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In a part of the medium of anime where school settings are common, Yuru Camp decides to take us to the outdoors, and provides us with a fresh, more rare setting to indulge ourselves in.

A large part of the appeal of Yuru Camp to me and many others is how the activities being shown can all be attempted in real life. This not only leads more people to try outdoor activities, but it allows people like me to relate to the time we spend outdoors. In my case, after many years of camping, hiking, backpacking, and hunting in Oregon, this show brings back memories of ... my childhood spent outdoors and the joys of friendship. With a setting in a show that connects you to an enjoyable part of real life, a whole new level of enjoyment is reached.

Accomponing the story of this show is a comfortable blend of incredible landscape scenes, music, and tremendously cute characters. Many of the landscapes present in Yuru Camp are based upon real life locations in Japan, even the art of this show can bring you to connect with real places! With the art comes the music, which is composed of a relaxing collection of guitars, flutes, and other noises that compliment the story and art perfectly.

Onto the characters, which make or break cute shows like this. There are 2 characters in which the most time is spent on, Rin and Nadeshiko, they are pretty much polar opposites. Rin is calm, independent, and loves to spend time alone, while Nadeshiko is full of energy and finds excitement from everything. When the two spend time together or communicate over texting, you can often see their personalities clash and cause moments that make you smile. The rest of the cast does not see too much time until later on, but still has their fair share of enjoyable moments.

There are 2 more minor parts of Yuru Camp that really stood out to me, this would be the traveling, and the food. The traveling by Rin on her moped shows just how independent she is, Rin is able to show us a variety of different dogs and different locations. Additionally, she often communicates with Nadeshiko and other friends by means of texting, these texts are often some of the most hilarious and enjoyable parts, every text is voiced and animated on the entire screen. This approach was unique and adds much enjoyment.

Secondly, there is the food. The food in Yuru Camp is yet another part that can be attempted in real life. Food is a major component of camping and Yuru Camp does not shy away from showing that. The entire process of cooking is usually displayed, from the preparation of ingredients all the way to the cute blobs of moe consuming these glorious, steaming Nippon delicacies. The cuteness of the food being eaten is absolutely outstanding.

With Yuru Camp, you can wash away the stresses of your life and dive into a world of comfort that is never eroded, and once the episodes are over, you can bring the activities to the real world, and you can see that sometimes outside isn’t too bad. If you need some happiness and comfort in your life, Yuru Camp will deliver that, 10 times over.

Story: 8/10
Art: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Character: 8/10
Enjoyment: 10/10

Overall: 10/10

This music video is a pretty typical livetune song and animation. However, the use of glitchy effects, abstract backgrounds, polygons, clean colors and particle effects turn this video into a pretty neat display of animation effects. The panning and movement is exciting and fluid as well. You can tell a lot of work has been put into those animations.

It does lack in some departments though. The song isn't too spectacular, it doesn't really tell any story, and there lacks some detail with Miku's model.

This MV is well worth the 4 minutes if you are a vocaloid enthusiast.

Story: 4/10
Art: 8/10
Sound 7/10
Character: 7/10
Enjoyment/Overall: 7/10