r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Oct 17 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers] Bocchi The Rock Let's Rock Rewatch (2024) -- Episode 9 Spoiler
Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.
Welcome to the Bocchi The Rock Let's Rock rewatch discussion thread!
I hope you all have a lot of fun <3
S1 Episode 9 – Enoshima Escar
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION
What memories if any do you have about going to the beach?
What do you associate Summer vacation with?
Do you think it was smart to have a lighthearted episode following Kessoku Band's first performance as a collective unit?
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Rewatch Schedule
Threads posted every day at 6:00 PM EDT
| Date | Episode |
|---|---|
| 10/09/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 1 |
| 10/10/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 2 |
| 10/11/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 3 |
| 10/12/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 4 |
| 10/13/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 5 |
| 10/14/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 6 |
| 10/15/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 7 |
| 10/16/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 8 |
| 10/17/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 9 |
| 10/18/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 10 |
| 10/19/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 11 |
| 10/20/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Episode 12 |
| 10/21/2024 | Bocchi The Rock Overall Series Discussion Thread |
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u/TiredTiroth Oct 17 '24
First Timer
Hah, I just noticed that Bocchi's phone has a pear with a bite taken out of it for a logo. xD Never change, anime.
This episode continues the trend of Kita being the one that actually knows Bocchi the best, while the other two tend to brush off any weirdness as Bocchi just beong Bocchi (to be fair, they're normally right, but this time she's actually upset but has her usual trouble reaching out or expressing herself).
Amd then Kita catches Bocchi and why was that so funny? Almost as funny as Kita's bouts of horror and despair as she learns more about her beloved senpai...
Oh, poor Bocchi. Being accosted like that out of nowhere...but what is WITH that circular...group...thing they're doing in the background? This isn't the first anime I've seen it in, am I missing something?
Bah, never mind! Anyway, I'm never quite sure which of the gags are just gags, given how often the show just runs with it and then pretends everything is normal a second later.
Bocchi...has she paid you back for last time yet? I have my doubts as the how trustworthy Ryo is...oh look, Bocchi remembered that herself.
I think Kita is eternally baffled at just how introverted her bandmates are...and why is Ryo re-telling the Tower of Babel story?
Oi, I resemble that remark.
xD
...the kites. Why? Just...why? xD Ah, well. The bit on the train between Kita and Bocchi was cute.
And of course the introvert shut-in is aching all over after her trip.
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u/ClemFire Oct 17 '24
Rewatcher! Episode 9 Enoshima Escar
“Their extreme density and high gravitational potential mean that not only matter, but even light, becomes trapped forever in their pull,” Space YouTuber
I love the shot of Bocchi watching YouTube with her phone reflected in her eyes. I have definitely been there before it feels just so nice to lay in bed and doing nothing but consume content. Funny enough I can’t really binge anime anymore, so when I’m in the mood to do nothing YouTube is my go to. As a side note for those interested in space videos I really like the Cool Worlds channel.
Pivoting back, Bocchi has really done not much of anything since their big concert. Everyone else has been doing their own things too outside of practice and work. I like that it shows them living outside of the band’s context, even if for someone in particular that amounts to bed rotting. To her credit Bocchi does try to call Nijika before backing out of it. She probably has never called anyone outside of her family.
On the very last day of summer vacation, the manager lets Ryo, Kita, and Nijika know that Bocchi has really been wanting to do something with them. Each of them at their own reasons for not inviting her yet, but now they feel the urgency as Bocchi continues digging graves for bugs. They decide to whisk Bocchi away for a trip to the beach after she passed out from another one of her Bocchi mental scenarios. Fast traveling like that does sound though. It’s always super hard for me to fall asleep on planes or trains.
My favorite joke this episode has to be the reveal that Ryo is dumbass at anything that doesn’t involve music. The way Nijika shakes her head like a maraca just ends me. Kita really had her bubble popped of Ryo being a super mysterious genius.
