I've been a fan of the slice of life genre really since I started watching anime, and I thought I knew what a great slice of life looked like.
I didn't. THIS is a great slice of life. It does everything right. A banger soundtrack. Realistic, relatable, characters. A fun, enticing, plot. Creative, hilarious, writing. It's all there.
Something about this show just feels so special when compared to other shows in its genre. Its style of comedy is so refreshing, it's more like a western cartoon than an anime in that department. I think the best comparison I can make for the comedy style is...
And hear me out here, because this is going to sound absolutely insane...
Family Guy. Similar to a show like Family Guy, Bocchi the Rock utilizes a lot of cutaways to punchline its jokes. For an example, Bocchi might make a statement like "I hate coffee", and then the screen would fade into a fictional movie where Bocchi is fighting against a giant coffee cup that is destroying the city or something like that. There are even a few scenes were it transitions into other animation styles, or all the way to live action just for a single joke. The animation reminds me of a show like FLCL, with the way the characters move and the faces they make during the comedic scenes. It's just so creative, and that's what separates it from other slice of life anime.
You don't have to be a slice of life fan to enjoy this. You don't have to be a music fan to enjoy this. You don't even have to be an anime fan to enjoy this. Bocchi the Rock is just an amazing, inventive show, no matter how you look at it.
