Bocchi The Rock is so relatable that Pikamee had to stop watching it because it was too painful for her.

@mothersbasement

Жыл бұрын

I feel like this is the ultimate endorsement ⚡️⚡️⚡️

@yui7871

Жыл бұрын

Poor kettle

@sofadhana1289

Жыл бұрын

I'm feeling the same way. Part of me loves it, part of me hates them for making fun of my social anxiety

@Cryogenx37

Жыл бұрын

lmao where does she say that? In a stream or tweet? I wanna see that moment

@gabetalks9275

Жыл бұрын

Liked this comment for the Pikamee shoutout. Long live our kettle-sama.

19:30 fun fact: this ear-splitting shriek is 100% natural. Originally the director asked the Seiyuu to just screech normally so he could audio-edt it, but when she made this sound he thought it was horrifying enough on it's own and used it raw

@lifjyruss

Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, it was pretty terrifying and hilarious. A range of wonderful emotions is what this show makes me feel.

@cwcpants140

Жыл бұрын

Proof? I do audio engineering and that was either a SUPREMELY shitty $5 toy microphone or that was digitally distorted to introduce extra harmonics.

@rwilcox

Жыл бұрын

@@cwcpants140 the seiyuu did it live a while ago. There's a clip somewhere if you search

@princessthyemis

Жыл бұрын

That's AMAZING!!! when I saw it here in this video I BURST out laughing! I gotta watch this genius show!!

@HeraclesN-fp1bw

Жыл бұрын

Interesting that that was really Yoshino Aoyama natural voice

Bocchi's little sister is absolutely merciless ; this is why i fear children.

@cha0sniper

Жыл бұрын

Little Gotou is absolutely savage and I love her for it xD

@hollowshield2315

Жыл бұрын

"i have too many friends to hang out with, so I can't practice all the time like her" damn she pulled out the lighter on that one💀

@suzerain_k

Жыл бұрын

she actually ranks hitori somewhat on par with her dog lolol

@gabetalks9275

Жыл бұрын

She's merciless, but she's a smol precious merciless munchkin who deserves headpats... and a bonk... but mostly headpats. It's honestly so adorable how despite ruthlessly roasting her oneechan, she still looks up to her and thinks highly of her, gushing about how cool she is.

@samson7294

Жыл бұрын

I love the scene where Little Gotou goes to wake up a sore muscled Bocchi like: “Wake the fuck up Onee-san! We got a city to burn”

_MILD spoilers:_ 16:34 I'm glad that you mentioned this part of the band's dynamic. One of my favorite parts about this show is how Bocchi's little anxiety episodes aren't a one-note gag where the group has the same confused reaction every time. Instead they start to get used to it, which not only makes it feel like SO much more of a real friendship that's developing in real time in front of you, but it also makes the comedy even funnier. Episode 4- Bocchi starts glitching out on the ground, everyone is shocked and confused. Episode 9- Bocchi literally pops like a balloon, Ijichi says "Oh no, Bocchi-chan exploded!" and then proceeds to carry her friend, now a literal slab of deflated rubber, away to safety.

@dnd3edm2

Жыл бұрын

Episode 9+ "Ah, it's Bocchi-o-Clock, should check to make sure her trash can has a pillow inside so she's comfortable"

@selayarlaut2746

Жыл бұрын

On episode 4, only kita who's freaking out by bocchi antique, this is her first time spending time with bocchi, while Ryo and Nijika calmly getting bocchi back to her sense after since they already spent a handful of time with bocchi to know her antique

@barbaros99

Жыл бұрын

I think this is the key that keeps the show from becoming hurtful. No one ever makes fun of or ridicules Bocchi's experiences. Her friends try to support her as best they can, and even the background characters (like the two girls talking music in the classroom) never act mean, just confused or uncertain.

@capt2278

Жыл бұрын

Episode 8 where they do surgery on Bocchi using sandpaper... and then Bocchi rises up with this .. FACE. I busted a gut laughing.

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

it's peak "visual comedy," it justified its base foundation for being a "yonkoma" 4 panel manga, then exceeds its visuals for its sub-genre (aforementioned visual comedy).

Okay you convinced me to watch the show. *One Minute Later* Now I'm crying because it's bringing back every uncomfortable memory of my awkward lonely childhood.

@arghya_333

Жыл бұрын

Sees a cute girls doing cute things comedy anime Me: Alright, lets watch this Also me: I came here to cure my depression, not worsen it!

@Lianpe98

Жыл бұрын

The pain when she took all the cd's out expecting her classmates to suddenly start talking to her 😆

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

It's an objective anime thanks to being a visual comedy, not complex, I recommend it on anyone. It's amazing how "yonkoma" 4 panel visual gag mangas has been breaking the expectations since Azumanga Dioh and Nichijou

@thamrew676

Жыл бұрын

@@R3TR0J4N Legit, I wished to have the same vibes as Nichijou and the closest thing I got was Bocchi The Rock, its a shame my normie friends would only like Chainsaw Man and other trendy anime.

I'm a professional musician/producer, and also have an anxiety disorder that's taken me years if intense therapy to get past. Kita is so relatable that it both healed AND hurt me, and I think that's just swell. Also the thing that, to me, is really funny about Ryo is that if you listen to them play, she's EXACTLY as good as she says she is. It really completes the joke.

@yuezuha7970

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! The way ryo play the bass is so perfect that when i just feel the music and close my eyes i cream from hearing that sweet juicy bass sound.

@someguy1865

Жыл бұрын

As a bass player I honestly love Ryo's playing. Like my idol lol

Bocchi the Rock has the coveted honor of being the first anime I have ever rewatched before the first series stopped coming out. I have watched it four times.

@JeffDvrx

Жыл бұрын

I'm in the same exact situation lol. And I can't even tell you how many times I've rewatched episode 8 in particular

@innerarts4091

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone my friend.

