Solo Camping for Two

Solo Camping for Two (Japanese: ふたりソロキャンプ, Hepburn: Futari Soro Kyanpu) is a Japanese camping-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yudai Debata. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from October 2018 to February 2023, when the magazine ceased its publication. Following a brief run in the Comic Days [ja] manga app, the series resumed in Morning in December 2023. Its chapters have been collected in 20 tankōbon volumes as of April 2025. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from January to February 2025, and an anime television series adaptation produced by SynergySP is set to premiere in July of the same year.

Characters

Gen Kinokura (樹乃倉 巌, Kinokura Gen)
Voiced by: Daiki Hamano
Portrayed by: Win Morisaki
An expert 34-year-old out-and-out solo camper who enjoys the quiet solitude away from the city, being able to appreciate nature.
Shizuku Kusano (草野 雫, Kusano Shizuku)
Voiced by: Mizuki Niizaki
Portrayed by: Miyu Honda
A 20-year-old junior college student with little experience about camping alone. She threatens Gen with a false rape accusation to be her mentor in order to develop her solo camping skills by camping together until she is able to manage on her own.
Akihito Takigawa (滝川 彰人, Takigawa Akihito)
Voiced by: Yōhei Azakami
Portrayed by: Yu Inaba
Mizuki Hino (火野 瑞希, Hino Mizuki)
Voiced by: Yuna Nemoto [ja]
Portrayed by: Saki Miyashita [ja]
Saya Ozora (大空 さや, Ōzora Saya)
Voiced by: Saya Aizawa
Portrayed by: Erika Takizawa

Media

Manga

Solo Camping for Two is written and illustrated by Yudai Debata. It debuted in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening, under the title Hitori, Yaei Nite Omofu (独り、野営にて思ふ). Evening ceased its publication on February 28, 2023, and the series finished its first part in the last issue; following three special chapters published in the Comic Days [ja] manga app from April 21 to May 19, 2023, the series resumed in Morning on December 14 of the same year. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on March 22, 2019. As of April 23, 2025, 20 volumes have been released.

Volumes

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on November 15, 2024. The drama is directed by Takashi Ninomiya and Katsutoshi Hirabayashi [ja], with scripts written by Ayako Kitagawa [ja]. It aired January 9 to February 27, 2025, on Tokyo MX.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in January 2025. The series is produced by SynergySP and directed by Jun Hatori, with scripts written by Aya Satsuki [ja], Mitsuho Seta and Ōka Tanisaki [ja], character designs by Tomomi Shimazaki, and music composed by Shōta Kowashi. It is set to premiere on July 11, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Crunchyroll will stream the series.

Reception

By December 2020, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation (including digital versions). By November 2024, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation. Solo Camping for Two was nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2021.

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Uses material from the Wikipedia article Solo Camping for Two, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.