History Manga / LaidBackCamp

Notably, the author's other manga ''Manga/{{Mono|2017}}'' also takes place in the same universe as this manga--not only in the same universe.

''Laid-Back Camp'' (''Yurucamp△'', or ''ゆるキャン△'') is a manga that is authored by Afro, who previously worked on ''[[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Homura Tamura]]'', and has been serialised in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Forward'' since July 2015. The manga has been licensed in North America by Creator/YenPress. An anime adaptation, produced by Creator/CStation, began airing in January 2018, and episodes [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/laid-back-camp are available for watching]] at Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Besides the twelve episodes, there are also three [=OVAs=] that show the girls' time spent together outside of their camping trips. A shorts series ''Room Camp'' (''Heya Camp'', or ''へやキャン△'') and a Japanese LiveActionAdaptation {{dorama}} series both aired in January 2020. A second season aired in January 2021, and an animated movie released in Japan in mid-2022. On October 22, 2022, it was announced that Season 3 of the anime was [[https://animecorner.me/yuru-camp-season-3-officially-announced/ in production]] on their Twitter account. In July 2023, it was confirmed for a 2024 release, with 8 Bit taking over from C-Station as the animation studio [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-09/laid-back-camp-anime-3rd-season-premieres-in-2024-with-new-studio-staff/200102]] It is set to air in April 2024.

''Laid-Back Camp'' (''Yurucamp△'', or ''ゆるキャン△'') is a manga that is authored by Afro, who previously worked on ''[[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Homura Tamura]]'', and has been serialised in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Forward'' since July 2015. The manga has been licensed in North America by Creator/YenPress. An anime adaptation, produced by Creator/CStation, began airing in January 2018, and episodes [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/laid-back-camp are available for watching]] at Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Besides the twelve episodes, there are also three [=OVAs=] that show the girls' time spent together outside of their camping trips. A shorts series ''Room Camp'' (''Heya Camp'', or ''へやキャン△'') and a Japanese LiveActionAdaptation {{dorama}} series both aired in January 2020. A second season aired in January 2021, and an animated movie released in Japan in mid-2022. On October 22, 2022, it was announced that Season 3 of the anime was [[https://animecorner.me/yuru-camp-season-3-officially-announced/ in production]] on their Twitter account. In July 2023, it was confirmed for a 2024 release, with Eight Bit taking over from C-Station's duties as the animation studio [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-09/laid-back-camp-anime-3rd-season-premieres-in-2024-with-new-studio-staff/200102]] It is set to air in April 2024.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Vehicles are sometimes animated this way in the anime, often when they go around winding roads, from various automobiles to Rin on her scooter. Minami's car in the second season, on the other hand, is animated traditionally despite all the drifting it does.

** In the very first episode, Nadeshiko's sister scolds her for the harebrained idea of going to a camping site to watch Mount Fuji in a winter night without her phone or any equipment other than her bicycle despite the distance involved, calling her a "dump pig" as she throws her into the car. Much later on, in the third episode of season two, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Nadeshiko [[FormerlyFat used to be overweight]] and that she got into shape before entering high school thanks to her sister's ToughLove forcing her to do laps around Lake Hamana (about 114 km per lap) on her bicycle while she followed on her scooter, which resulted in Nadeshiko's ridiculous stamina during the series.]]

** In episode nine, Chiaki and Nadeshiko spar via PopUpTexting over what Rin should have for lunch when the latter stops at a hot spring en route to the campsite, and in the aftermath, their avatars have InstantBandages.

** Nadeshiko attempts to purchase Orio sandwich cookies in the fourth episode, with the Nabisco triangle visible on the packaging.
** The Zebra supermarket that Rin and Nadeshiko visited in the sixth episode is based on the Selva Food Garden store in Minobu.
** The Caribou store that Nadeshiko, Aoi and Chikai visit in episode eight is based on a Casa-SVEN store from Hamamatsu.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The girls appear to be able to hear the narrator's commentary while they prepare their camping implements. In episode seven, the narrator remarks that tents with a short set-up time are pricier, and Nadeshiko's mood sours with this knowledge.
* BrickJoke: In episode eight, Nadeshiko shares a photograph of a strange-looking vehicle on her way back home from school with her friends. This turns out to have been a Google Street View camera car, and in the episode's [[TheStinger post-credits]], Rin finds a surprised Nadeshiko standing at the intersection.

** The elderly gentleman Chiaki runs into while scouting a camp area during the sixth episode turns out to be Rin's grandfather. Her mother ends up calling him, and mentions that his love of camping was passed onto Rin.

* CranialEruption: In the first episode, Sakura strikes Nadeshiko for having left her cell phone behind and getting lost, resulting in three lumps stacked on top of each other.

* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: In episode three, the anime's ending theme is played on the radio. Rin and Nadeshiko listen to it over a music stream via smartphone.

* EyePop: When Rin sees the price of the top grade meal at the eel restaurant she and Nadeshiko go to in Hamamatsu (4000 yen each), she's so shocked that her eyes fall right off her face.

* IdiotBall: In episode ten, experienced camper Rin fails to anchor her tent to the ground in high winds just so the narrator can lecture the audience on how important it is, over scenes of Rin chasing her flyaway camp gear.

