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Sword Art Online is not a "best series" but it caught a lot of people's attention because it's concept. An Anime that built on a "dreamed" game, where you can interact with the game's object with your own (virtual) body. This time it's back as a spin-offs which is written by another writer, Keiichi Sigsawa. This writer, which is famously known for his in-depth on character (as seen on few of his old works) is trying to make his own story in the dreamed game universe.

It is very clear to me, that he is really depending on the character. There is a rather shy girl ... who has height-complex, a cheerful game-nerd girl, etc (avoiding spoilers hmm) basically, every main character in the anime has a reasonable backgrounds on how they behave and how is their personality (though, somtimes it's little bit..er.. cringe), which is a complete opposite from the original series. Well, I just liked how it is. Yet, i was forced to like this series even more because of the art/visual.

Honestly, there are nothing special about the art. The urban game part has it's "urban game vibe" The peaceful life has it's "peaceful vibe" and that is abseloutely normal. Now, Modern UI of the games are one of the reason why i liked SAO its adding even more interest in the dreamed game, though it didn't appear so much in this anime. That two is not the reason why i liked the art. So, why is it then? Well, it's just the character design, they really did good work making a cute lil' girl :P

Despite how i liked the characters and it's cuteNkawaii design, the story is meh.. Honestly saying, it is indeed hard to think of an idea in a battle royale setting. If i try to think of an idea, i'd definitely stuck with this one or similiar one. (well, it's not like im good at making stories lol) The ultimate story of Character A trying to overpower Character B for B-kun sake is something that you'd see anywhere, So it is "meh". Though, the little bit of character complexity is pretty good additional for the generic story. The thing is, if indeed battle-royale setting stories idea are very limited then it is better try not to make one. SAO universe is very-very big, it's not like there is only 1-3 games there must be a lot more. Even if it's trying to follow up the trends, isn't it possible to make other kind of BR games? (Though it probably would get rid of the SAO aspect little bit.)

Lastly, the sound. Im not a gun nerd. So i can't comment on that, but i trusts the studio with it. But the OST... It is like they are trying to promote ReoNA (Kanzaki Elsa's singing voice) very hardly. They be like "Epic Scene? put Elsa. Peaceful Scene? Put Elsa." Though, it is indeed that she is talented so it's completely understandable.

That's it.
Overall it's a pretty good works from the gun-nerd to cover up original sword art online poor character development. I want to put lower score, but cuz of my enjoyment, i'd raise it a point.
8/10.

*im still a beginner writer, and english is not my native language. sorry. Also, please help me to get better on this :) *

Yuru camp or Laid-Back camp is a really relaxed and lighthearted Slice of life anime. It's served as a fun, comfy, and refreshing anime with a high-school cute girls It even has a comedy touch on it. However, this anime isn't only about the cute girls life. It's about camping.

For me, They've shown Camping as the main focus here, rather than the characters. Every episodes provide us with camping facts & lessons and they did it in a really fun way. Also, ... almost every episodes shown us different way to camp. Solo camp or group camp. Solo camp is a great way to relax, and group camp is a great way to have fun. I really can felt the difference here, especially because its supported by it's soundtracks.

The Art/Animation and Sountracks did really well. Almost perfect for me. The landscapes, the music are really matching to each other, making me goosebumps everytime. They also did well on the camera work, giving a perfect feel for an outdoor activity. The landscapes are beautiful, pretty sure almost all of the locations based on real life and they are again, beautiful. For the soundtracks, it's perfect. Every soundtrack give me this different "vibe" from each of it. Solo-camping's OST has this beautiful guitar touch, making us feeling comfortable and relaxed just the way it really is. While group-camp's OST has this fun OST making us active to friends. The openings & the ending also did well, they are pretty jazzy which is really
comfy.

Nothing special on the Characters. It shown less development on the characters besides their relationships. It has new girl that are very new on camping, leading us to learn about it just like her. It has a novice, that gave us facts about camping and even few spots refrences (XD). Nevertheless, it's still a good choice to use highschool girls as the character because they are really relaxing on some ways.

As the last few words,
I enjoyed this anime.