Non Non Biyori: We're Going to Okinawa
のんのんびより 沖縄へ行くことになった (Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta)
- Slice of Life
- CGDCT
- Iyashikei
- School
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 20 min
- Aired
- Jul 23, 2014
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
During a summer outing to the department store, Suguru Koshigaya hits the lottery jackpot—four plane tickets to Okinawa. The Asahigaoka girls can hardly contain their excitement, and the days that follow turn into a gentle flurry of preparations, from getting used to the idea of flying to picking up travel necessities at the convenience store so they can make the most of their getaway.
For Renge Miyauchi, leaving the quiet, familiar countryside is a first, stirring up curiosity about how seeing a new place might change the way she views the world. As departure approaches, anticipation grows—and a promise is made before the trip begins.
Otaku Consensus
Critics and fan writers treat this OVA as a successful distillation of Non Non Biyori’s iyashikei strengths: SILVER LINK.’s patient direction, scenery-first compositions, and unhurried comic timing make a preparatory side story feel warmly nostalgic rather than disposable. The genuine knock is small but consistent across discussion of the franchise’s Okinawa material: distant character drawings can look rough, and viewers wanting narrative consequence may find the episode intentionally weightless.
Why You Should Watch
Watch this if you want the decompression of Yuru Camp without the gear talk, or the childhood stillness of Barakamon in a shorter, softer form. Non Non Biyori: We're Going to Okinawa is built for viewers who find meaning in tiny rituals: a convenience-store stop, a travel purchase, a child treating a packet of tissues like treasure. As a single-episode OVA, it works less like a side quest and more like a preserved summer afternoon, concentrating the series’ rural quiet, deadpan comedy, and first-time-away-from-home feeling into an easy sitting. It is not for anyone seeking escalation, romance, or a destination-heavy travelogue; it is for fans who want anticipation itself to become the emotional event.
Key Characters
- HHotaru Ichijou(VA: Rie Murakawa)
Hotaru gives the group its quietly observant center, often making the countryside comedy feel tender rather than merely eccentric.
- KKomari Koshigaya(VA: Kana Asumi)
Komari’s appeal comes from the gap between how mature she wants to appear and how easily the world punctures that self-image.
- NNatsumi Koshigaya(VA: Ayane Sakura)
Natsumi is the cast’s reliable mischief engine, turning low-stakes situations into character comedy without breaking the show’s calm rhythm.
- RRenge Miyauchi(VA: Kotori Koiwai)
Renge remains the franchise’s most distinctive perspective, filtering ordinary adult systems through deadpan wonder and strange little logic leaps.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
SILVER LINK. handles the OVA with the same scenery-led approach that critics praise in the main series, using environmental pauses and spacious backgrounds as part of the comic timing rather than as filler.
- 2
The episode’s structure is unusual for a travel-themed anime special: it focuses on the emotional charge before leaving, making anticipation, preparation, and imagination the actual subject.
- 3
The department-store lottery scene is remembered for its contrast between Renge’s delight at a packet of tissues and Suguru’s grand-prize luck, a compact example of how Non Non Biyori turns adult mundanity into childlike spectacle.
- 4
Its genre profile is narrowly and deliberately defined: one episode of Slice of Life built around CGDCT, iyashikei, and school-life chemistry, with no attempt to add action stakes or romantic escalation.
- 5
Despite being a single-episode OVA, it holds a solid MAL score of 7.65 from 38,710 votes, placing it at rank #1614 and popularity #3018 at the time of the provided data.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The Japanese subtitle is Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta, which directly frames the episode around the decision and expectation of going rather than the trip as an adventure spectacle.
- Fun fact 2
- It aired on July 23, 2014 as a finished, one-episode release from SILVER LINK., making it a compact companion piece rather than a full seasonal installment.
- Fun fact 3
- Anime UK News singled out the lottery-machine setup, noting the joke that Renge is amazed by a tissue prize while Suguru lands the Okinawa tickets.
- Fun fact 4
- Critical discussion of the franchise’s Okinawa material repeatedly praises the scenery as some of Non Non Biyori’s prettiest visual work, while also noting that character models can look wonky in faraway shots.
- Fun fact 5
- The four listed main roles are voiced by a strong slice-of-life cast: Rie Murakawa as Hotaru, Kana Asumi as Komari, Ayane Sakura as Natsumi, and Kotori Koiwai as Renge.
Studios
- SILVER LINK.