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

4 panel mangas anime adaptations always surpass the expectations since Azumanga Dioh, Nichijou, and now Bochi

@verified_tinker1818

Жыл бұрын

Second for me. The first was Arcane.

This is one of the few that I plan to give a 10/10. The kind of humor, the comedic timing, the character interactions, the music, the direction, everything

@PowerSynopsis

Жыл бұрын

It was one of the very few that I gave a 10/10 after the first episode

@t59112

Жыл бұрын

Imo its better than Show by Rock!!

@Justin_0241

Жыл бұрын

BTR just slayed Love Flops this season

@collinbeal

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely a contender for anime of the year, if not the outright winner

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

Overstretched 5 word essay to explain the sub-genre of "visual comedy"

She plays guitar? She’s in a band? She has severe social anxiety? She’s literally me!

@thomasffrench3639

Жыл бұрын

Another literally me character.

@jimbob7319

Жыл бұрын

But do you have half the world's discord mods changing their profile pics to you?

@zigzag8392

Жыл бұрын

Please love us for our Art and our cool pants.

@QWERTY-gp8fd

Жыл бұрын

@@jimbob7319 not discord but plenty of people changing their telegram profile pic

@Darth_Bateman

Жыл бұрын

Ayyyy Kurt Kobain! Do not shoot yourself. You’re fine as you are.

As someone with Avoidant Personality Disorder, this is literally the most seen I have ever felt watching any piece of media. No one understands Bocchi like I do. Seriously, the part where all her friends realize literally no one invited her out over summer break and that’s why she’s miserable on the last day of it made me cry so hard because it was way too painfully relatable.

@RIP_Sinners

Жыл бұрын

Imagine friends remembering something as unimportant as that. There's fantasy, and then there's unrealistic.

@gunnarschlichting9886

Жыл бұрын

@@RIP_Sinners Japanese summer break is different than Western countries. It's shorter, and usually a bigger deal as a result, for example.

@kzaanimefan4836

Жыл бұрын

@@RIP_Sinners C'mon bruh.... Be nice with your words😭😭

@iloveindomienoodle

Жыл бұрын

Bocchi is literally me

@hammerbro2833

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit just go outside

The animation quality decreasing and the style changing every time Bocchi freaks out is a joke they've done so many times and yet somehow always makes me laugh my ass off. In the recent episode the low-poly 3D Bocchi T-posing through a stack of cubes made me pause so I can get my laughter done before I resumed. Also I have never related to a character as much as I relate to Bocchi. Her daydreaming an entire tragedy every time she's put into a social situation is so painfully familiar

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7

Жыл бұрын

You know what's the best part about that gag? Of all things, it's a reference to Undertale. But not the video game itself, it references a one-off meme in that game's trailer. If you happened to have watched the trailer for that still-somewhat-obscure-compared-to-everything-else indie game 7 years ago, and know the humble beginnings, it's even better.

The fact that Bocchi the Rock's animation somehow managed to blow all of the other contenders for Best Animation out of the water in a year where its biggest competitors are juggernauts like Kaguya-sama, Chainsaw Man, and Mob Psycho 100 is absolutely insane to me. I love all of those series, yet none of them have the same visual punch as Bocchi. They're all incredibly well-polished, but Bocchi's presentation is just so unique and creative, that it's unlike anything I've ever seen in anime before. The closest comparison I can think of is the mixed-media production of Gumball.

@Justin_0241

Жыл бұрын

tbh Bocchi the Rock had more Anxiety levels than Love Flops

@drunkhyperjuice

Жыл бұрын

Aight I understand this anime is extremely creative but that’s a little hyperbolic my gamer. Cmon you can’t just discredit the quality of mob psycho or the raw shot composition of csm as somehow being beneath this show

@MFDOOOOM

Жыл бұрын

@@drunkhyperjuice Csm animation is trash compared to some scenes in Bocchi, no joke

@soysource3218

Жыл бұрын

@@MFDOOOOM No trash but not as creative. The character animation for Bocchi the Rock is really something.

@davidashton3671

Жыл бұрын

@@drunkhyperjuice The composition of CSM is boring as fuck compared to even its own manga. I would unironically say Bocchi's are better.

I didn't expect to like this anime as much as I do right now. Gem of the year.

Bocchi is my favorite anime of this season, and that's saying a lot. This season is stacked. I am Bocchi Bocchi is me

@alexgao9841

Жыл бұрын

She's just like you frfr?

@ShockHat734

Жыл бұрын

@@alexgao9841 ong!?!

@dinoscarex4550

Жыл бұрын

You mean Bocchi the smash bros player?

@iotaku

Жыл бұрын

Bro this comment resonates with me so much, I could feel bocchi coming inside of me

@shonbendavid6256

Жыл бұрын

sounds like someone has played too much persona

I found Bocchi immediately relatable the moment she hit her head against the floor and screamed "Begone bad memories!" because lord do I still get embarrassing flashbacks, particularly of the elementary/high-school variety, a few times a month if I'm lucky. And I did get a case of the shaking nerves when I had to do a company tour for a new coworker, so I'm never doing that (or a presentation) ever again. And yet I also found myself manically chatty with a college friend a few weeks ago so I'm shockingly like Kita at rare instances - the unintentionally upbeat people-pleaser when paired with a Bocchi, the opposing poles to my absurd socially anxious-socially overly-comfortable self. In short, I get this show way more than I anticipated and I'm grateful for it.

