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| There are a multitude of anime I've seen before that could be described as "mood," but Bocchi the Rock seems to specifically target the socially awkward and timid using a bright, highly animated, and highly exaggerated art style to visually portray those anxieties. I suppose this sort of anime is ever more relevant nowadays with the oversaturation of social media and the desire to connect with others, all the while conflicting with anonymous and disconnected nature of net interactions. |
| The animaton and artstyle is so eye candy. Also, the opening slaps. Both visually and song wise. Hitori's parents look so damn young lol Ngl, I'm sure a lot of us could relate, at least a little bit when Hitori was giving her brief intro about being an introvert. There are so many relatable moments here. You must have experienced at least one of these if you're/have been an introvert. The gushing over the progress of your YT channel even if it's just 10 comments, the placing something on your desk to garner attention, the carrying of merch to get along with people of similar interests, etc. Overall, it was a great first episode. Really cute and relatable. Also, I gotta hand it to Hitori's VA. They were doing a damn good job. I can now see why this show was getting so much hype. I can't really find the word, but this show is so 'gen z' if that makes any sense. The ED was cute. |
 ◑ ━━━━━ ▣ ━━━━━ ◐ "Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains." ◑ ━━━━━ ▣ ━━━━━ ◐ |
| Bocchi the Rock. Oh boy where do I begin? It's an anime that I have been wanting to try for a long time now and it's definitely been recommended to me for quite a bit, man I really do have a thing for slice of life shows don't I? This was a surprising watch to me, the animation is stunning to look at and the protagonist of Hitori herself is so damn relatable in every sense of the word, she certainly feels like a shy introverted character and somebody that I'd probably encounter in real life. The struggles she has in the episode felt so real and honestly I feel like there's a lot of people that have been in a similar patch like she has, struggling to interact with people that is. I found myself laughing a lot at this episode, my god that fake ending legit threw me off when I saw it and it did have me literally say to myself: "Wait? The credits? But it's not the end of the episode is it? No it's not the end of the episode." Well done, CloverWorks, well done, you have my attention now. |
| very cute, very relateable. ive played multiple instruments, had friends in bands, yet never felt the confidence to really take the step forward or even continue progressing my music skills alone. good first episode though! i love bocchi and i wish for her success |
| The early end credits sent me through a window. I'm rooting for you, Bocchi! |
| When Hitori mentioned that she had enough human interaction, I felt that lol |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| don't we just love an introverted MC |
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| I had high expectations and still got surprised by how good it was! You can do it, Bocchi! Seriously, being that introverted and still going on stage (while hiding in a box) is huge! |
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| That was a funny first episode. I totally love it. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| Absolutely accurately relatable 98 except I’m not a guitarist, seriously. |
| HOLY SHIT BOCCHI IS LITERALLY ME FR FR FR FR FR FR |
| هیچوقت بهتر نمیشه |
| my coworker convinced me to watch this and .. im loving the art and characters. looks super cute so far |
| I knew this is great anime from the songs on YT, but I didn't know it is also so funny! :P |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| As a (former) introvert and guitar player myself, this was very relatable for me. I wish I had practiced 6 hours a day, then I would be much better than I am now haha |
| The jumps scare really threw me off |
| This is tempting fate, but i'll finally start watching this even if future italian dub maybe isn't 100% impossible after all. K-On was my first subs-only series, let's discover how this holds up. For a change, it's nice that internet comments aren't mean spirited (even if... 30000 subscribers? Really?) But didn't expect the main character already into guitar playing this soon and being so paranoid (and talkative in her own mind... even if to be fair all in all it's an actual normal teenager thing to do. Ok, the fake ending credits made me laugh and the fake seppuku imagination was... weird, and extremely not expected from a series like this. "do you know guitarhero on youtube?" lol, she's in front of them but can't inform them directly. so... Rina Tennoji hiding herself into a box has a competitor. ...what? She's actually performing on stage inside of it? Pretty good start, and Nijika and Ryo for their own separate reasons already seem pretty, likable and interesting. |
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