I especially liked finding out that tall, intense Sakaki had a weakness for small, cute animals. As I spent more time with them, though, they became more distinctive, and they developed more varied characteristics. When first introduced to the girls, some I could only keep straight through different hairstyles. Reading the whole thing is like living with these girls for four years, and they become friends, not only to each other, but to the reader.Įach chapter is a new month, with the typical events of the corresponding time of year. The book makes up in volume (almost 700 pages!) what can’t be done in detail in only four panels. It surprised me later on to notice how much character development was happening in the sum of the parts.
With a few exceptions, the entire book consists of four-panel strips (called 4-koma)… so this is more like a Japanese version of a Dilbert collection than your usual high-school romance.Īt first, I took them lightly, as slight gag strips that told a joke and moved on. Not your typical manga, the Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma (collecting four previously published books) follows a group of high school girls through school until graduation.
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