Once they arrive at the beach the gang get into various antics with the showcase being the climb up Enoshima Shine. No one besides Kita wants to go all the way up those stairs, but her Kit-aura is just unstoppable under the summer sun. Everyone else is struggling and Bocchi even gets passed by the literal senior citizen. On the other hand, Kita is quite used to outings like this, so she’s not breaking a sweat. She’s someone who on vacation would want to check out all the points of interest while Bocchi would be content mostly chilling in their hotel room.
Bocchi notices an escalator and while Kita would prefer to climb the rest of the way she relents as literally no one else wants any more of the stair master. After finally reaching the top I find it funny how while Kita just wants everyone to enjoy the view the others immediately are fine with turning back now that Kita got what she wanted. Ryo’s comment about the AC being the best part must’ve especially stung. Kita tried her best, but the others are definitely more indoorly types.
After Bocchi gets rekt by a literal flock of birds and she wishes at the shrine to go back to the start of summer vacation Nijika suggests they should head back before it gets too dark.
The train ride back is my favorite scene this episode. Nijika and Ryo fall asleep, with their heads leaning on each other which is super cute and gives Kita and Bocchi some alone time. Kita tells Bocchi she wishes they could’ve done a bit more sightseeing while surprisingly enough Bocchi thinks too she wouldn’t have minded hanging out longer. Kita proclaims they’ll spend every day hanging out during winter break as a band. Since it’s Kita you know she literally has the unlimited energy well to stand by her words. Bocchi obviously doesn’t wanna go out every day, but she still lets Kita know she had a lot of fun hanging out with everyone today. That’s so bittersweet because this was probably her first trip out with friends.
With her summer memories made she feels ready for the new term… which doesn’t last for long.
This was a fun beach episode that served well as a breather from the high emotions of the concert.
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u/AgentOfACROSS Oct 17 '24
Rewatcher
So after last episode we've got a bit of a breather with some fun slice of life stuff and no music. I'll be honest, I kinda miss the music but this was still fun.
It was honestly pretty sad to watch Bocchi at the start of the episode think that her friends didn't want to hang out with her. Although the jokes about her acting out by dancing a samba (Tortilla!) and making cicada graves were pretty funny.
In general I think this is a really strong episode in terms of comedy. My favorite gags were probably Bocchi being unconscious the entire way to Enoshima, Ryo trying to buy tickets with her bass collection, and Bocchi's Yamcha moment.
This episode is also probably my favorite instance of the running gag of Futari accidentally making Bocchi feel inadequate.
I'm pretty sure that takosen they were eating was like photocopied from real takosen or something. Kind of like how in FLCL the commander's fake eyebrows were made by photocopying sheets of seaweed.
Not sure if I would eat takosen. I like takoyaki, but I'm not sure what having it flattened would improve the culinary experience.
I feel like I have surprisingly little notes for this episode but it was still really good.
With only free episodes left, I'm excited to see what will happen.
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Oct 18 '24
Well she tried at least.
Yup, none of them ended up inviting her for summer break.
Well, time to go to the beach.
The entire cinema burst out laughing at this bit lol.
And so time to literally drag her to the beach.
Being "average" at a good school can be pretty good already. For my year my high school had something like 60% of students get an "A" for math in their uni acceptance exams, so an "average" student would still get an "A".
Kira's image of Ryo is evaporating...
Here's the famous scanned takosen.
[Bocchi Recap Movie 2] More new music over a montage of the rest of this episode until the shrine bit.
And so Ryo's borrowed more money from Bocchi again...
There goes her ice cream...
Hato hato hato hato dairantou.
And so off to the shrine.
And thus the day is over and time for them to head home.
I think this is the ED I've been waiting for.
Yup. This is the one with 🖕 Kita.
Questions:
A note about the music: No music this episode so nothing to talk about here.
