thanks for the help fl0rm and Kazzeon! This really is an awesome community 
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I have my copy of Yotsubato! waiting to be read, so here’s my question:
At what level do you recommend starting attempting to read it?
I’d rather not be looking at a dictionary every few minutes, hence why it’s unopened on my desk.
Thoughts?
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Any level. 
If you want to save the effort of rummaging through the dictionary, there’s a complete vocab list linked in the opening post, which is sorted by the order that it appears in the book.
Would you say that at my level 6 I could read it comfortably?
I know it’s all about jumping in and giving it a go, and I do do that with some other mangas, but it would just be awesome to sit back with a Japanese book and be able to understand the whole darn thing 
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Give it a go, and you may be surprised by how easily you can read it. I often am. 
I agree with Belthazar.
It might prove a little difficult without any help, but that’s what the thread and the vocab lists are for.
Giving it a try wouldn’t hurt. 
@Kazzeon @Belthazar This is where I have to pay attention to my superiors xD
Alright, you’ve convinced me. I’ll give it a go after JLPT!
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Hello! Is anyone else having trouble downloading the https://www.livingjapanese.com/ - Anki reading pack for Yotsuba!
If not, where are you downloading it from?
Thank you!
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I don’t really know if the Anki part works, but I downloaded the pack without issues.
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Ah, thank you :)!
I know it’s been more than a year, and probably somebody’s already answered it, but I believe that 壊れてる it’s the informal of 壊れている, “it’s broken” or the state of being broken. But I’m still a newbie, so don’t trust it at 100%
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Yes, Kumirei answered my question at the time here on the same day in the very next post!
But reviews and reminders are always great to have, so thank you!
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I’ll check that website!
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Replying super late, just started reading volume 1 recently, so probably not super helpful by now. s: But maybe someone else will find it helpful (I learned a lot from reading through this thread, gonna try to pay it back here and there).
I’m almost certain it’s not Yotsuba, but the father. All of nearby Yotsuba’s bubbles are jagged (indicating excitement) while this is calm (circular). And typically if the person is in a frame, the circular bubble will have a pointer to the person (at least so I’ve observed from the remaining part of chapter 1). The most logical person to say that would be the father 「もうすぐだぞー よつば」(almost there/soon, Yotsuba). Its framed that way (instead of being part of the previous bubble) to also provide introduction to the girl – when the manga is published in the magazine, presumably there is not yet an association between the title よつばと！ and the character Yotsuba. The mangaka seems to prefer introduction via dialog.
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Actually, I’m pretty sure you’re correct here. She said 「あのねー 帰ってくる途中で変な子見なかった」
The key to me is 途中で=on the way. So she basically says “Um- as you’re coming on the way home, did you see a strange girl?”.
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I know I’m super late here, but just wanna say thank you for the discussion. I read the first chapter in the past few days, and without this thread, I’d probably get quite a few of the contexts and meaning wrong. Thanks for the helpful questions and answers! 
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Thank you @Arkraptor!
And how wonderful to see this thread still being read, and being revived with new input too! Thank you! One thing that is weird, coming back to vol.1 from vol.7 where we are now, is how different the drawing style is in vol.1. Much simpler, more, erm, cartoon-ish. Not quite sure how to put it, but you know what I mean!
Oh, by the way, please do put page numbers at the top of your posts if you are able, it is very helpful if you can! Thank you!
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Oh, it always surprises me how much drawing style can change over a manga without you even noticing. Artists improve their skills over time, and they get more used to drawing the characters. Azumanga Daioh changes a lot between its first and last volumes, so I’d always thought that Azuma-sensei had his drawing style down pat already by the time he started Yotsubato, but there’s even changes in Yotsubato…
Compared to late-series volumes of Bleach, the first volume looks downright amateurish.
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It does, but I liked the style, it was unique. 
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I’m looking forward to see this. I used to read them in English, but that was over quite a long period of time so I didn’t quite notice it. Can’t wait to catch up… Though, at this rate, ya all might finish volume 14 by the time I got to volume 7. xD
Most mangaka do improve their drawing a lot. I was just re-reading Ballroom e Youkoso and Skip Beat the other day, and the differences between first volume and latter ones were quite big.
Thanks for the reminder about page number. Will do.
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