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ゆるキャン△ / Laid-Back Camp #4
Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 4
Nadeshiko's falls deeper and deeper in love with camping, and Rin's learning the joys of group camping for the first time! This time, everyone's going together...!
178 pages, Paperback
First published July 12, 2017
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July 13, 2019
The school camping club is on the rise as it gets a new teacher advisor and is even able to pull in solitary girl Rin for their first major group outing. A puppy shows up. Much cooking is done, starting with s'mores and becoming more ambitious. Mostly they sit around chatting and taking in the view. It's all very laid-back and mildly entertaining.
October 1, 2020
This series makes me love the idea of camping even though you will never catch me out there actually camping. It's just good fluffy manga fun about friends, camping, and making food.
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March 29, 2024
The more I read this series the more it makes me want to camp...and I hate the outdoors
December 2, 2022
This is a cozy series, and this installment had a mostly good chapters (funny ending, cute dog, laughs, lessons learned were among the nice elements). But Chapter 23 ended with a pretty sunrise but was a little dull and all over the place. By the way, the book contains chapters 19 through 23.
The book ends with:
- translators notes, where we learn that in Japan being a member of the "go home club" is a tongue-in-cheek name for students who don't join an after-school activity.
- an "after school" section with 2 page shorts, for example about surreptitiously styling a friend's hair in a pagoda bun, or fantasizing about the group of friends 10 or 60 years into the future.
- a comment from the author who made the food in the book while she was in the planning stages, specifically serving a basic sukiyaki, then re-serving it with added ingredients as a tomato sukiyaki etc.
The book ends with:
- translators notes, where we learn that in Japan being a member of the "go home club" is a tongue-in-cheek name for students who don't join an after-school activity.
- an "after school" section with 2 page shorts, for example about surreptitiously styling a friend's hair in a pagoda bun, or fantasizing about the group of friends 10 or 60 years into the future.
- a comment from the author who made the food in the book while she was in the planning stages, specifically serving a basic sukiyaki, then re-serving it with added ingredients as a tomato sukiyaki etc.
April 30, 2020
This volume tells the story of the girls going on a Christmas camping trip. As usual, it is filled with about as much drama as normal life, which is not that much at all. But that’s what makes the series compelling to me; life is full of the quiet moments and time spent with friends, much more so than action and high drama. I consider this series to be “travelogue fiction;” writer/artist Afro does a fantastic job presenting the real-world locations that I feel like I am visiting them with her characters. Another great installment in a great series.
December 5, 2018
The perfect book to read in December. Hijinks continue. Delicious meals on a Christmas camping trip. Also, the last scenes from the anime. So, I'm looking forward to the next volume full of stories I havent seen previously.
January 2, 2023
The OEC all go camping together on Christmas with their new teacher sponsor, and a bunch of good quality meat that Aoi won in a contest at work.
This is the first time all the girls have gone camping together. It is fun to see them interact and have fun together. As always, there is just as much focus on the food as other activities, so this may make you hungry. Their teacher sponsor is an unabashed drunk and spends the whole time sleeping or drinking, which doesn't earn her any points with the girls. They kind of pity her and end up taking care of her more than the other way around. It felt like a weird thing to include. Is this funnier with a Japanese audience? I really like the scenery illustrations in these books. There's some beautiful artwork woven in. There are short comics featuring the characters in the back that are pretty funny.
Notes on content: No language issues that I remember. No sexual content. There's a hot springs scene with strategically placed bubbles and water to keep things mostly decent (about as revealing as low cut a bikini). No violence.
This is the first time all the girls have gone camping together. It is fun to see them interact and have fun together. As always, there is just as much focus on the food as other activities, so this may make you hungry. Their teacher sponsor is an unabashed drunk and spends the whole time sleeping or drinking, which doesn't earn her any points with the girls. They kind of pity her and end up taking care of her more than the other way around. It felt like a weird thing to include. Is this funnier with a Japanese audience? I really like the scenery illustrations in these books. There's some beautiful artwork woven in. There are short comics featuring the characters in the back that are pretty funny.
Notes on content: No language issues that I remember. No sexual content. There's a hot springs scene with strategically placed bubbles and water to keep things mostly decent (about as revealing as low cut a bikini). No violence.