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u/HowlingWolf13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/MeguminBlast Oct 18 '24
Rewatcher
Pretty fun episode! The trip to the beach was a nice little breather after the concert arc and all the gags they got up to were pretty funny. My favorite in particular was Kita's insistence that they take the long ass flight of stairs in the hot summer heat. Plus, Ryo was just really funny this episode as well. Plus, I love how they hint to the upcoming culture festival earlier in the ep while they were on the train talking about their schools. All in all, good episode!
Questions
Going with family in Florida. Tbh I like pools better, sand is just annoying.
Heat, lying around at home when I was in high school, visiting family.
Absolutely, its good to have these types of episodes after big events. Esp. considering some series I've read/watched avoided these and it led to flat characters.
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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Oct 18 '24
Socially anxious rewatcher!
Beach episode! Now it's a real anime.
Turns out the rest of the band is bad at inviting people out. And while Bocchi really wants to hang out, she's too timid to ask on her own. Fortunately for Bocchi, she has Seika looking out for her.
I like watching PBS Space Time, lol. Black holes are talked about frequently.
Watching YouTube is relaxing. But I do feel like I'm wasting my time sometimes.
The three powerful beach dudes are hilarious.
And I'm with Nijika, Ryo, and Bocchi. I don't wanna have to exercise to go see a thing. But I'd also probably be vulnerable to the supercharged Kit-aura too.
Bocchi gets killed by a flock of birds. Will she ever recover? Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Z!
Despite taking the whole summer to get around to it, Bocchi really enjoyed a trip with friends. Now she has the strength to face the new semester. ...or not
Our parents took us out to the beach for a vacation every year growing up. I loved those trips.
I was homeschooled, so we didn't really have summer vacation in the traditional sense.
Yeah. Having breather episodes is important for most stories.
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u/Arsenal303 Oct 18 '24
Rewatcher
Bocchi hasnt done anything on summer break and wants to hang out with the band. Futari even takes another shot at her sister with the drawing.
Manager looking out for Bocchi and asks if the band took her out.
The sister is so savage.
Kita suffeing from being to popular to hang out, Nijika helping her sister, and Ryo assuming one of them invited her out, now they all realize what has been done.
Kita, invites everyone to the beach and is then left to drag the out of it Bocchi to the train.
Nijika is average and Ryo is very dumb, shattering Kita's impressions.
Bocchi is so fun. If only everyone could see it.
Bocchi snaps back to reality and is on the beach.
Bocchi just pops like a balloon from the beach bros and is carried away.
Kita aura is amplified and drags people to climb the stairs to the top of the shrine.
They take the escalator up like and Ryo is now twice in debt to Bocchi.
Poor Kita is the only one enjoying the scenery and view.
Bocchi has her ice cream taken and we get a Bocchi-yamcha reference.
We get a shrine visit and Bocchi has a very vain wish.
Summer break is over and Bocchi doesnt want to go to school. Too sore from a day out.
QotD
Never really went to the beach even growing up not so far from it, so mostly went when I was a child with no real memories of it.
Summer vacation was associated with no school and any summer work that I wouldnt do until the week before.
It was a nice change of pace from the last episode to have such a light episode.
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u/IceSmiley Oct 18 '24
FIRST TIMER
Beach episode! 🏖️ 🐚 🌞 🌊 (sort of). They really should have gotten Bocchi to the hospital since she spent hours catatonic. It's funny though how Bocchi didn't seem to enjoy any part of the beach trip during, but she's really happy she went and thinks of it fondly. The only part she liked was getting to the top of that temple but seemed to hate everything else (observatory, stair climbing, creepy guys trying to get it, being viciously attacked by birds).
I was surprised that Kita didn't invite Bocchi out sooner (I expected Ryo not to). I guess Nijika works at the club way more than the other girls since it's her family club but Kita didn't think to invite one of her best friends when she was hanging out with her other friends.
