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Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu

“Socially anxious Bocchi must befriend her entire middle school class to reunite with her only friend Kai.”

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu

7.47
2,227 rank · 233,272 viewers · 1,280 favorites
Comedy CGDCT School Shounen
12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Spring 2019 · C2C · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Socially anxious Bocchi must befriend her entire middle school class to reunite with her only friend Kai.

Many of us know what it is like to transition to a new school with few to no friends in a new environment, going through the arduous process of getting to know people again. Bocchi Hitori knows this struggle all too well, having just graduated from elementary school and thrown into middle school. Unfortunately, she suffers from extreme social anxiety: she faints when overwhelmed, vomits when nervous, and draws up ridiculously convoluted plans to avoid social contact. It does not help that her only friend from elementary school, Kai Yawara, will not be attending the same middle school as Bocchi. However, wanting to help her, Kai severs ties with Bocchi and promises to reconcile with her when she befriends all of her classmates in her new middle school class. Even though Bocchi has no faith in herself, she is determined to be friends with Kai again. Summoning all of her courage, Bocchi takes on the daunting challenge of making friends with her entire class, starting with the delinquent-looking girl sitting in front of her...

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Community consensus

Derived from 52 sampled reviews

7.5 /10

What 52 viewers settled on.

91% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 8 σ 1.93
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σ 1.93 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.7 pts

Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.5

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↑ 6.48

Running avg · Apr 2019 → May 2025

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Spring 2019

C2C.
in association with

Frontier Works · Mainichi Broadcasting System

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 Spring 2019
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-13972 catalog

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