Yotsuba&!/YMMV

The following are Subjective Tropes relating to Yotsuba&!

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• Angst? What Angst?: Yotsuba was either orphaned or abandoned overseas, then taken in and raised by Dad. At least partly justified, since Yotsuba seems to have been too young to remember her real parents, and anyway, what matters to this story is that she's happy and well-adjusted normal healthy now.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Cardbo or Danbo, the cardboard robot, who got an action figure despite having (at the time) appeared only once, and has even ascended to the noble position of Official Mascot of Amazon.co.jp. Just don't tell Yotsuba it's Miura in a costume made for a school assignment.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: There is little to no romance in the series itself but Koiwai X Fuuka is easily the fan favorite. Rule 34 is generally frown upon when it comes to this series but they obviously exist, and probably 90% of them are on these two. It helps that any Ship Tease that exist in the manga at all are between these two.
  • For some fans, Asagi and Torako.
• Fan Nickname: Yotsuba appears on 4chan's 404 Not Found page, and is thus known as "404 Girl". An unnamed recurring character that Yotsuba sometimes plays with is called "Dotty" by the fans, after her eyes being always drawn as 2 dots.
• High Octane Sweet Dreams Fuel: No one can resist Yotsuba's cheerful attitude toward her life, NO ONE.
• Hollywood Homely: Fuuka is often unfavorably compared to Asagi.
• Les Yay: Asagi is never seen socializing with anybody outside of family and her neighbors--except for Torako. Asagi and Torako also love to go on long outings together, and some people feel those show all the telltale signs of actual dates.
• Memetic Mutation: Yotsuba is used as a mascot by some Image Boards, most prominently 4chan, which uses a clover as its logo and runs on a modification of Futaba called Yotsuba.
  • In addition, Memetic Mutation is exemplified within the series by the teddy bear Duralumin, who shares a name with a metal alloy but is really Yotsuba's mispronunciation of Ena's stuffed bear Giulietta.
• Mondegreen: Yotsuba, any time she sings, though the humor doesn't translate out of Japanese well.
• Nightmare Fuel: Children and guns don't mix very well.
• Sacred Cow: Don't even mention anything that involves Rule 34 images of Yotsuba of any sort to Anonymous.
• Shipping: A popular ship is Koiwai x Fuuka, prompted by their multiple interactions (including classmates asking Fuuka if Koiwai is her "husband") and hinted at in Azuma's proto-comic for Yotsuba&!, "Try! Try! Try!". The multiple blush-inducing situations that Fuuka experiences around Koiwai (including the paper-cup telephone conversation and a comment in Chapter 67 about how her eyebrows are cute as they are) do not help this. That Azuma in a side comment was "scared" by Fuuka's classmates finding Koiwai attractive hasn't deterred shippers.
  • In chapter 61, Koiwai gives Yotsuba a "helicopter ride" (swinging her around by the arms so her feet leave the ground). Then Asagi lines up to try it, and seeing them circling each other hand in hand, Torako comments "They seem to get along together really well"... Ooh, Azuma-sensei, you ship-teasing devil you...
    • A few chapters later, Koiwai teases Jumbo with a picture of it.
  • The Asagi x Torako shipping.
  • Miura tends to get shipped with Ena or, more frequently and more disturbingly, Jumbo and Yotsuba. Yotsuba in one chapter rides on his shoulders..
• Tear Jerker: Surprisingly enough, moments exist even in this most feel-good of series: In the first Festival Episode, immediately after being told to stick together, Yotsuba lets go of her Dad's hand to run up to a cotton candy stand, thus losing him in the crowd. You watch a five-year-old girl look desperately around for her father, gradually getting more upset until she's crying and shouting "My name is Koiwai Yotsuba! My name is Koiwai Yotsuba!" at the top of her lungs, and try not to tear up.
  • The as-yet unknown fate of Duralumin. Can Asagi save Duralumin's voice? Or will she never go "Maaaaaa" again? Perhaps the most tear-jerking moment is the fact that Yotsuba is an orphan but it helps that she doesn't remember much and how her dad is a good parent.
• Unacceptable Targets: Almost the Trope Namer. Even in the darkest depths of the Internet, Yotsuba Is Off Limits.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: Torako and Miura thanks to their short hair.

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