Wassat?

azuma twits?

http://twitpic.com/428t7c

>>214024
Mr. Satomi maybe?

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Yotsuba one-a-day calendars, there's going to be a special exhibition March 8th through the 20th.
http://www.yotuba.com/10y1d_main.html

>>214137 is 4 booklet covers.
あ is a "50 sounds" (Japanese alphabet) book (sample image in >>214006).
ん is a shiritori (word-chaining game) book.
え is an illustration book.
? is a sketches book.
All in size B6, like the comics.

>>214139
I do see something about "Yotsuba 30-second animation"...
(I guess it was made fof this... )

>>214024
http://twitter.com/azumakiyohiko

>>214233

I'm really behind on work.
7:18 AM Feb 28th via web

It's strange that there are only 28 days.
12:26 PM Feb 28th via web

I'm in the middle of a storyboard right now. I finally came up with a solution to a part that was giving me trouble. At the same time, I'm gearing up for some research.
3:27 PM Feb 28th via web

Kagome's Vegetable Life - Purple Vegetables may be vegetable juice, but it's good.
3:36 AM Mar 1st via web
(translator's note: Kagome's Vegetable Life http://www.mikesblender.com/experiment5.htm)

Thinking about composition while taking a walk. Going to stop for some cold noodles too.
about 9 hours ago via web

When I fail, my niece will send me something like this, so then I have to try harder.
http://twitpic.com/45d43a
about 6 hours ago via Twitpic

Image: "I just bought the book. Yotsubato wasn't in it though. Why not? I was looking forward to it."

>>214259
It could be really easy getting in over my head on these, trying to translate all the responses, and all the tweets Azuma is responding to. I think I'll just stick to his own tweets though.

Also, is it confusing when I post the most recent ones at the bottom, when his Twitter pages shows the most recent ones at the top?

@ShimojimaTochka I don't really need you to be a model for Yotsuba.
2:46 PM Mar 4th via web in reply to ShimojimaTochka

@CHICAUMINO I'm doing well. I don't hurt anywhere.
2:48 PM Mar 4th via web in reply to CHICAUMINO

It would be great if I could get ahead on work today.
3:05 PM Mar 4th via web

Today was a bit much.
10:29 AM Mar 5th via web

>>214315
Reminds me of something I saw on Funniest Home Videos years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Mp0dOdMuM
(I I think this was that clip, there doesn't appear to be a version on YT with sound...)

he's ready and waiting too.
http://twitter.com/yotuba10y1d/status/44696693605801984

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/352/352948/

From "azuma"'s Twitter.

Same bear as Yots?

>>214340

Do you think Azuma found that bear the same way Yotsuba did?

>>214332
Who's that bald guy?

>>214314
Everything is pure white from the snow today. Just like the manuscript in front of me.
5:35 PM Mar 6th via web

The Yotsuba& 10 Years 1 Day Exhibition has begun.
7:53 PM Mar 7th via web

Starting today I'm really going to buckle down. I even straightened up my desk. http://twitpic.com/47mx83
(same picture as >>214340)
5:41 PM Mar 8th via Twitpic

Now, today I'll be making up for how much I fell behind yesterday.
about 21 hours ago via web

@rei1123 I'm planning to go to the Yotsuba& Exhibit eventually. When I get around to it depends on how my progress with work goes.
about 21 hours ago via web in reply to rei1123

@sdmtysnr The bear in front of my desk is one of the two models for Duralumin. I plan to give more details on my blog.
about 21 hours ago via web in reply to sdmtysnr

A delivery service will make another delivery attempt if I'm out, but the post office won't come back unless I contact them.
about 17 hours ago via web

Azuma posted this just after the quake just now (third time this week?)

>地震でCDラックが倒れた。

Miles Davis and the REZ OST? Azuma, I knew we were connected somehow. Just didn't know how awesomely.

>お気に入りのフィギュアがー

Japan Meteorological Agency's site crashed.

http://disaster.yahoo.co.jp/1299824408/meteo.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/2011-03-11-14-46.html

>>214372

>My CD rack collapsed from the earthquake

>>214373

>My favorite figures...

Where did you see these? I looked on his twitter and blog and saw no new posts since yesterday. The 10y1d one said the exhibition hall is okay, but they haven't been able to get in touch with a lot of people. They don't know whether they'll be open tomorrow or not.

He posted those as comments along with the photos.
http://twitpic.com/photos/azumakiyohiko

>>214372
nigga has Idom@ster!!! WEEABOO! WEEABOO! WEEABOO!

If you want to help Azuma-chan with his repairs to his Tony Stark figures, you should buy his new calender
http://www.jlist.com/product/YB114

>>214380
They're showing up on his twitter page now.
I wonder why the delay?

The town where Yotsuba lives is a fictional town called Ajisai. The scale of the city is on par with my home town of Kakogawa in Hyougo prefecture, about 200-300 thousand people I would suppose.
about 19 hours ago via web

WAAAAAAAAH!
about 14 hours ago via web

My CD rack collapsed from the earthquake http://twitpic.com/48din8
about 14 hours ago via Twitpic

My favorite figures... http://twitpic.com/48dk2t
about 14 hours ago via Twitpic

Is the 10 Years 1 Day Exhibition Hall okay?
about 13 hours ago via web

I'm not sure what I should be saying any more. I'm doing my work right now.
about 4 hours ago via web

My heater ran out of oil, so I drove my car to the gas station. I'm not sure why, but a line of cars had formed from all the business they were doing, so I came back home without buying anything.
15 minutes ago via web

>>214427
What a pushover. He needs a few pointers from Yukari.

>>214139
cancelled

I can't for the life of me remember the prefecture below Akita prefecture.
about 24 hours ago via web

Yamagata... Ohhh...
The whole time I was staring at the word "Yamagata" thinking "Is there really a prefecture with this name?" I guess there is.
about 24 hours ago via web

The offensive of my assistants not being able to come in is beginning to take its toll.
about 11 hours ago via web

I just learned a new word. Tateya.
about 9 hours ago via web
(The only tateya I see in my dictionary is 建屋 meaning "A building for large machinery")

Everyone is buying so much toilet paper. Calm down. You don't poop that much.
about 9 hours ago via web
(I can only assume that's what he means by "Your poop isn't that long" which is what he literally says).

How would the size of poop equate to the amount of TP you use to wipe your ass?

Come on, Azuma!

>>214464
Maybe it's a Japanese thing.

>>214464
I think he's referring to frequency rather than size, so dammit why am I answering this?!

>>214452
"Calm down! You don't poop that much!"

When I said to my assistant "Let's play" he said "Huh?"
When I said "Stupid" he said "What did you call me?"
Is this an echo?
about 16 hours ago via web

This is a reference to a Japanese poem by Misuzu Kaneko.
It goes like this:

When I say "Let's play"
It says "Let's play."

When I say "Stupid"
It says "Stupid."

When I say "I won't play with you any more"
It says "I won't play with you any more."

And then, later
When I get lonely

I say "I'm sorry"
And it says "I'm sorry."

Is this an echo?
No, it could be any of us.

>>214493
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKpwV8M5R3E
in Japan, this commercial's airing everyday.

All the elementary school students have been wearing their disaster hoods (bousai zukin) on the way home from school.
When I said to my assistant "They look kind of cute, like a dosanko (a breed of horse from Hokkaido) he corrected me, saying "Do you mean yukinko?" (a hooded snow nymph)
about 10 hours ago via web

Thank you for the translations Ralen. During this very difficult time I'm happy to get a smile.

>>214519

>Dosanko

-Also: People from Hokkaido...

Himekuri Event is cancelled due to this situation...

Random tweet from a follower:
@azumakiyohiko On the 11th, planning to visit the Yotsuba&! Exhibition, I went to Shibuya and got hit by the earthquake. Somehow, after 6 hours, I managed to make it back home. And I didn't even get to see it (´・ω・`)
7:39 AM Mar 13th via Echofon in reply to azumakiyohiko

Azuma's tweet of the day:
@shiochin I halve my tissues too. They're useful for cleaning the tips of my pens.
http://twitpic.com/4a8qhu
about 10 hours ago via Twitpic

>>214543

Why would Azuma be saying "Look at those children in their hoods? They look like people from Hokkaido!"?

>>214554
You're talking about the same man who rolls on the floor like a cat for a better part of the day and talks about tissues and long pieces of shit during a time where Japan is facing a national crisis.

>>214558

I wonder if we should face facts and realize Azuma has finally gone bonkers.

>>214558
To be fair, the post about tissues in >>214551 was in response to a guy who said he was rationing his supply toilet paper.

Update:

Dengeki Daioh's release date is still unchanged, and both Azuma & Barasui's name's on its "next issue" list...

However...
Major company-such as Shogakukan already announced some delay...

I went to Shibuya. To see the suspended "Yotsuba& 10 Years 1 Day Exhibition". Right now I'm going through the photos I took. http://twitpic.com/4azd99
about 1 hour ago via Twitpic

From follower olivegold:
@azumakiyohiko By the way, about what age is Daddy? Since I would say Yanda can't be older than 28 or 29, and Koiwai was his senior in college, he'd be around 32 or 33, right?
4:19 AM Mar 18th via Mobile Web in reply to azumakiyohiko

Azuma's response:
@olivegold Somewhere around there. Between 28 and 32 I'd think.
about 1 hour ago via web in reply to olivegold

Do not drink tap water in Tokyo!!
Gov. detected radiation from tap water...

...AND do not make any donation to...
Nippon Unicef : because...

http://www.unicef.or.jp/about_unicef/about_exp.html

>>214597
Wow, the UNIted negro CollegE Fund has an office in Japan? Do they have blacks over there, too?

>>214598
It's mostly there to keep other nation's off Japan's back.

>>214597
Because only 75% of donated funds actually go to needy children, and the other 25% are used for administrative costs?

>>214597
Is that the Unicef with the Chinese bitch who hates lolies or the real Unicef?

>>214598
Yeah, but they're mostly Nigerians who pose as blacks from America that sell shirts and sneakers. Like, wanna-be hip-hop artists or something.

>>214598

Unicef = United Nations Childrens Fund, it has nothing to do with Negroes.

Also, why the warning about tap water? It's not as if the levels of radiation detected were dangerous. It's as if the moment someone mentions the word "nuclear" or "radiation" people stop thinking rationally.

>>214616

>It's as if the moment someone mentions the word "nuclear" or "radiation" people stop thinking rationally.

That's why you'll never hear an MRI addressed by its proper name outside of a laboratory setting (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Scanner).

http://twitter.com/azumakiyohiko/status/49807995076476928

>>214601
Not just that, they just announced some of money collected from this will go to other country, such as African nations...

That radiation in Tokyo's tap water is 1/200th the maximum level considered safe...in other words, it's a non-story.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/19/us-japan-water-idUSTRE72I29J20110319

Meanwhile, several million people in the quake area are at risk of hunger, disease, and cold, and it's not going to help if people have undue paranoia towards them because of Fukushima. We've seen this kind of attitude happen before with the hibakusha.

>>214601

That actually seems like a fairly reasonable split, all things considered.

>>214629
During a major, heavily televised disaster, there is usually a huge surge of donations; and if those donations are earmarked for that disaster, specifically, there is often far more than can be effectively used in the relief of that disaster. This is why you should donate to a reputable organization and let them decide where to spend the money rather than tying it to a specific incident.

>>214630

It's not so much an "attitude" as it is people being afraid of things they don't understand.

You see it every day, you don't even need a disaster: someone will freak out over the idea of eating a medium-rare hamburger but think nothing of texting while driving.

>>214626
Because I'm drawing the cover art for Kadokawa's "Anne of Green Gables", I'm currently re-reading it.
about 16 hours ago via web

Anne is kind of funny.
about 15 hours ago via web

>>214639
Anne. Doing the character design right now. It's been a while since I had to come up a character from scratch. Right now I'm going in a completely different direction from Yotsubato.
about 5 hours ago via web

Forgot my phone at home. It's too much of a pain to go back to get it, so whatever.
about 3 hours ago via web

bad news today: "reactor core might have been breached". Does that mean Northern Japan will soon be uninhabitable?

It's official: both Yot & IM on this month's Dengeki...

>>214713
Also: Release postponed until April 4th.

Reading a new Yotsuba&! chapter these days will seem kind of strange; can today still be the most enjoyable day with what Japan is currently going through?

vc:joyrment -- will Yotsuba still find some?

>>214721
If she can't, she will manufacturer some. You just have to believe Azun.

>>214719
Dengeki comics, not Daioh
http://asciimw.jp/calendar/#dc03

>>214726
Oh, I didn't realize those were two different things.

>>214721
still, most of japanese live as usual.

>>214731
1.
Yanda: "In that case I'll let you borrow it for a bit."
Yotsuba: "Really!?"
2.
Yanda: "Wheee!"
Yotsuba: "AHAHAHAHAH! Awesome! Awesome!"

Comments: "Yanda... is being nice for some reason?"

