Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey

Chika Suzugamori, an 18-year-old newcomer manga artist, has just had three of her drafts rejected in a single day. Her editor suggests incorporating her interests into her work, but Chika is an indoor person who only thinks about manga day and night. At a loss, she feels a sudden desire to get away from everything and go on a journey somewhere.

Due to the results of an online poll that she posted on a whim, Chika hops on a train and heads north from Tokyo on an impromptu solo trip. When she ends up at the top of Mount Haguro in Aizu-Wakamatsu, she realizes she feels refreshed and more motivated than before. Even if her projects get turned down again in the future, Chika plans to journey around Japan with friends old and new.

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Suzugamori, Chika Main

Tsukishiro, Hika Japanese

Hasunuma, Koyomi ing

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Narrator ing

Kubota, Hitoshi Japanese

Yoshimoto-san ing

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Tenkuubashi, Riri ing

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Unoki, Yui ing

Hiratsuka, Sae Japanese

Koujiya, Fuyune ing

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Nemoto, Yuuka Producer

Sawahata, Kouji Producer

Taura, Daiki Producer

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Jun 2, 2025

Pesaa_

Recommended

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

A good example of anime that helps people enjoy japan with various tours and trivia, showing less famous spots around the country and some less known foods. The perfect anime to watch while relaxing and enjoying the view, background art and vistas are very well drawn and composed. The style of narration is clearly inspired by yuru camp so it feels right at home. Characters are very likable and are not involved in deep plots or profound developing because of course this is not the anime for that. The ost are not that complex and barely stand out, which is not really a downside, but ... clearly the main weak point of the series. Zatsutabi and mono takes my two top spots for this season, im really liking this anime and i vividly recommend it. A strong 8.5 to 9/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 13, 2025

Tigerle

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (10/12 eps)

First of all: I like this anime. But I can not generally recommend it. This anime is very niche.

The story of the anime itself is explained very briefly. We follow MC mangaka Chica on her various journey around japan, mostly together with some of her friends. Along with her journeys we see many breath-taking landmarks and some few insights about their personalities itself. The time between her journeys is mostly shown with 2 scenes: Chikas rarely succesful submit of a manga storyboard and her poll for her next destination. That's really all.

At least the personalities of Chika and all of her friends has ... their depths, so it can provide some interesting discussions and nice interactions of the characters. But it can not conceal the lack of story. In the end it is not much more then a 1-dimensional tour across japan.

If you like to see breath-taking sceneries in a peaceful setting like in Laid-Back Camp (Zatsu Tabi got obviously inspired by Laid-Back Camp) you can try this anime. This is the perfect anime to just watch, enjoy, and putting off your brain. On the one hand there are no scenes, where you have to think. On the other hand, there are no bad jokes which attacks your sense of humor. Just get washed over by some nice story-poor pictures.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 12, 2025

sakio327

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

You knew after the tourism ads of an episode in Jashin-chan and Uzaki-chan that someone would eventually make a whole series taking that idea to its inevitable conclusion. This is just that, a tourism ad disguising itself as an anime series. It does it poorly.

There’s just no way getting around the fact that this anime is rather boring. The characters are so shallow that even in the world of CGDCT, they come off as flat. The MC and her friends go to interesting places and do exactly what the tourism brochure would tell you to do. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens, except ... that places are closed unexpectedly. I’m guessing that the studio couldn’t get permission or sponsorship from those locations so they just included them but not show them.

If you’re into YouTube travel videos, you might sort of enjoy parts of this, but there’s just not much else to recommend.

If you’re looking for a better alternative this season, watch Mono. It’s similar in premise, but the stories are actually interesting and the characters are genuinely likable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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