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/azu/ - Azumanga

An accurate way to view /azu/

/azu/ is an imageboard dedicated to Azumanga Daioh, that being a manga and anime series.A) However, the site also allowed content related to Yotsubato, since that was made by the same author as Azu.
The board has been around for a long time, and it’s mentioned semi-frequently among chanverse enthusiasts.
Sometime in March of 2023 B) the board went offline. Sometime around August 2023, /azu/ returned.1)
This is only mentioned because I previously declared the board dead. But it is not dead, it lives.

Board impressions

/AZU/ in the flesh

/azu/‘s community appears to be pretty nice, which gives the board an overall relaxing feel.
It’s a pretty slow board, being slower than Channel4, which isn’t all that surprising considering the topic is niche.
This impression is from 2024 and I haven’t looked at it more recently.

Idlechan connection

/azu/ wasn’t originally part of the iichan/Wakachan coalitions, but was part of the short revival ‘Idlechan’, which wasn’t actually a coalition.
Despite this, I was told that /azu/ was apparently hosted on Wakachan. I haven’t pursued the subject further, so I don’t really know what this means, nor have I confirmed it.


A) Azumanga Daioh was pretty popular on SomethingAwful and 4chan back in the day. It remains popular with so-called ‘oldfags’.
B) It was still online around the 13th of March, which was when I last checked; it is the 24th as of writing this, and the site is no longer accessible.
C) Especially since I was the only one among the personal wikis I’m aware of who had an article on /azu/.