Audience reviews
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kiner_shah
Amazing slice of life anime! I loved this series. This series is recommended to anyone who likes relaxing anime focused on adventure through food, touring and travelling.
The animation was good and showed many beautiful places of Japan. I liked the story of high school girls travelling, exploring and capturing beautiful moments of their youth together.
The characters were adorable, each with their own cute personalities. Together they all make the anime complete.
Opening song and ending song were also quite good and well suited for this anime.
This anime had light comedy and also had a bit of horror element as well which can be exciting.
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This show went beyond my expectations. I thought it would be a fairly standard club anime about photography, but instead it was a rather unhinged mix of sightseeing, manga production, paranormal activity, and fourth wall breaking Laid-Back Camp references. It felt like all the author's ideas that were too out-there for Laid-Back Camp ended up finding a place here, which made for an entertaining, if somewhat eclectic, show.
If Laid-Back Camp is an ad for visiting Japan, then Mono is an ad for doing a Laid-Back Camp pilgrimage specifically (which the characters literally do for an episode). The details of photography are mostly glossed over and instead the focus is on the more human element of getting out there and enjoying experiencing interesting places in person, sometimes with a camera…
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Mono is the delightful combination of Laid-Back Camp and Yama no Susume that its original author and anime staff pedigree would suggest, with ambitions to match both of those in its visual presentation. It immediately became apparent that the biggest appeal of this series is the effort put into how each frame is structured, an effort it consistently delivers on throughout its run. It’s been a good couple years since I’ve seen a “cool shots” per episode average this high, and the deliberate focus on simply making the frame more interesting, be it through harsher lighting, art style shifts, or, in most cases, using a more complex angle for the layout, which is greatly aided by the story’s camera-centric premise, makes this a show that I wanted to keep looking at from start to finish, even if…
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I initially went into this show with the idea that it would be a chill photography slice of life and while it does feature aspects of that it ultimately fails to utilize it well.
Its initial premise of reviving the photography and diving into the many aspects of photography is quickly pushed to the side once the manga artist Haru is introduced. After the main trio become Haru's manga assistants the episodes from then on focus on different places and foods across japan. This led to the episodes dragging on for me as I found these episodes to be much less interesting than the first few which focused on photography.
The characters also felt very shallow and forgettable with the only interesting plot point being Satsuki and her motivation to keep the club going and take more pictures in the…
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A Sommer Worth Capturing
Momo is an anime about taking beautiful pictures and enjoying Summers. it also a advertising of Yamanashi Prefecture, And really makes that place look amazingly beautiful with lots of delicious food.
It's slice of life but high effort. the animation looks great and the backgrounds are gorgeous. It's so well done that, I really want to go on vacation there now.
And the girls Dynamics are cute and have the right energy for it to both be engaging and relaxing at the same time. some really nice design, I love the think eyebrows, those we don't usually see often in anime.
The show is about a photos and filming club, they use that premise wall in the animation, there are so many weird camera angles and animated shots with GoPro. It didn't need to go as hard as it did…
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Its a pretty nice Slice of Life.
Story isnt unique and runs a bit low. More a commercial for the area. Not bad but its not a gripping story. Its cute to it core.
The characters dont really have much, that makes them remarkable, you find the normal slice of life, girl club characters in here. A clumsy one, an over energized, with a loud voice and a quiet one, that is skilled and can do everything, the loudmouth only claims to be able to.
For my taste, the photography was always more a side burner, more scenes, were they show them to use a real camera and so make the watcher able to learn about it, would have made the Anime a bit better.
Many Yuru camp references, wonder why rin is so often seen in the background or in scenes were you see her camp. Never speaks though. Even her grandpa had…
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Alright, so the creator of Yuru Camp made a hobby Manga/Anime about Photography... Except that was kind of a lie, only the two first episodes is about photography and filming. You will start with following Satsuki starting in Highschool trying to figure out what to do, and discover her upper classmate that is in a photography club. She discover that she really likes to take photos of her and joins the club basically. Her classmate leaves Highschool and the club to Satsuki and that puts her into a panic and feel lost about everything in the club since she can't be gay and take pictures of her anymore.
