Yuru Camp△ SEASON 2: AniTAY First Impressions
Yuru Camp is one of the most relaxing, comfy shows that I’ve ever seen, and after the first season came to a close, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the second. In the first two episodes of Season 2, we’ve got the soothing music, the serene shots, the silly humor of the cast: Yuru Camp is truly back and in full force, bringing everything that that we’ve all come to know and love.
Yuru Camp is a show that truly demonstrates the strengths of slice of life. While nothing that important happens and there’s no overarching storyline, Yuru Camp demonstrates how valuable and important the little things in life are. The way that the show is structured makes each episode a delight to watch, and has moments that can amaze regardless of story is something that I truly appreciate. It’s a beautiful show, too, showing the greatness of the outdoors and all the places that they travel around.
One thing that Yuru Camp does that makes an appearance in Season 2 is that it makes camping incredibly desirable. Camping isn’t fighting in robots or being transported into another world; you can do it in real life, but most people choose not to because of the conveniences of modern day life. There’s something about the way Yuru Camp shows the great outdoors that makes me desire to just drop everything I am doing and bask in the glories of nature. That being said, the show is grounded in reality and isn’t afraid to show the downsides of camping, which helps the show feel all that much more authentic. The first episode was great at this, as the beginning is a flashback to when Shimarin first went camping. Mistakes were made, but in the end the whole experience was worth it for her.
I feel like, more than anything, Yuru Camp S2 came out at the perfect time. One thing I love to do is go on road trips because seeing all the sights and being outside of major cities is just so serene. Due to the COVID lockdowns, I haven’t been able to do these trips, and watching the girls go travel helps satisfy that desire to go out in quite possibly the best way possible. Yuru Camp is so good at conveying the emotional impacts and feelings of traveling — the amazement one has when going to a new place or seeing a beautiful landmark, all of that is conveyed extremely well.
Episode 2 is a great example of how Yuru Camp manages to convey the experience of traveling — Shimarin goes out to do her solo camping, and it shows more than just the camping itself: it shows the fun parts of traveling too. Building an itinerary to have a good time, and just seeing cool stuff in a place you’ve never been to before, the way that the show does this is wonderful.
Yuru Camp Season 2 is more Yuru Camp, which really shouldn’t be surprising, but it’s still appreciated nonetheless. The first few episodes of the new season hasn’t disappointed at all, providing the same great experience we’ve come to know and love from the first season.
Title: Yuru Camp△ SEASON 2
Based on: Manga
Produced by: C-Station
Streaming on: Crunchyroll
Episodes watched: First 2 Episodes
This article is part of a series where my fellow AniTAY authors and I offer our thoughts on the shows that caught our eye from the Winter 2021 season.
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