Bocchi the Rock!
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Bocchi the Rock!

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!
English: Bocchi the Rock!
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Dec 19, 2017 to ?
Genre: Comedy Comedy
Themes: CGDCT CGDCT, Music Music
Serialization: Manga Time Kirara MAX
Authors: Hamaji, Aki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.291 (scored by 63396,339 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3132
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #813
Members: 23,436
Favorites: 910

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Synopsis

High school student Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou has no social life or any friends—unless you count her guitar. She dreams of creating a school band in the hopes that using her instrument will elevate her social standing. However, despite spending the last two years diligently practicing guitar, she is no closer to her goal.

Although she has gained a following online for her guitar covers of popular songs, Bocchi's lack of social skills means that her dream may ultimately be impossible. But one day, drummer Nijika Ijichi spots Bocchi with her guitar alone in a park. Desperately in need of a guitarist, Nijika quickly recruits Bocchi to the band that Nijika has formed with bassist Ryou Yamada—Kessoku Band. Though overwhelmed and left floundering at the sudden social interaction, Bocchi realizes this may be the start of something bigger.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Bocchi the Rock! ranked eighth in the Best Printed Manga category at the fifth Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2019.

Kessoku Band is inspired by the J-rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, where the characters share surnames and instrument roles with their counterparts.

The series has been published in English by Yen Press since October 17, 2023.

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Reviews

Oct 28, 2022
Preliminary (7/? eps)
The new CloverWorks anime Bocchi the Rock! is a hit.

The original source is a 4-koma or four-panel comic strip collected into magazine "volumes" by Manga Time Kirara MAX. There is no official English translation that I can find, and English translations can be found on the usual websites.

I am not a fan of the 4-koma type of manga. The format looks like a cheap web 'toon or a story meant to be read on your smart phone. The four panel style limits the amount of information that can be included. It is a stripped down or spare manga. This is just my personal ...
Oct 14, 2023
Preliminary (52/? eps)
*the mildest of spoilers for an early character's introduction scene, a different early character's primary motivation, and an off-hand mention to what chapter number a major arc ends on*

you ever watch a show on like, paleontology or something, dinosaurs, and the dude takes some animal’s partial skeleton, like just a small skull fragment, and half a jaw bone, and then somehow uses that to completely extrapolate an entire animal out of that? like full skeleton, muscle structure, organs, even like, behaviors and such?

“oh yeah, because it’s skull was shaped like this, we can figure out that it ate this and that and probably lived ...
Dec 9, 2023
Preliminary (51/? eps)
Very good!

This is the first manga that has kept my attention throughout, but that's mainly because I love the characters.

Hitori, Nijika and Ikuyo are all amazing, and my favorite characters of all time. And since I watch/read things for the characters, anything with these characters will be amazing for me :)

I'm glad to have this while I wait for a season 2 of the anime. I also began reading some Doujinshi's just to stay in this world.

If you liked the anime I would recommend it for sure, but I would also recommend it even if you haven't watched the anime.

And I just love the ...

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Poll: Bocchi the Rock! Chapter 82 Discussion
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