After you will follow her getting new friends and the club is up and running again. The rest of the 8 episodes is you following Haruno basically that is getting introduced with her struggle…
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The One Anime That Changed My View on Episodic Shows - 8.8/10
'mono' is the series that introduced me to the world of 'Laid-Back Camp' and managed to get me more invested in the slice-of-life genre. I'm generally someone that doesn't enjoy episodic slice-of-life series, and honestly, if I had found out about this series later into its season, I might not have even given it a try. But having the chance to actually watch this series weekly made my experience so much more enjoyable. I find it hard to binge slice-of-life which is why this turned out to be a much more pleasant experience than I expected... being able to watch something like this weekly made me love a lot more the episodic structure of shows of this sort while also having the ability to appreciate the serene moments this seri…
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Cute girls doing cute things, camera edition. This simple slice of life anime is brought to us by the same creator of Laid-Back Camp, who has no problem wearing that notation on its sleeve as you'll play an anime version of "Where's Waldo" as you watch the show to catch the side characters and their locations.
While a review should not compare itself to that of another show, and stand on the product as its own, I feel that this is one of those rare exceptions to break that traditional way of writing a review. That being said this almost feels like an unofficial season 3 to Laid-Back Camp, same vibes, good times, and even some repeat locations, where it feels like the author got to touch on more information from locations they couldn't do before.
There is no reason to go into detail, if y…
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Man, I really wanted to like Mono so bad, especially since it was created by the person who made Laid-Back Camp, a show that I never expected to like as much as I do. Laid-Back Camp was the type of rare show that knew what it wanted to be, even if season 3 was a bit of a downgrade compared to previous seasons. Now, I knew that the creator Afro made another manga, Mono, before this, but seeing as I'm still reading a bunch of other manga right now, I don't want to take on too many ongoing series at once. But an anime for it came out this year, so I figured watching it might be a good way to gauge whether I want to read the manga or not. Surely, since Laid-Back Camp was so good already, Mono would be just as good, right? Unfortunately, I might have set my expectations too high, and that's ent…
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Okay, I freaking love Yuru Camp. It's super relaxing, the characters feel real, and their interactions are just so natural and comforting. Watching them travel and hang out honestly reminds me of how I’d enjoy a trip with my own friends. So of course, when I found out about Mono, I had to check it out, and yeah, I liked it! Maybe not as much as Yuru Camp, though.
It’s hard to say exactly why Mono didn’t hit quite the same. Maybe it’s because the two shows feel so similar that Mono comes off as a bit like the author is milking the same formula. But honestly? I can’t even be mad about it. It still works, and it’s still really chill.
Both Yuru Camp and Mono blend travel and everyday life in a cozy way, but I do like how they each have their own focus. It’d get boring if they were just copy-…
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The absolute lack of direction in this one is astonishing.
None of the things established on the first episode mattered at all by the next one. It just turned into discount Yuru Camp, focusing on whatever seemed to be most popular with viewers. "Oh yall prefer to watch the catgirl go around the countryside? Let's turn the show into pretty much only that". "Oh yall like the goth manga author? More chapters with her".
Now for the sake of argument, let's pretend the first and last episodes just didn't happen. I love me some Yuru Camp, so if you trim the first and last episodes and rebrand this show as Yuru Camp season 4 waiting room, surely it would work out, right? Wrong.
The show lacks the depth that made Yuru Camp so great. Yes, depth in an SoL CGDCT show. With Yuru Camp, there was a r…
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mono is a slice of life series from the same author of Laid-Back Camp, Afro. If you love Yuru Camp, then mono is right up your alleyway - a CGDCT anime where the characters travel to various places, eat very delicious food, and soak in the atmosphere. However, instead of camping being the main focus and hook of this series, the main characters use their cameras to take snapshots of their adventures. I don’t have a lot to say about mono other than I really enjoyed this anime. As someone who is a Laid-Back Camp fan, I felt right at home with mono. There is even some nice Yuru Camp fan service thrown in at times, but I’m glad it’s all just background cameos and silly throwaway scenes that don’t detract from the main focus of this show. This series felt like the author was given more freedom t…
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I am not gonna lie, this anime was quite strange. But despite that it is one I very much enjoyed watching. Sometimes you do not need action, mystery or pure romance - you need that good slice of life moments to really enjoy life and this anime is offering a lot of it.