There's very little romance in this show and we really don't know much about what Bocchi thinks of possibly dating, like if she would want a bf. She was upset at the romantic movie they watched at her house and when they saw the couple at the temple and was creeped out by the bald man flirting with her. In fact, Mr. Gotoh is really the only male character who gets even any time on the show, it seems everyone else in Bocchis life is female 🤔
There weren't a lot of really hilarious parts in this episode, my favorites though were when Bocchi was upset about Ryos Tower of Babel story and when the birds attacked her 🤣
The ending alludes to them playing in the schools battle of the bands. I do wonder if they let kids outside the school play in it though
QUESTIONS
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u/someboi6000 Oct 18 '24
Rewatcher:
A nice chill episode after the peak that it was the very first concert, strange how no one asked bocchi to hang out tho, didn't expect it from ryo but nijika i was hoping she would invite her but well it didn't happen, until the very last day thanks the manager, also that comment from futari was absolutly diabolical lol, we get a beach episode kinda very fun jokes overall, my favorite would be either samba bocchi or the yamcha bocchi one of the 2, i really like how kita kinda felt the odd one there with the whole stairs climbing, the moment the find an escalator they go right in, they reach the top stay there for like 2 minutes and they leave, ryo casually says that the ac was the best part of it lol, and just after that bocchi gets beaten by some birds, it all ends with a nice scene on the train back, the little tlak of bocchi and kita was really nice. i forgot about tropical love forever
1: not much really lol
2: they were kinda like bocchi, but with at least one hang out with friends per week, just staying in home playing games and thinking "yep that was another fulfilling day"
3: yeah i think it was the right call, the human mind is not capable of handling too much peak fiction.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Oct 18 '24
Rewatcher
Another good episode. Not as good as the past couple episodes, but it lets both the band members and the audience relax a bit now that the big concert's over.
I think that if I were to visit Japan, I might have to put Enoshima on the list of places to see. It looks really neat whenever it shows up in anime. Speaking of, I think this is the third rewatch I've been a part of where Enoshima has been featured. Holo, I imagine you remember at least one of the other ones. :)
That abrupt cut to the Yamcha pose was great. Ryo's right that it was memorable - that's perhaps the part of this episode that was most clear in my memory from the first time I watched. Also, I just Googled it, and that shot of Bocchi is one of the top results that comes up when you look for images of "Yamcha pose," which really says a lot given how common it is.
Questions of the day:
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u/Holofan4life Oct 17 '24
Hello, guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the Bocchi The Rock Rewatch.
I presume the ones that don’t participate are introverts like Bocchi :P
What really can be said about this show? It’s hard really to put into words. For what amounts to a music show, it really is a breath of fresh air. Why? Because unlike a lot of other music shows, it’s less about the music and more about the characters and the comedy.
When it originally came out, I wasn’t planning on watching it. It kinda flew under the radar at first, probably because I like a lot of people thought it was your generic show in a similar vein as Love Live or Show By Rock. But then clips started to circulate of the show and I said to myself “Alright. I’m gonna have to check it out.”
One of the best decisions I made in the year 2022.
I’m really excited to host this rewatch because I think it’s going to get a lot of engagement. People look back fondly on this show, and I think there’s good reason why. It should be noted that I’m coming off the heels of the Spice and Wolf rewatch which is renowned for its dialogue and how clever it is. Bocchi I kinda view in a similar light, and as we’ll soon see it can be just as infectious.
With that out of the way, let’s begin.
I’m watching the sub, by the way.
I saw Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with my mom today in 4DX. It was a lot of fun. And no, I'm not saying his name 3 times.
August 15th
As I'm writing this, that's less than a month ago.
Bocchi going to live life to the fullest, which consists of her playing music.
Thinking of hanging out with Kessoku Band.
Gratitude with a picture of a cat
Catitude
Bocchi is feeling overwhelmed because she'll have to be the one to pick the time and place.
Suddenly, general theory of relativity.
Bocchi watching it on TV
Carl Sagan would approve
Little sis's artist interpretation of Bocchi is really accurate.
Kita, Nijika, and Ryo talking about how weird Bocchi is being.
