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About the new Camp Camp episode
Honestly, I think this is one of the best episodes of Camp Camp. It’s a well crafted character study, which, up until this point, really didn’t have that many minus the season finales. David has always been the positive one in many situations, but seeing how much pain he can endure and still be able to show kindness is INCREDIBLE.
For those of you all theorizing this has something to do with Jasper, Camp Camp has never really embedded such heavy metaphors into the show. It’s always much more straightforward with its messages and themes. While I don’t dispute the argument, I believe the whole “underlying story” really is not needed. This WASN’T an episode revolving around anything except for David’s struggles. Not everything involving David has to revolve around Jasper, which I’ve been noticing the fan base has been doing a lot. The purpose of “The Forest” is to show how he can find the good in anything. (I.e the stars when he first climbed to the mountain top and the note left by Max).
This episode is NOT torture porn of David. It’s similar to the episode of Samurai Jack where Jack is hiding in a cave with a wolf while mending an almost fatal wound. It’s a character study, showing how strong someone is by being able to SURVIVE. It’s a powerful message. I’ve seen a lot of people saying that this episode had no point, or that it is useless in the grand scheme of things. To that I say bullshit. Was Attack of the Nurfs necessary? There has been an entire episode about discovering who peed in a lake. Did that help the story immensely. Not every episode is going to be a Parent’s Day. This season seems to be focusing on either one or a select few characters at a time. This episode is no exception.
I really don’t know what everyone was expecting from this episode. It’s an episode showcasing David’s ability to survive and still be kind. It’s beautiful. The animation is spectacular, and the emotion Miles Luna gives to the role is...incredible. Be gracious to this episode. It was never supposed to be a big fiasco that heavily influenced the story. I think the best way to summarize how I feel about most of the vapid arguments I’ve seen so far, I have to quote a certain episode’s ending where Bigfoot gives Max a sandwich and says “Something tells me, that’s not really the point.”
Sorry for the rant I just find this episode to be up there with Parent’s Day and Order of the Sparrow.