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[[File:AzuDai_Pic_4378.png|frame|Top row, left to right: [[Shrinking Violet|Sakaki]], [[Boisterous Bruiser|Kagura]]. Bottom row: [[The Straight Man|Yomi]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]], [[Cheerful Child|Chiyo]], [[Genki Girl|Tomo]].]]

 

 

The title combines the author's name (Kiyohiko Azuma) with the word "manga" and the name of its original publisher (''Dengeki Daioh'' magazine) -- it can be read as the Japanese equivalent of an acronym for [[Shaped Like Itself|"Azuma's Comic Strip For Daioh Magazine"]] (''Dengeki Daioh'' being a magazine aimed mainly at [[Shonen|younger teenage boys]], the general theme of the strip was to poke gentle fun at the audience's female classmates -- "Man, teenage girls are ''weird''...").

 

This work has a [[Azumanga Daioh/Characters|Character Sheet]], [[Azumanga Daioh/Headscratchers|Headscratcher]], a [[Azumanga Daioh/WMG|WMG page]], and a [[Azumanga Daioh/Trivia|Trivia]] page; in other words, the whole package.

 

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* [[The Abridged Series]]: Yes, believe it or not, someone managed to abridge this. RyoViga's series can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/user/RyoViga here.]

* [[After-School Cleaning Duty]]: Shows up for [[A Day in The Life]] of Chiyo. Tomo just plays. Osaka tries, but has some difficulties with the equipment.

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Osaka definitely has ''something'', but exactly what she has is never identified in-universe.

** There is a lot of speculation over Sakaki's mental condition in the fandom as well.

* [[Best Beer Ever]]: Yukari. Nyamo too, during that one summer night...

* [[Bifauxnen]]: Chihiro.

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Kagura calls Sakaki a "lone wolf" in one scene, although Sakaki would rather imagine herself as a cute lil' doggy.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Mayaa}}.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "A!"/"Ah!"

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Kamineko, several times.

* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Prevalent in episode 19, which is one big heartwarming episode.

* [[Christmas Episode]]: "MERRY...!"

* [[Ephebophile]]: Kimura states that he became a teacher because he likes high school girls. In fact, Osaka asks him in the manga whether Chiyo really counts as a High School girl since she's so much more a Grade Schooler. He insists: "[[Squick|High School is High School]]".

* [[Epic Fail]]: Osaka at sports. Osaka at weather prediction. [[Rule of Three|Osaka at drawing pandas]]. Osaka and about everything else, too. [[Subverted Trope|Except word games.]]

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Sakaki - all the girls in her school think she's "so cool!" Just ask Kaorin.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Her name is {{spoiler|Ayumu Kasuga}}, but everyone starts calling her "Osaka" by the start of Second Year. In the anime, she's Osaka within moments of her first appearance once Tomo decides to nickname her. It's bad enough that the ''school'' (or at least Yukari) can't remember her real name, either.

** It zigzags. sometimes they are faceless, other times they are all uniquely drawn.

* [[Face of a Thug]]: Sakaki only ''looks'' [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]].

** Yomi stripping naked at the end of the second athletics episode should count. There's also the picture of Tomo on the beach in the dream episode.

** Sakaki's yellow bikini.

* [[Luminescent Blush]]: The girls' reaction to the Relax-o-vision scene below in the manga; by the fourth panel, their entire faces are bright red.

* [[Male Gaze]]: We get a view of Sakaki's and Yomi's ample chests, courtesy of the crazy Kimura.

* [[Maximum Fun Chamber]]: Yukari's car.

* [[Madness Mantra]]: "Today is the first day of the school term". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtGFu3igjg It's really catchy].

* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: Osaka thinks Chiyo-chan's pigtails are controlling her. To be fair, this was in a dream, and Osaka is... [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]].

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Tomo tries to smack Yomi in the face with a dinner tray, complete with a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|slow motion jumping attack]], but misses, and whacks [[Oh Crap|Yukari in the face]]. Cue scary music and a slow motion reveal of Yukari's glowing red eyes, then cutting to her whapping the hell out of Tomo with ''two'' trays.

* [[Relax-O-Vision]]: During one stay at the beach, Nyamo has to dispose of all the alcohol Yukari and Tomo brought along, getting completely drunk during the evening. Tomo uses the opportunity to ask her about sex, which gets her into starting a lengthy lecture. As her explainations are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY8L_apFieE#t=1m20s replaced by soft music, the audience is shown the fascinated faces of the girls and a number of calming pictures], that'd make for some interesting metaphors. Happens again the next morning when Chiyo approaches her for one more question.

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Well, covered in lots and lots of germs, anyway.

* [[Sensei-chan]]: Yukari and Nyamo.

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: Kagura showing her boobs to Osaka.

* [[Shoo the Dog|Shoo The Cat]]: Sakaki must do this to Mayaa before leaving Okinawa. {{spoiler|He comes back to drive off Kamineko from the streets.}}

* [[Short Anime Movie]]: A "[[Pilot]]" literally a few minutes long.

* [[Thunder Shock]]: Sakaki, overwhelmed by the cuteness of a photo of kittens.

* [[Title Drop]]: In the first episode of the anime, the logo appears, but then is cut off as it is hit by a baseball and flung out of frame. In another episode, Chiyo is tackled by Mr. Tadakichi (her dog) and then the logo and title are shown/heard, for no clear reason.

* [[Token Yuri Girls]]: Kaorin has an immediately obvious crush on Sakaki that seems one-sided; however, considering Sakaki's addiction to cute things, it's possible that it would be reciprocated (or at least not minded) if she wasn't [[Chaste Teens|entirely oblivious]]. According to the newest manga, Kaorin is either in denial or in denial and in the [[Transparent Closet|closet]]. As if we didn't get [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV1zPWQaHYQ&feature=related#t=0m26s the hints].

* [[Transparent Closet]]: Kaorin... Again...

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: When Yukari throws up after getting really drunk in one episode, the [[Eyecatch]] hides the act, although we still hear her retching.

* [[Wacky Homeroom]]

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Cicadas]]: The new chapters show that Yomi ardently hates cicadas, and is totally paralyzed when [[Jerkass|Tomo]] puts one on her back.

** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwABE90t8U4&feature=related when a single cockroach sneaked into the classroom, everybody freaked the fuck out.]

 

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