Among many other silly, adorable, everyday things, in this volume five-year-old Yotsuba learns how to make pancakes, wanders around the electronics store with a neighbor while her dad shops for a camera, and is taught a very effective lesson about lying--namely, don't do it.
Bah ha ha ha! Koiwai, Yotsuba's dad, is both an awesome parent and kinda scary in his own wonderfully twisted little way. His infinite patience with the pancake experiments is admirable, but that calmly imparted lesson about lying.... O_o Hee! I guess if it works, it works, no? Also, he's got some unique friends wandering in and out of his house, using his kitchen and spontaneously sparring with / babysitting his handful-of-a-daughter so he can get some translation work done without her distracting him by playing at his feet under the desk. Yotsuba's abrupt change to battle-ready-face every time she hears moocher Yanda's greeting as he lets himself in is priceless. And appropriately-named Jumbo's just her human playground. :P
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