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The Azumanga Daioh manga is short, totaling four volumes. Both the manga and the anime follow everyday Tokyo life through a Japanese high school which is never explicitly named. The audience follows the trials and triumphs of six girls: Sakaki's obsession with cute animals, Chiyo's struggle to fit in with an age group far above her own, Osaka's perspective on the world, Yomi's patience with a playful best friend, Tomo, whose energy is rivaled only by her total lack of sense, and Kagura's efforts towards sports, school, and her friends.
Azumanga Daioh spans three years in which accounts of tests, culture festivals and athletic events are seen at the school. After school life plays a role in the story at the nearby shopping district and Chiyo's large house. Chiyo's summer home on the coast, an hour-long drive from Tokyo and the nearby theme park, Magical Land, are seen as places visited between school terms.
Azumanga Daioh generally follows everyday life but the series is occasionally marked by bursts of surrealism and absurdity, such as in an episode featuring the characters' New Year's dreams.
There are slight differences between the manga and the anime, such as the occasion when Yukari and Miss Kurosawa go out in episode three. Due to Azumanga Daioh's straightforward premise there are few outright changes between the manga and the anime, though some jokes simply could not be adapted to an animated format and were either changed significantly or excised completely. In the first manga volume, Osaka looks noticeably different from the anime and the succeeding volumes of the manga. In the same vein, Sakaki's initial unapproachable demeanor in the comic is downplayed for the television format.