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“Shy guitarist Bocchi joins Kessoku Band, finding friendship and joy through music during high school.”
Bocchi the Rock!
ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！
8.73
49 rank · 776,853 viewers · 36,247 favorites
Comedy
CGDCT
Music
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Synopsis
Shy guitarist Bocchi joins Kessoku Band, finding friendship and joy through music during high school.
Yearning to make friends and perform live with a band, lonely and socially anxious Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou devotes her time to playing the guitar. On a fateful day, Bocchi meets the outgoing drummer Nijika Ijichi, who invites her to join Kessoku Band when their guitarist, Ikuyo Kita, flees before their first show. Soon after, Bocchi meets her final bandmate—the cool bassist Ryou Yamada. Although their first performance together is subpar, the girls feel empowered by their shared love for music, and they are soon rejoined by Kita. Finding happiness in performing, Bocchi and her bandmates put their hearts into improving as musicians while making the most of their fleeting high school days.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 355 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 355 viewers settled on.
96%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.3 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 3.9
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.72
Running avg · Oct 2022 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I loved this show so much. I finally gave in and watched this series after seening all the memes. What an excellent anime to end the year of 2022. The characters are all great. My personal favorite...”
- 10 “A masterpiece successor to K-On!, featuring Bocchi as the perfect introvert and brimming with enormous potential for many more seasons. The art radiates pure love, making it the undisputed best...”
- 10 “This show genuinely blew me away, I hate HATE H A T E cgdct anime, they piss me off to no end with how lifeless/boring they feel, but I can confidently say Bocchi not only managed to exceed my...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 31%
Long · 29%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 Fall 2022
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-20165 catalog
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- Crunchyroll Licensor