* InMediasRes: The first episode opens with all the girls camping together and transitions to the events that lead Nadeshiko and Rin to meet.

* LocationThemeNaming: All characters' surnames are based off the names of Japanese cities, and this is briefly mentioned in episode ten.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: In the tenth episode, Nadeshiko exclaims in Engrish, "One for all, hole in one!"

** In the first episode, Nadeshiko wakes up after dark after falling asleep near a camp bathroom for a catnap after biking over 30 km from home without her cell phone or having told anyone in her family exactly where she went. Her first meeting with Rin was while she was in total panic mode.
** In episode nine, Chiaki decides to cook ''houto'' noodles for Nadeshiko, who had a cold. When her parents show up and ask Chiaki to cook for them an authentic Yamanashi ''houto'', the pressure on Chiaki becomes visible in her expression.

* ProductPlacement: [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/桔梗信玄餅 Kikyo Shingen Mochi]], discussed in the second episode's {{Stinger}}, is considered one of the most well-known gifts from Yamanashi. However, that name is a registered trademark, with the trademark owner Kikyoya showing up in that episode's credits.

** [[http://bit.ly/2Iblkli Rin camps at Koan Campground on the shores of Lake Motosu in episode one]]. Nadeshiko returns to the same location in episode twelve to camp alone and runs into Rin.
** [[http://bit.ly/2KiS6x8 Nadeshiko meets Rin at Fumotoppara Camp in episode two]].
** [[http://bit.ly/2KiS6x8 Episodes three and four has Rin visiting Mount Takabocchi in Nagano, while the Outdoors Activity Club visit a hot springs and fruit museum in Yamanashi before camping at Hottarakashi]].

** When the Outdoor Activities Club girls buy color-coded sleeping bags, they give themselves Franchise/SuperSentai-style code-names, such as the "Mushroom Rangers" and "Santaclangers". There's also a brief shot of some [[Franchise/SuperSentai "Mushroom Rangers"]] in the ninth episode.

** When the Outdoor Activity Club is practicing laying out a tarp during the fourth episode of the second season, Chiaki notifies Nadeshiko and Aoi that she forgets the tarp poles at home. Immediately a spoof of the Creator/{{NHK}}[='=]s sign-off phrase appears on the screen.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The fourth and fifth episodes (corresponding with chapters six to eight of the manga) sees Rin and the Outdoors Activity Club camping at different locations. They keep in touch by means of text messages and share their experiences with one another.

Notably, the author's other manga ''Manga/{{Mono|2017}}'' also takes place in the same universe as this manga--not only in the same universe, but in the same ''prefecture'' as well.

* TheVerse: The author has another series about an university photography club, ''Manga/{{Mono}}'', that is set in the same universe as this series. For example, the Kagamigahara family won a MegaMealChallenge in that series.

Notably, the author's other manga ''Manga/{{Mono}}'' also takes place in the same universe as this manga.

* {{Retool}}: Parodied in chapter 80. After Aoi becomes obsessed with mountain biking and ropes a first year named Mei who is also obsessed with mountain biking into joining the [=OutClub=], she and Chiaki have a skit about changing the premise of the manga into the Outdoor Cycling Club.

* ClubStub: The Outdoor Activities Club is assigned a small clubroom because Chiaki and Aoi are its only two members. Their status also limits their funding, but the two are unconcerned with the arrangements; they reason that they don't spend much time in their clubroom, and later take on part-time jobs to provide the money for their activities.

** Afro seems to have fallen in love with this trope at some point, because Mei and Ema (both introduced in chapter 78) also sport huge eyebrows.

* BigOlEyebrows: Aoi's eyebrows are very prominent compared to the other characters.

* TheVerse: The author has another series about an university photography club, ''Mono'', that is set in the same universe as this series. For example, the Kagamigahara family won a MegaMealChallenge in that series.

''Laid-Back Camp'' (''Yurucamp△'', or ''ゆるキャン△'') is a manga that is authored by Afro, who previously worked on ''[[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Homura Tamura]]'', and has been serialised in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Forward'' since July 2015. The manga has been licensed in North America by Creator/YenPress. An anime adaptation, produced by Creator/CStation, began airing in January 2018, and episodes [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/laid-back-camp are available for watching]] at Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Besides the twelve episodes, there are also three [=OVAs=] that show the girls' time spent together outside of their camping trips. A shorts series ''Room Camp'' (''Heya Camp'', or ''へやキャン△'') and a Japanese LiveActionAdaptation {{dorama}} series both aired in January 2020. A second season aired in January 2021, and an animated movie released in Japan in mid-2022. On October 22, 2022, it was announced that Season 3 of the anime was [[https://animecorner.me/yuru-camp-season-3-officially-announced/ in production]] on their Twitter account. In July 2023, it was confirmed for a 2024 release, with Eight Bit taking over from C-Station's duties as the animation studio [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-09/laid-back-camp-anime-3rd-season-premieres-in-2024-with-new-studio-staff/200102]]

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: In TheMovie, Rin's Harley suffers a Check Engine warning, so she has to rely on her old motor scooter to guide all the lost campers to the newly opened campground.

** When Chiaki explains what outdoor film viewing is, the familiar faces of [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly and Doc Brown]] appear in the film shown.