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

The band has its own characters w/ "interpersonal connections"

@naomithornhill2079

Жыл бұрын

Relatable

Futari Gotoh is the most adorable little gremlin and I would die for her. Also her parents really are her biggest haters, naming Hitori “one person” and Futari “two people”, basically making a pun meaning hitori is alone and Futari is not

@Kopczak1995

Жыл бұрын

Oh lol, that's one hell of a fun fact I didn't know. Wonderful naming xD

Fun fact: Masafumi Gotoh, lead singer and guitarist of Asian Kung-Fu Generation, goes by the name "Gotch" for his solo projects, but due to japanese spelling "ゴッチ" can also be read as "Gocchi". His biography is called "Gotch Go Rock". I can only conclude that this and the phrase "Hitoribocchi" combined to build the idea for this series. Kikuri Hiroi is named for Margaret Hiroi, lead singer and bassist of 88Kasyo Junrei. Her bandmates in "Sick Hack" (apparently a pun on "shiku hakku" or "all manners of torment") also share their names with those of 88Kasyo. The members of another band in the manga are named after the members of Kinniku Shojo Tai. In the manga there are also lots of reference to a ton of other bands and specifically music videos of theirs, as most title illustrations are directly taken from those videos but the characters from the manga replacing the original artists. A lot of known J-rock artists have directly contributed to the anime and the music of Kessoku Band. The first ending song "Distortion" was written by Maguro Taniguchi from Kana-Boon. The second ED "Karakara" is by Ikkyu Nakajima from Tricot, and the Third ED "Nani ga Warui" was written by Yuuho Kitazawa from The Peggies. The only negative I can say about this is that it makes Kessoku Band sound almost too good for this young a band and one that canonically has difficulty playing well together due to the social anxiety of its lead guitarist, but I guess that is the disconnect between making the show marketable and staying 100% true to the story. You can also definitely hear the style of the artist that wrote them out of those songs, making Kessoku Band sound a bit unfocused.

@Haruka00

Жыл бұрын

thanks for this, I love the manga redraw some album cover but with kessoku band in it. now its no wonder the songs are good.

@JeffDvrx

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the references, that's cool to know. I disagree with the last bit though, they never have difficulty playing specifically because of Bocchi... The first time they play they're missing second guitar and a singer and they've literally just met, of course it'll be messy; in their live concert they were all over the place because both Kita and Nijika were off tempo, and it was actually Bocchi wanting her "fans" to have a good time that kicked them into gear when she just improvised her solo intro to That Band. True, their two songs so far and the ED songs give off really different vibes (they're probably going to make it work by saying Nijika and Kita wrote those while Bocchi wrote the two songs they've been playing so far) and they do sound too good for what they _should_ be, but I still think it's done well enough to be _possible._

@yona9798

Жыл бұрын

Actually, sounding cometely unfocussed makes a lot of sense starting out. Especially when someone like Ryou writes your songs, I might even expect that to be a much larger issue xD (definitely not projecting onto her) She's also probably been writing for years without releasing anything, so I'd say it makes sense that she's pretty competent. Bring able to reproduce other writers styles though, is almost completely impossible unless you rely on cliches or sirectly copy ideas, so that doesn't quite make sense, but, as you said, from a production standpoint that really makes a lot of sense anyways.

@pranitp.1622

Жыл бұрын

Sounds legit since bocchi covered an Asian kungfu generation in the last ep

It's actually genius writing to become self-conscious & anxious by going head-over-heels into a topic in a video about Bocchi the Rock. Excellent work, good sir.

Probably my Anime of the Year, not just because Bocchi is relatable, but because 'loner gets friends and grows and matures steadily as a person' is one of my absolute favorite kinds of stories to watch. If BTR was just about making fun of Hitori, it'd be a pretty mean show, but it lets her get some wins, and shows she has particular strengths. When she's dragged outside of her comfort zone, she frequently manages to rise to the occasion, and it's downright inspiring. Especially the performance at Starry during the storm, after the band has had a pretty lackluster performance, she absolute jams, pulling them all out of a funk and turning things around. For all the funny Bocchi Time moments that make the show a joy to watch, it's that moment, and then her conversation with Nijika at the end of the episode that show the beating heart of the series. The only other anime this year to give me such profound feelings was Call of the Night, which should also be in the conversation for Anime of the Year, easily.

The music is really well designed too. The performances are definitely animated off of reference and they do a great job making it feel natural and loose. In addition, the production of the music is well thought out during their second concert because you can hear them play poorly, and Bocchi’s solo during That Band is really similar to her street performance, which shows she’s been working on it for a while

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7

Жыл бұрын

I love the way Kita's strumming and Nijika's drumming are animated. Kita in particular strums her guitar in a stiff and exaggerated manner, like a person who hasn't completely mastered the guitar would. While Ryo and Bocchi play more precisely and don't make any unnecessary movements. Not to mention Bocchi's posture and precision change notably, both in animation and in sound, when she gets in the zone.

This may be kind of silly, but Bocchi the Rock kinda showed me just how bad my social anxiety really is. For a while, I've kinda taken the stance that "I can always fix it later", but seeing at how much I actually relate to bocchi, while hilarious, kinda put a spotlight on the fact that I should really put in the effort to get better. I'm in my second year of college, and if i soon don't build myself up more, it can cause a lot of problems in my life.

@murderman8578

Жыл бұрын

Problems?

@twankies8051

Жыл бұрын

@@murderman8578 most likely being lonely and not wanting to.

@Minihood31770

Жыл бұрын

But also, it's never too late. I only really started breaking out of my shell towards the end of third year, start of fourth year at Uni. I still struggle, but it's so worth it. The few times I do manage to spend time with my friends are some of the best memories. I'm going to see a band next year with two of my best friends, and I'm so looking forward to it

@murderman8578

Жыл бұрын

@@Minihood31770 must be nice to have friends

@Kopczak1995

Жыл бұрын

You need to try and believe in yourself more, mate. I feel you. Believe me or not, everyone is stranger in internet anyway, but I had my fair share of problems back in school days. It somehow resolved itself around the end of college for me. I'm still pretty much loner type and don't have much friends, but at least I can talk kinda comfortably even with strangers. At some point I took "fuck it all" approach, like what worst could happen, it's shitty anyway! It's never good idea to be overconfident, but I'm trying to look like I'm sure of anything I do. If I'm destined to fail, better to at least make it go with a bang :D Bocchi still hurt me a lot lol, made me think how much people can change.

