It's a great series, FINALLY picked up the last manga (I got the entire box set for $45, which kinda started me on the craze). A very quirky series with a lot of loveable characters and genuinely funny but not really overdone.

We're always telling a friend of mine who's kind of vacant and wants to move to Japan and teach English (her family is very involved with other Japanese families and her Japanese is quite good) that she is Osaka, and that she will eventually grow up to be Yukari-sensei.