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Ten volumes have been released thus far in Japan. It was formerly licensed in English by ADV Manga, who brought out five volumes intermittently, but now by Yen Press which picked up with volume six (as well as reprinting the first five). The odd title comes from how [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|every chapter]] ([[Odd Name Out|but one]]) is named "Yotsuba & ''Whatever''," where ''whatever'' is the new thing or concept she encounters that day, and the exclamation mark comes from her way of [[Genki Girl|throwing herself full-throttle]] into anything she does. The series has been described by one reviewer as "printed joy" and rightly so. Azuma somehow manages to create a series that's both [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|feel-good happy]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|side-splittingly hilarious]]. Not for nothing is the series motto "Enjoy Everything."
 
Yotsuba's image has been [[Memetic Mutation|appropriated]]<ref> ([[Irony|rather inappropriately]]</ref>) as the unofficial mascot of [[Image Boards|4chan]], for the simple reason that she is the "Yotsuba" to its Japanese inspiration, Futaba Channel<ref>In addition to the usual counting words ichi, ni, san, shi... the [[Japanese Language]] also has an extra set for small numbers: hitotsu, ''futa''tsu, mittsu, ''yotsu''...</ref>. One can only hope she never has to find that out, though in something of an [[Even Evil Has Standards]] moment, asking for [[Rule 34]] of her will make you the immediate target of a vicious [[Internet Counterattack]]. That's right: Yotsuba is such a sweetie that ''[[Chaotic Stupid|4chan]]'' [[Chaotic Selfish|of all places]] is [[Even Evil Has Standards|fiercely protective of her innocence]]. Mostly.
 
Despite its popularity, no animated adaptation is in the works, and [[Word of God|according to Azuma himself]], Yotsuba [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2008-12-04/yotsuba&creator-kiyohiko-azuma-addresses-anime-rumors isn't well suited to an animated format].
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