>>214731

I was wondering when Azuma was going to a chapter on this:

Yotsuba & Bubbles.

I thought I'd take a breather with a game, but I haven't got any games I want to play, so I'm playing Sim City 4.
about 2 hours ago via web

>>214734
Maybe now he'll understand the impact of a tsunami.

>>214731
Yanda's pretty good at this.

Is it morning?
about 22 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

The F1 races are on TV.
about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

>>214758
Ralen is practicing Vajrayana. Only through Tantria can he find his Rainbow Body.

>>214597
>>214602
>>214629

...Guess what?
She escaped to Hong Kong...

Something has been smelling funny since yesterday.
about 14 hours ago via web

>>214772
Must be Osaka's fart.

Had a spurt (of progress?) today. The end is in sight. I'd probably better get going.
about 9 hours ago via web

>>214643
I've decided which direction to take for the cover art of Kadokawa's "Anne of Green Gables". Getting this far is 80% of the work. Now I just have to draw it.
10 minutes ago via web

>>214812
@azumakiyohiko About when will it be in stores?
about 4 hours ago via twicca in reply to azumakiyohiko

.@akion_ohs When will it be in stores...? Come to think of it, I really don't know...
...Summer?
about 4 hours ago via web in reply to akion_ohs

I'm going to get it done by morn... by noon.
about 9 hours ago via web

The illustration is finished. It took more time than I thought, but since I thought it would take more time than I thought, it worked out the way I planned.
about 20 hours ago via web

譌・遞九°縺ェ繧頑款縺励※繧九¢縺ゥ譏取律縺ッ莨代∩縺ォ縺励ｈ縺°縺ェ縲ら夢繧後◆縲ら悛縺縺翫↑縺九☆縺◆縲
about 17 hours ago via Keitai Web
(mojibake?)

Are you all tearing off your pages?
about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

>>214872
旁E程かぃFり 押してる けぃD 明日 ぃb 休み ぃHしよぁぃF。 疲れた。 眠おなかすぁ
...runs behind schedule...tomorrow...break...I'm tired...
http://www.shtml.jp/mojibake/google.html

>>214872

>The illustration is finished. It took more time than I thought, but since I thought it would take more time than I thought, it worked out the way I planned.

This man is a genius.

>>214874
Thanks.

押してる means "behind schedule?"

That site is weird, when I copy and paste directly from the twitter page into the form, it shows up as all question marks.
But when I copy from the twitter page into a notepad that has my language bar set to Japanese input, then copy and paste from there into the form, it shows up as the actual characters.

I think I'm going to go have tsukemen for dinner.
4:03 AM Apr 4th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko If you're gonna have tsukemen, the soup shop ZERO is my absolute fav! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
http://toranoko.qee.jp/zero/index.htm
4:28 AM Apr 4th via TweetList Pro in reply to azumakiyohiko

Thanks for the food.
4:52 AM Apr 4th via web

@3ga9 I go to ZERO all the time. But I'm taking a break from them tonight.
4:54 AM Apr 4th via web in reply to 3ga9

I filled up on ramen. I had too much. It hurts.
4:57 AM Apr 4th via web

Cleaning up after eating is such a pain.
about 20 hours ago via web

You should make meals that don't leave any dishes to clean up. For instance, you'll save loads of time just by cutting out fried foods.♪
RT @azumakiyohiko: Cleaning up after eating is such a pain.
about 21 hours ago via Tween

All I had was toast. The plate wasn't even that dirty. But it's still a pain. @Whoraibow
about 20 hours ago via web in reply to Whoraibow

This month's risk A. I'm very familiar with how hectic the room gets when my progress at work is going badly.
about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

Someone from the NHK came regarding a subscription fee. When I said "I don't have a TV here," he said "I'll be by again" and left. I really don't have a TV here.
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPad

I don't have a 1seg either. Because I don't watch TV, I'll be surprised from time to time by things I don't know that everyone else does.
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPad

This guy is a nut. A hard nut to crack.

It's all good. There's a TV where I work, so I'm able to find out about all sorts of things. Like the nuclear plant.
about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

Vantelin works.
about 7 hours ago via web

(a brand of anti-inflammatory cream).

>>215033
I'm imagining him just now seeing a news report about the nuclear plant that's having problems and finding out about it for the first time; for some reason, that's very humorous.

Today is no good. I'm sorry.
about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

>>215090
This month

maybe he missed the deadline.

>>215097
Oops, I misread.

A dog in the neighborhood where I work has been barking for about an hour now. What is he trying to say?
about 19 hours ago via web

>>215152
dog is saying fucking kamineko just bit my fucking paw

>>215152

Obviously saying "Shoot me in the fucking face!"

Amazon Danbos (mini and regular) are available again (not that Amazon Japan will ship overseas...)
http://amzn.to/hMIMjV

Also "Planning something new."

>>215222
too much
http://www.yesasia.com/global/1005179722-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/1024203023-0-0-0-en/info.html

>>215224

>Yoku Dekimashita Ver.

Cool, yet another version for the collectors to drop money on.

>>215222

Did Amazon Japan change their policy recently? I live in the US and I have bought many CDs, DVDs, and books from Amazon Japan with zero problems.

>>215224
Unrelated,has anybody here had any luck with YesAsia? I am planning on ordering Osaka Banpaku from there.

>>215230
I ordered from them a couple times.

vc: butt

>>215230
I bought all 3 of the Azumanga Revised Editions from them.
Also my TakoLuka key chain.

>>215228
Maybe it depends on the item?
I was thinking they didn't ship to North America at all anymore, but according to this they do (although for books they charge about $30 per order):
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1039606

The Danbo page says specifically that it won't ship overseas though.

>I was thinking they didn't ship to North America at all anymore, but according to this they do (although for books they charge about $30 per order)

Rally, how can you forget? I even remember you saying the same thing about the shipping costing 30 bucks to ship a book the last time someone asked. LOL

>>215243

>Azumanga Revised Editions

I didn't know they had them. I'll probably order them too.

Thank you.

>>215224
I just ordered one(Yoku..).
Thanks.

I've just come out of the biggest slump. Hoooooh.
23 hours ago

I'm going into "human dock" today. I can't have breakfast.
13 hours ago via web

"Human dock" is slang for going in for a thorough medical check-up (as in dry dock for a boat).
Azuma actually said "Human dog" though, but that makes no sense since it means exactly what it sounds like, and apparently it's a common miswriting of "Human dock", so I have to assume that's what he meant.

Either that, or he can't have breakfast because he's doing one of these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIokbNyIDw

>>215029
>>215033
...NHK's gonna come and get you!!

>>215276
I'm totally picturing Azuma just walking home or something and then out of nowhere BAM some NHK ninjas kidnap him and take to him to their secret headquarters in Mt. Fuji or something.

It turns out they just want an autograph.

I may need someone to correct me on this, because I'm not entirely sure what Azuma is referring to.

The only thing I can think is that he's talking about those campaing vehicles that drive around promoting candidates over loudspeakers, but there isn't an election going on in Japan right now as far as I know.

Lately there are a lot of noisy cars blaring loud voices. Thankfully the culprits are shouting their own names, so you can tell who the bad guy is.
12 hours ago via web

>>215281
...Local elections...?
-Fuckin' Minshutou lost big time first half of this local election...

>>215283
The only one I could find was Tokyo's gubernatorial election from April 10th, but it looks like there are several others being held tomorrow.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/04/24/uk-man-crashes-speech-japans-elections-are-too-noisy/

Azuma took a road trip.
Oh yeah, no new Yotsuba this month.

(A) is Takasago in Hyogo prefecture
(B) is Lake Hamana
(C) is Ebina
(D) is Tokyo

Azuma took a road trip.

@azumakiyohiko
I'm on a little trip back to my home town in Hyogo. I'm bothered that they've got nothing but granny bikes for getting around town, so I think I'll buy something.
11:12 PM Apr 24th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
Buying a Trek 7.5.
1:42 AM Apr 25th via Twitter for iPad

@ukihaC
@azumakiyohiko A Trek hybrid...! What color is it!?
1:44 AM Apr 25th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@ukihaC I wasn't sure which color to get, but I went with black. Would have been nice if they had more variety to choose from though.
1:51 AM Apr 25th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
I'm going back to Tokyo today. I'm trying to decide which route to take. I always take the Chuo Expressway. Ah. There's a car.
5:32 PM Apr 25th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
Gasoline and beef skewers at Lake Hamana.
11:29 PM Apr 25th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
Stretching my legs at Ebina.
1:45 AM Apr 26th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
Finally back home. Phew.
3:52 AM Apr 26th via Twitter for iPad

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko I live in Hyougo prefecture too. :) What town in Hyogo are you from?
3:53 AM Apr 26th via web

@shiochin
Azuma Kiyohiko-san tweets from an iPad? How hip.
3:56 AM Apr 26th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@shiochin Huh!? How did you know that!? Is it girl power?
4:02 AM Apr 26th via Twitter for iPad

@shiochin
I can tell just from looking! puff (angry).
4:03 AM Apr 26th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@kaho19970325 Takasago. It's a depressing town.
4:04 AM Apr 26th via Twitter for iPad

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Really!! I live in Sayo. There's buttloads of farmland lol. If you'd been in Takasago I could have met you Azuma-sensei!
4:05 AM Apr 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
My trip back home is over. My mother refers to Yotsuba as "Yotsubato-chan". She doesn't get it at all.
4:06 AM Apr 26th via Twitter for iPad

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Are you living in Tokyo right now? :) I love Yotsubato. :) I think it's so incredible how your backgrounds are so much more detailed than other manga artists!! It's funny that your mom calls Yotsuba-chan that!!
4:09 AM Apr 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I left my cell phone and the camera I used for doing research at my parents' house.
10:32 PM Apr 26th via web

@yotsuba10y1d
The exhibit's reopening has been scheduled. This summer. Look forward to it!
6:21 AM Apr 26th via web

>My mother refers to Yotsuba as "Yotsubato-chan". She doesn't get it at all.

Hahaha, I guess moms are the same all over the world.

Talking about Azuma, I'll digress a little... I just had a dream last night in which I met Azuma because of some crazy, random happenstance. I got really excited when I got to see some drafts for his chapters and he signed my Yotsuba&! volumes. This dream really came out of nowhere, but it was great.

Pigeons are crapping on my veranda. I question the sense of this.
8:35 PM Apr 28th via web

(Not entirely sure if I'm interpreting 常識を疑う correctly).

Senaka o kakuno-ha...

(1hour ago)

>>215395
What does that mean?

Senaka o kaku-no-ha, kiken-da

>>215323
I have no proper "noooooooooooooooooooooo" image for this.
..
nooooooooooooooooooooo

>>215396
Scratching your back is hazardous.
9:32 AM May 3rd via web

I wish I could be one of those people who can scratch their back witout getting a cramp in their side.
9:39 AM May 3rd via web

I think I've finally discovered something new. It may have just been a recollection though.
1:18 PM May 25th via web

This is a gyoumu-renraku to Mr Ralen...

-What happen to new IM...?

It's out there...

This time, it's "4-panels"...

>>215438
I've had it for about a week now, but I've just moved into a new house, so I've been incredibly busy and haven't had any time to work on it.
Things are starting to settle down now (I actually got to bed before 1am last night) so hopefully I should be able to have it translated soon. Possibly this weekend.

But if you've already seen it, and you read Japanese, why are you interested in my translation?

Today's Azuma tweet:
Am I hungry?
4:59 AM May 6th via web

>>215444
Have I ever told you how awesome you are? You are more awesome than an ancient robotic magical princess fighting evil Touhous on the moon.

>>215445
Thank you.
@azumakiyohiko
I bought some flowers. I can never arrange them very well.
4:46 AM May 7th via web

@11040021
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei, do you read pop-up books? (･∀･)
4:55 AM May 7th via jigtwi

@azumakiyohiko
@11040021 I have a few, but I don't read them that much. I've got one on my bookshelf right now called "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth."
5:01 AM May 7th via web

Even if I had an Anywhere Door, I'd travel by car.
3:17 AM May 8th

Enjoy reading these tweets. Thanks for the translations.

