So, the premise of Hitoribocchi is pretty basic. Hitori Bocchi is heading into middle school, but will be separated from her childhood friend Yawara Kai. Bocchi also has very bad social anxiety, to a point where even saying "Hi" is a Dark Souls-esque quest. So Kai's bright idea is to end her friendship with Bocchi until she can befriend everyone in her class in middle school. Once Bocchi succeeds in doing that, they can become friends again. I'll discuss this more later, but that's the basic crap out of the way. Now for the actual review!!
1. CHARACTERS
You have the main character, Hitori Bocchi, le funny social anxiety girl. Bocchi is a great character, and has a lot of great moments throughout the series. If you love cute shit, you are going to be FED by watching this show, a five star meal from Gordon Ramsay himself. Her attempts to get over her social anxiety and make new friends to ger her old friend Kai back are heartwarming, and her relationship with the friends she makes is nothing short of beautiful to watch.
You also have perhaps the best character in the show, Sunao Nako. She appears tough at first but in reality is a very warm and caring person, especially towards Bocchi. She is Bocchi's first and arguably closest friend. Even though Bocchi is straight up built different, Nako is there for her, and the friendship between these two is one of my favorites across any anime. Excuse me while I AAAAAAAAAAAA
You also have Honshou Aru, who despite mostly being the biggest laughingstock of the entire series, being as unfortunate as she is, is still quite an enjoyable character. Her stupid antics, rivalry of sorts with Nako, and her more chill moments where she can actually be helpful while trying to maintain that perfect image of hers, all mix together for a fun character.
Finally we have Sotoka Rakita, who isn't exactly a deep character or anything, there's not much I have to say about her. She came to Japan because of her love for ninjas, and she believes Bocchi to be one. LIke everyone else, she's a very fun character, and she has some nice emotional moments later on in the show that I really loved. There's some more characters, but they aren't really as important to the review. All I can really say is I love basically all of the characters in this series.
2. STORY
3. COMEDY
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4. ANIMATION
5. MUSIC
CONCLUSION
Have a wahaha for reading this review!
Watch Hitoribocchi!!!