LAID-BACK CAMP SEASON2

Yuru Camp Season 2 isn't just a good successor of what the first season was, it's better in every possible way.

Although the Yuru Camp Season 1 is what I would call the perfect representation of what Cute Girls Doing Cute Things animes should be, this season breaks every standard the previous season established.

Let's start talking about the most important aspect of it. Yuru Camp's characters are perfect, flawless representation of what a good group of friends would look like, being none of them just an stereotype of each character a common CGDCT would have. Nadeshiko, being the center of the group and acting as the main girl of the anime isn't your usual airhead that leads every CGDCT group, she shows signs of being responsible and a capable person who just ends up loving camping. Rin is the other main girl, who instead of just being a counterpart of Nadeshiko, being the one of the group that likes being alone is my personal favourite. She isn't a Tsundere that instantly refuses to every invitation from Nadeshiko, Rin just have a lot of fun camping alone. A lot of time in the anime is spent showing Rin travelling alone across Japan, which is by itself enough to gain a 10/10 from me. We have the other girls in the group: Aoi, Ena, and Chiaki. All of them have their traits that makes them different from everyone in their group, one thing I liked a lot is that they gave them a solo camping arc so they could shine and not be eclipsed by Nadeshiko and Rin.

The jokes made in every episode were always funny and refreshing, without any recurrent joke that ended up being annoying by how many times it was repeated. Each episode had new jokes and funny situations to laugh at. The girls' synergy is just amazing, being both grupal campings the best of each season. Another important thing is that the jokes came from every member of the group, so all the comedic pressure wasn't in just one character, needing the latter to be in every scene so there isn't any boring parts.

The plot is simple and doesn't have any mind blowing plot twist. It's just them camping, gaining money to go camping, preparing to go camping, and more camping. Yuru Camp achieves in making every trip unique, being all of them different in some way to the other. What I love from it is that it gives time to all relevant characters such as Nadeshiko's sister or Rin's grandpa. Although, I do think Toba-sensei deserved more screen time, as she deserved a trip centered around her.

Now we can move to one of the other selling points of the anime. Its production. Yuru Camp's animation isn't the best thing of the world and won't be the next Kimetsu no Yaiba, but its characters designs are amazing and more importantly, its landscapes are astonishing, showcasing the beauty of Japan's nature. Every single place they visit is awesome, asking for you to come visit Japan and go through every location they went. Now we have the OST, which is by far, my personal favorite of every other anime. The music is perfect for every moment, being the instruments used in every song fitting to the general atmosphere of the anime. Both opening and ending were solid and at the same level of the first two. I used to think Seize the Day was far worse than Shiny Days, but the more I heard it, the more I loved it, to the point where I consider it as one of my favourite openings ever.

I usually have difficulties explaining my thoughts of an anime but I really wanted to make a review about Yuru Camp, as I haven't enjoyed watching an anime every week as much as I did with this one. In general I believe Yuru Camp S2 is the most perfect CGDCT I have ever seen and set the standard really high for future animes of the genre. Every element of it is perfect and well executed, having literally 0 things I could complain about besides having only 13 chapters.

TLDR: THIS SHIT IS FLAWLESS, THE PEAK OF CGDCT ANIMES.