@azumakiyohiko
I feel it would be useful if I had a Pigma that wouldn't fade under an eraser.
2:09 AM May 10th via web

@mentuyu
@azumakiyohiko Nice to meet you. I'm a former artist. I find Copic Multiliners tend not to fade. Just FYI...
2:16 AM May 10th via Twitter for iPhone

@amanosakuya
@azumakiyohiko What about a Copic Multiliner SP? http://amzn.to/knzO4L　It lets you swap out lead or ink, so it's a good deal. I use one for drawing backgrounds.
2:20 AM May 10th via ついっぷる/twipple

@amanosakuya
@azumakiyohiko Sorry, the link went bad. If you just search for "Copic Multiliner SP" you can get one on Amazon!
2:22 AM May 10th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
. @mentuyu I've tried the Multiliners, but they fade more than I would like. I want something iron-clad.
2:22 AM May 10th via web

@azumakiyohiko
It doesn't fade as much as a Pigma. But I want something that won't fade at all. RT @amanosakuya: What about a Copic Multiliner SP?
3:47 PM May 10th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I just bought "Patapon 3" and "Hyakuman Ton no Barabara".
5:05 PM May 10th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I think I'm going to fall asleep soon...
7:00 PM May 10th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I've got my days and mornings switched. My plan is to keep letting it slip a little at a time, then I'll come full circle.
4:01 AM May 11th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I've got my days and mornings switched -> I meant to say I've got my days and nights switched. Right now I'm starting my days at about 11 AM.
6:05 AM May 11th via web

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei, do you have a favorite character in Yotsubato? :D
6:08 AM May 11th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@kaho19970325 Why Yotsuba of course.
6:28 AM May 11th via web

>>215468

>"Hyakuman Ton no Barabara"
>Barabara

Huh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HjFn2wzy1U

I'm starting to get sleepy.
10:50 PM May 11th via web

Good morning. It's dark today, isn't it.
4:19 AM May 12th via web

It would be useful if these tweet times were converted to local Japanese time, instead my local time.

I guess I can do the conversion myself... The first tweet would have been at 1:50 PM Tokyo time, and the second one was at 7:19 PM.

"Just 15 minute..."

(7 hours ago)

>>215487
I'm going to sleep for just 15 minutes. Is what I told myself, and then I slept for 5 hours.
3:07 AM May 13th (6:07 PM Tokyo time).

I'm going to try to start posting the times as Tokyo time instead of the local time Twitter displays.

Whenever I suddenly shout out and startle my assistants, I always get treated like I'm being a nuisance.
5:03 PM May 15th via web

Jesus Christ. It's like a Japanese Hunter S. Thompson. Or, possibly Gary Busey.

"Kyou-wa asa-okite, yoru-ni neru."

(1 hour ago)

O o
/￣/________________________________________________/

\_\ ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣\

>>215509
Today I'm going to get up in the morning and go to bed at night.
12:53 AM May 17th via web

>>215511
He will fail. Give into the night.

>>215511
Go me.
9:49 AM May 17th via web

I've still got some Misnon correction fluid left, but the cap brush is all messed up.
12:44 PM May 17th via web

>>215517
@Lunacy_tomo
@azumakiyohiko Nice to met you! I always enjoy getting to read your works. I've heard that if you soak your Misnon brush in hot water you can give it new life. I've never tried it myself though. (>_<)
1:21 PM May 17th via モバツイ / www.movatwi.jp

@azumakiyohiko
I finished the draft for the magazine, but I still have work to do. I'll have to work today too.
6:16 AM May 18th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Ah. I think that fixed it. Ooooh... RT @Lunacy_tomo I've heard that if you soak your Misnon brush in hot water you can give it new life.
7:54 AM May 18th via web

I may be posting an opening for an assistant soon. I know applications from motivated individuals are going to come pouring in on their own, so I'm really not even posting anything.
8:39 PM May 21st via web

"Event-no sai-kaisai-ga kettei-shimashita. natsu-desu. otanoshimi-ni!"

(From: yotuba10y1d)

>>215627
I already posted that one in >>215340.

@shiochin
So, on May 20th I gave birth to my baby at the maternity ward 3 minutes walking time away from my house.
5:16 PM May 25th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@shiochin Congratulations. A little sister? You're getting more ambitious, huh?
5:24 PM May 25th via web

@shiochin
@azumakiyohiko A bird for an older brother and a human for a little sister. It's like a fairy tail!
5:58 PM May 25th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
I went racing on the Fuji Speedway today. I still suck. Starting now I plan to get better.
5:32 PM May 25th via web

And now I'm vc: late for work.

>>215635

>Fuji Speedway

-Is it 2-wheel, or 4-wheel...?
-Short course, or "whole enchilada"...?

(Don't tell us it's "Drift course"...)

>>215638
Is this you?

@midorianzen
@azumakiyohiko I'm wondering whether you went 2 wheel or 4 wheel.
5:52 PM May 25th via Keitai Web

>>215641
Someone who is twitter literate please help me out with this.
Sometimes when I click on a post by Azuma I can see multiple replies under it. But it seems the more time has passed, the fewer replies appear, so that only the most recent is visible, or none at all.

Is there some way to display all replies to a specific tweet?

For instance, right now when I click Azuma's post about the Fuji Speedway, I can only see the single reply that I posted in >>215641, but if I search @azumakiyohiko I can see lots of people responding.

@CheshireNa
@azumakiyohiko On a bike??
about 12 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

@Ikehon
@azumakiyohiko In a car? What did you drive?
about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck

>>215642
-Did you click those icons under 'Retweeted by...'?
(I see 10 icons)

>>215643
Yeah, but it just takes me that user's main twitter page. It doesn't take me to the actual reply post.

>>215644
Maybe it's a bug in the website...
I seem to remember seeing an option that said "See more replies" in the past, but I'm not seeing that anymore.

@KaigaiNoNanashi
@azumakiyohiko 気を付けてください...それより、何を運転しましたか...？
44 minutes ago via web

Azuma just posted 16 tweets in 30 minutes...
And the new Yotsuba chapter is out.
I'm going to be busy tonight...

>>215645
...Oh, you noticed?

-AKA: W-

>>215655
I did. I wonder, did Azuma notice?

Azuma's birthday tweets:

@yotuba10y1d
It's a bit hefty, but I've uploaded the page of the notice of the event's re-opening.
7:30 PM May 27th via Twitpic

@michikusa_
@azumakiyohiko (＾∇＾)o∠※ﾎﾟﾝ!,｡･::･ﾟ'☆ﾐ　Kiyohiko Azuma Sensei, happy birthday! (I looked it up online). Thank you dearly for all the fun times you've provided us. May the coming year be as wonderful as today.
12:07 AM May 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@michikusa_ Oh yeah, today was my birthday. Thank you.
7:46 PM May 27th via web

@knsk05
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday to you ･゜ﾟ･:.｡..｡.:･'(ﾟ▽ﾟ)'･:.｡. .｡.:･゜ﾟ･
12:07 AM May 27th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@knsk05 Thank you very much ･゜ﾟ･:.｡..｡.:･'(ﾟ▽ﾟ)'･:.｡. .｡.:･゜ﾟ･
16 hours ago via web

@1SSAN
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday Sensei☆彡 Today's my birthday too, and that makes me strangely happy ^^ May you have a great year.♪
12:11 AM May 27th via SOICHA

@azumakiyohiko
@1SSAN Thank you. Happy birthday.
7:48 PM May 27th via web

@midori_kswzk
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday to you! I love you! I want to be Daddy's wife!
12:27 AM May 27th via TweetMe for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@midori_kswzk Thank you. It's sickening how popular Daddy is.
7:50 PM May 27th via web

@milekun
@azumakiyohiko Sensei! Happy birthday!!
1:57 AM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@milekun Thank you.
7:50 PM May 27th via web

@sham_fake000
@azumakiyohiko Today's your birthday! Congrats! #BirthDay
5:46 AM May 27th via jigtwi

@azumakiyohiko
@sham_fake000 Thank you.
7:51 PM May 27th via web

@hnxqch
@azumakiyohiko It's your birthday, isn't it? Happy birthday.
7:50 AM May 27th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@hnxqch It is. Thank you.
7:51 PM May 27th via web

@k_kinono
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday to you! (I looked it up on Wikipedia). Yotsubato is my 3rd grade son's favorite. Please keep up the good work!*
7:54 AM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@k_kinono Thank you. I will. Thanks to your son as well.
7:53 PM May 27th via web

@k_kinono
@azumakiyohiko Thank you for your reply. I'll definitely tell my son!
8:13 PM May 27th via YoruFukurou

@at0heysjd
@azumakiyohiko　Happy birthday!
8:35 AM May 27th via モバツイ / www.movatwi.jp

@azumakiyohiko
@at0heysjd Thank you.
7:53 PM May 27th via web

@knit_othello
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday!!!! I'm always, always reading your manga!! Just yesterday I read Azumanga Daioh volume 4 lol
10:21 AM May 27th via ついっぷる for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@knit_othello Thanks. I'm always, always grateful.
7:54 PM May 27th via web

@7enju7
Sensei, happy birthday ヾ(´・∀・)ﾉ The one-a-day calendar says today is butsumetsu though... (a very unlucky day) @azumakiyohiko
10:35 AM May 27th via Sotokotonoha

@azumakiyohiko
@7enju7 Thank you. Butsumetsu love.
7:55 PM May 27th via web

@sogo_yokohama
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday.*
4:24 PM May 27th via twicca

@azumakiyohiko
@sogo_yokohama Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
7:56 PM May 27th via web

@ome_de_tou
@azumakiyohiko Your birthday comes around but once a year. Have a wonderful time of it.☆
5:02 PM May 27th via 誕生日おめでとう

@azumakiyohiko
@ome_de_tou Thank you. I'm spending it working, as usual.
7:57 PM May 27th via web

@akanen_b_c_1128
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday!!
7:41 PM May 27th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@akanen_b_c_1128 Thank you!!
7:57 PM May 27th via web

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday!! :D
7:48 PM May 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@kaho19970325 Thank you!! :D
7:58 PM May 27th via web

@shoryunaka
@azumakiyohiko Oh yeah, it's your birthday Sensei!! Happy birthday!!!
7:56 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@shoryunaka Thank you!!!
12:03 AM May 28th via web

@shiochin
@azumakiyohiko It's a little late, but happy birthday! And congrats on reopening the Yotsubato exhibit! I want to go buy lots of stuff~.
9:42 PM May 27th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@shiochin Thank you. Woo-hoo.
12:15 AM May 28th via web

@ozelmo
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday! Mr. Satomi is clever to announce the reopening of the Yotsubato exhibit on your birthday!
9:43 PM May 27th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
@ozelmo Thank you. I didn't realize he was being clever.
12:15 AM May 28th via web

@moyashi2922051
*
@azumakiyohiko It's your birthday? Happy birthday!!!! I'll be looking forward to it from now on!*
9:52 PM May 27th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@moyashi2922051 It is. Thank you.
12:16 AM May 28th via web

@8su7tsu8fume
@azumakiyohiko Happy birthday Mr. Azuma (^^) I love you󾬍(^^) I'll say it again, I love you󾬌
10:38 PM May 27th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@8su7tsu8fume Thank you. I'll say it again, thank you.
12:18 AM May 28th via web

@okometoyottun
@azumakiyohiko What the heck! Today was your birthday!? I'm late, but I still made it, happy birthday! When is Yotsuba's birthday? Is it April 28th or something? (laugh)
11:24 PM May 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@okometoyottun Thank you. As for Yotsuba's birthday... I'll answer that some other time.
12:20 AM May 28th via web

@hekky3
@azumakiyohiko What!? Yesterday was your birthday!? Happy birthday! Let's go out drinking again! Yay!
12:21 AM May 28th via Janetter

@azumakiyohiko
@hekky3 It was kind of my birthday. I'd like to go drinking. Yay!
12:22 AM May 28th via web

Before the day is out, I'm going to finish up my non-Yotsubato work.
3:27 AM May 30th via web

after a long interval
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2011/05/31_195950.php

>>215731
@azumakiyohiko
I'm recruiting for an assistant. Details on my homepage. http://azumakiyohiko.com/
8:10 PM May 31st via web

In response to >>215597
@fubuki_kaoru
*@azumakiyohiko Wah, I want to apply. Will it be okay since you have other assistants?
8:48 PM May 21st via web

@azumakiyohiko
@fubuki_kaoru Sorry for the late reply. I do have regular assistants, but as long as the schedules mesh, there's no problem.
8:14 PM May 31st via web

Also in response to >>215597
@konsyoku
@azumakiyohiko Sorry this is so sudden, but I'd like to apply to be your assistant. Are there any area restrictions, or prerequisites, or things of that nature?
10:40 PM May 23rd via web

@azumakiyohiko
@konsyoku Sorry for the late reply. Basically, if you can make it here (the Tokyo Metro area) it's all good. I've got assistants who stay here, and others who commute from home, but I think the biggest hurdle will be getting accepted.
8:16 PM May 31st via web

@konsyoku
@azumakiyohiko Thank you for the response. I live in Mie prefecture (about 3 and a half hours from Tokyo by train) but if I would be allowed to offer my assistance from home, I would certainly work my hardest.　 I reviewed the application summary, and if I were to be accepted, I would be very grateful for it.　
7:25 AM June 1st via web

Also in response to >>215597
@kssg_kaoru
@azumakiyohiko I would love to get to do that! What do I have to do!? As it happens, I'm a 24 year old aspiring manga artist.
2:47 PM May 24th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@kssg_kaoru Sorry for the late reply. I've written the details on my homepage.
8:16 PM May 21st via web

@kssg_kaoru
@azumakiyohiko Thank you so much! I'll do my best!
9:36 PM May 31st via ついっぷる/twipple

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Is the "Everyone &!" page from Dengeki Daioh gone? Actually.... I've been waiting for my original for quite a while now... It's "The Frenchman."
8:15 PM May 31st via web

@azumakiyohiko
@kaho19970325 Sorry for making you wait. The originals that I need to draw are piling up, and I'm falling behind. I'm drawing them in the order they come in, so please wait just a little longer. Sorry.
8:20 PM May 31st via web

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko No, no, it's fine!! :) I L-O-V-E you after all Azuma-sensei! lol
8:26 PM May 31st via web
(Not sure what they're talking about, but it sounds like Azuma was sending out sketches or drawings of some sort. Maybe autographs?)

