Beginner's
Outdoor Grub
100 Easy Recipes
One can of tomato juice.
One cube of consommé.
Pre-chopped vegetables.
And I just need a camping pot.
I think I'll try it next time.
I'm getting tired of ramen.
Ramen...
That girl made it look really good.
Let's go on a proper camping trip next time.
Kagamihara Nadeshiko
Maybe I should invite her at least once.
The club building! The club building!
Or I could wait until it gets warmer.
There it is! The club building!
Volleyball Club
Tennis Club
Hiking Club
There!
Outdoor Activities Club
The outdoor activities club!
Episode 2 Welcome to the Outdoor Activities Club!
Outdoor Activities Club
This school has two outdoor clubs.
I heard the hiking club is athletic, but this one is more relaxed.
Relaxed outdoorsy stuff...
Setting up tents, making meals, staying up late by the campfire...
Hello!
It's so narrow.
It's like a hallway.
Enjoy the Outdoors
Basic Camping Gear
Outdoorsy books...
Firewood?
Pine cones.
Hello!
Canned tuna?
Is it for emergencies?
What the heck?
I, er...
I'm... um...
Aki, I borrowed the new issue of Bivouac.
What are you doing?
Oh, you aren't a thief?
You collapsed at Motosuko,
then a mysterious camping girl rescued you and treated you to ramen?
Mount Fuji was so pretty at night!
Oh, so that got you interested in the outdoors and brought you to our club?
Thanks for coming, but we aren't looking for new members.
I see...
Hey, why are you turning her down?
Think of how cramped this room would be!
With more people, we might get the club promoted and earn a bigger room.
How many people would we need, again?
I think at least four.
Sweet! Easier than radio calisthenics!
We've been waiting for someone amazing like you!
Do you like cookies?
Outdoor Activities Club
AKA Outclub
So anyway, I'm Inuyama Aoi.
This is Ohgaki Chiaki.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Kagamihara Nadeshiko.
Nice to meet you!
Welcome to the outclub!
Thanks!
Why is this place so...
Small?
It started as an unused storage room.
We just started this club in April, and we only have two members, so...
It's not a problem, Kagamihara.
As small as the club room may be, our activities are all outside!
That's true.
What do you usually do?
Bonfires with fallen leaves.
We find leaves to burn from around the school and have coffee and stuff.
Bonfires...
I want to make ramen!
I don't see any fallen leaves.
We just had a bonfire yesterday.
I know, Kagamihara-chan!
Want to read a camping magazine? It's a special issue about tents.
Yeah!
She's getting psyched.
Great, great.
There are so many kinds of tents.
Types of Tents
A-Frame
Lodge Tent
Lodge Dome Tent
Hey, hey, Aoi-chan.
What's the difference between freestanding and non-freestanding tents?
Oh, that?
Freestanding Tents
Freestanding tents have frames, so you don't need pegs or guy ropes.
Non-Freestanding Tents
Non-freestanding tents need pegs and guy ropes to stand up.
Non-Freestanding
Freestanding
It says non-freestanding tents can be more compact because they don't have frames.
It does!
Don't get too excited over a magazine.
Tools aren't worth anything unless you can use them.
And that's why I've... brought the real thing!
That's that super cheap tent we bought online to try
camping in the summer, but it arrived in September.
I-It was 980 yen?
Kagamihara... Take a look at the prices on the tents in in that magazine.
The prices?
Thirty-nine thousand yen... Forty-five thousand yen...
Fifty-four thousand yen... Sixty-six thousand yen...
Eighty-two thousand yen...
My eyes feel all prickly.
See?
This was about the only one we could afford!
And so...
They tried putting it up in the courtyard.
The first step is to look for a flat, soft patch of ground the pegs will go through.
Once you have a location, stretch out the tent.
Then extend the poles.
That girl...
I didn't know she was a student here.
Are you curious about those girls?
No, not really.
You're good at that stuff, aren't you, Rin?
There. Done.
Bear hair!
Knock it off.
Slide the poles through the sleeves on the top of the tent.
Fix the ends of the poles to the holes at the four corners of the tent.
Fix them to the holes at the four corners...
It won't go in.
Fix them...
Is this the right length?
It broke.
Hey, the stick snapped.
What do you do when that happens to a tent?
Buy a new one?
Return it to the manufacturer for repair, I guess.
Pole Repair Fitting
Though you could do an emergency repair with one of these fittings.
Usage Notes Broken Poles
Connect Poles
Secure with Tape Done
One of these?
Why do you have one?
I saw something that looked like that in the lost and found.
You should take it to them and help them out.
Wow, you look really disgusted...
I'll go do it, then.
Aye.
