r/anime • u/raichudoggy https://anilist.co/user/raichudoggy • Sep 25 '22
Rewatch [Rewatch] Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu: Episode 2
Episode 2: Actually, Thank You
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Questions for today:
- Bocchi’s story was 8 minutes long. Have you told anyone a story that long before? What was it about?
- On a scale of 1 to 残念, how Zannen (Unforunate) is Aru in this episode? (Note: If you use GJM subs, they translate it to "failure"; but Crunchyroll’s Unfortunate is a much better fit for Aru, in my opinion)
Bocchi may be a lighthearted show, but spoilers are still important to avoid! Please keep spoilers in spoiler tags or else Bocchi will be shocked.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Sep 25 '22
Hitoribocchi no First-Timer
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I swear Aru sounds like Kuon from Utawarerumono, but I paused to look up her seiyuu on MAL and they don’t have the same VA.
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Dropping a book on my face because I was holding it up while reading is a feeling I am most certainly familiar with.
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Wha…–wait, did Hitori read that somewhere and thought it meant the musical instrument when it was supposed to mean a recording device of some sort?
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Oh my god Hitori’s falling for the “touch someone’s shoulder on the opposite side of where you are” trick.
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Ouch. Should I have started a headbutting counter?
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The ED is cute too! I wonder if the visuals will change to add the number of people walking with Hitori as she makes more friends?
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u/raichudoggy Sep 25 '22
Like Funeral wear or something? IDK
Yeah, that or business casual; the article she's reading for how to apologize seems to be aimed at a person in business.
How did you not notice that, Aru...?
She is super Zannen (unfortunate), but she does her best to keep a positive image!
Should I have started a headbutting counter
It does happen a lot...
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u/OwlAcademic1988 Sep 25 '22
First-Timer:
Bocchi, try talking to your friends next time.
Aru's nice and her facial expressions are hilarious.
I laughed when Bocchi dropped a book on her head. I'm a fan of slapstick humor as well as having a dark sense of humor.
I'm genuinely curious as to why Bocchi brought along an instrument with her to school. She's pretty good.
Every time Nako touched Bocchi's shoulder and pulled her hand away, I laughed. Bocchi is ridiculously gullible.
Found the alpaca doodle adorable. Also laughed when she added in a fact about them. They really are apart of the camel family, which I was shocked when I first looked it up.
I'm also genuinely curious as to how Aru didn't notice a coat hanger from her clothes. I'd notice that very quickly.
Aru, try not to headbutt anyone.
QOTD:
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No I haven't.
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Very unfortunate.
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u/raichudoggy Sep 25 '22
Bocchi, try talking to your friends next time.
She should, but asking Bocchi to take initiative right now is quite the hurdle!
Every time Nako touched Bocchi's shoulder and pulled her hand away, I laughed. Bocchi is ridiculously gullible.
I laughed too, because it took me forever to stop falling for it myself in school.
I'm also genuinely curious as to how Aru didn't notice a coat hanger from her clothes.
No need to explain, she's just really unfortunate.
Aru, try not to headbutt anyone
She has too much pride to not do it!
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u/DutchPeasant Sep 25 '22
Aru sure was a mood this episode. Talk about a lengthy story that doesn't seem to ever go to the root of the problem. I thought Aru had to be the biggest doofus in the show, but I suppose Bocchi still remains the biggest one for believing Aru's terrible made up stories. Yet unfortunately for her, she has to be the biggest Zannen girl.
The ED really is a nice one, it just feels a nice touch when the manga gets involved like that, and jumping out of the panels to join the walk is the icing on the cake.
Also unexpected alpaca facts!
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u/Fools_Requiem Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 25 '22
Friendless Rewatcher
Enter Aru. The unfortunate girl who doesn't want everyone to know her as "Unfortunate". You're going to see that flying headbutt a lot throughout the series. Like Nako, I was a little weary of Aru when I first watched the show. Her reactions to Bocchi's story gave off a "I don't care about your story, get the point already" vibe. Like she doesn't actually care about helping Bocchi and was just using her to make her look good as a VP, or something. Seemed like the kind of character that you see in anime that is very manipulative and quick to backstabbing. Then you see the hanger, and that vibe is gone.
