I had been suggested to check this out after I finished K-On, and someone here on MAL told me it was excellent SOL, and the score is above 8.00. I also love hiking and trekking, so I said why not?
Here's why.
The characters were highly unengaging, with the slight exception of the tall green haired girl and the goofy pink haired girl (since I watched this maybe a year ago, I really cannot any name). At the other end of the spectrum, I found the MC, moped introverted girl, very hard to like, with her attitude of I don't like being with others, I like going by myself, being all broody. I have never ever found myself watching anime and wanting for a main character to fail so much, and considering that the show is definitely not about conflict, I think that's saying something.
The tricks and info about camping life were quite interesting, even though going to face adventure in the outdoors the way those girls do it is for sure not my idea of enjoying nature. Everything was too clean, polished, cute, even fashionable. Where is the mud? The sweat? The soggy boots, the cramps? The blisters?!?
Technically speaking, it left me really unimpressed: plain character design, plain animation. I the landscapes were quite good though.
In the end, a vanilla anime, I didn't hate it, I didn't like it, I can definitely live without.
