Futari Solo Camp

A manga about a veteran loner camper who is blackmailed into helping a woman learn how to solo camp.

We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.

This is a really solid camping manga. Yudai Debata is really thorough and explains every aspect of camping. From the key points to pitching your tent to various ways to start a fire, you can tell Debata really loves camping and this manga is his vehicle to get that across. I did think the woman character was added for the “male gaze” as this is a seinen manga but she also fulfills the role of the student who’s the audience surrogate for learning about camping. There’s a few instances that highlight her looks and some fan service that seems inserted as a hook for the male readers but it’s not overbearing and easy to skim past. I’m here for all the fun knowledge about camping I’ll never use.

~dakazu