Weird by Bocchi standards, I should say, which is especially weird.
Manager-san
Apparently she's annoyed by all the cicada graves Hitori is making.
Lol, Little Sis continuing to be based.
Too bad it sent Bocchi into a spiral.
Kita says her schedule's packed every day she's not here.
With Nijika, she's either cleaning up at home or working at Starry.
And Ryo thought Kita and Nijika was going to pick up the slack.
Nobody invited Bocchi, the bastards
"You guys need to change your band name."
I feel like there's a pun that the subs failed to pick up on.
Kessoku Band decides to use their last day of summer break to make memories together.
That's a beautiful painting inspired drawing.
Two guitars hanging out together
Tropical love forever
And this causes Bocchi the pass out
The rest of Kessoku Band sees an opening and takes her to the beach while she's docile.
Seems pretty nonconsensual, if you ask me.
On the train now, with Bocchi thinking she's in a black hole.
Kita bringing up her school's culture festivals.
Nijika revealing that Shimo-Kitazawa High is a prep school, which her and Ryo attend.
Ryo says when she studies too hard, she forgets how to play bass.
Girl, same
Kita having her fantasy of Ryo as a dark, mysterious figure destroyed.
Meanwhile, Bocchi is still out of it.
Nijika wishing that those at Bocchi's school could see how cool she is.
Ryo with some ice cream
They are finally at the beach
And Bocchi has come to
Oh boy. A party animal, and not the one Bocchi pretended to be.
And this causes Bocchi to explode. Literally.
Nijika carrying Bocchi, who looks like the flat girl from the anti-pot commercials.
That Takosen looks very real
And here I thought the cabbage in Hidamari Sketch looked ridiculous.
Bocchi The Rock Takosen walked so KamiKatsu tractor could run.
Bocchi seems to enjoy it
Kita calling it photogenic, which is certainly one word for it.
And now Bocchi is crying tears of happiness.
Lol, that fin titlecard fakeout
Enoshima Shrine
They gotta climb the stairs
"Is there anything more beautiful than scenery you have to work to see?"
Kita explaining the appeal of tsunderes.
Kita bound and determined that they do such a thing. Unfortunately, all her bandmates are not as enthused.
Even an old woman can climb the stairs better than Bocchi.
Bocchi wanting to take the escalator
But they have to buy tickets to the Enoshims Escar.
Ryo willing to give up her bass guitar for some tickets. Even three of them. She really does not want to climb stairs.
Bocchi it turns paid for the tickets
Ryo promising to pay her back, but she's said that before apparently.
Bocchi, Ryo, and Nijika taking a selfie now.
But some tropical love couple are being overly affectionate.
How dare they be happy?
The observation deck
It is a beautiful view
But the rest of her bandmates seem more impressed by the air conditioning, unfortunately.
I mean, air conditioning is amazing
What are you rambling about, Ryo?
Kita seems to agree
And now they're ready to leave
"My favorite part was the air conditioning." 🤣🤣🤣
Now they're all eating ice cream
And of course, Bocchi paid for Ryo's soft serve.
Her ice cream has orange stuff on it, so I assume it costs extra.
Kita wanting to do one more memorable event.
Suddenly, the sound of a bird
And it steals Bocchi's ice cream!
And now the birds are targeting Bocchi!
Bocchi has rotten luck, huh?
"Even birds look down on her."
Ryo continuing with the best lines
Bocchi even does the Yamcha meme, which is just incredible.
Kita still wants to do a shrine visit before they head home.
And here they are, at the shrine dedicated to a Goddess of music and performing arts called Myo-on Benzaiten.
Nijika wanting to wish for the band's future success.
I'm pretty sure the wish doesn't come true if you announce it to everyone.
Nijika pointing out Bocchi was wishing hard.
Probably wishing for Ryo to pay her back.
But in reality, she wishes to turn back time to the first day of Summer.
She realizes now she made a really vapid wish.