@azumakiyohiko
Even if you have no training, or haven't ever drawn manga before, as long as you think you can draw backgrounds for Yotsubato, I can use you. Are you good at manga? Or rather, are you good at drawing? RT @mateba_mm2007:If I've never done any basic art study, and I haven't had any experience drawing manga, would it be pointless for me to ask?
9:18 PM May 31st via web

@mateba_mm2007
@azumakiyohiko Thank you for the reply. For now, I'm wondering whether I should take on the challenge.
9:59 PM May 31st via モバツイ / www.movatwi.jp

(I couldn't find the original post from @mateba_mm2007 that Azuma was responding to).

I'm having trouble with this Earthquake Relief commission that's come in. It's easy enough to just write "Hang in there!" and tack on a picture of Yotsuba. But it's unsatisfying somehow. Fundraising that comes out of my normal work would make me the happiest.
6:40 PM June 2nd via web

It isn't obvious right away which one you use to open and which one you use to close. Doesn't the one for Open seem like it's closing with a smack...?
http://twitpic.com/55t7ms
6:59 PM June 2nd via Twitpic

There's no particular deadline. The number of assistants I have is set, but if I get an application from someone my team says is good, a change is possible. It's a dog eat dog industry. @adgjmptmptw: Is there any sort of deadline for applications?
4:27 PM June 5th via web

If I scan and digitize my storyboards, moving and tweaking panels is a breeze. This is something I just discovered recently. Up until then I had been using scissors to cut and paste copies. Why didn't I discover this sooner?
6:06 PM June 6th via web

Because I'm recruiting for a new assistant, in order to deal with the onslaught of applicants, today I'm having a training enhancement course for my assistants.
12:07 PM June 7th via web

I want to watch all 24 hours of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
7:14 PM June 8th via web

Finally, the Le Mans is about to start.
9:47 PM June 11th via web

I'm watching the Le Mans on Formsport.
9:57 PM June 11th via web

At the Le Mans, Audi, bearing the crest of the rising sun, Lotterer and Treluyer have won. I'm glad.
10:05 PM June 12th via web

Has Azuma been drinking?

I can hear a crying child from the neighbor's like the sound of a chainsaw cutting down a tree. It's soothing.
8:28 PM June 13th via web

Speaking of which, Yotsuba cries the same as the roar of a Black Tigrex from Monster Hunter.
8:39 PM June 13th via web

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cK90HQVHA#t=01m05s

>>215866

Whatever he's drinking, I want some.

Please release the soundtrack to Patapon.
11:04 AM June 16th via web

>>215861
Wow, Azuma is old school.

@azumakiyohiko
I've started working on next year's calendar. Even though it's only June.
2:53 PM June 20th via web

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko What sort of things are you doing?
3:03 PM June 20th via web

@azumakiyohiko
For now I'm starting by making order forms for the calendar. RT @kaho19970325 What sort of things are you doing?
8:56 PM June 20th via web

@kaho19970325
@azumakiyohiko Looking forward to it!! :D
9:05 PM June 20th via web

@11040021
@azumakiyohiko I'm looking forward to it. Also, are you married Azuma-sensei? If not, I'd like to fill that position! ←(silence)
2:56 PM June 20th via jigtwi

@azumakiyohiko
That sounds like a great idea. RT @11040021 are you married Azuma-sensei? If not, I'd like to fill that position! ←(silence)
9:00 PM June 20th via web

@11040021
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei!! I love you!
9:07 PM June 20th via jigtwi

@midori_kswzk
@azumakiyohiko After you post an opening for an assistant, would you post an opening for a wife? I'd apply for that.
9:55 PM June 20th via TweetMe for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
I've finished one drawing for the calendar. Only 12 more to go.
58 minutes ago via web

@azumakiyohiko
I'm for that. RT @midori_kswzk After you post an opening for an assistant, would you post an opening for a wife?
12:04 PM June 21st via web

@meiji46
@azumakiyohiko What do I do to marry Yotsuba's dad?
12:38 PM June 21st via Echofon

@y222i
@azumakiyohiko I'll apply for that!!!
12:08 PM June 21st via ついっぷる/twipple

@jellyfish_lab
@azumakiyohiko I would hit that like the fist of an angry god～＞＜
12:06 PM June 21st via SOICHA

@azumakiyohiko
Today I'm going to draw a little 2 page manga. Details later.
8:55 AM June 22nd via web

@azumakiyohiko
The drawings are analog. After that I scan them and do the filling and shading digitally. I don't do much shading though. RT @_smms Is your art all analog?
8:57 AM June 22nd via web

@azumakiyohiko
For the wife position, I received introduction e-mails with photos attached and I thought "Wow, they're really sending them" and excitedly looked through them. I thought there were some potentially nice people. But I thought the ones of men didn't really suit me.
9:12 AM June 22nd via web

@11040021
Uh, um... is it okay if I e-mail you a photo or something too...? RT @azumakiyohiko: For the wife position, I received introduction e-mails with photos attached and I thought "Wow, they're really sending them" and excitedly looked through them. I thought there were some potentially nice people. But I thought the ones of men didn't really suit me.
9:19 AM June 22nd via jigtwi

@azumakiyohiko
This is what I drew yesterday. I plan to tweak it a little more before it goes to production. RT @yotuba10y1d For pre-ordering the monthly calendar. There will be a photo collection of Danbo on the reverse side of the order slip. They'll be available somewhere in the exhibition hall. http://t.co/cK39Lju
9:49 AM June 22nd via web

@azumakiyohiko
That's perfectly fine. As long as you aren't a man. RT @11040021 Is it okay if I e-mail you a photo or something too?
10:56 AM June 22nd via web

I should probably e-mail Azuma my penis before someone else does.

>>216035
Hello Mr. Weiner.

@azumakiyohiko
I don't know whether I had just accumulated fatigue yesterday, but I slept forever. I'm getting back to work today starting right now. Summertime.
(note: "Summertime" generally refers to Daylight Saving Time, but Japan doesn't observe that, and it makes no sense to me in this context, so I thought it might be literal instead).
4:47 PM Jun 23rd via web

@yandaxel
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei, will you be taking part in the Yotsuba& 10 Year 1 Day Exhibition?
12:40 PM Jun 22nd via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
I'm going to see it. But I haven't decided when yet. RT @yandaxel Azuma-sensei, will you be taking part in the Yotsuba& 10 Year 1 Day Exhibition?
5:01 PM Jun 23rd via web

@syuri_r
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei, are you a Hobonichi Day Planner User?
12:40 AM Jun 23rd via モバツイ / www.movatwi.jp

@azumakiyohiko
@syuri_r I use one sometimes, so you could say I'm a Light User.
5:54 PM Jun 23rd via web

@11040021
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei! This is more or less what I look like. http://twitpic.com/5fft6s
11:07 AM Jun 23rd via jigtwi

@azumakiyohiko
@11040021 You seem like my type.
5:56 PM Jun 23rd via web

@11040021
@azumakiyohiko Wow, really!? Then here's a slightly different angle (laugh). "Reverse Angle."
http://twitpic.com/5fjzar
5:58 PM Jun 23rd via jigtwi

@cyankmomo
*@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei... Aren't you going to post an opening for Mr. Koiwai's wife?
9:21 PM Jun 23rd via web

@azumakiyohiko
@cyankmomo Forget about that guy, me first.
6:42 PM Jun 23rd via web

@255_tan
@azumakiyohiko I may be a late comer, but... is it okay if I apply? I'll send it through the mail form on your homepa-Jumbo!
6:01 PM Jun 22nd via web

@azumakiyohiko
@225_tan What is Jumbo? I'll have to consider i-Jumbo.
6:45 PM Jun 23rd via web

@GINshari8
@azumakiyohiko What do you think of my girl? She's almost past her prime at 2 years old.｜Ш;) http://t.co/P5mc6bf
4:01 PM Jun 22nd via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@GINshari8 Her cuteness is unhuman.
6:46 PM Jun 23rd via web

@azumakiyohiko
A mysterious symbol is surfacing on my arm. It itches. http://twitpic.com/5fn376
10:41 PM Jun 23rd via Twitpic

@vinhnyu
@azumakiyohiko http://twitpic.com/5fn376 - You think maybe Yotsuba will come out of there? Lol, it's probably nothing.
11:54 PM Jun 23rd via Twitpic

@azumakiyohiko
I wonder if I'll be able to see how the 24 Hours of Nürburgring turns out.
7:15 PM Jun 25th via web

@marutanbou
@azumakiyohiko This is extra, but this Japanese language news site is where I get my information. http://nurburgring.jp/
7:46 PM Jun 25th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@marutanbou Thanks for the information. That helps.
8:32 PM Jun 25th via web

@kalimba7
@azumakiyohiko Nice to meet you. You may be able to view the 24 Hours of Nürburgring from here. GAZOO Racing Jimmy http://goo.gl/Z3ErF
7:39 PM Jun 25th via Tabtter

@azumakiyohiko
@kalimba7 Thanks for the information. That page looks like it should come in handy.
8:34 PM Jun 25th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I've got a guy coming out to check my plumbing, so I'm cleaning up my kitchen. I don't cook at home, so I haven't got any sugar or salt or anything, but for some reason I have garam masala.
1:29 PM Jun 26th via web

@life_birth
@azumakiyohiko What!? You don't even have any pots or pans!?
1:37 PM Jun 26th via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
Of course I have a saucepan for making ramen or heating up curry. And I have a frying pan. I've made fried eggs to put on my retort curry before. RT @life_birth You don't even have any pots or pans!?
1:50 PM Jun 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Now, to finish my work before the day is out. I'd better hurry.
2:23 PM Jun 26th via web

>>214639
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/hakken/summer2011/bunko/detail.php?pcd=199999217901

>>216069
Awesome, I had forgot he was doing that. Hopefully a larger version of the cover will show up eventually.

Speaking of larger pictures...

@azumakiyohiko
At places like Rakuten. When you click on the photos of their products. You expect an expanded photo to pop up, but it's just the same sized photo that pops up. It's irritating.
7:55 PM Jun 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I'm finished with work. I may go see a movie. Saya Samurai looks interesting.
2:23 AM Jun 28th via web

@KHMAMEO
@azumakiyohiko I'm terribly sorry about this!(◎_◎;) I don't know where I should ask about this, so I thought I would see about asking directly. I was told I won the Yotsubato volume 10 display contest, but it's been two months and I haven't received anything since (^_^;) Can you please let me know...?
5:25 AM Jun 27th via Twitter for iPad

@azumakiyohiko
@KHMAMEO I just signed the poster a little wihle ago. When I asked the editorial department, they indicated it may go out this month. I apologize for the delay.
6:29 PM Jun 28th via web

@KHMAMEO
@azumakiyohiko To send it out and then take the time to respond to me... (^_^;) I'm sorry to have troubled you... I'm looking forward to volume 11! Thank you very much!
7:00 PM Jun 28th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Why do you suppose there's a poem attached to an idol pinup in the opening of a comic magazine?
5:48 PM Jun 29th via web

I went to see Saya Samurai. I was their only customer. I am the customer.
1:50 AM Jul 1st via web

He actually wrote I am the 客。

Thanks again for the translations Ralen. These always make me smile.

>>216125
In my dreams, I am the customer. It's me.

The 1-A-Day Calendar Exhibition starts today. I was planning to make an appearance, but I ended up pulling an all nighter. I'll probably go some other day.
6:25 AM Jul 5th via web

>>216189
Koiwai, ladies and gentles!

>>216190
Then why does he get so irritated that the ladies find Koiwai irresistable?

>>216197
jealously, obviously.

>>216199
I figured if Koiwai was based on him then he would be please so many women find him attractive.
I find it more likely that Kimura is based on him though.

>>216069
Here's a slightly larger version (ironically from Rakuten).

