Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!
ゆるゆり なちゅやちゅみ！
- Comedy
- Girls Love
- CGDCT
- Gag Humor
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 1 hr 3 min
- Aired
- Feb 18, 2015
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
Summer vacation doesn’t slow down the Amusement Club. Akari Akaza, Kyouko Toshinou, Chinatsu Yoshikawa, and Yui Funami stumble upon a camping tent and decide it’s the perfect excuse for a weekend getaway in the mountains. Once word gets around, a few members of the student council are invited to join the outing, turning the trip into a lively group adventure.
After a long trip to reach their campsite, everyone settles in and leans into the usual camping staples—cooking outdoors, trying a test of courage, and enjoying time together. The weekend wraps up with a relaxing stop at the hot springs, giving the girls a chance to savor a rare, memorable break from the everyday.
Otaku Consensus
TYO Animations' single-special handling of Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! is widely received as a solid, fan-pleasing bridge piece: the timing is gentler than the TV gag barrages, and that quieter pacing lets the Amusement Club's established chemistry carry the comedy. Critics and fans praise the colorful CGDCT warmth, mild yuri shipping fuel, and endearing ensemble balance, while the main complaint is the same restraint—viewers chasing nonstop punchlines or concrete Girls Love payoff may find the jokes dialed back and the romance mostly tease.
Why You Should Watch
If you want the comfort-food side of Yuru Yuri without committing to another full season, Nachuyachumi! is the franchise distilled into one relaxed special. It scratches the same itch as K-On! or Non Non Biyori when those shows lean into group chemistry, but it keeps Yuru Yuri’s sharper sitcom engine: Kyouko destabilizes every scene, Yui reins it in with deadpan competence, Chinatsu turns crush comedy into a weapon, and Akari’s meta-invisibility gag still lands without needing a big dramatic arc. The Girls Love element stays in the zone fans recognize—shipping fuel, innuendo, and affectionate chaos rather than relationship melodrama—so it is ideal if you want cute-girls comedy with a yuri aftertaste, not a romance thesis.
Key Characters
- AAkari Akaza(VA: Shiori Mikami)
The franchise’s beloved anti-spotlight heroine, Akari turns being overlooked into a running meta-joke that fans treat as affection rather than neglect.
- YYui Funami(VA: Minami Tsuda)
Yui is the cool-headed straight woman whose calm reactions give Kyouko’s chaos and the group’s crush comedy a reliable comic frame.
- KKyouko Toshinou(VA: Yuka Ootsubo)
Kyouko is the loudest engine of the ensemble, a self-indulgent otaku troublemaker whose confidence turns ordinary downtime into punchline setup.
- CChinatsu Yoshikawa(VA: Rumi Ookubo)
Chinatsu’s sweetness comes with an aggressively earnest crush-comedy edge, making her cute façade one of the series’ most dependable sources of discomfort humor.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
TYO Animations is credited as the studio, and the special preserves the franchise’s bright, color-forward cute aesthetic that commentators single out as a major part of its appeal.
- 2
The one-episode format changes the rhythm: reviewers note a more reflective tone with jokes dialed back, making the humor land more through character familiarity than sketch density.
- 3
Its Girls Love content is intentionally mild—crushes, innuendo, groping, and shipping fuel are part of the comedy, while explicit romantic consummation is not the point.
- 4
It holds a 7.85 MAL score from 41,541 votes, indicating strong approval for a compact franchise side special rather than a full TV installment.
- 5
The fan-review nickname “Yuru Yuri Camp” captures how the special is read by viewers: CGDCT outdoor-leisure framing used as a vehicle for ensemble banter rather than survival stakes or hobby instruction.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Nachuyachumi! aired on Feb 18, 2015 as a single completed episode, so its MAL metrics reflect a compact special rather than a cour-length season.
- Fun fact 2
- The title is a playful rendering of natsuyasumi, Japanese for summer vacation, matching the franchise’s habit of cute verbal distortion rather than a literal subtitle.
- Fun fact 3
- One web review gave it an 8/10 and specifically recommended it to viewers looking for “shoujo-ai heavy slice of life,” a stronger yuri framing than the official light-comedy reputation suggests.
- Fun fact 4
- Another review described the Yuru Yuri OVAs as “remarkably entertaining” while noting that Nachuyachumi! takes a more reflective tone than the usual gag-first Yuru Yuri mode.
- Fun fact 5
- On MAL, its popularity rank #2811 trails its score rank #1061, a pattern that fits sequel specials most strongly embraced by viewers already invested in the cast.
Studios
- TYO Animations