August 15, 2022
Aoi won a raffle for some premium meats so the OEC will be celebrating by going camping on Christmas. A grand old time of the girls camping, relaxing, and eating... AAH! These books make me want to go camping sooo bad! Or at least have a bonfire so I can cook this food!
There are also 30 pages of extra shorts at the end. (And this is when I remember the days when you could get a guaranteed 200+ pages of prime content plus extras for only $7.99. Now they're charging $13.00 for 150 pages. This book is 13% more expensive than what they used to be. My wallet cries with me.)
There are also 30 pages of extra shorts at the end. (And this is when I remember the days when you could get a guaranteed 200+ pages of prime content plus extras for only $7.99. Now they're charging $13.00 for 150 pages. This book is 13% more expensive than what they used to be. My wallet cries with me.)
July 5, 2024
It's Christmas and they're all going camping together which means deciding on what delicious meals to prepare, whether to do some gift-giving, and how to enjoy the most delightful winter weather in their cool camping gear with snow-coated mountains and friendship to warm their hearts.
I continue to outright obsess over the cute outfits, delicious food, and scenic visits along with feeling like I want to drive a scooter around.
I continue to outright obsess over the cute outfits, delicious food, and scenic visits along with feeling like I want to drive a scooter around.
November 24, 2025
The title says it all and holds to the theme. It makes it hard to describe other than simply it is a laid-back adventure in camping. If my kids could stand bugs, this is the type of book that gets you wanting to share those adventures even if we love our warm blankets and pillows. The camping club is getting busier, and cooking is in abundance. A lot of talking (my personal favorite past time). It is...VERY chill, one might even just say...laid-back. heh heh
June 14, 2025
Another fun relaxing comforting read. Christmas Camping and Chikuwa, so fun and adorable, I loveeee the art, even though it's black and white but I watched the anime so it's like I can see all the colours and it's so beautiful.
Love that I found difference between the anime and the manga here and there and I wish there's more bonus story in the anime like in the manga.
Love that I found difference between the anime and the manga here and there and I wish there's more bonus story in the anime like in the manga.
February 26, 2021
THE DOG FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE! So this dog was always featured on the inside covers but never in the story. It was driving me up the wall. Don't tease with cute animals! His name is Chikuwa. I am a Crazy Cat Lady turning up for this damn dog. The world is truly ending.
October 20, 2021
Comfy series, but the Christmas camping arc is kind of stupid. Fun to read but Japanese Christmas customs never really made sense to me. I always find the Christmas arcs annoying in anime and manga.
January 2, 2022
it's with this volume that the student teacher character becomes more central, and she is...uncomfortable. her alcohol problem is meant to be played as a joke, but it isn't funny and makes every scene with her fall flat.
May 13, 2025
hell yeah, finally all gang had their xmas camping party
as always, extremely cute and cozy. With some real fascinating art with the mountain views. I enjoy the little heads in the dialogues, helps me understand who is talking what(dunno if that's a norm in other mangas)
Also I like the profe and respect her beer loving thingy
overall, probably my fav volume so far
as always, extremely cute and cozy. With some real fascinating art with the mountain views. I enjoy the little heads in the dialogues, helps me understand who is talking what(dunno if that's a norm in other mangas)
Also I like the profe and respect her beer loving thingy
overall, probably my fav volume so far
February 9, 2019
The drunk teacher is Best Girl.
February 21, 2020
Great volume, I enjoy looking at all the tasty food in this series...
June 1, 2020
Liked the addition of the teacher character and the recipes! Getting a little bored of the story which doesn't seem to be growing or becoming more prominent like I thought it might.
October 10, 2020
Aah! This tale of Christmas camping and sharing a delicious meal makes me want to pack up a tent and hit the road myself!
November 14, 2020
I want some A5 sukiyaki... 🤤
December 5, 2020
Toujours une lecture cocooning qui fait du bien !
March 5, 2021
廢萌果然比較適合我(？
February 13, 2022
Finally we get to see them all together, and they make such an interesting contrast! And please, Chikuwa is the absolute best!!
March 10, 2022
Oh, yes. I love this little slice-of-life camping series. I would probably never camp during winter, the cold would be too tough!
March 12, 2023
This volume is my favorite so far. More cooking and more adventures with the entire gang, and absolutely loved the Christmas vibes in this one!
August 3, 2023
My happy little slice of life.
January 23, 2024
more of the same. tbh you're either gonna love this series or hate it. i personally love it.
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