I think I'll show my face at the 1-A-Day Calendar Exhibition today.
8:04 AM Jul 9th via web

@hanyawa
@azumakiyohiko I went. http://twitpic.com/5ncaex
1:23 PM Jul 9th via Tweet ATOK

@azumakiyohiko
There were a lot of people when I went to see the 1-A-Day Exhibition, and I couldn't take when it got even more crowded, so I took off early. I'll go again when it seems less crowded. I think people who can go on week days will be able to enjoy it more leisurely.
4:28 PM Jul 9th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@hanyawa Oh. You made it huh? Thanks for braving the heat.
4:31 PM Jul 9th via web

@hanyawa
@azumakiyohiko Yes, it was so hot that I got a headache and had to go early. I did buy some merchandise.
4:32 PM via Twitter for iPad

@yotuba10y1d
We are anticipating that it will be exceptionally crowded tomorrow, so those planning to attend, please arrive with time to spare. In the event that the line extends to the stairs, it will be hot, so you may wish to consider bringing a fan. It is likely that we will fill up. Please be aware that you may not be able to purchase a ticket in the evening. We apologize for any inconvenience...
8:58 PM Jul 9th via web

@yotuba10y1d
Please be aware that the Yotsuba& 10 Year 1 Day Exhibition will be closed tomorrow, Monday the 11th.
12:27 AM Jul 11th 12 via web

I'm not 100% certain of the meaning (or pronunciation) of 休廊日, but when I google the term, I see it in association with art galleries' days of operation.

@azumakiyohiko
The sky is blue today.
5:43 PM Jul 11th via Twitpic

@Asuka_h8s_negi
Arrrrgh. I was so psyched, I even scheduled a vacation day for the 11th... orz　Figures it'd be closed... orz
11:33 PM Jul 11th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@Asuka_h8s_negi Ahh... We should have made the notification sooner for people who are more forgetful.
5:49 PM Jul 11th via web

@Asuka_h8s_negi
@azumakiyohiko Don't worry! I'm also taking a day off on the 13th! I'll get over it!
5:51 PM Jul 11th via web

This is what was next to the 1-A-Day Calendar Exhibition hall today. http://twitpic.com/5p11x3
9:17 PM Jul 12th via Twitpic

I wonder what Azuma's sex life is like...

>>216261
What makes you think he has one?

>>216264
Well, reading his comments here, one can get the impression that he just doesn't get off easily like you or I.

>>216265
I'll bet he has the most epic Fuuka fap folder.

Speaking of, Azuma was watching women's soccer today.

Soccer girls are tough.
5:08 AM Jul 14th via Twitter for iPad

vc: fack

>>216268

Lies, he was having a sex life with the lot of them. Soccer girls are tough, meaning they're not easy, but that doesn't stop good old Zumie from having super fun times with the entire national team, at once.

Yuki Nagasato

Japan beat USA. It was a close match.
Now, waiting for Pixiv to provide Yotsuba kicking Fuuka's breast painted like soccer balls.

>Soccer girls are tough.

Wouldn't Azuma know that since he created Kagura? She was a swimmer and runner, sure, but still a dedicated sport. It's not just about getting tan lines.

Today was the last day of the 1-A-Day Calendar Exhibition. Roughly 2 hours after the doors opened, I stood dumbfounded watching people pour in from outside the exhibition hall. Thank you to everyone who attended.
11:33 PM Jul 17th via web

That was an amazing match.
6:06 AM Jul 18th via Twitter for iPad

>>215897
In response to this:

@sowkami
@azumakiyohiko They released all 3 for download last week. I came across that info searching for Tweets containing "Patapon Soundtrack", so you may already be aware, but I'm just letting you know. http://t.co/Oqb4esQ
10:46 PM Jul 17th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. If I could, I'd ask them to release it with a cool CD cover, but oh well. RT @sowkami They released all 3 for download last week.
1:31 AM Jul 19th via web

@kirarichaaan
@azumakiyohiko I wish I knew the address to send you a fan letter Azuma-sensei ( ノД`)…
5:25 PM Jul 18th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
Send it to Azuma, Dengeki Daioh Editorial Department, Ascii Media Works, Kadokawa Office, Building #3, 1-8-19 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8584, and I'll get it. I've also put my email address in my profile. RT @kirarichaaan I wish I knew the address to send you a fan letter Azuma-sensei
1:58 AM Jul 19th via web

@hekky3
Alright! I'm going to send you a fan letter too Azuma-sensei!
2:01 AM Jul 19th via Janetter

@azumakiyohiko
@hekky3 We're all waiting for you!
2:02 AM Jul 19th via web

@maucori
@azumakiyohiko Good morning. Instead of a fan letter, is it alright if I send you a love letter!?
4:13 AM Jul 19th via モバツイ

>>216261
Always assumed azuma was asexual (it all fits).

@azumakiyohiko
Oh yeah, Kadokawa's print of Ann of Green Gables is out. I drew the cover for it. http://twitpic.com/5suhxf
3:00 PM Jul 20th via Twitpic

@masumi_asano
They... they all graduated! And Chiyo-chan went to study abroad! I wanted to read more stories about everyone tho... ・゜・(ノД`)・゜・ Azumanga was really great!!!
6:33 PM Jul 19th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Oh. Masumin. Thanks for reading Azumanga Daioh. Did you read the original Mediaworks edition? The revised Shogakukan edition has some added material (advertising).
4:23 PM Jul 20th ago via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Whoooooah! A- Azuma-sensei!!! Th- the one I read was the revised edition from Shogakukan! It was crazy good!!! You have my respect Azuma-sensei! Everyone keeps telling me I have to read Yotsubato too! Waah!
4:51 PM Jul 20th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano "Yotsubato!" is kind of so-so until around volume 3, but starting with volume 4 I think it starts to get pretty good. Yeah?
4:58 PM Jul 20th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Yesterday I read "Azumanga Daioh" all the way through, and it was just like when I graduated with all my friends, evoking a sense of sadness, and yet heartwarming at the same time. I know this is out of the blue, but thank you for creating something so wonderful! I'm looking forward to reading "Yotsubato!"
5:11 PM Jul 20th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko NO WAI! Who'da thunk the author himself would be one to tweet bad things about "Yotsubato!" No, I shouldn't say that, I mean, I haven't read it myself yet, so I can't really judge. I'm just mouthing off Azuma-sensei! (lol). As soon as it stops raining, I'm goin' straight to the bookstore!
5:00 PM Jul 20th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
The emails I get from my mom come decorated with lots of graphic icons. Why would she put that many heart symbols in an email to her son?
3:47 PM Jul 25th via web

@nicotatsuta
@azumakiyohiko Because she loves you. ☆
3:56 PM Jul 25th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
Storyboards usually take me around 1 week to 10 days. Drawing the art is about 2 weeks. RT @azul113 About how much time do you spend on the storyboards for each chapter?
3:54 PM Jul 25th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Oh, hello Azuma-sensei. I've read through "Yotsubato!". It's really good! Even up through volume 3 was wonderful (lol). You've got my support from here on out.
4:24 PM Jul 25th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
I'm about to go on Nico Live. (o'ヮ'o)♪
11:16 PM Jul 25th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Thank you for reading "Yotsubato!". Well, I think I'll go listen to Nico Live.
11:24 PM Jul 25th via web

>>216344
Oh, man. I wish I knew when that was. I have a Nico account and this would be a grand opportunity to moon my butt to Azuma.

>>216345
I don't know anything about Nico Live, but since he said "Listen" I would guess it's only audio.

The time stamp puts it at 7:24 AM Pacific/10:24 AM Eastern.

>>216346
Ah, okay. I guess it's like a podcast thing, which I don't know about on Nico. Eh, if I did I would have probably just farted the whole time anyway.
"Azuma, this doesn't smell like my own fart!"

@azumakiyohiko
Today I'm hearing the first chirping cicadas of the year. When I came to Tokyo, I thought I would enjoy being able to hear them on a regular basis. I hardly ever hear them in the Kansai area.
9:43 PM Jul 27th via web

@kaili1000
@azumakiyohiko They don't have chirping cicadas in the Kansai area!?
9:45 PM Jul 27th via twitbeam[ﾂｲｯﾄﾋﾞｰﾑ]

@azumakiyohiko
I've heard their populations in the west have been multiplying lately. I hardly ever heard them when I was living in Hyogo a little less than 10 years ago though. RT @kaili1000 They don't have chirping cicadas in the Kansai area!?
9:48 PM Jul 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
So when I was a kid, being able to catch chirping cicadas was a pretty big deal. Even though you could hear Higurashi, you could never catch the elusive things.
9:45 PM Jul 27th via web

The "Chirping" cicadas they're referring to are min-min zemi, or Oncotympana maculaticollis, but I don't know that they have a common name in English.

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Today, as payback for having read Yotsubato, I bought "Pucci, the Little Button." It was really great. Damn.
10:42 PM Jul 27th via web
("Pucci, the Little Button" is a children's book written by Masumi Asano).

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!! I-I-I-I-I don't know what to say!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
10:43 PM Jul 27th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko "Yotsubato!" is like fine sushi. It's hard to describe how in only 140 characters though... I might be able to explain it with around 500 characters... At any rate, it's freaking amazing! Thank you for reading my picture book!
10:49 PM Jul 27th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Sushi, is it? Thank you. If I'm not mistaken, I see what you're trying to say. Sushi can be really delicious, or in other words, I think you think sushi is good. What am I even saying?
10:56 PM Jul 27th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko What I mean by sushi is that it's basically made from just rice, fish, and soy sauce, right? If you were to compare it to something like French cooking, it's barely got the means to compete. But I think that more than any other style of cooking, it's a food where obvious differences come out in its flavor. Cont'd.
11:27 PM Jul 27th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko I feel like sushi is a food that is loved by men and women, young and old. But in actuality, there are masterful techniques that a novice can't even fathom going into minute details like the temperature of the rice, or the flavor of the soy sauce, or the preparation of the fish. All of these add up to make it something distinctively different.
13 hours ago via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko The characters in "Yotsubato!" don't fall into any obvious cliched character types. The deformed drawings are kept to a minimum. And yet, it's amazing that you get an incredible sense of what kind of person everyone is, and they're incredibly endearing. But listen to me, telling the author all this (lol). What am I saying.
11:31 PM Jul 27th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko I can't explain it very well, but that's what I mean when I say it's like sushi. I like Taisho's nigiri sushi, so I hope I'm at least contributing some decent content (lol). I can hardly keep my pants on (lol).
11:33 PM Jul 17th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano That's the first time I've seen someone without pants at a sushi shop... I haven't contributed any decent content in a while, so the next release will probably be near the end of November. I wanted to save some space to say how much I enjoyed reading Pucci. So, here goes. I read Pucci... and I enjoyed it. I suck at explaining things.
11:38 PM Jul 27th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko If I was completely naked, they'd be eating sushi off my body. P- Please... help me... Nooo~ (lol).
11:55 PM Jul 27th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano What kind of punchline is that?
12:00 AM Jul 28th via web

This took me a long time to research, and I'm still not sure I completely understand the nuances, but they're using an expression that literally means "Standing by completely naked" which means eagerly awaiting something. It sounds like the term originated with regards to adult media (as in you're so excited for the new video/magazine/whatever to come out that you've already got your clothes off) but has evolved to mean an intense anticipation of anything.
Kind of similar to the English expression "Keep your pants on" I guess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakyo_Komatsu

@azumakiyohiko
Awwwwwwwwwwwww... Sakyo Komatsu has died. Awwwwwwwwwwwww............
3:48 PM Jul 27th via web

Japan Sinks, Virus, The End of the Endless Stream, Tokyo Blackout, Object O, Bye Bye Jupiter, Nihilistic Corridor... I read all these works by Sakyo Komatsu when I was in school. I really loved them. They're part of what made me who I am today. It's just such a shame.
4:06 PM Jul 28th 6 via web

@azumakiyohiko
I think it's more interesting to watch movies as actual films, so I have a projector at my house. I just saw "Let the Right One In." It was good.
10:22 PM Jul 30th via web

@kryo1
@azumakiyohiko Good evening. I know this is sudden, but I've just started following you. I'm so jealous that you have a projector. Having it be dark all around you makes it that much more fun to watch horror movies.
10:33 PM Jul 30th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@kryo1 Hey. It's been a while. I don't really like horror movies; they're too scary.
10:46 PM Jul 30th via web

@kryo1
@azumakiyohiko It has been a while. Thanks for "following" me back! Middle age kept me stuck in bed for the New Year's party, so sadly, I wasn't able to meet up with you. I hope you'll think of me kindly from here on out.
10:56 PM Jul 30th via web

@hi64gore
@azumakiyohiko Does watching that just before the remake "Let Me In" comes out mean you're going to go see "Let Me In"?*
10:27 PM Jul 30th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I'm not really interested in seeing "Let Me In" right now. I feel like watching the original is enough, you know? Chloe Moretz has really grown up. I was crazy over her in "Kick-Ass." RT @hi64gore Are you going to see "Let Me In"?
10:53 PM Jul 30th via web

@hi64gore
@azumakiyohiko I definitely agree that "Let Me In" doesn't surpass "Let the Right One In". Having said that, I was so impressed by "Kick-Ass" that even though I've seen "Let the Right One In", I'm planning to see "Let Me In" too.
10:57 PM Jul 30th via SOICHA

An interesting note about these movies, in Japan, the title of "Let the Right One In" is "My Eli, the 200 Year Old Girl."
The title of the remake, "Let Me In" is "Morse".

