had a fruitful idea to put on paper. His meticulous artwork, often coming close to [[SceneryPorn resembling real-life photographs]], is another factor in the long delays between chapters. Volumes of the manga are released every 2-3 years.[[note]]To put that into perspective, an ongoing monthly manga from 2003 would have collected ~30 volumes by 2018.[[/note]]

* BlandNameProduct: Averted several times, more often than not -- for example, Koiwai gets a package from amazon.co.jp, complete with the distinctive logo.

* InnocentAwkwardQuestion: The gang goes to the beach and Yotsuba finds several jellyfish beached at the shore. She asks Fuuka and her dad if they are plastic, but they tell her that they're not, because the jellyfish are alive. Yotsuba then asks what "alive" is. Neither Dad nor Fuuka has any satisfactory answer and could only stutter until Yotsuba loses interest.

* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Used as an excuse by Yotsuba: "A lying bug made me do it."

* HellishPupils: Yotsuba sometimes gets this, but it indicates nothing more ominous than her being startled, both in good and bad ways.

* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: To Yotsuba, pound cake ''doesn't count''.

* {{Joshikousei}}: Fuuka and her classmates who are the only ones seen in their uniform in the series.

* MadAtADream: "#56: Schedules" opens with Yotsuba having a nightmare in which Yousuke eats a large portion of a bag of her candy. When he won't stop, Yotsuba begins to bawl and float up and out of their house. She wakes up crying and chews him out for it. Even after he explains to her that it was a nightmare and proves it by getting her to see that it's all still there, she still demands "Even if it was a dream, say you're sorry!!"

* GratuitousSpanish: Similar to her obsession with GratuitousEnglish, Yotsuba also develops a fixation on saying "Olé!"

* ImageSong: Two soundtrack [=CDs=] for the series have been released, both entirely instrumental and composed by the Kuricorder Quartet (who previously wrote the soundtrack for ''Azumanga Daioh''[='s=] anime). One follows Yotsuba through the course of a imaginary typical day, and the other through winter. Both are excellent.