What a meddler.
I never would've thought she went to the same school.
It'll be a pain if she finds me. I'll have to be careful.
Messenger from Kowloon Walled City
This is totally like the suspension bridge experiment.
Done!
The 980-yen tent is, somehow, set up.
It was 980 yen, but it's definitely a real tent.
The material is about what you'd expect, though.
Thanks, Saitou-san.
I appreciate it.
You're welcome.
I'm surprised you knew about that, though.
Do you have a tent?
Oh, no, no.
I asked that girl over there.
Hey...
Oh, it's Shimarin.
Shimarin?
You say that like she's a mascot or something.
Shima's her last name.
Her first name is Rin.
Rin-chan!
We go to the same school!
Thanks for the help the other da—
One bicycle.
Will you be using a tarp?
Just a tent.
That'll be 2,000 yen.
Administrative Office
Here's a campground map and your camping permit.
Two thousand yen, huh?
It feels so wide open.
I didn't think there'd be so many people this time of year.
No wonder, I guess. This place is famous.
Okay, I think I'll set up here.
There.
Camp stove and pots ready.
No instant food for me today.
I'm making a real outdoor meal.
Here we go!
Or so I'd hoped, but there wasn't a single supermarket along the way.
So here we are again.
But I really will try it next time.
It's Saitou.
Rin, where'd you go this week?
A place called Fumoto Campgrounds below Mount Fuji.
Send me pictures if you take any!
Aye.
Buy me lunch, too.
Drop dead.
You're the one who's dead meat, buddy.
I let loose a hundred bears, tigers, and chihuahuas in your campground.
Gah! What have you ddfji#$(*&#p?!
Now I'm dead, you fool.
I starved to death, too, you jerk.
It's 500 yen for a bundle of firewood.
But you can't have fires on the ground here.
I'd have to rent a stand.
To prevent the grass from getting burned,
lawn campsites typically require the use of a stand.
Three bundles of firewood for one day would be 1,500 yen...
If I rent a fire stand, too, that's 2,500.
I guess I'll get in my sleeping bag if it gets cold.
The Mystery of Tokugawa's Buried Treasure
I think I'll go take a walk.
It's my first time here.
And I paid 2,000 yen for it.
The bathrooms are here.
It has wheels.
Is it really a bathroom?
Huh?
How do you open this?
Bathrooms this way
They got me!
Women's bathrooms are on the other side
It looks like a huge face.
Bears.
There, there.
Cute doggies.
Let's see...
The cafeteria's that way.
Lion?
Are you a lion?
"A perfect spot to take a beautiful shot of upside-down Mount Fuji."
The dogs almost had me for lunch
I should get up now, too.
Chikuwa, come here.
You'd rather stay put too, huh?
Walk time!
So full of energy now.
Pretty self-serving, aren't we?
It's a perfect day for a walk.
A cold front, huh?
Rin sure is tough, going out by herself on a day like today.
Mine turned into a hot dog as soon as I looked away
Mount Fuji's turning pink.
It's already 4:30.
Rin-chan!
We go to the same school!
Thanks for the help the other day!
Oh, yeah! Rin-chan, want to join the outdoor activities club with us?
I didn't want my solo camp time to be threatened.
I let it show in my face.
That was kinda crappy of me.
Rin-chan!
Okay, I get it.
Rin-chan!
I told you, I get it.
I knew it was you!
Wh-Wh-Why are you here?!
Saitou-san told me.
I think Rin's camping here today.
Her again...
Did you already have dinner?
Um, not yet...
Oh, good!
Rin-chan, let's make hot pot!
Room Camp
Room Camp!
The outclub has a new member.
Outdoor Activities Club
I'm Kagamihara Nadeshiko!
Rejoice, everyone!
We didn't have cookies, but we have Kikyou Shingen mochi!
I'm more confused as to why you have that.
Oh, I've had those before!
The kinako and brown sugar syrup are really tasty.
They're kind of hard to eat, though.
I always end up spilling the kinako trying to get the brown sugar syrup on the mochi.
You still have a lot to learn, Kagamihara.
This is how you do it.
Knead, knead, knead...
I never knew you could do it like that.
Knead, knead, knead...
That's some useful trivia.
Knead, knead, knead...
Yum!
The brown sugar syrup and kinako mix together perfectly.
This is great.
Huh? We're all out already?
Knead, knead, knead...
You're eating way too much.
This new girl's going places.
Next Episode:
Mount Fuji and Relaxed Hot Pot Camp
When camping...
Always mind the campsite and facility rules. Don't forget to take care of fires and your trash!
It gets cold during the winter. Stay warm and be well-prepared!
Outdoor Activities Club