And the title of "Kick-Ass" is still "Kick-Ass".

@azumakiyohiko
Chai is a kind of tea...
10:42 PM Aug 4th via web

chai is a kind of tea? I thought chai IS tea. Or ajm I mistaken and it has to be o-chai? The same word is used through Asia including Turkey and even in Easter Europe. The word chai means life in Hebrew too.

>>216467
I guess it would be more accurate (and a more faithful translation) to say that Chai is tea. Although in most western regions "chai" is taken to specifically refer to spiced tea, rather than generic tea.
I was also trying to mimic Yotsuba's wording.

Today's tweets involve more about chai, a discussion about how to pronounce "Yotsuba", and later Azuma plays a prank on one of his assistants at 3 AM.

@azumakiyohiko
Here's something trivial about Yotsubato. Not long ago I imagined that "Yotsubato!" was pronounced the same as "Kijibato," but now I think it should be pronounced like "Yotsuba to asobu."
3:00 PM Aug 5th via web

I think the distinction is whether there should be a break between the 'ba' and 'to'.
"Yotsubato" all as one word, versus "Yotsuba to". I had always thought of it as one word.

@unyocom
@azumakiyohiko Is Yotsuba's name supposed to be pronounced "Yo↓tsu↑ba↑" or is it "Yo↑tsu↓ba↓"?
3:02 PM Aug 5th via HootSuite

@azumakiyohiko
I think her dad at least says it "Yo↑tsu↓ba↓". There's an accent on the "Yo". @unyocom　Is Yotsuba's name supposed to be pronounced "Yo↓tsu↑ba↑" or is it "Yo↑tsu↓ba↓"?
3:11 PM Aug 5th via web

@unyocom
@azumakiyohiko What the-! I thought it was the former. From now on I'm going to say it in my head with an accent on the "Yo".
3:16 PM Aug 5th via HootSuite

@CHICAUMINO
@azumakiyohiko 　(д)゜゜　I've seen you drink chai before... You mean you were drinking something without knowing what it was!?
3:22 PM Aug 5th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
@CHICAUMINO I love chai. I knew it was chai!
3:26 PM Aug 5th via web

@CHICAUMINO
@azumakiyohiko (　Д)　　。。plop 　I guess... you thought that chai... was juice from the chai plant...?
3:36 PM Aug 5th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
The way you say "Yotsuba" may be a regional thing. Or maybe a generational thing. For me it's like "Yotsuyu" or "Hawaii" or "Karei" or "Haguki".
3:49 PM Aug 5th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I got a kick out of scaring the crap out of one of my assistants who had come back from shopping by lying in wait in the darkness just outside the door, and then slowly crawling out of the shadows on all fours.
3:14 AM Aug 6th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I thought today was Friday.
11:20 PM Aug 6th via web

>>214006
but no international shipping
http://www.koiwai-trading.com/shopdetail/003000000001/

@azumakiyohiko
I was squirming when I bought a certain manga and saw that some of the content was exactly the same as what I had just written. The other one came out first.
9:09 PM Aug 12th via web

>>216544

>>216505

>>no international shipping

This has always confused me. Why is it that most businesses worldwide have no problem shipping internationally, but in Japan it's quite unusual if a business will ship internationally.

I own my own business based in the US and we ship worldwide every day. Unless you are shipping something so large or heavy that it must go by freight instead of the post or UPS/FedEx/DHL/etc. there is nothing difficult or complicated about shipping internationally, it's hardly any different than shipping domestically. Is it somehow different in Japan or is this a cultural thing?

>>216546
Was this content repeated in Yotsubato somewhere?

@azumakiyohiko
I just saw a strange man through the office window, peering inside. When he realized we had noticed him, he rode away on his bike, seeming somewhat flustered.
1:21 AM Aug 15th via web

@oruishop
@azumakiyohiko It is Obon, so it could have been an unfamiliar family member... Did the guy have both his legs...? (Laugh)
1:29 AM Aug 15th via yubitter

>@azumakiyohiko It is Obon, so it could have been an unfamiliar family member... Did the guy have both his legs...? (Laugh)

...The fuck?

>>216560
I'm a partner with a deputy service in Japan and it's the same thing when even they're buying there! Some businesses simply will not sell to international ones.
I've always thought it had to do with the rate, but not now that the yen is kicking the dollar's ass 76.9 to 1. You'd think they'd take advantage of that.

>>216566
Azuma got a strange visitor in the dead of night, and Obon is when the dead come back to visit their families. He's implying Azuma's mystery visitor may have been a ghost.

>>216566

>>I've always thought it had to do with the rate,

Why would the rate matter? The customer pays the shipping charge, whatever it might be, according to the exchange rate, whatever it is at the time. You simply charge the customer whatever it costs you to ship the package. Of course it's more expensive to ship internationally, but since the customer is paying for it why does it matter to the seller? Likewise for the exchange rate. If the yen is strong it simply means that the customer pays more during the currency exchange. It has no effect on the seller as the customer pays all those costs.

I'm betting it's either a cultural thing ("we don't want to deal with those nasty foreigners") or perhaps there are legal issues regarding international shipping in Japan that we aren't aware of.

I can tell you the cultural thing is 100% real. I own a large stake in a US tech startup as a result of a patent I own. We sell to the West directly, and we have a business partner which is an established company in Japan. According to our license agreement our Japanese licensee has the sales territory of anywhere in Asia. However, they simply don't want to advertise or do business with either Korea or China, which is mindboggling to me as companies in both countries have strong demand for our product. I understand that Japan has some past differences with other Asian countries, but from a business perspective why on earth would you deliberateelly close the door on sales like that? You don't have to be their best friend, it's simply a business transaction! Japan and the US used to be at war too but we have no problem dealing with each other.

@azumakiyohiko
I was ding-dong-dashed.
7:10 AM Aug 16th via web

>>Japan has some past differences with other Asian countries

That has to be the understatement of the year - I would think that enough of the Chinese and Koreans would be reluctant to buy from the Japanese so the Japanese don't bother. Still, you'd think they'd try. Maybe they don't want to have their stuff cloned.

>>216569
Kids still do that?
Don't they have video computer games and whatnot?

>>216569

musta been Miu pulling her pranks again. we all know how much Barasui likes to reuse his jokes.

@masumi_asano
I have a question for people who are into outer space. What prompted your interest in space?
4:18 PM Aug 17th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano What started me being into outer space was seeing a planetarium on a field trip in the 3rd grade. After that, I looked at the real stars from my house and was　floored. "The Big Dipper is huge!" That year for Christmas I got a little telescope and looked at the rings of Saturn. I was floored. "Saturn, in the flesh!"
9:17 PM Aug 17th via web

>>216626
I read that as 'being in outer space' at first. Took a double take.
Yotsubato, delivered monthly from Azuma-sensei's secret moonbase

http://www.yotuba.com/

>>216654
The caption for that image says:
I love cars and boobs.
-Kiyohiko Azuma

The blog post says:
We've opened a mail order site called "Koiwai Trading."
To start things off, we'll be selling the leftover stockpile of goods from the event.
(Please be aware that we will be closed for the summer holiday from 8/8 to 8/16, so we will be unable to ship orders.)
Newly produced goods will arrive in September.
We're planning to deliver various mail order goods for roughly the next year, so there's no rush.

>>216659
I guess the link might have been nice.
http://koiwai-trading.com/

>I love cars and boobs.

Well, we've seen one of those well represented in his works...

>>216659
-Guess who ordered all item (3 of each)?

>>216654
Asagi's transformation is now complete.

They don't ship outside Japan do they?

>>216678
Looks like they don't.
Sorry, the applicants are limited to Japan．Out of Japan are not acceptable
http://koiwai-trading.com/html/page7.html

@azumakiyohiko
I have today off. I was planning to go racing at the circuit, but it's raining so I can't. I wonder if I should clean my room, or possibly even do some work.
11:18 AM Aug 22nd

@azumakiyohiko
It's been 3 weeks since I've done laundry. There's a ton. When I took a bath, I didn't have any clean underwear to put on. I'm going commando.
11:38 AM Aug 22nd via web

@nunacelion
@azumakiyohiko At the Cafe Amelie in Kochi they put a Yotsuba design in my coffee. http://t.co/Q15ezdH
Coffee-Yotsuba: Don't drink me!!
11:39 AM Aug 22nd via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
@nunacelion Not just her face, but her whole body! What a great job!
12:10 PM Aug 22nd via web

@nunacelion
@azumakiyohiko Thank you! I'm shivering with delight (laugh).
12:13 PM Aug 22nd via Twitter for iPhone

@azumakiyohiko
During the earthquake in March, my speakers got broken. It's been too much of a pain, so I haven't done anything about it, but since they still make noise, I thought I'd make a half-hearted attempt to fix them, and I contacted the manufacturer. Holy crap, they told me that if they were damaged in the earthquake, the repairs would only be half price. ELAC is incredible. But it feels kind of awkward accepting their charity when I'm not from the Tohoku region.
4:36 PM Aug 22nd via web

@927_123
@azumakiyohiko Hello. You race the circuits!? Which one?
12:48 PM Aug 22nd via Twitter for Android

@azumakiyohiko
The Fuji race track. The 4 wheel one. RT　@927_123 You race the circuits!? Which one?
4:43 PM Aug 22nd via web

@927_123
@azumakiyohiko Thanks for the reply. I'm interested to know what sort of car you drive. (^^) Please let me know if it's not too much trouble (^^)d
4:51 PM Aug 22nd via Twitter for Android

>>216692
that is amazing

@azumakiyohiko
I just woke up and the weather looks great, so I'm going to go for a drive. I'm making rush plans right now. Where should I go? Shinshu? Shinshu.
6:41 AM Aug 24th via web

vc: go

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Oops, today was your birthday, wasn't it? Happy birthday. I bought "Hideki Matsui is at My House!?" the other day. Even though I kept saying "Matsui, are you an idiot!?" it was a fun read.
7:54 PM Aug 25th via web
("Hideki Matsui is at My House!?" is another children's book written by Masumi Asano).

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Woah, thank you so much! There's soooo much stuff going on in the Matsui picture book, if we ever get the chance to meet, you'll have to let me tell you how it ended up that way (laugh). I have so much respect for you Azuma-sensei, I really want to see you live and in the flesh some day (laugh).
8:26 PM Aug 25th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
It looks like Mr. Kakuta, to whom I am indebted for the Yotsubato calendar photos, has begun his exhibition. http://shooting-mag.jp/news/exhibition/00135.html
8:06 PM Aug 25th via web

It's official: we have new Yot this month.
(sauce: Dengeki's official site)

>>216565
@azumakiyohiko
Thanks to the recent episode of the man peeking in through our window, SECOM has been deployed around Yotsuba Studio. Trespassers will be shot on sight, so please be careful.
6:33 PM Aug 26th via web

I made a mistake translating the original tweet from >>216565. It was ambiguously worded, so that I couldn't tell if Azuma had seen a man peeping through the window (as in the man was peeping through the window), or if Azuma had seen a peeping man through the window (as in through the window is how Azuma was able to see the man). Apparently it was the former.

>>216730

>shot

...Oh, Mr Azuma.....
"Rent-a-cop" in Japan can't carry guns.....

>>216744
Real cops in Japan can't even carry guns (except under extreme circumstances).

Azuma finds out he has a daughter...

@azumakiyohiko
@CHICAUMINO Oops. I didn't forget, okay? Happy birthday. Even though you forgot mine. I'll take you out for curry some time.
6:21 PM Aug 30th via web

@sirou43
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-sensei. At what festival were the photos of the hot air balloons in your January 2010 blog post taken?
7:11 PM Aug 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@sirou43 The first one is at Tochinoki, the bottom one is the Suzuka Balloon Festival.
6:25 PM Aug 30th via web

@sirou43
*@azumakiyohiko Ah! A response from the Azuma-sensei! ...anyway, all joking aside, I know you're busy, so thanks for taking the time to answer. I used to be interested in hot air balloons, but since I've grown up I've mostly forgotten about them (sweat). Tochinoki is nearby, so I'll head out there! Thank you very much.*
6:33 PM Aug 30th via Twitter for iPhone

@shinnittetu_jin
@azumakiyohiko My daughter, who is also named Yotsuba, has just turned 1 year and 8 months. She's quickly growing up to be just like Yotsuba from the manga. For introducing us to such a wonderful manga and characters, I'm considering arbitrarily naming you her godfather. Thank you.
12:41 AM Aug 27th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
@shinnittetu_jin There's nothing more energetic than Yotsuba. Please don't dye her hair green.
6:29 PM Aug 30th via web

>>216780

>Tochinoki

...That's Tochigi...

>>216857
Sorry. Thanks.

