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Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!


Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu ( lit. "The **** Life of Being Alone")

Bocchi Hitori is a girl who suffers from social anxiety, making it hard for her to talk to others. Upon entering middle school, her only friend Kai Yawara, who is attending a different school, tells Bocchi she is breaking off their friendship until she can make friends with her entire class. Thus, Bocchi is left with the task of befriending everyone in her class before graduation.

Originally a four-koma manga series by Katsuwo, the anime series is now coming out from studio C2C (who, uh, made that one beach volleyball series I didn't watch), with director Takebumi Anzai (who did some random episodes of some misc shows, and directed some vocaloid-adjacent show I didn't watch). Adaptational duties go to series compositor Jukki Hanada.

Who was responsible for, amongst others, Hibike Euphonium, Place Further Than the Universe and Bloom into You.........

So, uh, this seems like the safest possible pair of hands for this.

Anyway. You can watch this on Crunchyroll. https://www.crunchyroll.com/hitoribocchi-no-marumaruseikatsu

I read a bit of the manga of this and it was pretty heartwarming. Please no manga spoilers in this thread.



CURRENT BOCCHI FRIEND COUNT: 6. (+1)

Fangz fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Jun 16, 2019

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Beasteh
Feb 12, 2012

I'M QUESTIONING MY EXISTENCE AND THIS IDIOT JUST WANTS TO PEE OFF A WALL

Hello, this show is very cute and good, and the manga owns

Boo Boo Pig Hip

e: also a cute little thing is that every character's name is an atrocious pun, Hitoribocchi = all alone for instance

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ei2izPLpHc

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
Way ahead of you ;)

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

I'm not usually one to wanna protect fictional characters, but I wanna protect Hitori.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

I'm proud of Bocchi

Sefal
Nov 8, 2011
Fun Shoe
That was a very good 1st episode.
Excited to see more

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
So this is like Watamote if Kuroki wasn't completely mean spirited? :v:

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Hitori Bocchi owns and is great and i's good they're doing an anime for it.

I would go as far as to say I might even like it more than Komi-san (which it's very similar to, down to the whole "pun names" thing).

Aru is the best character btw

edit: Bocchi even has the hair flower thing like Tadano, it's almost hard to believe it's a coincidence

Chas McGill
Oct 29, 2010

loves Fat Philippe

Fangz posted:

Way ahead of you ;)
:allears: I didn't notice the link on the pic

Beasteh
Feb 12, 2012

I'M QUESTIONING MY EXISTENCE AND THIS IDIOT JUST WANTS TO PEE OFF A WALL

I understand this is getting something like 28 episodes and an OVA or two which is good as hell

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Beasteh posted:

I understand this is getting something like 28 episodes and an OVA or two which is good as hell

What really? IMDb says 12 episodes.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010


Look at that loser.

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry
Do your best beam~

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Unless they want to adapt like literally all the manga that exists of this there's no way it's getting more than 12 episodes. 12 adorable episodes.

Beasteh
Feb 12, 2012

I'M QUESTIONING MY EXISTENCE AND THIS IDIOT JUST WANTS TO PEE OFF A WALL

Well it looks like somebody LIED to me on the INTERNET then

Mentat Radnor
Apr 24, 2008

~Water flowers every day~
I'm so happy that Bocchi got a well done anime. I just blew through the manga about 3 months ago, and ohhhh my poor heart.

Too precious. Too wholesome. It's really excellent and I can't wait to see the rest of the cast animated.

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum

Cuntellectual posted:

So this is like Watamote if Kuroki wasn't completely mean spirited? :v:

that's just watamote after like 4 volumes

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Hitori Bocchi also has the distinction of being the only manga (and now anime) that could be described as being part of the "random cute girls slice of life" genre that I actually like. It has very good humor.

Here is a funny page from the manga: https://mangadex.org/chapter/312/3

edit: Oh, gotta include the follow-up: https://mangadex.org/chapter/312/4

Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Apr 7, 2019

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Great first episode Bocchi is very much the definition of big mood

Also reading the manga a bit and can't wait for this to be animated

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Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

SatoshiMiwa posted:

Great first episode Bocchi is very much the definition of big mood

Also reading the manga a bit and can't wait for this to be animated



I hope they do the part where they go to see the Do Your Best Fairy movie.

Beasteh
Feb 12, 2012

I'M QUESTIONING MY EXISTENCE AND THIS IDIOT JUST WANTS TO PEE OFF A WALL

Sleep Sheep

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW
Little does Bocchi know that she's only defeated the first and weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings Friends.

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

Notice: Class 1 Abolished

Class 1 has been abolished, so we kindly ask that you all transfer schools.




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This is a perfect plan that is sure to succeed.

Cipher Pol 9
Oct 9, 2006


a kitten posted:

Notice: Class 1 Abolished

Class 1 has been abolished, so we kindly ask that you all transfer schools.
The show was already funny up to this point, but this part got the first big laugh out of me.

Someone already made the Comi-san comparison and while I haven't read enough of either to compare, and wouldn't want to anyway, I absolutely adore pun names so I am very happy here.

Is the non-Nako Blonde girl "Sotoka Rakita?" That is funny and also hosed up.

EDIT: Ah, Sunao na Ko. Straightforward girl. I just got that.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Bocchi rules and I'm stoked to watch this

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRIKaBd_PY

Wholesome seiyuus.

Agronox
Feb 4, 2005
I take it we learn what this 1st-year middle schooler's deal is later?



He looks a little out of place.

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

Agronox posted:

I take it we learn what this 1st-year middle schooler's deal is later?



He looks a little out of place.

Please be nice to Old Kid.

I AM THE MOON
Dec 21, 2012

Agronox posted:

I take it we learn what this 1st-year middle schooler's deal is later?



He looks a little out of place.

she wants to be a princess

I AM THE MOON
Dec 21, 2012

I hope this season has Himeji Yanai's musical episode

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
CURRENT BOCCHI FRIEND COUNT: 2.

Tinestram
Jan 13, 2006

Excalibur? More like "Needle"

Grimey Drawer
This show is fuckin great. It's so amazingly adorkable, I love it. I nearly died when Bocchi ran into the bathroom after the tap-the-opposite-shoulder trick

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Some good Alpaca facts this episode.

Tinestram
Jan 13, 2006

Excalibur? More like "Needle"

Grimey Drawer

SyntheticPolygon posted:

Some good Alpaca facts this episode.

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Viridiant
Nov 7, 2009

Big PP Energy
Does anyone else think Bocchi's childhood friend is kind of a jerk.

I hope her new friends cause her to realize this.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Pun game in this episode was A+

Bocchi is also big mood but also big energy!

Agronox
Feb 4, 2005

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graybook
Oct 10, 2011

pinya~
The animation overall continues to be a delight to watch. I like the little motion lines from when Aru hops down from sitting on the monkey bars.

Aru is a huge loser and I love it.

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