Azumanga Daioh

: The straight-laced friend who frequently plays the "straight man" to Tomo's antics.

Frame: A quiet classroom, late afternoon. Dust motes float in slanted sunbeams. Chalk dust still hangs in the air. Azumanga Daioh

High school, she thought, is not the big things. It's not tests or sports festivals or even the time Chiyo-chan's dad drove them all to the beach. It's this. The silence after a bell. The way Sakaki always saved the last bite for the neighborhood cats. The way Yomi said "idiot" like a secret handshake. The way a bad web, built with patience, still catches the light. : The straight-laced friend who frequently plays the