[Review] Azumanga Daioh

**hongster** · 05-06-2008, 09:08 AM

Synopsis: Azumanga Daioh (Shortened as Azumanga) is an manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma. The series is complete with 4 volumes released as well as all in one omnibus edition. The series is categorized as school life, comedy and slice of life.

Summary: Azumanga focuses on the lives of 6 high school students and their teachers. Majority of the manga is dedicated to high school life in general, but at times it focuses on life in general. The 6 main characters are doing whatever it takes to get through high school as well as dealing with wacky teachers and perverted ones as well. Along the way they will take trips, visit each other's house, play pranks on each other, fight with cats and make memories that they will take with them forever.

Review: Azumanga is for the most part a school life manga as most of the events occurring happens at school. Each character is unique and is quite easy to tell apart the characters. The manga itself is written in a 4 panel comic strip, though there are few times when it doesn't follow this rule. A lot of the humor actually works, though a few are hard to understand without knowing the Japanese culture. Also, there is a running gag in the manga about a cat who keeps biting Sakaki (who is infatuated with animals). For the most part, the scenes are funny, but because it is overused, the humor is dry at times. The art is clean for the most part and some scenes are repeated several times (some might find this annoying). In all, the series is funny and very easy to read (except for a few things which are hard to come by for those with no knowledge of Japanese culture).

My Final Score: 4 out of 5 Stars

Availability: Published by: ADV Manga
Scanlator: No active scanlators

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momo10 · 05-08-2008, 05:56 PM

i just finished reading this and i really luved it. even though some parts were repeated they were always slightly changed and funny every time. even if reread the humor is still there and i cant get tired of it ^_^

**hongster** · 05-09-2008, 06:53 AM

I re-read every now and then as well ^^ It doesn't get old like some mangas o_O

05-06-2008, 09:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
hongster 홍스터 Group: Moderators Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Land of Onions Posts: 3,270 Gender: Reputation Points: 734 Inventory: Total Awards: 5 More...	Azumanga Daioh Synopsis: Azumanga Daioh (Shortened as Azumanga) is an manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma. The series is complete with 4 volumes released as well as all in one omnibus edition. The series is categorized as school life, comedy and slice of life. Summary: Azumanga focuses on the lives of 6 high school students and their teachers. Majority of the manga is dedicated to high school life in general, but at times it focuses on life in general. The 6 main characters are doing whatever it takes to get through high school as well as dealing with wacky teachers and perverted ones as well. Along the way they will take trips, visit each other's house, play pranks on each other, fight with cats and make memories that they will take with them forever. Review: Azumanga is for the most part a school life manga as most of the events occurring happens at school. Each character is unique and is quite easy to tell apart the characters. The manga itself is written in a 4 panel comic strip, though there are few times when it doesn't follow this rule. A lot of the humor actually works, though a few are hard to understand without knowing the Japanese culture. Also, there is a running gag in the manga about a cat who keeps biting Sakaki (who is infatuated with animals). For the most part, the scenes are funny, but because it is overused, the humor is dry at times. The art is clean for the most part and some scenes are repeated several times (some might find this annoying). In all, the series is funny and very easy to read (except for a few things which are hard to come by for those with no knowledge of Japanese culture). My Final Score: 4 out of 5 Stars Availability: Published by: ADV Manga Scanlator: No active scanlators Agree or disagree, share your thoughts. +Rep me if you like this review Last edited by hongster; 05-18-2008 at 07:16 PM..

05-08-2008, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
momo10 Leecher Group: Newbies Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: kentucky Posts: 6 Gender: Reputation Points: 10	Re: Azumanga Daioh Review i just finished reading this and i really luved it. even though some parts were repeated they were always slightly changed and funny every time. even if reread the humor is still there and i cant get tired of it ^_^

05-09-2008, 06:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
hongster 홍스터 Group: Moderators Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Land of Onions Posts: 3,270 Gender: Reputation Points: 734 Inventory: Total Awards: 5 More...	Re: Azumanga Daioh Review I re-read every now and then as well ^^ It doesn't get old like some mangas o_O Emo Poe: Spoiler! *Poetic goes to cry in the irc room*

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