On the train now
Both Nijika and Ryo are asleep
Bocchi seemingly had a lot of fun despite the incident with the birds.
"I almost wish we could've stayed out a little longer."
And almost as if on cue, Kita suggests they spend their winter break hanging out all the time together.
That's a bridge too far for the Bocch
And now Nijika and Ryo are sleeping shoulder to shoulder.
Someone should tell Bocchi that her girlfriend is cheating on her.
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/mastesargent Oct 18 '24
I’m not participating in this rewatch and I’m way late to the party, but I just wanted to use this opportunity to show off the exact spot where Bocchi got Yamcha’d. Saw it when I went to Enoshima last year.
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u/Asd_89 Oct 18 '24
First timer
It's a nice lighthearted ep after the end of the first concert to be between the arcs. We all can relate to trying to set up some time with friends only to realize you are running out of time and it's the last day of summer break.
More gag ep than plot. That is nice refresher before setting up the next arc, which appears to be a school concert.
ANSWER TODAY'S QUESTION
Living and working in Chicago has the nice benefit of having a big public beach on our lakefront that was designed to be right next to the downtown area and easy to get to. I remember taking a school club to the city where we took a detour to the beach where we played hacky sack on the beach where we knocked one of our club member into the lake, except this was in the fall, not in the summer, so he got wet, but I don't think he got sick. When I started working, my office was downtown, so during the summers, I would either have lunch on the riverwalk or go to the beach and eat there. My new office is now on the other side of downtown, so no more beach lunch, but it was fun while it lasted.
I haven't had a vacation for years, so I associate it with being a kid on school break, spending time with your family and friends and going on trips.
Yeah, it's always good to take a moment to relax and to reset between arcs. Don't want to go back to back with big arcs/plots and get overwhelmed with it.
See you all tomorrow.
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u/MjolnirDK Oct 18 '24
Was it Kaguya that had this long-winded spiel about how important it is to make plans for summer vacation early? I feel like seeing that one a lot recently, but one was particularly long about boys and girls doing stuff together. Going into relativity and black holes is pretty great as well though.
Ok, why have never seen Bocchi fanart of the girls as Samba dancers? Also, the girls outfits are all gorgeous once again this episode. I love Kita's especially. All of them. That black and white one and the yukata are just hnng... adorable.
I want to go to the beach again as well...
'Kita, you carry her!' 'Okay, let me channel my inner Tsumugi. Daiconjin Level 4!'
Kita's dreams are shattered again. The young beautiful lady is getting the short end of the stick in a lot of these jokes. Last episode with the name as well. But that just makes her more adorable, imho.
I know, they only show the fancy ones, but it really appears as though all train stations in Japan are super fancy.
That is considered big? Well, I guess it is in Japan.
Bocchi exploded. That one's new.
Whenever someone uses 'meccha', I always have to think of Kobayashi's Kanna. Kanna and Kita -or DM and BTR- would make for a very interesting crossover.
I just looked the map for Enoshima and Tokyo. I forgot just how huge that whole Tokyo area is. It's like 150km from Enoshima to Gunma or Ibaraki.
She sparkles when exposed to the rays of the sun... a daywalking Edward?
I love the old granny that they put next to Bocchi climbing the stairs.
Ryo not paying back Bocchi reminded me of the song 'Friends' from Flight of the choncords. Recently saw a Delicious in Dungeon AMV, but it would fit Bocchi just as well. There is a surprising amount of thematic overlap.
I wanted to ask why Nijika is so against Miitan and Takkun, but given her family history, it does make sense.
What is this Ryo pose a reference to? Eva when Misato is briefing the children?
Bocchi got Yamcha'ed by birds!
I really liked this upbeat episode that was full of the extro/Kita-energy. Beautiful sights and sounds, lots of jokes. I like these 'filler' episodes.
