Azumanga Daioh Volume 3/Chapter 28 (2025)

Title: 2 February

Published: Approximately March – April 2001 in Dengeki Daioh

Volume 3

Previous Chapter → 27

Next Chapter → 29

Synopsis[]

Part 1[]

• Futon-man
• Plan
• Wake up, Kaorin
• Mechanical pencil point
• Sorry
• Gym shorts
• Speaking from the heart
• All-girls' school
• Stability
• To the front
• Heading
• Obey the rules
• Seasoned with love
• So many things
• Round and round

Part 2[]

• Gourmet Yukari
• What?
• Leave me alone
• Let's play
• Can't get up
• Not in the mood
• Forgotten
• The empress
• Heart of Osaka
• Suspicion
• Capture
• Girl's best friend
• Chiyo-chan
• Flight
• Father!!

Referbacks[]

• Kimura talks about how much he loves seeing girls in gym shorts and swimsuits, which we know from before.
• Once again, Tomo's fixation with the size of Kagura's breasts is mentioned.
• The girls meet Kimura's wife again.
• Yukari's love of food is seen here once more, her inability to get out of bed when she should, and her interest in video games.
• Osaka mentions her bad memory, first found out about earlier.

Trivia[]

Characters[]

• Tomo Takino
• Koyomi Mizuhara
• Kaori
• Kagura
• Kimura
• Ayumu Kasuga
• Kimura's Wife
• Yukari Tanizaki
• Minamo Kurosawa
• Sakaki
• Chiyo Mihama
• Tadakichi-san (mentioned only)
• Chiyo-chichi (in a fantasy)

Cultural References[]

• Tomo comes up with the idea of turning the futon into a fashion statement, so that people would start wearing it to school. She thinks it might be approved if it didn't have any flashy patterns. This is a reference to a common school rule in Japan according to which no students can wear personal clothes in addition to the school uniform if they have attention-drawing marks or patterns.
• According to Osaka, the way Tomo plays soccer is reminiscent of pinball.
• Kimura's wife talks about how the fashions of the '70s are coming back.
• Nyamo plays a video game, and Yukari suggests they play two player.
• Apparently Tomo borrowed a CD from Osaka.
• Osaka talks about how the story would go if Chiyo were the protagonist of a TV show and got kidnapped.

Unanswered Questions[]

• Why Yukari was calling on everyone in the classroom during a lesson.
• Kaorin is so tired that she almost falls asleep in class, but we do not know why.
• Kagura accidentally stabs Kaorin in the back of her head with a pencil, and afterwards, something drips down Kaorin's neck, but it is unknown if it were blood or ink from the pencil (of course, this frightens Kagura nonetheless).
• How Kimuracould know Class 3's schedule by heart, when he had the conversation with the all-girls' school teacher, and why.
• Which game Nyamo plays.
• Nyamo sarcastically asks Yukari how old she is after she made a childish comment, but it is actually not known how old either one of them is.
• Yomi mentions a form that was supposed to be handed in and that she is now collecting, but what kind of form it was goes unmentioned (Osaka didn't know either).
• What kind of CD Tomo borrowed from Osaka, and when.

Memorable Moments[]

• Kimura interrupts class by obsessing over gym shorts and swimsuits.
• Kimura's wife explains to the girls why she was attracted to Kimura – the unexpected answer being "because of his handsome looks."
• The knuckleheads show off their inability to remember things to Yomi.
• Osaka's fantasy about Chiyo getting kidnapped, including the possibility of her, Tadakichi-san or her father losing their life along the way. However, Sakaki thinks that even if Chiyo-chichi were shot, the bullets would just bounce right off his tummy.

Quotes[]

SAY, WOULD I BE BREAKING ANY RULES BY WEARING MY FUTON TO SCHOOL!? AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY FLASHY PATTERNS, I'LL BE IN THE CLEAR, RIGHT!?

— Tomo (to Yomi)

AAAH!! I WISH I COULD PEER INTO THE CHANGING ROOM!!

— Kimura

Tomo-chan plays soccer more like pinball …

— Osaka)

Uwah!! She has no taste in men!!

— Tomo (on Kimura's wife)

I feel like eating some yummy ramen. Find me a yummy ramen place around here.

— Yukari (to Nyamo)

I mean, the noise wakes me up to start with, sure … But when my eyes open, I don't see "something that's telling me it's time to wake up." All I see is "something that's making a hell of an annoying racket." That's why I need my mom or you to come and gently wake me from my slumber, you know? Real gently …

— Yukari (to Nyamo)

GAZE UPON THE TERRIBLE FORM OF SHE WHO WOULD BE THE EMPRESS OF AMNESIA!

— Kagura (on Osaka)

If this was a TV show, you'd use your genius brain to think up somethin' … And fight back against incredible odds … And get killed.

— Osaka (to Chiyo-chan)

Don't worry, he bounced them off.

— Sakaki (on what would happen if Chiyo-chichi were shot by bullets)