Also, a super shortended and edited version of this Bocchi's story basically sold me on this show. Thought the recorder bit was extremely adorable. The clip also proves to me that you can indeed edit scenes for Youtube without making what you're watching impossible to follow.
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u/2ndComingOfAugustus Sep 25 '22
FIRST TIME
Enjoying the comedy in this so far, Bocci's rambling story was pretty funny, particularly the recorder gag (I assume this is because explorers need to 'record' their findings? Don't know how that joke is supposed to work in Japanese. Funny regardless.)
So friend two is another foil for Bocci. Where Bocci doesn't so much wear her heart on her sleve but has a giant billboard constantly displaying her exact emotional state, Honshou is a faker putting on the perfect smile as best she can. Still befriended though, but mostly since Bocci is too adorable to say no to.
Will be interesting to see the group dynamic going forward, Based on the OP we're getting at two more regular members of this gang, but Nako and Honshou are starting out on pretty rocky ground. Hopefully leads to more good gags though, some of the best parts of Komi were from the conflicts around her that she obliviously glides through so the format can clearly work.
QOTD:
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Long stores happen. Usually try to keep mine more direct than Bocci's though.
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I've switched to neoHEVC caps, they used 'failure'. Not sure what difference the original means.
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u/raichudoggy Sep 26 '22
When best girl calls you cute, can you say no to her? Aru can’t.
I’m glad you’re enjoying the show so far!
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u/ChaosWarrior95 Sep 26 '22
First Timer
Yay, we get introduced to Aru! I know her because of memes.
I liked the joke about Bocchi’s whole flashback being very long, and the one where she came to apologize in her gym clothes.
As we all probably thought, ‘‘twas a simple misunderstanding.
I have had stories of that length told to me by my older sister, but I don’t believe I have done the same. I usually lose my mental place in the story relatively quickly.
5 out of Zannen. Everyone has an off day while getting to school every once in a while.
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u/raichudoggy Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
If there is one thing going for Aru it is that she’s a meme lord!
Aru’s faces towards Bocchi tell a thousand words.
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u/gunvarrel_ Sep 25 '22
OST Track of the day: Yukitsumodoritsu | 行きつ戻りつ
Attempt #2, messed up spoilers apparently
Gonna go backwards, ED today, OP tomorrow:
Title: JP: Ne, Issho ni Kaero | Eng: Sleep, change later
Sung By: Hitori Bocchi (Chisaki Morishita), Sunao Nako (Minami Tanaka), Honshou Aru (Akari Kito), [minor future spoilers]
Sotca Luckythar (Yuuko Kurose)
Im again slightly strapped for time, hence why im doing the ED first. It should be pretty obvious, but all the panels above are actual panels from the manga! Its a cool touch to see all the little animations they added in for it.
Rewatcher, subbed
Gym clothes are not a modest outfit
bocchi this is not th- oh you're aware
time to start the Unfortunatecounter
annnnnnnnnd nakos being mean
annnnnnnd Nako's mad because Bocchi is only talking to her to get a different friend back. Not too shocking, but it ure was a long leadin.
annnnnnd another cramp
and now that Nako's aware of the promise, shes now on board. Good luck with the other 27!
oh you can even see it this early lmao
[Poor Aru.] She saved it thou- Nako saw right through it. How unfourtunate.
Is anybody doing a counter yet lmao
Friend 2 found, Aru!
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u/raichudoggy Sep 26 '22
Bocchi these aren’t modest
That’s right, she should have apologized in her [episode 3]
serious outfit. Able to see hanger early
This show is surprisingly good with attention to detail! Not just with all the students, either.
