Yomi

Yomi stepped onto the page in 2003 as part of Kiyohiko Azuma and Kay Bertrand's Azumanga Daioh, A.D. Vision's Modern Age slice-of-life gem that charmed its way into Western comics culture. With only a handful of catalog appearances across the series' brief 2003–2004 run, she's a character whose impact outweighs her count, sharing her world with a wonderfully eccentric cast — the unforgettable Miss Yukari, the dreamy Osaka, the quietly cool Sakaki, and others who made Azumanga Daioh a beloved read. For fans of manga-style storytelling and the early wave of titles that brought that sensibility to American shelves, Yomi is a warm, familiar face worth revisiting.