brainrotgarden's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
the way that last chapter made me burst out sobbing...... i adore koiwai & his relationship with yotsuba so much it's unreal ❤️🩹
denaiir's review against another edition
5.0
This is the most wholesome series I've ever read and I love it to death
helianthus13666's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
daisytomoko's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Y’all this one made be cry😭😭😭 like she’s growing uppp😭😭
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
This was oodles of fun and I felt for Yotsuba's dad in the end. Yotsuba is growing up fast and is going to school soon-ish. This volume was fun, we are cramming (though Yotsuba doesn't know what it is), we are going stone collecting and only the beautiful ones can come home, there is a backpack chapter, and there is much more. I love how everyone is with Yotsuba and I loved how she was in this volume.
Longer review to come.
Longer review to come.
mschlat's review
4.0
A nice volume with some great looks at everyone appreciating nature (and some of the troupe appreciating blenders!) There's also some hints of Yotsuba growing up, which isn't a move I was expecting from the series.
hwesta's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
4.5
Unexpectedly poignant ending
toritoot's review
4.0
I normally reserve writing reviews for manga series for the last volume so I can give a summary of my thoughts on the series as a whole. But seeing as I'm not sure when, or if, another volume of this series will come out, I'm going to go ahead and make my review now.
I loved this series from the start. Yotsuba is so irrepressible. She has spunk, she has energy, she has determination, and she's infinitely curious, and this makes you really like her. Her adventures, while all very every-day and mundane, become something far more because of how excited and invested she is in them. The characters surrounding her, her father, the neighbors, her dad's friends, all add something very charming to the series, and I don't know that the books would be the same without them. It's just a lovely series that makes you smile while you read.
I do feel that the later volumes petered out some in terms of subject matter choices and the way the author chose to portray Yotsuba's interactions with them. It got a little boring and uninspired in places, and I can think of a number of far more interesting things for Yotsuba to encounter in her day-to-day life. But I'm definitely going to re-read this series at some point, so maybe my opinion will change.
If this series does continue, I would love, love, LOVE to see Yotsuba go to school, as I think it would open up so many fun story ideas. I just don't know if the author plans to write the series for that long. At this point, it feels like the series is coming to an end. And while that's sad, I'm also okay with that. I could see one more volume coming out to tie things up, but if there are no plans to continue the story in a new setting, then I think this is a good stopping point.
If the author were to continue the series, then I would certainly not say no to him sending Yotsuba off to school. I would read the fool out of that.
I loved this series from the start. Yotsuba is so irrepressible. She has spunk, she has energy, she has determination, and she's infinitely curious, and this makes you really like her. Her adventures, while all very every-day and mundane, become something far more because of how excited and invested she is in them. The characters surrounding her, her father, the neighbors, her dad's friends, all add something very charming to the series, and I don't know that the books would be the same without them. It's just a lovely series that makes you smile while you read.
I do feel that the later volumes petered out some in terms of subject matter choices and the way the author chose to portray Yotsuba's interactions with them. It got a little boring and uninspired in places, and I can think of a number of far more interesting things for Yotsuba to encounter in her day-to-day life. But I'm definitely going to re-read this series at some point, so maybe my opinion will change.
If this series does continue, I would love, love, LOVE to see Yotsuba go to school, as I think it would open up so many fun story ideas. I just don't know if the author plans to write the series for that long. At this point, it feels like the series is coming to an end. And while that's sad, I'm also okay with that. I could see one more volume coming out to tie things up, but if there are no plans to continue the story in a new setting, then I think this is a good stopping point.
If the author were to continue the series, then I would certainly not say no to him sending Yotsuba off to school. I would read the fool out of that.