This show made me cry so many happy tears for Bocchi-chan. This girl I see so much of myself in, finding a friend group I couldn't truly find until I was in university was a special arc to follow. The first time they're talking about Bocchi not having friends at school and Ryo saying "but she's so fun" made me a complete puddle. The little giggle before Bocchi suggests seppuku-ing is so perfectly delivered too.

I had a different interpretation of the characters' personalities. Introversion and extroversion aren't about how you act, they're more about whether you find being around people energizing or depleting. I see Bocchi as wanting to be around people, but her anxiety and depression get in the way. Extroverts also enjoy having lots of friendships, while introverts enjoy having deeper relationships with a few friends. I absolutely love the scene where Bocchi asks Ryo to review her lyrics. Bocchi writes in a way showing she wants to make everyone happy and be accessible to everyone. But Ryo gently coaches her to write lyrics that few people will appreciate but will resonate deeply with them. And that's because Ryo really leans into being an introvert. Bocchi is an extrovert who behaves like an introvert, but secretly she's an attention whore tsuchinoko kaiju. I suspect that, despite being a genki girl, Nijika is more of an introvert. She seems more interested in her bandmates than anyone in the audience, and she and Ryo are tied at the hip.

@Yk-qe8dz

Жыл бұрын

I agree with your definition of introvert/extrovert, but I am pretty sure sure Bocchi is an introvert. Just look at how she was exhausted after her concert (the second one, if I'm not mistaken, where she literally lost her color). Yes, she wants to hang out with her friends and be on stage, but they are her close friends, which checked the deeper relationships box, and music is her passion in which she can express herself. Bocchi needs (or at least seems to) her alone time when she's at home and is not disturb by it when shes in her closets writing lyric alone for exemple, she have a thriving head space, and is more creative on her own than would be an extrovert in the same conditions. She also has a good observation skill that many introverts have. One last note about introversion is that when not coupled with social anxiety, an introvert in the right setting may appear the most extroverted person we know without even realizing it. Especially if this is about a passion, many introverts can take the stage or take the spotlight for a time. Thanks for the read, and if you may, can you explain your point on extroverted Bocchi? I would like to see the other side of the 9 and see the 6 that you are seeing :) May you also pass great holidays if that's the case !

@meganmartin3373

Жыл бұрын

My impression is that Bocchi actually is an introvert, but she's trying to act like an extrovert because she's been conditioned by society to believe that that's what all the people around her want her to be. She claims to want fame and lots of shallow friendships because she mistakenly thinks that that will make her "acceptable" to the people around her, because she's somehow gotten the impression that having lots of friends is the default behavior of humanity, and the polite indifference of her classmates is clearly a sign that they despise her. Bocchi doesn't actually have any problem with her Bocchi-ness herself; her problem with it is simply that she believes other people dislike her for it. Episode 9 is a good example of this: Bocchi became increasingly depressed and unbalanced as the summer progressed, _not_ because she really wanted to hang out with her friends specifically, but because she wanted reassurance that her friends like and value her. When they did ultimately hang out, Bocchi had her fill of the experience after just one snack; basically everything else they did that day only tired her out. If she actually had the sort of lifestyle she claims she'd like to have, I'm reasonably convinced that she'd be miserable, stressed, and completely burnt out within the first day. Bocchi isn't an extrovert. She just thinks that _not_ being an extrovert makes her an abnormal freak, and she wants to be what she assumes is "normal" for reasons that have nothing to do with how her battery gets recharged. If, theoretically, she could find some way to be "acceptable" to society at large, without needing to socialize extensively, she would see that as an ideal solution and jump at the prospect of it. And in fact, she already has: That's literally the reason why she learned the guitar in the first place.

@timothymclean

Жыл бұрын

This comment confuses me. It seems to be written under the assumption that "being around people is exhausting" and "I want to be around people" are fundamentally contradictory feelings, which...they aren't. Trust me, they are not.

@evanthefish

Жыл бұрын

@@timothymclean That's the opposite of the point I was trying to make. Whether you find social interaction energizing or depleting can be separate from other issues you might have, like social anxiety, ptsd or chronic pain. Whether you want to be around people doesn't even figure into it. Does that help?

My depression has hospitalized me twice, I am introverted, and I am on the autism spectrum (making my introversion nearly as bad as Bocchi's). Watching this anime made me feel seen. Like someone had specifically made this for me and only me. I can relate to the musical side of it (self-taught guitarist and bassist), I can relate to the introverted side, and (most importantly for me) I can relate to the depression/lonely side. I do not know if there are words to describe how highly I think about this anime. (Also Ryo IS best girl. Her horribleness is what makes her best girl)

This whole year feels like its just had so many bangers. Bocchi has been probably my favorite right up there with Lycoris Recoil just for having such a great sense of internal tone the uses its characters to build its story without being terribly concerned about the story even when it is well written. Bocchi just has so much stylistic fun and a near perfect balance of main and supporting characters that I just constantly find myself coming back to see where they land next and to see Hitori on her path which subtle though it might be has been on the road up.

@skeletor8951

Жыл бұрын

Bocchi and Lycoris are absolutely my favorite anime all year. And I don't think I could ever decide between them.

@tama5380

Жыл бұрын

Please refrain from ever saying Bocchi the Rock and Lycoreco in the same sentence. One's an actually good anime with well directed & well written characters with established backgrounds & realisations and other one is a cheap yuri bait with 0 substance for it's story and it's characters.

@panwp123

Жыл бұрын

@@tama5380 i literaly have no idea which of them is which in your comparasion.

@tama5380

Жыл бұрын

@@panwp123 ill let you decide

I just absolutely love the times when the show breaks out of traditional animation for a comedy bit. I lost my shit when they launched a 3D puppet into a pile of cubes in blender.