Animation and sound: very good. The artstyle is quite unique for this anime , if you show me a random shot 10 years from now I would say 'yeah, that's from Mono'. It is very enjoyable to the eyes and animation during some scenes is amazing (like when they were skateboarding during middle of the show). Music is also good, I actually did remember one track - the one that appear when there is some funny scene (like when they poked the cat with cucumber). It has some electric wibe and it was great, it stick to my mind and that p…
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Knowing that this manga is another CGDCT from Yuru Camp writer Afro-sensei, you'd probably expect it to be a similarly comfy, heartwarming SoL, perhaps somehow connected to his previous work. Well, Mono delivers on that last point. It's truly a Yuru Camp spin-off. Otherwise, the storytelling, pacing, and aesthetics of this manga are significantly different from Girls Who Love Camping.
Despite its somewhat melancholy title, Mono is actually a fairly emotionally diverse, quirkily funny comedy that isn't afraid to experiment. While the first two episodes are more or less reminiscent of "Yuru Camp with camera" theme, this element eventually fades into the background, becoming something of a connecting but not the main link in the show. The same thing happens with the seemingly light yuri teas…
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Mono started with tremendous promise, captivating me with its distinctive premise centred around a “cinephoto club” (cinema and photography) and exploring intriguing photographic techniques such as 360-degree cameras and timelapse photography. This fresh concept, combined with occasional slice-of-life and comedic moments, initially set it apart and offered a unique and engaging anime.
However, as the show progressed, it gradually shifted its focus away from this promising concept and instead leaned heavily into generic slice-of-life territory, using photography merely as a backdrop rather than the main theme. While the slice-of-life content still had its charm, it lacked the spark the show originally promised. It felt like there was a significant missed opportunity, considering how strong…
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I hopped onto this series a little later in the season, not because I’m not a fan of SoL comedy series focused on high school girls (I’ve loved a number of them), but because it just didn’t seem to stand out all that well. It wasn’t even the only travel series this season, and while the camera shots looked pretty cool and the character designs were cute and eye-catching, nothing else really stuck out to me.
Sitting down and watching it proved I really was missing out.
Mono has a great sense of humor, with many of its most hilarious moments helmed by Haruno Akiyama, a manga artist who dominates nearly every scene she’s in and bounces off the other characters so well. She literally drives much of the plot as she drives around and experiences a great deal of beautiful locations in Japan, de…
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So, has enough time passed for me to be able to say I like Mono more than Yuru Camp? I know that’s sacrilegious to say with Yuru camp’s prestige among CGDCT series, but I really had such an awesome time with Mono and connected with its characters in a way I never did with Yuru camp. Part of that’s because this follows a photography/videography club which I can relate to way more as a photographer than camping trips, but I also just think the cast is simply better here. An, Sakurako, Sacchan, Haruno sensei and Kako just have an amazing dynamic. Every interaction is comedic gold and they truly feel like a group of best friends trying to see the best that Japan has to offer. This was such a cozy watch and I’ll miss my girls.
Obviously everyone’s opinion will vary on whether or not this is be…
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If I said that I'm disappointed with Afro for this show, then that would be putting it lightly. If you know me, you'll see I love Yuru Camp, it’s one of the CGDCT I use as a bar that others have to try to reach because of how great it is. Mono is extremely forgettable to the point I can't remember the name of its main characters except for Haru, and I remember her name, not because I like her, but because I think she steals the show, and I don't mean that in a good way.
When I watch a CGDCT, I think the most important part is the characters, since they’re completely based around them, there usually isn't a bigger plot picture but following these adorable moeblobs, so the way they behave, how funny they are, or even how visually appealing they can be are the key to make this kind of series…
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mono - It's the weekend; it's the animation you've been waiting for; it's mono! That's not a monotonous pun, by the way...
Who doesn't love the true-to-honest goodness of the "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" a la CGDCT theme? It's the mainstay for every slice-of-life series that features an all-female cast doing the things that they love to do, and for days and nights that spontaneously form memories as time progresses, while being simplistic in general with a touch of comedy. And in this Spring season, which I like to dub "Aniplex CGDCT Saturdays", the duality of shows that air alongside each other are true definitions when it comes to pure feelings and emotions of the theme itself: P.A. Works's Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi a.k.a Food for the Soul, and the brand-new studio Soigne's mono,…
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