Is it starting to feel a bit like autumn out there? I hope the weather is cooling a bit and the colors are starting to change, too. And we’ll do our part to make you feel a bit more like its the fall season with this lovely illustration of Nadeshiko and Rin (Laid-back Camp), along… Read More Fanart Friday: Fall Camping with Rin and Nadeshiko
Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10 With the recent season long gone and months since volume nine was released, I’ve been suffering from Yuru Camp withdrawal. There’s nothing out there quite like this series, with the sense of peace and fulfillment that it brings (along with plenty of humor). Volume ten, which moves past the point where… Read More Reader’s Corner: Carole and Tuesday, SW Guardians of the Whills, and Laid-back Camp, Vol. 10
Spy x Family, Vol. 5 The hilarious hijinks of Japan’s favorite fake family continue apace in Volume 5! Spy Loid “Twilight” Forger, assassin Yor “Thorn Princess” Briar, and mind-reading Anya are joined now by Bond the dog who can see the future—especially what’s for dinner. This can be a real life saver when it comes… Read More Reader’s Corner: Spy x Family, Laid-Back Camp, and Drugstore in Another World
When this lovely science fiction-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 that Nadeshiko?!” I became super-excited: a Laid-back Campgirl at some sort of towering windmill industrial structure! How interesting! A third look at the illustration provided even more… Read More Fanart Friday: Laid-back Spire
A train pulls into the station. It is nighttime in a small town, and everyone is asleep as Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1 floats gently through the air. The alarm sounds, and the music stops. Another day begins for lonesome high schooler Koguma, who struggles out of breath to cycle the hill to class. She is… Read More First Impression: Super Cub
Round one ends with four match-ups, one from each our “regions.” You can vote on the match-ups below, but we also encourage you to subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. The fun there is in participating in the communal aspect of the games, as our subscribers cheer for their favorites and express disdain… Read More AniMarch Madness 2021: Round One (Day Five)
In season two, episode six of Laid-Back Camp, Chiaki makes a non-alcoholic drink called hot buttered rum cow. My 5th grader wanted to try it at home, so she whipped through a simple recipe we found through Culture Cheese Mag substituting what we had on hand for their items (which are also easily purchased). You’ll… Read More Making Hot Buttered Rum Cow from Laid-Back Camp!
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 the past, showing ace camper Rin Shima (“Shimarin”) on her very first solo camping adventure, several years prior to the current day. This piece of fanart helps… Read More Fanart Friday: Shimarin’s First Laid-Back Camping Trip
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 receiving a package from her grandfather and unwrapping it to find a tent, which she assembles inside her house. Bitten by the bug, her dad drops her… Read More First Impression: Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp), Season 2
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 (or prepare to camp, or dream about camping, or work jobs to save money for camping gear), but the deftness with which the mangaka, Afro, switches from… Read More Review: Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 8