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7

Жыл бұрын

You know what's the best part about that gag? Of all things, it's a reference to Undertale. But not the video game itself, it references a one-off, one-second meme in that game's trailer. If you happened to have watched the trailer for that still-somewhat-obscure-compared-to-everything-else indie game 7 years ago, and know the humble beginnings, it's even better.

@soysource3218

Жыл бұрын

@@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 For real?

@R3TR0J4N

Жыл бұрын

You know it's peak visual comedy when its visualise the figures of speech.

I love this show so goddamn much. I have laughed until I cried, snorted, or simply couldn't breathe, especially with the one gag where Bocchi's internal meltdown suddenly became Diajetic Fact with the whole, "wait, Bocchi-chan turned to ash??" moment where I was wheezing on the floor. This is chaotic dark absurdism at its finest, and it deserves all the accolades of K-ON! and more.

Your breakdown of Kita's character is a great example of what makes this show so great. All of the characters and the scenes have so much depth and thought full context that makes the whole thing far more compelling than what you see at face value.

Bocchi the rock is one of the best Anime of the season and year, it even overthrowed Chainsaw Man for being the best Non-sequel Anime on MAL 😍

@alechall7082

Жыл бұрын

I love Bocchi the Rock, but nothing touches CSM this season. It's in a different league.

@tama5380

Жыл бұрын

@@alechall7082 csm anime adaptation is a disgrace and does a diservice to the manga. The only thing going for CSM anime is the high quality production & Kensuke Ushio.

@Empire156

Жыл бұрын

@@alechall7082 csm overall might be better than bocchi, but bocchi throws csm s1 out of the park, especially because how slow csm was this season with almost nothing happening first 7 eps

@alexhurt7919

Жыл бұрын

@@alechall7082 yeah I agree. CSM isn't just the best of the season, it's the best of the year. In the running for the best of the last few years.

@brunosegura1206

Жыл бұрын

MAL is not a trustful source to say "an anime is good". In fact, no ranking or review website is. Learn to think by yourself.

Dude, feel free to nerd-gush about technical stuffs behind animation all you want, Im sure most of us who follow you find it fascinating and interesting

@TH_Sofa

Жыл бұрын

Gotta wait for Canipa Effect to jump onto analyzing Bocchi’s animation

@farisanwari777

Жыл бұрын

@@TH_Sofa yeah, thanks for the reminder

@soysource3218

Жыл бұрын

As an animator I love to silently pick up animation nuisances I see in Cloverworks productions. It’s there but most don’t see it.

@timothymclean

Жыл бұрын

I'm like 85% sure that apologizing for getting artsy on us was mostly an excuse to play up the Bocchi-est parts of Geoff, but I'm glad we got as much of the artsy stuff as we did.

I almost want to say Bocchi is like if K-on! had Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei's kind of humor, but with less of the potty humor SZS can occasionally dip into and more of the "Everyone's being goofy and then someone says something incredibly dark" thing. Maybe this is a bit of an exaggeration but then I remember the scene where Bocchi is wondering if alcohol would make her feel better and the camera cuts to a Japanese business man at the bar drinking heavily and contemplating jumping in front of a train.

@JeffDvrx

Жыл бұрын

lol that whole sequence was brutal, and then they just rub it off like it's _nothing_ with Hiroi saying "oh so she does freak out like this normally!" and Kita + Ryo polishing her off like she's a sculpture or something lol. This show is freaking brilliant

@collinbeal

Жыл бұрын

The sudden whiplash of being thrown into the world of a chronically depressed overworked office lackey with a failing marriage drinking himself into a stupor and then back to teen indie rockers was brilliant writing.

I started this show yesterday and I knew it was something my wife needed to watch. She is very much like Bocchi minus the lying where I am like Kita. She started it last night and finished it about the time I go up this morning. Truly great for the whole family.

BOCCHI THE PEAK

The multiple animation styles that are just used to perfection. Gags and gag animation that have great timing. Wonderful writing that hits way too close to home for me in a lot of ways. I'm glad Bocchi is getting more attention and it deserves to be in the running for best of the season and top 20 of the year (trying to avoid recency bias).

"...impossible for Bocchi to approachi" Why would you do this to my mind. This fits just so many songs. I will never forget.

@leinine1834

Жыл бұрын

you mean: *never forgetti*

@howlrichard1028

Жыл бұрын

​@@leinine1834 Bocchi's spaghetti

I like how they all start to get to know Bocchi so well they can see right through her faces and expressions and read her like a book when she thinks she's hiding her thoughts with her introversion. "Bocchi.....you were just thinking 'why didn't you do that from the start?' weren't you". "Bocchi has this 'the longer we do this the longer I won't have to go back to do my duties at the maid Cafe look". "Bocchi would never go hide in the girls bathroom, too many people, you need to look for her anywhere you might find a slug." They get so good at it they even start playing ventriloquism with her to help her speak at the guitar store on the spot.

Gotta say Geoff, I've been watching you for a couple of years now and your videos keep getting more and more entertaining. It feels like you grew a lot during the time I watched you and it really shows in the videos! Keep up the awesome work!!

I love how fearless Cloverworks was with the animation in Bocchi. They're not afraid to break the rules and they're not afraid to acknowledge in universe that the rules have been broken. It makes every joke, every meme-worthy bochhi-time face, and every bit of that sweet sweet musical sakuga hit better.

Bocchi the Rock has to be my favorite anime in a while. As someone with crippling anxiety who prefers to deal with it through comedy, it feels nice to have a show deal with those struggles that way. It even feels relatable in the sense of when push comes to shove, instinct kicking in past those fears. Something I don't really see often in media, but is a survival instinct I deal with often. [Such as when I answer the door and find a stranger there rather than a family member I was expecting, so my brain checks out and I discover later that I talked to the person politely and eloquently. But boy was I not there for the conversation and didn't retain any of it.]

