I love how you are always half a year late to whatever show you are talking about, but still manage to add something new to the discussion or have an interesting perspective.

This show is the best representation of social anxiety that I’ve ever seen. Though exaggerated for comedic effect, the situations and the mental gymnastics and absurd hyper-fixations that Bocchi goes through are very similar to my own experiences living with and trying to work on my own social anxiety.

It’s funny because every musician I’ve seen talk about this show has always commended it for the things it gets right about being in a band

Bocchi the Rock just kinda came out of nowhere and was an absolute banger. It just sits in my noggin for fun, stealing my brain cells.

It's genuinely so cool that you make your own music for these videos. Most people prob wouldn't notice that, but I think for me that's why these vids feel so special. Keep up the great work bro!

i like your analysis, but personally i think bocchi is a socially awkward extrovert who says she's an introvert because she conflates the two, which is an easy trap to fall into and one i had for years. becoming more confident made me realize that i need social interaction and hate doing stuff alone, that doesnt mean i need to be the center of attention but i do like talking to people and making new friends, bocchi seems the same way to me. being an extrovert doesnt mean you need to be like kita, i'd say kitas fatal flaw is she's over reliant on others approval and pushes herself to the extremes of extroversion to seek it. bocchi and kita almost feel like the same problem but mirrored, thats even what the lyrics to constellation make me think of

I love just how this show is still gets talk a lot even after we passed two seasons of anime. It just shows how impressive the show is.

Bocci found in herself one talent that could actually save her from being a disaster. If not that, I guess it would be hard to like her for just literally anything. All her friends appeared because she had a guitar. Main point of this anime, if you ask me, that you have to have some trait people will like you for. Nobody likes silent people just because they exist, especially guys who struggle to communicate.

"After years of practice, all she got was good at guitar" is a strangely hilarious line

Just want to say, two minutes in, I just felt chills. Maybe it's the song, but the music choice, mixing and editing just felt really good.

Bocchi the Rock has been living inside my brain ever since the show came out. It's became part of me and I am literally Bocchi the Rock

I also think it's important to distinguish introversion and social anxiety. Ryo is an introvert that has no problems with social interaction, she just wants to avoid them where unnecessary. Bocchi on the other hand isn't just an introvert, she has crippling social anxiety to the point where it significantly affects her ability to exist in society.

Something the show did really well was start by having hitori state a clear goal. She decides she wants to change, and makes a three part plan. Get good at guitar, form a band, perform at the school festival. If she does that everyone will acknowledge her and her anxiety can go away.

A word for the show:

3:15

"There is a difference between thinking of change as improvement and thinking of it as repair" Right in the feels, holy shit.

"I can't stop thinking about Bocchi the Rock!"

I just loved the chemistry of the characters, and how they just fit with each other so well

Introvert here. I want to be alone, but I don't want to be lonely. I value the time I spend in isolation, but I don't want to feel sick and uncomfortable around others and eventually ruin their mood, and I blame myself for being that way. That's why I relate with Bocchi.

This is by far the best Bocchi video essay I've ever seen. The video may have been late but it is by far the most insightful one. And the message by the end of the video hit me hard.