Rin Shima

Rin Shima (志摩リン Shima Rin) is a young girl from the show Yuru Camp who enjoys camping, but she usually camps by herself until she meets Nadeshiko Kagamihara.

Appearance

Rin is a pale-skinned girl with thigh-length dark-purple hair that is tied in a high bun with bangs hanging over her eyebrows, two hair strands framing her face on both sides and purple eyes.

When camping, she wears brown boots and black leggings, a pinkish dress, and a green sweater underneath a plaid grey shawl. She usually keeps her hair in a bun. Sometimes she also wears a white knit-cap and she has her hair loose. In one of the episodes, Ena Saitō tied her bun into a small teddy bear and a generic Japanese castle.

In school, she wears the typical female uniform (seifuku, 制服) and she has her hair loose.

Characteristics

Rin is depicted as having a quiet and to-herself personality, and prefers to camp alone. Despite that, she regularly converses and texts with Ena Saitō.

Throughout Season 1, Rin is seen slowly opening up to Nadeshiko Kagamihara and the rest of the Outdoors Activities club members. This culminates in Rin agreeing to participate in the club's end of the year camping trip.

Camping

Rin began camping around the winter of her first year in middle school when her grandpa handed her down his camping equipment.

She's a solo camper in the first episode, but throughout the series she seems to camp with Nadeshiko Kagamihara through the weekends whenever they invite each other out.

[Spoilers]

In episode ten, she got invited by Chiaki Ōgaki but declined immediately. After exchanging texts with Ena Saitō about the camping trip, she texted her telling her that she might think about it.

Relationships

Nadeshiko Kagamihara

Rin encountered her near Lake Motosuko sleeping near the restroom. Later, after dark, Rin checked that area again, and was startled by a crying Nadeshiko, leading to Rin running back to her camp and Nadeshiko following her. It turned out Nadeshiko overslept and found herself unable to return home and with no way to contact her family. Rin fed her some Curry Noodles after she heard her grumbling stomach.

Later Nadeshiko would cook a hot-pot as thanks. Rin felt bad afterwards and apologized for declining an invitation to group camping with a disgusted face.

Trivia

Rin's surname Shima means "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling" (志) (shi) and "wear" (摩) (ma).
- Shima is derived from Shima City located in Mie Prefecture.
Rin works at Takeda Bookstore.
Rin technically never joined The Outdoor Activities Club, but she camped with them a few times.
- She likes camping alone.
Rin's birthday is on October 1.^[1]
The bike rode by Rin is modeled from the Yamaha Vino.