This anime feels like such a breath of fresh air with it's anime-ly exaggerated but still fundamentally realistic representation of anxiety and loneliness, especially when we think for a moment how frustratingly absurdly anime usually tackles this topic (yes, looking at you watamote or komi-san). Whomever I've talked to about the show, they've all said that it resonates with them, even the most extroverted, outgoing types. And that kinda feels like the key. One doesn't have to have crippling social anxiety to sort of relate to Bocchi. Only the most egotistical weirdo wouldn't go through multiple stages throughout their lives where they feel excessively anxious or doubt themselves. Her thought patters, logical pitfalls, ways of coping, to a varying extent and severity but we've all experienced them. Simply just the higher someone's on the spectrum of overthinking and anxiety, the stronger her character is poking their nerves. Writing a character that represents this side of us so realistically and relatably is one hell of a tall order.

I really can't get over how unnecesarilly fucking evil her little sister is without ever actually doing anything directly evil she just always knows exactly what to say to completely and brutally destroy anyone in a 5 mile radius 18:17 lets be honest there's no better rolemodel possible if you wanna be a punk star xD

I honestly dropped Bocchi the Rock! After the first episode, because it was boring for me. But then one of the KZreadrs I follow recommended this anime, so I decided to continue watching it. And I really never regretted this decision. The anime was very awesome and I enjoyed it very much. And it became one of the best anime of the year for me.

@adamcvikl1393

Жыл бұрын

Lol exactly same for me, I dropped it after 1st episode, then started watching and loving it in when 9th episode was out

@stoops187

Жыл бұрын

Same

@aeroga2383

Жыл бұрын

That's cool. I still hate it

@Zeik56

Жыл бұрын

@@aeroga2383 That's cool. Nobody cares if all you can contribute to the conversation is being pointlessly contrarian.

@doodlegame8704

Жыл бұрын

This is why dropping a show after just one episode is generally a bad idea. Only if there is blatantly awlful animation and generic story would it makes sense to drop a show so soon. not to say I haven't done so before...

9:57 K-On also does this! The main cast's last names are the same as members of an electronic rock band from the 80s called P-Model, and some of the supporting cast members (Nodoka, Sawako, possibly Jun) were named after the members of the pillows.

When he referenced baby metal though. Shout out to all the metalheads who have been watching this show. If yall play music you understand that this show hits it spot on. Nobody cared to see my bass when I brought it to class and nobody cared that I saw slayer on a weekend. This show is so accurate it sometimes hurts.

Hats off to Cloverworks with how much effort they have put into this Anime, the animation visuals and the comedy are just perfect 😍

@robofistsrevenge3288

Жыл бұрын

Clover's gotten a really bad rap in the past (for reasons I'm way too naive to know), but between this, SpyXFamily, and Dress-Up Darling, they killed it this year.

@mabogibo525

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, it's rare to see an anime that not only is a passion project, but the people who's working on it are also having a ton of fun.

@Justin_0241

Жыл бұрын

One The Other Hand Passione got wrecked themselves with Love Flops and only a few got bored with the twisted but shocking reveal

@marcuszeus5552

Жыл бұрын

@@mabogibo525 After their blunder with Promised Neverland S2 & Wonder Egg Priority

Cloverworks have been on a roll with quality shows this year; with Dress up Darling, Akebi Sailor Uniform, Spy Family, Shadows House S2 & now Bocchi the Rock.

@collinbeal

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Akebi's Sailor Uniform

i was watching this with my girlfriend and she was dead silent the entire time because it got way too real for her lmao

Dude, you're so good at this. Bocchi The Rock is way, way, way outside of my interests, but you describe it so well I want to watch it now. I followed your recommendations with Chainsaw Man and Akiba Maid Sensou and both of them are great. Thank you for turning me on to those shows. I tend to stay with science fiction anime and miss out on the ones that are more artistically experimental, so your channel has been a great corrective for that. I love how you take time to describe the visuals and detail what they're doing in different scenes. And you get all the references! Those always fly past me.

@matchxuky7305

Жыл бұрын

did u like it?

@Kevin_Street

Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen it yet, but soon.

Bocchi The Rock is probably the best hidden gems of 2022 The comedy is on top since episode 1 and never felt bored a single time The animation is amazing especially all the different artstyle and go to 2D from 3D to IRL to blender is just amazing + love the 2.5D during the performances I didn't even notice it at first The characters are all amazing: Kita with her Kita~~ power, Ryo with her personality that changes everytime, Nijika and her confidence and the best Bocchi the crazy introvert that probably represent so many peoples out there and make some hilarious face and all the other sides characters The music is also on top every performances have been super good OP and EDs include And the voice acting is just perfect Cloverworks manage to turn a 4-koma manga into a masterpiece that is 100 times better than the manga Totally love this and I'm gonna be so sad seeing it end next week really hope they do a second season Bocchi will be an anime that I will remember for a looooong time Also it's the second best rated anime of the season so yeah you can see the level of the show

@MightyMase04

Жыл бұрын

It's not hidden. It's good as hell but everyone who keeps up with seasonal anime rn knows about it.

@NekoToChiru

Жыл бұрын

@@MightyMase04 It's still not a mainstream show like SXF , CM or Bleach It's also not that popular not a lot of people is watching it

@MightyMase04

Жыл бұрын

@@NekoToChiru you said it yourself man, it's #2 on MAL. Hidden gems of anything don't go into top 5, let alone top 3

@NekoToChiru

Жыл бұрын

@@MightyMase04 in term of score not popularity

@MightyMase04

Жыл бұрын

@@NekoToChiru so what? I'm sorry, but anything in the top 3 of the airing tab is not a hidden gem.

Ive been watching Bocchi The Rock weekly since it came out, and seeing a montage of the different gags in this anime like this all in a row genuinely helped me appreciate just how *hard* they went on this anime It really has this no-hands-barred, whatever the joke requires we'll make it happen, kind of energy

starting to think these anime studios need to hire you to write for them lol. Love your script and delivery man.

