Girls' Last Tour

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for.

Girls' Last Tour (2017) is a Japanese animated post-apocalyptic slice of life series created by Tsukumizu and Takaharu Ozaki and produced by White Fox. Its twelve episodes of roughly twenty-five minutes follow Chito and Yuuri, voiced by Inori Minase and Yurika Kubo, two young women who ride their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike across the ruins of a civilization that has already ended. Their days revolve around concrete necessities: hunting for food, scavenging fuel, and salvaging machine parts they tinker with on the road. Kotono Mitsuishi, Kana Hanazawa and Akira Ishida voice the people they meet along the way, and each brief encounter adds texture to a world full of nothing. The series is a single continuous season and a single story of companionship, with episodes that unfold at an unhurried pace. Its tone is melancholic yet soothing, a quiet iyashikei register where bleak landscapes are softened by the small pleasures of a bowl of soup and a shared journey. Viewers drawn to the wistful wonder of Kino's Journey, the ruined-world friendship of Planetes, and the quiet emotional pull of Made in Abyss will find much to appreciate here. It suits anyone wanting a calm, contemplative watch that finds hope in endurance.

Audiences widely regard it as a calm, quietly moving post-apocalyptic slice of life carried by the bond between its two leads.

• Yona of the Dawnquiet post-apocalyptic travel, gentle companionship amid ruins, iyashikei tone
• Made in Abysstwo young women traveling a desolate world together, melancholic wonder, slow everyday survival
• Planetespost-apocalyptic slice of life, bleak landscapes softened by small comforts and friendship
• Kino's Journeyminimal dialogue, wandering episodic journey, calm atmospheric tone in a ruined world

Created by

Tsukumizu, Takaharu Ozaki

Release Date

2017-10-06

Episode runtime

25 min

Rating

7.8 / 10 (130)

What is Girls' Last Tour about?

Two girls ride a battered Kettenkrad through the ruins of a dead civilization, finding small comforts in each other and in the simple act of getting by.

What is Girls' Last Tour like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Girls' Last Tour as slow, its intensity as subtle and its storytelling as simple.

Is Girls' Last Tour violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Girls' Last Tour as mild.

What did critics think of Girls' Last Tour?

Audiences widely regard it as a calm, quietly moving post-apocalyptic slice of life carried by the bond between its two leads.

Which shows are like Girls' Last Tour?

Shows with a similar feel include Yona of the Dawn, Made in Abyss, Planetes, and Kino's Journey.

How long is Girls' Last Tour?

Girls' Last Tour: 1 season, 12 episodes.

Is Girls' Last Tour still running?

No, Girls' Last Tour has ended.