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“Child genius Chiyo joins a class of quirky girls who bond through everyday high-school adventures.”
Azumanga Daioh
あずまんが大王
8.41
268 rank · 61,877 readers · 3,809 favorites
CGDCT
School
Comedy
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Child genius Chiyo joins a class of quirky girls who bond through everyday high-school adventures.
Chiyo Mihama is a child prodigy who has skipped several grades to end up in high school. On her first day, she discovers that her class is full of eccentric individuals. Sakaki, who towers over Chiyo, is aloof and intimidating; Tomo Takino is loud and annoying; Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga is absentminded but great at solving riddles; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara is obsessed with diets and loves karaoke despite her awful singing; and Kagura, who is a competitive tomboy. As the classmates become good friends over time, they experience their everyday lives together—things like school, studying, going on summer trips, and engaging in all kinds of shenanigans!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 22 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 22 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.95
Running avg · Nov 2007 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Azumanga Daioh is one of those stories that took me back to my high school days, don't ask me how many years its been I don't want to remember. This is about a group of friends getting through high...”
- 9 “this series is a yonkoma(short comic strips).its about this group of girls who are in high school and are very unique individuals.no magic powers, ninjas,or any fictional things that you can come...”
- 8 “While yes I found Azumanga a bit boring when I watched it a few years back the manga is so funny,well paced and can be sad at times (like how it ends which has a uplifting but sad ending in the...”
Verbosity
Short · 45%
Medium · 36%
Long · 18%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 69 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 12m approx
- Published Jan 1999 – Mar 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0082 catalog