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The manga Yotsuba&! is a story about a little girl named Yotsuba. So, the
title using her name makes sense, but why is there an additional '&' at the
end?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ensVT.jpg)

This is the manga cover in English. It says Yotsuba&! and sometimes it's
written Yotsubato! on some sites.


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Why is the title "Yotsuba&!"?


Well, _to_ (と) is a Japanese particle that functions like English "and". If,
for example, you wanted to say "Yotsuba & Tanaka", that would be _Yotsuba-to
Tanaka_ (よつばと田中).

So I suppose it makes sense that one might choose to write _Yotsuba-to!_ as
"Yotsuba&!".

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As for _why_ the title is "Yotsuba&!" / _Yotsubato_ in the first place - I
suppose it's related to the fact that all the chapter titles are of the form
"Yotsuba & [something]", e.g. "Yotsuba & the Elephant" (#19) and "Yotsuba &
Coffee" (#58).


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