Sometimes, we are disappointed by the slice-of-life genre for doing nothing new.
-someone said this but I made it look philosophical
Yuru Camp, an anime about camping. How can one mere anime... about camping become the greatest anime in the slice-of-life genre? (Subjective opinion).
There isn’t much to go on about Yuru Camp, but it’s about girls camping. If you’re someone who perhaps hates ‘cute-girls-doing-cute-things’, then perhaps this isn’t the show for you, and it’s not for people who like intense stuff like shounen anime or comedy anime.
Yuru Camp really is just a relaxing piece, that makes it undeniably... boring at some parts. This is the type of anime you watch given your mood, so it’s not really something that you watch for the ‘trends’, (like those Tik Tokkers).
Story
As I said before, there isn’t much to elaborate on the story. It’s really just about girls camping. However, I can point out that it has nice pacing and build-ups.
Yuru Camp isn’t about girls camping all the time. Sometimes they give a cooldown, and they start planning their destinations – where they are gonna camp, etc – giving us a conclusion that is satisfactory to your calming needs.
Music and Art
The music is something that I’ve had to complain about (positively). It’s always utilizing the sounds properly and always using the right one for the right mood. (Granted, there is only one main mood.)
The voice acting is decent, because they can make the characters sound not too annoying and not too monotone. The voice actors also fit their respective roles.
When it comes to the art, this is something that I have to say beats the amazing studio, ufotable, at. Ufotable is amazing at CGI and choreography and all that, but 90% of Yuru Camp is hand-drawn, including the backgrounds.
The characters are so harder to draw than you think.
The backgrounds were also eye candy. It was never CGI, but it was always neatly drawn. This is an example of a studio that puts all their effort into their works.
Characters
I may have once said that there isn’t much to elaborate, but the writing of the characters are on a different level.
Note, the girls are the cute-type. If you prefer girls like in AOT, you aren’t getting anything from these girls.
Our protagonist, Rin Shima, is well written without you even noticing it. She isn’t written like a loner who thinks they can’t make friends, but she is written as a loner who doesn’t mind being with people as long as there isn’t too many. She even gets some character development after meeting a certain someone.
On the other hand, we have the deuteragonist, Nadeshiko, who is the happy, bubbly type. That one girl who isn’t relatable but we all love because of her personality. She isn’t as well written as Rin, but she does get her fair share of development. Which she also gets when she meets a certain someone.
We also have this fantastic cast of characters who actually differ from the norm. We have a joker, the teaser and of course, the comic relief. They may not get enough screen time for their development, but they are still characters and they provide us with heartwarming friendships.
Conclusion
Now as much as I did end up praising this show, I for one did not enjoy the first season because I was one of the people who watched it because of it’s hype and popularity.
But I can say, Yuru Camp holds a special place in my heart after witnessing the second season.
But what is Yuru Camp? It’s a show that is more than just camping. The relationships between one character and another is so well written and the art is just amazing.
Yuru Camp is a camping show, and I ended up analyzing it for some reason but nonetheless I recommend it.
