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Fanart Friday: Laid-back Spire
When this lovely science ficition-flavored illustration popped up on Pixiv feed, I was excited to share it—and that was before I took a closer look. “Wait a minute…is…
12 Days of Christmas Anime: Laid-Back Camp
Day 8: Feast Tradition is important. It helps bind us together while connecting us to past wisdom, memories, and events. But sometimes, breaking tradition is meaningful, too. If…


Fanart Friday: Shimarin’s First Laid-Back Camping Trip
We’re super excited this season for the return of Laid-back Camp, the peaceful and funny series about camping girls. The first episode of season two put us into…
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Fanart Friday: A Dandadan Christmas
Oh my gosh, our little trio here looks so cute! Aira the reindeer, Okarun the (self-assured?!) elf, and a very Christmas-y, bow-tied Momo! Oh and wait…Turbo Granny is…
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Laid-Back Camp Movie
Our camping girls are now adults, but that doesn't interfere with their love for the great outdoors. Read Kim Morrissy's review of the film!
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Fanart Friday, Too: A Powerful Christmas
This piece is super pretty (as are all of moshimoshibe’s illustrations), but can you imagine just how gross and messy a Christmas party with Power and Denji would…


Fanart Friday: Miku Christmas
Artist Linfi-MUU seems to create a beautiful Christmas-themed Miku illustration every single Christmas. Here’s hoping we’ll get another in 2021 to join the beautiful drawings below! ★ 【…


Fanart Friday: Jujutsu Christmas
It’s all the little details that make this piece so much fun—that and Panda with a Santa jacket on. ★ 【時島シクカ/ twitter】 「 Merry Christmas × 呪術廻戦 」…
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Fanart Friday: Kuchiki Christmas
A gentlemanly Byakuya showing the young lady Rukia to a very Rukia Christmas cake? Someone please give me this AU now! ★ 【c7肘】 「 Merry Christmas 」 ☆…
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Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 10
A club so broke, they can’t even afford to give each other Christmas presents.
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Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 3
I love how understanding and considerate Nadeshiko is.
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Laid Back Camp – Anime Playlist
As an anime season winds down, I start thinking about what music to add to my anime playlist. Winter 2021 is no exception, and yields some fine music…
Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 8
Chiaki and Aoi having scenes to themselves are admittedly rare in Season 1.
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Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 5
The final scene in this episode may be my favorite one in Season 1.
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Laid-Back Camp – OVA 1
This is honestly the saddest instance of the characters’ financial woes and that’s saying something.
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Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 11
The gang’s all here, complete with a drunk teacher and an adorable dog!
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Laid-Back Camp – OVA 3
To think “Laid-Back Camp” of all things would get to the beach episode in the craziest way possible.
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Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 6
The disparity between Rin and everyone else is only getting wider.
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Laid-Back Camp Season 3
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
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Laid Back Camp – Cover music!
Laid Back Camp has been on my mind lately… Last week I finished the manga, and then my wife asked my to help her find some music from…
Laid-Back Camp – Ep. 4
Poor girls can’t afford a scooter but at least they can go camping.
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Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp) Season 2
More of the same comfy vibes like last season, with a bit more immersive of a pace.
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Fanart Friday, Too: Clerith Christmas
Aww, what a sweet scene of Cloud and Aerith! c7肘 is a master of pretty, peaceful Christmas fanart. ★ 【c7肘】 「 Merry Christmas 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission


Fanart Friday: Merry Christmas, Eri!
Check out this kawaii bit of animation portraying Deku Claus and the rest helping Eri have a Merry Christmas! Ain’t this the very definition of “Awwwwwww”? ★ 【黃金★肉鬆…


Fanart Friday: Neon Christmas Evangelion
Besides the prettiness and coolness of this illustration, there’s something to be said here about an anime where the characters are fighting against God but in this fanart,…
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Fanart Friday: Warm Up with Laid-Back Camp’s Outdoor Activities Circle!
Ever been winter camping? Although I grew up doing a lot of camping, it always in the spring or fall, so it’s been both fun and a learning…
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Laid-Back Camp: Will You Camp With Me?
I’m a person that believes in balance. If I watch one kind of show then I need a different show for balance. If I watch some kind of…


“Shiny Days” — Laid-Back Camp OP1
VERSEmado o aketara AH BRIGHT LIGHTyasashii hizashi ippai ni abitesuteki na yokan wa sou DAY BY DAYBIT BY BIT mune ni afurete yuku kawaranai hibi no TOBIRA o…
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Review: Laid-Back Camp Vol. 5
The charming 2018 camping anime, Laid Back Camp (Yuru Camp), ended its twelve-episode run with a few notable events on the horizon: New Year’s celebrations for the crew,…


Review: Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 8
There’s a terrific flow to Laid-Back Camp that seems to be at odds with its outwardly simple nature. The girls of the Outdoor Activities Circle basically just camp…
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First Impression: Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp), Season 2
Everyone who is really good at something—from Olympians down to kids playing video games—has to start somewhere. For Rin in developing her aptitude in camping, it began by…
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Fanart Friday: Luffy and Nami Christmas
Pirates celebrate Christmas too, you know. Here’s Nami and Luffy, getting a little cuddly this Christmas Eve, as they celebrate the holiday. We hope you have a nice…
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Fanart Friday: Rem Ready for Christmas
Hmm…as Rem apparently waits for everyone else to wake up on Christmas morn, I wonder if that gift she’s sitting is for Ram or Subaru? ★ 【somna】「 Merry…


Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – Ep. 2
I’m as late with this post as “Laid-Back Camp” is with airing its New Year’s themed episode on time.
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Thoughts on Laid-Back Camp Volume 16
Golden Week approaches in the sixteenth volume of Afro’s Laid-Back Camp manga, so Nadeshiko is planning a solo camping trip. At least until a couple of others express…
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Thoughts on Laid-Back Camp Volume 11
The Ooi River arc comes to a conclusion in the eleventh volume of Afro’s Laid-Back Camp manga. Rin and Nadeshiko’s friend Ayano soon find themselves joined by Nadeshiko…
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – Ep. 12
What do you mean I can’t eat a tombolo?
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – OVA 1
The following vignettes are the kind of nonsense Aoi would make up for giggles.
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – Ep. 5
Has Chiaki always been this bad at planning trips?
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – Ep. 3
Funny how these solo trips eventually involve Nadeshiko in some way.
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 2) – Ep. 4
Nadeshiko camping solo? Nadeshiko spending money? What in the world?!
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Thoughts on Laid-Back Camp Volume 12
The OEC go camping at the Mount Mizugaki campsite in the twelfth volume of Afro’s Laid-Back Camp. Or, rather, they did, and this volume has them sharing their experience…
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Laid-Back Camp (Season 3) – Ep. 5
I wouldn’t mind if Ayano becomes a permanent addition to the main cast.
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