It's either very depressing to the point you become unable to watch it, or it is only played as a cute gimmick to a character.
But rarely do we ever see it as an issue and something that needs to be fixed. Well, Bocchi the Rock has been a wonderful anime about that exact idea of trying to overcome a mental illness and how it actually feels having one.
Bocchi the rock has been an anime that took me by surprise. I got into it at around episode 3 and I have been in love with it since then.
A story that is not really unique but preseneted in a very refreshing way with a good list of wonderful characters.
From Bocchi, our adorable yet always anxious main character, to the side characters that surprisingly make the show better and have an influence on them. Yet, despite having such a wonderful cast, I was really surprised with how good one single character was, Ichiji Nijika.
Never in my entire life have I ever a reaction to a character like that. Whenever a picture of her appears on Facebook, you see the top comment as a gif of someone crying that she is not real :D
I can see why as she pretty much is the reason Bocchi joined the cast in the first place and she is always being the positive energy character guiding everyone together as the shining light for them. She is a wonderful character and I guess I'm the same as those guys in wishing she was real :"D
Her self-sacrifical relationship with her sister of trying to make her sister's place grow big using her band for it and you understand why when you see her sister gave up on her band just to support and keep her little sister happy. It's a wonderful relationship rivaled only by Bocchi's mother always knowing how to help bring Bocchi from her delusions back to reality in a very subtle yet simple way.
The fantastic animation was amazing to see and really glad the show didn't turn into Yuri-nonsense when Kita was added to the cast.
Amazing art, animation, osts, plot, voice acting and directing that led to this show being such a big hit at least with me. (As of writing this, it has a 9.01 on MAL).
On the Ecchi meter, the anime is also amazing as it has almost no ecchi in it. Maybe one time Bocchi had a swimsuit yet had her guitar on it but that was only for like 10 seconds or so.
I would give it a 10/10. Really loved it and wishing to see more of it. It was one of the very few anime that literally I couldn't wait to make a video about it.
Would recommend it to everyone who wants to see a new refreshing take on social anxiety.