"It's funny when she cries - even her sister, *THE DEVIL*, thinks so!" 🤣 Had me rolling

Describing going headlong into social encounters in spite of crippling anxiety over them as "choosing fight over flight" actually helps explain so much about my own interactions. Thanks.

Boochi is a fantastic anime (though it's hard to watch sometimes due to vicarious embarrassment). Her mental breakdowns are basically ripped right out of my middle school and high school life. Hell, I even brought my guitar to school one day, hoping it would work as an ice breaker. I did eventually break out of my shell during the last year and a half of high school, and these days, my social anxiety is completely gone. I still get the odd panic attack now and again, but I've learned to arrest them almost immediately. I still play music; last year of high school, I played the talent show as a solo act and killed it. For anyone who is still in it, there will be a point where you will realize that the people who seemed very self-assured during high school (and in general) were just as anxious as you were. Hell, I pity most of the guys who used to bully me, almost all of them went nowhere in life. Meanwhile, I own my own business and lived in Japan for almost 10 years.

Bocchi The Rock has some of the most impressive animation that I've seen for visual gags this year since Spy X Family! Which is also airing this season!

Love Bocchi - it's such a well made anime and I love the art style and how the story is told so brilliantly through great visual images.

What’s funny is that while Bocchi is very much the character I most relate to, I think my favorite character ended up being Kita. I love her overwhelmingly friendly, wholesome personality and how supportive she is of Bocchi. Her Seiyuu did a fantastic job as her. She very much reminds me of friends I’ve made who always encouraged me. Plus the running gag of her “Kita-aura” overwhelming others was one of my favorites in the show

It's really frustrating how some of my friends refuse to watch this show because they read one bad review about it on MAL. This is such a genuinely good breath of fresh air and almost everything about it is top tier.

@oryo-mocappucino

Жыл бұрын

Why would they rely on ONE bad review on MAL to convince themselves not to watch it?

@gabisfab6663

Жыл бұрын

And on MAL of all places?

@ahiruduck89

Жыл бұрын

Even though Bocchi's rating is pretty high on mal

@JeffDvrx

Жыл бұрын

let dumb people be dumb, my friend. just enjoy it yourself and laugh when they inevitably end up watching it after it comes up in a few other videos (Gigguk is bound to make one about it) and a couple anime awards categories

Yay! One of the big anitubers finally giving Bocchi the nod!

I can already tell how good this anime must be when every second picture I see on Twitter is either fanart of Hitori or her band mates. I couldn't escape it even if I wanted to. It'll also feel weird on which character I'm gonna relate to most, cause all of them seem to represent some trait I feel pretty familiar with. I especially wanna say Nijika, cause she's a drummer like myself but.. I don't think I'm anything like her haha

I needed some Geoff in my day. I don't feel right if I don't listen to one of his video essays a couple of days per week. Thanks for posting this, Geoff!

This anime is the definition of "I've never felt so attacked by something I completely agree with" I had to physically take breaks from binging this anime I give my experience a solid 10/10 would watch again

5:14 Me too. Great video btw. And I agree with how great the character-background blending looks in the shots you have shown; might check out the show for myself

Geoff, just wanted to say I really enjoy this video essays. I'm dumb and often miss lots, and i mean LOTS of little (and sometimes big) details on animes i watch. But watching your videos lets me enjoy these shows much more.

I love the VA for Bocchi as well. The way their able to flow her moods into different situtations so naturally was a treat. I've noticed how they often adjust their voices to fit the mood in the scene but Bocchi feels like one complete voice.

Love that this came out a few days before the season finale! I hope it gets more people to watch the show before saturday because omgf that episode is going to be such a banger for sure, I'm so freaking hyped for it it's absurd

Thank you so much for this video, I would have never watched this if I wasn't already a fan of your essays and all I can say about Bochi that isn't gushing about how good it is is" why couldn't this have been a thing way sooner"

@Aramakie98

Ай бұрын

The algorithm came thru to give this essay to us with a little bow on it. I will be watching this along with Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night (also, reviewed by Geoff)

You nerding out about the production quality of anime is the best part of your videos also your videos are awesome 😁✌️

I don't really see Nijika as an extroverted type. She isn't shown to hang out other than with the band, in the summer she mostly stays at home and the bar, and at the celebration she went out for some time alone. She's is as social as she is in the band because she is trying to bring everyone together and that what makes me personally resonate the most with her character

I started playing the guitar this year to help overcome my social anxiety. I can not tell you enough how realistic this anime feels

I. Am. Obsessed 😌 I love this anime, started it per the seasonal reccs episode put out and I have never looked back!! Thank you for the singular epi on this one, it deserves more praise!!

Saw this thanks to your recommend to watch vid and loved it! Thank you!!!!

That opening 30 seconds is the hardest I have ever, and likely will ever, laugh at these videos.

Can't wait to see this anime! I'm sick at the moment and also hiding in my room from a party so this is the perfect thing to watch!

I love this video and this anime. Your analysis is amazing as always

I AGREE WITH YOU SO MUCH ON THAT VERY SHORT MADOKA MAGICA STATEMENT. I'm a big fan of Madoka and I've been saying that for years. Just that short mention of Madoka brought me so much joy

Bocchi The Rock is the most accurate portrayal of social anxiety I have ever seen in my life. As someone who deals with it and also, paradoxically, craves having An Audience and being popular, I've absolutely never felt so seen. It's "she's just like me fr" the anime, I mean god I have literally done the "bring my cool thing with me somewhere and hope people will talk to me about it so I can make friends" play SO MANY TIMES. And Bocchi giving herself a pep talk on Being Normal before entering a resturant, you could have yanked that monologue right out of my head. This anime is so special, not just Bocchi's anxiety but the music and the animation and EVERYTHING, I am so glad I watched it and I'm so happy to see it getting the love it deserves.

Just finished binging this and I must say you don’t miss. If you recommend something I’m watching no questions asked at this point 🔥🔥

13:54 "Look gordon, stairs! we can use them to-" *falls over "Help me gordon!!!"