@masumi_asano
On my way home from work. I took this Male-Brained/Female-Brained test that was popular a while back. I scored 60% male-brained, 40% female-brained! http://siestanet.com/sindan/
7:37 PM Aug 31st via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano I took it. I got 75% male-brained. 25% female-brained.
7:44 PM Aug 31st via web

Note: Azuma ends the "75% male-brained" sentence with a masculine copula, and the "25% female-brained" sentence with a feminine copula.

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Ooooh. Male-brained eh? So you're the type of person who can read a map!
7:47 PM Aug 31st via Echofon

Wait, women can't read maps?

@masumi_asano
Egograms are also interesting. I wonder if there are even counseling instructors who use this test. http://bit.ly/aL9EbM
7:50 PM Aug 31st via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano It told me "Your type is bbacc." "Your least suited occupation is one that demands creativity and expressive ability" ......Ohh, so I've been on the wrong path this whole time... so that's why.
15 hours ago via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Ahahaha, no way, what do you mean "So that's why"? (laugh). If that's what it says for you, it must be pretty unreliable (laugh).
8:33 PM Aug 31st via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
I bought some delicious looking milk for making delicious chai. But I felt like I might have been doing something wrong by boiling pasteurized milk.
6:50 PM Sep 1st via web

@yotuba10y1d
Today (9/2) beginning at 12 noon, we expect to start shipping from our reproduced stock of "Yotsuba& 10 Year 1 Day Expo" goods. This marks a major milestone. http://koiwai-trading.com/
12:37 AM Sep 2nd via web

koiwai-trading.com blog post
2011.9.2 Thank you for your patience. Our newly produced stock is going to begin shipping today.
With this, our lineup of "Yotsuba& 10 Year 1 Day Expo" related merchandise is complete.

>>216922
...Guess who ordered every items?

>>216938
...Masumi Asano?

>>216780

>please don't dye her hair green

I laughed.

>>216922
That's a lot of merchandise. I like those illustration books.

>>...Guess who ordered every items?

Windowledge...?

>>216938
Do you have friends or family in Japan to forward the items on to you?

>>216950
It's called a middleman service.

>>216946
...Yes?

>>216950

>friends

The good ol' USAF...
I can bring anything... to this country...
...As long as I can afford it...

Azuma and Masumi Asano chat each other up about picture books some more.

And Miss Asano lets an announcement slip prematurely?

@azumakiyohiko
Volume 11 is upon us. There aren't enough days in the week. I need September to have 45 days. And then February would work out to 14 days.
10:36 PM Sep 11th via web

@rutoni_gawa
@azumakiyohiko I'd be fine if February only had 13 days.
10:49 PM Sep 11th via web

@non_pom
@azumakiyohiko This is Yotsuba as drawn by my niece. She drew it using the figure on my shelf as a reference. http://twitpic.com/6it3ip
10:19 PM Sep 10th via Twitter for Android

@azumakiyohiko
@non_pom Not bad. Not bad at all.
10:37 PM Sep 11th via web

@george_10g
@azumakiyohiko Greetings. I always enjoy reading Yotsubato. I'm looking forward to the next release.
http://photozou.jp/photo/show/967320/97686013 http://photozou.jp/photo/show/967320/97701417
12:13 AM Sep 9th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
@george_10g Chiyo-chichi is scary looking.
10:38 PM Sep 11th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Hello there! I just read the Dengeki Daioh October edition of Yotsubato! I laughed so hard! Duralumin!!!
12:57 PM Sep 8th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Sorry about making you wait with your pants off for so long. Because of you there's been an explosion of picture books at my house. I've had a ton of them delivered.
10:45 PM Sep 11th via web

I believe this is a reference to the "naked" comments in >>216362. Azuma missed the August release of Dengeki Daioh, so it was a longer wait than expected.

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Ah, Azuma-chan... I mean Azuma-sensei! Picture books are great, aren't they? We should get together and recommend some to each other. ヽ(〃v〃)ﾉ ♪ Which ones did you buy? I read the pancake picture book that Yotsuba was reading!
11:04 PM Sep 11th via Echofon

@kaxnaxta
@azumakiyohiko Good evening Azuma-sensei! I have three daughters right now, and I'm wondering if I should name the next one Yotsuba if it turns out to be a girl. By the way, all three love Azumanga Daioh. They're always singing "Chinsukoooo, Chinsukoooo." (They're aged 7, 6, and 3).
9:26 PM Sep 1st via twicca

@azumakiyohiko
*@kaxnaxta That's fine. I'm not sure how I feel about them singing "Chinsukoooo".
10:53 PM Sep 11th via web

@kaxnaxta
@azumakiyohiko Thank you so much!! Now I can have my fourth daughter with peace of mind!! (laugh). I'm looking forward to volume 11. (＊'v'＊) Keep up the good work! I think there needs to be 45 days in September too (`･ω･´)
11:28 PM Sep 11th via TweetCaster for iOS

@azumakiyohiko
I do my shopping at Rakuten. I can't stand these bargain basement sites. I won't buy things at shops that have the lowest price. I prefer stores that have attractive looking pages, lots of information about their products, and are actually willing to help you.
10:57 PM Sep 11th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano I am Azuma-chan though. I feel kind of uncomfortable recommending picture books to a picture book author. These 5 are my favorite. "Night Bear" (Yoru Kuma), "Swim Ring Cat" (Ukiwa Neko), "Owl Moon" (Tsukiyo no Mimizuku), "Untitled" (Dai no Nai Hon), and "The Arrival" http://twitpic.com/6jf45d
11:28 PM Sep 11th via Twitpic

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Yay, Yotsuba is there! I've never heard of any of those except Night Bear. I'll look for them! My favorites are "The Dwarves of Futon-Land" (O-futon no Kuni no Kobito-tachi) (I imagined this world when I was a kid), "Maa-chan's Long Hair" (Maa-chan no Nagai Kami) (Every young girl's dream!), and "Gurunpa's Kindergarten" (Gurunpa no Youchien) (My favorite when I was a kid).
11:43 PM Sep 11th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Azuma-chan, I mean Azuma-sensi, I think you should write a picture book too♪ The fact is, there are sooo many styles of picture books, it would be fun.
11:55 PM Sep 11th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Wow. I don't have any of those. Luckily I found all of them on Amazon, so I'm planning to read them. I've only just gotten into the world of picture books, so I'm at the peak of enjoyment right now with so many that are unknown to me. I'd be grateful if you could tell me about the ones you weren't able to mention here the next time we meet.
12:02 AM Sep 12th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Whoooah, of course, of course! The kind of picture books I would recommend depend on what kind of picture books you like, so if you happen to have any favorites, please tell me♪ Well, looks like once again I can hardly keep my pants on! ...I mean my gosh! Azuma-sensei is putting out a picture book! Please forgive me!
12:05 AM Sep 12th via TweetDeck

>>216980

>Azuma-sensei is putting out a picture book!

On second thought, this is probably just her speculating.
More like "Azuma-sensei, you're putting out a picture book, aren't you!"

Still, it would be awesome if he did. I'd buy it. Probably would be hard to balance that and Yotsubato though.

@azumakiyohiko
They had Cow Brand Soap at the Family Mart. It's been forever since I've seen it, but I thought the packaging was superb. I only ever use liquid soap to wash my hands, but man I want some of that. What should I do.
3:59 AM Sep 15th via web

-Vol. #11...

End of November...

>>217063
@azumakiyohiko
Exactly one year after volume 10, Yotsubato volume 11 is expected to be released at the end of November.
5:47 AM Sep 15th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I went on the prowl for kids for the purpose of drawing the cover art for volume 11. It was still summer. http://pic.twitter.com/UDhie7Tg
5:45 PM Sep 17th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Hello! I read "Yostuba& Black and White Animals"! Yotsuba is so cute, and your drawings are amazing Azuma-chan! ヽ(〃v〃)ﾉ ♪
12:54 PM Sep 15th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano I just bought Hidamari Jelly. It was more like a pudding than a jelly though.
9:10 PM Sep 17th via web

"Hidamari Jelly" is a book of memoirs and essays written by Masumi Asano based on her memories and life experiences.

>>217065

>"Hidamari Jelly" is a book of memoirs and essays written by Masumi Asano based on her memories and life experiences.

Oh my, really? Because that is terribly different of what I had my hope on when I first saw that.

In today's tweets, things Azuma thinks are cute.

1. Danbo.
2. Frank from Dead Rising.

@azumakiyohiko
I'm checking the colors on the Danbo Photo Collection proof. It's cute. It goes on sale October 27th.
http://pic.twitter.com/7cjVNYLz
11:37 PM Sep 19th via web

@hekky3
I've started wanting to play Dead Rising 1. I hope they do a remake of with co-op and 16 person multiplayer!
11:37 PM Sep 19th via Janetter

@azumakiyohiko
@hekky3 I'm kind of unsettled by Frank's "Here comes another psycho" vibe, but at the same time it's kind of adorable.
11:58 PM Sep 19th via web

@hekky3
@azumakiyohiko Frank has the best reactions, doesn't he? And it's great with all the crazy costumes you get near the end, how it makes you question, "Who's the real psycho here?" A skinhead in a dress! A bear mask with a speedo!
12:04 AM Sep 20th via Janetter

@himaraya
I'm painting water colors on colored paper. No matter how many times I do it, I fail miserably. I can't seem to improve at all. What do the rest of you paint with?
12:09 AM Sep 20th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@himaraya I often color with Copics.
12:19 AM Sep 20th via web

>>217085
@himaraya>>214896

@azumakiyohiko
Right now I'm putting together next year's monthly calendar. These photos. Damned if they don't get better every year. I'll be finished before the day is out.
11:16 AM Sep 25th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Good day to you Azuma-sensei! I read the picture books you recommended to me! I especially enjoyed "Swim Ring Cat" (Ukiwa Neko). Naturally, both the story and the art were wicked good. It made me feel like I was flying through the night sky myself.(o'ヮ'o)♪
12:59 PM Sep 24th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Swim Ring Cat is cute. Ebio is cute.
11:21 AM Sep 25th via web

Ebio is the name of the titular cat from Swim Ring Cat.

@azumakiyohiko
I've finished with next year's monthly calendar. I think I've done the best one yet. Probably.
3:33 AM Sep 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
But when I was at the bookstore, they had already started selling next year's calendars. It's too early for that. I guess they determined there's a market for setting out these kinds of seasonal things early. How tasteless.
3:40 AM Sep 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I ended up drawing the cover for volume 11 today.
9:53 AM Sep 26th via web

>>217147
Sorry, I misread that tweet.
It should be:
I'm definitely going to finish the cover for volume 11 today.

>>217162
My mistake again, not only did I misread the first tweet, that was actually multiple tweets. Let's start over from >>217147.

@azumakiyohiko
I'm going to draw the cover for volume 11 today.
9:53 AM Sep 26th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I'm definitely going to draw the cover for volume 11 today.
10:31 AM Sep 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I'm definitely going to draw the cover for volume 11 today.
9:28 AM Sep 28th via web

@yotuba10y1d
The weather has turned cool. We've updated the website. We've put up a promo page for the Danbo photo collection. http://yotuba.com/danbo365.html
12:05 AM Sep 28th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Regarding the 365 days of danboard　promo page. The text seems to get a little corrupted when the page is viewd on an iPhone. How do we fix it? http://yotuba.com/danbo365.html
11:26 AM Sep 28th via web

@azumakiyohiko
The corrupted text has been resolved! Thanks to everyone who told me what to do to fix it.
11:38 AM Sep 28th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I feel like I'm going to make a lot of progress at work today.
9:48 AM Sep 30th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Together with the Professor someone made for me. http://pic.twitter.com/voynIgKM
4:49 PM Oct 2nd via web

>>217261
It may be Danbo's first-person twittering.
Together with the Professor who made me.

>>217271
That makes more sense.
And also explains why some of the comments were saying "That doesn't look like Miura!"

@azumakiyohiko
So, socks. I bought some Rasox. Wearing them feels good.
4:42 PM Oct 3rd via web

http://www.rasox.com/

@yotuba10y1d
Pre-orders for the annual "Yotsuba&! Monthly Calendar" can now be made on Amazon. It goes on sale November 27th, the same day as volume 11. Next year's calendar will be a little something like this.→ http://yotuba.com/2012cal_top.html
12:30 AM Oct 5th via web

How does a polar bear know what Yotsuba is?

