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I never get why pink bocchi was so popular and original bocchi was not. Or how pink bocchi is more popular with the general audience than seemingly any other slice of life. Bocchi the Rock is a good anime but if I compare it to other Kirara adaptations like Gochiusa or Kiniro it’s just not on the same level in my opinion.
how pink bocchi is more popular with the general audience than seemingly any other slice of life
I think you know why it’s so, right? If shortly how I see it. People’s feelings resonates with Hitori’s feelings (when they tell “she’s litterally me”) and that’s what they like in it. The way anime shows Bocchi’s feelings is really the best part of BTR, for example:
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moment somewhere in first 4 episodes
As a person who thinks in mental images (like musicians and artists) in his head, I am delighted.
In general, SOL is very different (at least usually I can’t associate myself with girls in k-on, yryr, aria). You wanna see not “yourself”, but funny girls and enjoy someone else’s happiness, I suppose. In my case I’m glad that Bocchi found friends and (almost) became popular guitarist as she wished. That could be me or smth xD.
There are other reasons of course.
My tier list: Gochiusa >= K-ON >= BTR > Hitoribocchi > Kinmoza. In Kinmoza I mostly liked Aya/Youko pair, maybe I need to rewatch it. Still, I think Hitoribocchi is underestimated.
P.S. I hope I didn’t overload the reply. I can write more detailed. (But sometimes can’t figure out even 1 sentence.)