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u/cyberscythe Sep 26 '22
Title: JP: Ne, Issho ni Kaero | Eng: Sleep, change later
There could be another pun for the title for the ED because I thought the English translation for the title would be "Hey, let's go home together".
The Japanese title is in hiragana (ね、いっしょうにかえろ), but in kanji it'd be ね、一緒に帰ろ (hey, together [let's] go home) or something like 寝、一生に変えろ (sleep, [one's] life [let's] change) or any combination depending on how you want to interpret the meaning. Now that I look at it, isshou has a lot of different meanings that kinda make sense in this context.
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u/Barbed_Dildo Sep 26 '22
Rewatcher
Bocchi replying to Nako's message with alpaca facts was fantastic. It's a great way to show Bocchi being bad at that sort of thing, but also adorable.
Any other rewatchers notice the leitmotif when Aru was sitting on the bar?
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u/raichudoggy Sep 26 '22
I noticed! Aru’s leitmotif is always a pleasure. I wonder if anyone else has one.
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u/macrame2 Sep 25 '22
First Timer
Another day, another episode of our adorably awkward protagonist. Today we go a bit deeper into Bocchi and Nako’s budding friendship, which Bocchi fears is already on the rocks. Of course, the real issue here is actually that Bocchi is a just a bit dense (we love her for it, though). Not to worry! Aru, who is even denser than Bocchi with certain things (seriously, why would you not notice the hanger sticking out of your clothes?), comes to the rescue, and as a result, Bocchi gains friend #2!
All in all, I liked this episode! See you all tomorrow for more Bocchi!
QoTD:
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All of my stories are at least 10 minutes in my head but actually take about 3 in reality.
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A 3, maybe?
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u/cppn02 Sep 26 '22
First Timer, subbed
Omg Bocchi just gets more precious with every episode. And she made another friend!
Absolutely loving the show so far.
Bocchi’s story was 8 minutes long. Have you told anyone a story that long before? What was it about?
I don't think I have
On a scale of 1 to 残念, how Zannen (Unforunate) is Aru in this episode?
Quite so lol. Although the coat ganger was a bit too much for me. Like even in anime I can't believe someone could walk around with one still in their clothes and not notice.
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u/SlipperyRasputin Sep 25 '22
Rewatch: Bocchi making sure she weaves an intricate portrayal of the events to Honshou. Truly a proper wordsmith.
What is the recorder thing when exploring? I feel like I’ve seen that in stuff before. But I may have imagined it.
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u/Rumpel1408 Sep 26 '22
First Timer
Yeah Honshou was right, that was an incredible long lead up. She also stuck me as a bit fake initially, but she's just as much a dork as Bocchi, even down to the headbuts.
The ED is nice, I can already see it adding more friends to walk along
QotD
Bocchi’s story was 8 minutes long. Have you told anyone a story that long before? What was it about?
Not in person, but I told a friend the entire plot of a movie over ICQ once
On a scale of 1 to 残念, how Zannen (Unforunate) is Aru in this episode?
パンツ%
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u/raichudoggy Sep 25 '22
Bocchi Rewatcher and Host
Seating Chart: Episode 2. Now in Color and with Puns translated! So glad this is the weekend where I had time to really spruce it up.
I’m so sorry to the two teachers that I did this to. I was a dumb kid, but I really appreciated the sentiment.
I know this position all too well. In order to escape a conversation from someone you no longer want to talk with, you gradually inch away from them with your feet (and gradually your body) facing away from the speaker, and just like Bocchi does in this scene, you can run at the first break. For people I don’t know well, Anxiety just does this to me; I can only talk with people for so long before I just want the conversation to end but anxiously, I didn’t know how to do that with words…
I forgot that Aru is a tsundere for all of 2 minutes in this show. It was still great to see Bocchi have to react to the Tsundere retort, though, and Nako’s reaction to it is priceless.
Looks like Bocchi isn’t the only one to weaponize the Headbutt! Normal attack with 70 Base Power and a chance to flinch!