Bocchi the Rock! (Manga)

Crimson Wise

English title: Bocchi the Rock!
Japanese title: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく! (Bocchi za Rokku!)

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Author: Hamaji, Aki | はまじあき | MAL

Publisher: Houbunsha
Magazine: Manga Time Kirara MAX
Books released: 5 volumes (ongoing)
Anime adaptation?: Yes

Bookwalker | MAL

Synopsis (from Crunchyroll)

Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”

During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself.

After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!

She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...

Why do I want this series?

If you haven't, watch the anime. It was awesome.

There is never enough Kirara manga in English in this world.

Lily Garden

Loved the anime, would love to read the manga

Geezer Weasalopes

I hadn't watched the anime, but after reading this, I plan to.

Hibike Euphonium, Kono Oto Tomare!, Mashiro no Oto, Nodame Cantabile and related works are some that I've very much enjoyed, as well as others involving dance or other forms of art.

The struggles of creators seems to intrigue me.

So count me in.

ETA: 2023-01-07 Having now watched the anime... I am intrigued at this being a 4-koma?
I mean, yeah, I can see that style of humor in it, but how does the flow work?
Frankly, I'm baffled.

Whatever.
There has to be something to the manga for it to have inspired such an exceptional anime, and I'd like to see what that is.

So I'm still in.

Crimson Wise

Licensed by Yen Press!!

Source: Anime News Network