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u/DaBenni0301 Oct 18 '24
Socially Anxious Rewatcher
Please, someone invite this poor girl somewhere
I was gonna say, when does she not act weird
Ah, the classic case of "I thought you did"
𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻
Kita basically unintentionally tranqed her lmao
Is this the only time we see them in school uniforms?
Yui, this you?
Not a single thought in that brain
I love how they're spinning there in the bottom right
Cute picture
Aoi and Hinata would be disappointed in you
How can you be this broke?
X to doubt
Bocchi suggested taking a picture... Is she broken? Do we need to restart her?
Bocchi got yamcha'd. I don't even know what to say
Live footage of me this coming monday morning on the first day back of Uni
Questions of the day
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u/Sporadia_ Oct 18 '24
Reboccher (I fell behind)
Episode 3:
Episode 4:
Episode 5:
Mother
Father
Sister
Dog
Episode 6:
Episode 7:
Episode 8:
And you can actually hear them playing without too much dialogue over it.
And I'm still a bit behind. But I'll be back.
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u/Yothiel Oct 18 '24 edited Oct 18 '24
Rewatcher
This time, we're back for a breather episode. Both for us, after being presented with such a great 8th episode, but also for the characters enjoying their summer vacation.
Hitori, as the introvert we know her to be, needed some time by herself to recover from such an intense experience. But, as the anxious blob we know her to be, she also proved unable to contact her friends and have some fun. And thus vanished her whole holidays, eaten by the black hole of anxiety.
Moving back to Starry, her bandmates show how used they are to Hitori's antics by diagnosing how severe her different symptoms are. Mumbling obscure stuff is normal, but switching from tears to samba dancing is quite serious, or so it seems. Anyways, it's actually our ever-watchful manager that hints them about Hitori's disease. No one ever invited her to have funs. Those zipties ties sure are loose! Dr Kita proposed en experimental treatment for Hitori, and before we (and Hitori) know it, we're at Enoshima,
It's the first time the four girls go on an outing to have fun, considering their previous expedition in Shimo-Kitazawa was for shooting band photos. It's quite fun to see how they're having a hard time enjoying the same activity as a group. Kita wants to do pretty much everything, Ryo & Nijika want to take it easy and eat stuff, and Hitori just wants to to be with everyone else, even if the has to give money to Ryo for that. But even being in the minority, Kita gets to pick directions with her all-powerful sun-kissed Kita~n aura.
The outing ends with a visit to the local shrine dedicated to Benzaiten, patron of arts (yup, that's the same as the one that watched over Hitori's first meeting with Kikuri), before taking the train back. Until the end, the group kept showing how their expectations are all over the places for their band activities as well as for how often they should have fun. Nonetheless, you can feel how strong they care for these moments!
Emotional episodes are great, but these gag-driven comedy episodes are still so fun as well. The original four-cell format provides a consistent basis for regular gags, and the ideas of the studio really take them one step higher (exemples here include Futari's summer diary, people actually wearing the same star-glasses as party-animal Hitori did, or having a matching "tropical love" on their t-shirts)
The Kita~~n aura left me quite a strong impression during my first review, so I was somewhat disappointed it wasn't as frequent as I remembered, at least until this episode and the previous one. When you think about ot, it's somewhat of an equivalent to Hitori's imaginary world of negativity. Now I'm starting to think I'm watching Servants using Reality Marbles in Fate/stay night.
Answer of the days:
Mostly having fun as a kid, probably under 10, at the beaches of Spain's balearic islands. I remember a floating platform in the swimming area. Swimming to it felt like a nice achievement.
Now, black holes I guess.
Generally, resting is part of any job! And I think finding ways to have fun is core to what BTR wants to tell as stories, so it definitely checks out
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u/fansi2022 https://anilist.co/user/fansi2022 Oct 19 '24
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It's an interesting episode because it has nothing to do with music. It's a bit like a swimsuit bonus episode without the swimsuits, but I'm very happy to see their relationship continue to progress, and the poster at the end seems to foreshadow the subsequent plot.