@azumakiyohiko
Today I made curry! Super delicious! http://pic.twitter.com/Z4SQ8XqA
10:57 PM Oct 5th via web

@azumakiyohiko
The curry roux I use is Lee's 10 Alarm Curry. I made it according to the instructions written on the back of the box, following them to the letter, exactly as it says, without any embellishments. Super delicious.
11:07 PM Oct 5th via web

@taketakekiyo
@azumakiyohiko I always thought you couldn't view these from your cell phone.(ρ＿；) I wonder if I'm the only one...
11:32 PM Oct 5th via Keitai Web

@azumakiyohiko
Huh? Really? I wonder how I can get them to show up. RT @taketakekiyo I always thought you couldn't view these from your cell phone.(ρ＿；) I wonder if it was just me...
11:36 PM Oct 5th via web

@masumi_asano
If you had to compare me to a food, what would it be?
11:33 PM Oct 5th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano A tiger.
11:39 PM Oct 5th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko LOL, a tiger isn't a food! Azuma-sensei, you would be...... hmm. Something prepared by a master chef with specialty ingredients, that looks just like a regular pancake at first glance.
11:43 PM Oct 5th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
For those of you using cell phones, it sounds like you can see the picture by clicking "Display Page Directly." I wonder if it has anything to do with the size of the image. I'll have to look into it. It's a picture of pancakes. http://pic.twitter.com/pLhnOVBS
11:58 PM Oct 5th via web

@masumi_asano
A picture I took today. "With this praying mantis on my back, I'm invincible!" http://yfrog.com/klxcandej
12:30 AM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Photos I took today, number 2. Big Danbo and Little Danbo. http://yfrog.com/nzdxhxfj
12:39 AM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Photos I took today, number 3. "I'mma eat.... yakisoba...." http://yfrog.com/oeblxxj
12:47 AM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Photos I took today, number 4. "Danbo... is dead!" http://yfrog.com/nv2btmj
12:51 AM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Photos I took today, number 5. "That praying mantis was delicious"...... just kidding. "That was fun, let's hang out again." I had fun taking photos of Danbo today. I got them from Azuma-sensei! http://yfrog.com/nwxcboj
12:58 AM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Thanks for taking my little ones out with you today, and thank you for the photos.
3:04 AM Oct 8th via web

@azumakiyohiko
All my assistants have gone home, so I'm about to put on my head phones, hunker down, and get some work done.
3:04 AM Oct 8th via web

>>217359
@masumi_asano
I'm so glad you aren't angry (o'ヮ'o)♪ RT @azumakiyohiko: Thanks for taking my little ones out with you today, and thank you for the photos.
9:36 AM Oct 8th via Echofon

@masumi_asano
Pictures I took of Danbo yesterday, number 6. Little Danbo and a garden cosmos. http://yfrog.com/nt5e3qbj
1:01 PM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Pictures I took of Danbo yesterday, number 7. "Giddyup! Run like the wind!" http://yfrog.com/nynpvsgj
1:04 PM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@masumi_asano
Pictures I took of Danbo yesterday, number 8. This will probably be the last one. "It's already fall, isn't it." "Looks like it." http://yfrog.com/hsanvokj
1:05 PM Oct 8th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
They're selling roasted potatoes in front of the office! I bought one!
11:06 PM Oct 8th via web

@CHICAUMINO
@azumakiyohiko Sounds like a nice town to live in (´ω`) Was it good?
11:14 PM Oct 8th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
@CHICAUMINO It was. But I mean, it's just a potato.
11:17 PM Oct 8th via web

@CHICAUMINO
@azumakiyohiko Huh, I'm getting a feeling of deja vu. (´ω`) I'm certain you said that before... when you were eating a cup of potato sticks...
11:20 PM Oct 8th via ついっぷる/twipple

@azumakiyohiko
@CHICAUMINO At the time I had always thought they might be something more than potatoes, so I bought them, but when I did buy them, they turned out to just be potatoes.
11:25 PM Oct 8th via web

Hmm, I'm getting deja vu too.

@azumakiyohiko
Today the Draconid meteor shower was at its peak. Hoping I could at least see one, I spent a while watching the sky, but it was too bright and cloudy, so I couldn't even see one.
3:59 AM Oct 9th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I wanted to go to the Suzuka F1 races.
2:52 PM Oct 9th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Now, these next 10 days are about to be the busiest of the year.
8:00 AM Oct 10th via web

The 10 Chara Grand Prix:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-08/kadokawa-nico-nico-bandai-hold-character-contest

@masumi_asano
The 10 Chara Grand Prix is about to start!
10:42 PM Oct 10th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano I'm going to listen to it while I work.
10:57 PM Oct 10th via web

@masumi_asano
Here's the photo from that time (lol). My first time having onigiri!!! http://lockerz.com/s/146531917
12:51 AM Oct 13th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano You've never had onigiri beore? What are you, 5?
1:12 AM Oct 13th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko I've been saving it all these years! I was waiting to give it away to someone special! It's not like you've ever had it Azuma-chan (lol).
1:13 AM Oct 13th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano As if! I'll have you know I had it just the other day! And it was a perfect triangle too! From the looks of your photo, yours wasn't shaped like a triangle at all.
1:17 AM Oct 13th hours ago via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko I was a virgin, you can't expect me to be that good at it the first time!!! (lol) My first one may have gotten squished, but my second and third were triangular! They were salted unevenly though, so they were salty and didn't have much flavor.....
1:19 AM Oct 13th via TweetDeck

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano Your second one was triangular? Damn, you've got skills...
1:22 AM Oct 13th via web

@masumi_asano
@azumakiyohiko Hehehe. I'm not half bad with curry either. I'm sure it's way better than yours Azuma-chan. Curry so good it'll bring you to tears. Well, I haven't made it in about 5 years though.
1:23 AM Oct 13th via TweetDeck

>>217488
Damn, Azuma knows how to lay it on thick on the ladies.
Although, even I, as a grown man, want to jump on his nuts if I had the chance.

@azumakiyohiko
Isn't this great? "Barrier Free."
5:27 PM Oct 13th via web

>>217507

Three of these things are not like the others…

@masumi_asano
My first time seeing Hidamari Jelly in paperback (#ﾟﾛﾟ#)!!! It's so cute!!! I'm so happy!! I'm going to spend the next few days signing 1700 copies. Look for it on shelves! http://lockerz.com/s/146883292
10:15 AM Oct 14th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano You're signing 1700 copies!? Amazing! You're either incredibly brave or incredibly dumb!
10:26 AM Oct 14th via web

>>217508
Yeah, Doraemon has always sucked. Never understood why he's so popular.

@azumakiyohiko
I went through a single day's cycle in about 27 hours. But it still feels good to get up in the morning. I plan to get a lot done at work today.
9:07 AM Oct 15th via web

Does Azuma have this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-24-hour_sleep-wake_syndrome

I remember him talking in past tweets about his sleep/wake cycle having gotten so far off that it was about to come around full circle.

@hiraimisato
The Korean exchange student who lived next to me said "I read that too." She understood the world of Azumanga Daioh quite well, and empathized with it deeply, being moved nearly to tears when she read the chapter where they all graduated. Azumanga is amazing. @azumakiyohiko
9:28 AM Oct 15th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@hiraimisato Knowing that it's a shared culture, not something exclusive to Japan, that people from foreign countries can enjoy as well, gives me a lot of encouragement. Thanks for the raw data.
9:36 AM Oct 15th via web

@hiraimisato
@azumakiyohiko Holy crap! I'm thrilled to get a response from you Azuma-sensei! There are two people I've got to brag to about this! And to think how happy I was seeing their faces light up when just talking about Azumanga Daioh! I'm looking forward to the new volume of Yotsubato as well. Please keep up the good work.
9:55 AM Oct 15th via Echofon

That was one of the things that really struck me about Azumanga Daioh when I first watched it. It seemed so... un-foreign. Like it could have just as easily been a group of American high school girls, or <insert your nationality here> high school girls. It's part of what really sparked my interest in Japan.

Azumanga was referred to as "The Seinfeld of anime" for a time, after all.

>>217536
I missed two prior tweets from @hiraimisato leading up to her mentioning the Korean exchange student.

@hiraimisato
An exchange student from America pointed to my notebook and asked me "Is that Yotsubato?" "Yes it is. Have you read it"? "Not yet, but I enjoyed Azumanga Daioh." "You thought the daily lives of Japanese high school girls was interesting?" (Cont.) @azumakiyohiko
9:20 AM Oct 15th via Echofon

@hiraimisato
(Cont.) "When I was in America I didn't know anything about how Japanese people lived every day, so when I saw the girls and realized there were so many things I didn't know about, it made me really excited." Naturally I decided to lend her Yotsubato as well. @azumakiyohiko
9:32 AM Oct 15th via Echofon

@hiraimisato
The Korean exchange student who was next to us said "I read that too." She understood the world of Azumanga Daioh quite well, and empathized with it deeply, being moved nearly to tears when she read the chapter where they all graduated. Azumanga is amazing. @azumakiyohiko
9:28 AM Oct 15th via Echofon

@azumakiyohiko
@nemutagirl When the indoor radio controlled helicopter I ordered gets here, and I start to play with it, I'm planning to leave the blades on... I'm planning on it being awesome...
1:17 PM Oct 15th via web

@nemutagirl has her twitter page blocked, so I can't see what Azuma is responding to.

@azumakiyohiko
Whenever something doesn't seem right, in Osaka's head she thinks "I gotta figure this out". But she never does.
3:07 AM Oct 16th via web

@azumakiyohiko
I wonder where "meri" and "hari" come from in the phrase "meri-hari". What is "meri"? Does it come from "meru"? Today I'm going to work hard and "meru".
3:15 AM Oct 16th via web

This one requires some explaining. There's a Japanese phrase merihari which literally means "shrink and swell" but more loosely translates to "variety." It originally applied to music, but now applies to many things, including work. One person said a rough English equivalent in the context of work would be "Work hard and play hard."
Hari comes from the verb haru (to tighten) which can be seen in the word ganbaru (haru->baru). That's the "Work hard" part.
Meri comes from heru (to loosen), and there is no such word as meru in the Japanese language. I don't know why the sound changes from "he" to "me".
Azuma knows the meaning of the phrase merihari, but doesn't know where it comes from, so he's inventing a made-up word to account for the meri part. So he's saying he's going to ganbaru and meru today. Work and relax.

@azumakiyohiko
Once I've finished the manuscript, I'm heading down to the race track to beat my best time...
9:57 AM Oct 16th via web

@azumakiyohiko
Things from Yotsuba Studio series. Mono erasers. http://pic.twitter.com/gIQKiaNA
9:19 AM Oct 17th

Ralen, you never tried conversing with Azuma, yet? He seems quite the Twitter guy, or whatever it's called.

>>217566
I don't have Twitter.
Also, I don't know what I'd say to him.

>>217567
I do have a Twitter and I'd like more experience communicating to Japanese users. http://twitter.com/AXYPB

I want to show him Nameless Window.

>>217589
Azuma has shown he collects figures himself.
I'd also like to know another topic that was brought up in /azu/ a while back with Azuma's input; how massive is Kagura's poop?

>>217567

>Also, I don't know what I'd say to him.

I do! Ask him if Tomo and Torako are sisters, and if he has any future plans concerning the gals from Azumanga Daioh.

>>217589

>I want to show him Nameless Window.

Windowledge tweets at Azuma regularly, but almost always in English (one or two in romaji).
http://twitter.com/#!/kaigainonanashi

On an unrelated note, Ichigo Mashimaro and Yotsubato both confirmed for this month.
http://daioh.dengeki.com/nextissue/index.html

@azumakiyohiko
I'm full of energy due to how crazy things are, and my assistants are wary of me.
11:28 AM Oct 21st via web

@azumakiyohiko
When I'm busy, my appetite does strange things to me. I just ate a little while ago, but now I'm suddenly hungry again. I'm going to eat. And get fat. If I don't knock out this manuscript soon, it's going to get really bad.
9:25 AM Oct 23rd via web

@azumakiyohiko
For now I'm going to eat the pudding that the Chief dropped off. http://pic.twitter.com/gVglbadP
9:34 AM Oct 23rd via web

@azumakiyohiko
It just doesn't stop... I haven't been back home once this month... Fun, fun, fun...
10:07 AM Oct 24th via web

@azumakiyohiko
@masumi_asano It's here. http://pic.twitter.com/f2Ku1p6o
1:21 PM Oct 26th via web

It's a signed paperback copy of Masumi Asano's book, Hidamari Jelly.
The signature says With you always♡. Asano Masumi.

The thing in the package is a scrub brush. Kamenoko Tawashi. I don't know the significance of it though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawashi

@azumakiyohiko
The photo collection 365 Days of Danboard went on sale today! Thanks to everyone who's purchased it. Cute little Danbo, wandering around. (promo page: http://yotuba.com/danbo365.html)
8:34 PM Oct 27th via web

@azumakiyohiko
It seems like Amazon has sold out of the Danbo photo book. Looks like Rakuten's still got it. [Rakuten] http://r10.to/hZUwo6 [books] #rbooks http://pic.twitter.com/RCAXEwMe
8:42 PM Oct 27th via RakutenSuperRecommend

@azumakiyohiko
Manga artists will drop by the Yotsuba Studio from time to time for business meetings. Today Kashmir-san stopped by. He brought us Harada Rusk.
6:11 PM Oct 28th via web

Harada Rusk: http://aboutfoodinjapan.weblogs.jp/blog/2009/12/rusk-gouter-de-roi-gateau-festa-harada.html

>>217690
Perhaps it was a gift with the book in reference to Fuuka's scrub brush? That's really cute.