I was waiting for you to make this video, it only took you the entire season /s (fr fr, I am grateful because more people need to watch Bocchi-Chan)

If had a nickel for every time I saw a video about this anime in the past week that helped me while I was depressed I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right?

@honorstealer

Жыл бұрын

😂

as someone with severe social anxiety and no friends who drives a pink barbie car in a desperate extreme move for attention but panics when the conversation goes further than "cool car", bocchi is far too relatable

@sgneezen8176

Жыл бұрын

I park in the same garage as someone who drives a bubblegum pink car and it makes my day every time I see it

@gombocdimensional9050

Жыл бұрын

lmao as someone who has severe social anxiety, wants to make music, and used to blast my 'cool', indie music outside of work with bright red lipstick on (something i don't usually wear) entirely because i wanted to impress my coworkers somehow...yeah boochie is too relatable.

Excellent breakdown, thank you! Also, love that "90s Saved By the Bell" shirt

When Nijika said "This Bocchi Time lasted the entire commercial break" in one of the episodes, it took me a while to realize the fade to black a few seconds prior was literally when the show went into a commercial break when airing.

@alejandrorivas4585

8 ай бұрын

I always forget anime is a thing on TV, not just a 24 minute animation on my computer

This anime literally made me laugh and cry every episode at least 90% of what's aired.. cuz bocchi and her friends just grow as the day goes on

When I saw Bocchi The Rock's trailers ahead of it airing I expected it to be decent, was hopeful it might be great even. What I absolutely never would've expected was a legitimate Anime of the Year contender that gets me out of bed in the morning as excitedly as personal favorites like Lycoris Recoil and Gundam Witch. And in a year with such standouts as Spy x Family, Lycoris, Made in Abyss S2, and Kaguya S3. Maybe it's recency bias talking but I think I'd put it as the best new anime of the year, though I REALLY struggle to decide if it beats out Lycoris or not. Edit: Also the other band members getting on Bocchi's wavelength enough to start playing into the cutin gags is one of my favorite parts of the whole show. And Nijika calling her out of it as she sensed it starting once. It's both hilarious and illustrates how they gradually grow closer and understand one another better.

I was waiting for your take on this man. I love this show so much

i did it. i paused the video halfway through and watch all 11 episodes today, then came back and watched the rest. your recs continue to hit for me, man. first oddtaxi, now this. gonna watch akibara maid war soon too.

13:53 had to do a double take for that HL scientist. I see you Geoff.

@mothersbasement

Жыл бұрын

That was editor Trey, actually. They’re a treasure

@VannMunson

Жыл бұрын

@@mothersbasement Indeed.

@cristianparedes9442

Жыл бұрын

"Ah, hello Bocchi-chan. Another day, another dollar." -Dr. Coomer, probably

@VannMunson

Жыл бұрын

@@cristianparedes9442 Holly would say that.

I ended up adding Bocchi the Rock to my itinerary initially because the synopsis interested me. After some good belly laughs and a lot of middle/high school relating, it’s become one of my favorites. Also, wasn’t expecting for it to blow up in popularity according to my Twitter TL. I’m very happy for Bocchi and the band! I quite enjoy certain musical anime. Finally, props to the amazing way they animate Bocchi when she bugs out 😂 it adds to the zaniness

I was looking forward to an MB review of Bocchi, and I was very pleased to see your take. I unabashedly love it, and I'm happy to see so many other fans (and pros like yourself) praising its shiny anxiety-ridden goodness. I also love the observation about the character's hair design indicating their social tendencies. Extremely perceptive of you, and kudos for explaining/illustrating it so clearly!

Loved the way how you exemplified yourself just how relatable Bocchi can get in your own narration. Also, thanks for pointing out in 20:12 how the anime did something similar by basically spelling out how they were presenting Bocchi's issues in a comedic way without breaking the fourth wall. Excellent catch.

“SEES YOU” made me think there was going to be some kind of crazy interactive webcam element

I've only just started watching this anime last week, but I like what I've seen in the first two episodes. Bocchi is definitely relatable to us introverts. Also, I like how the one girl didn't even know how to play guitar, so I look forward to Bocchi coming out of her shell by teaching her.

This video made me wacht this anime and i ADORE it now! Thanks mothers basment for introducing me to this anime!

I have been waiting for you to make a video on this xD

Yeah, I shouldn’t be surprised how much love Bocchi has been getting online, given that online is the place where people with social anxiety (etc.) can thrive-if anywhere-but it is gratifying to a surprising degree. I’d read the manga a couple of years ago, getting maybe a kind of more low key Slow Start (q.v.) kind of vibe from it. As soon as it was announced, very minimally, that it was getting an anime adaptation, I was unreasonably excited, although at there same time so little about it was trickling out that I doubted a) the likely quality, and b) that it might happen at all. It turns out that, coincidence or not, my excitement turned out not to be unreasonable. I watch a lot of anime (almost all sol) but this is the one that I leave till the end because it’s so good. And so unlike anything else, if it does seem to have a smudgy intersection with a Venn diagram that also has Nichijou and 3-gatsu no Lion (and maybe a hint of Blue Period too). Or if the amazing Ping Pong, The Anime was a comedy, or if the visual style of If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan got a bit more like Eizouken or Flip-Flappers. I’m starting to become incoherent, so I’ll stop. But, well, thanks for your always welcome perspective: the hair symbolism was new to me, and just deepens my growing sense of how much anime (and manga) in general is absolutely stuffed with symbolism. And I’ve been no stranger to ‘Bocchi-time’ myself, if truth be told.

The irony of me watching the first episode about an hour before this video dropped because I'd come to realize this was a gem that I'd overlooked this season. Then Geoff comes thru to support my decision. ☺️

If you can, I would like another Mob video. I started watching it this season and have been blown away by its absurdly high quality.

Dog I am so excited for you to finally rip into Love Hina. Been waiting for that one.