Bocchi the Rock!, Vol. 1

by Aki Hamazi

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Similar in theme to Komi Can’t Communicate, Bocchi is a shy high schooler who just wants to make friends. However, spending all her time become a closet guitar master hasn’t provided much in the way of her social life. That is, until she gets invited to shred… on stage.

Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975378011
Publisher:	Yen Press
Publication date:	10/17/2023
Series:	Bocchi the Rock! , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	198,636
File size:	43 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

12/02/2023

Gr 9 Up—High schooler Hitori Gotoh has dreams of having many friends and being in a famous rock band, but her crippling social anxiety is making both of those goals extremely difficult for her to accomplish. One day, a chance eavesdropping lands Hitori a gig as a guitarist in a band that has suddenly found themselves without one, though she discovers playing with a group is much more challenging than playing alone and uploading videos to the internet. Nicknamed Bocchi, she must learn to be part of a whole and overcome some of her anxieties in order to realize her dreams. This manga is written in yonkoma form: four vertical panels read top to bottom then right to left, which is usually used for slice-of-life manga rather than long-form storytelling. The repetitive layout may become tiresome for some readers, but hopefully Bocchi's sweet story of personal growth will outshine the lack of panel diversity. There are a few instances of fan-service, and the characters work at a club where alcohol is served and discussed. VERDICT Purchase where Komi Can't Communicate or Idol Dreams circulate well.—Sara Smith

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