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Bocchi the Rock Anime Gets Illustration by YuruYuri Author Namori

Bocchi the Rock got a new illustration by Namori, known as the author of YuruYuri series, which is being serialized in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yurihime. The official Twitter account has been posting supportive illustrations drawn by various artists for each episode. The next, 8th episode aired during the weekend.

Bocchi the Rock anime posted an illustration drawn by Namori ahead of Episode 8’s broadcast

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Namori’s YuruYuri is scheduled to release the 22nd compiled volume and its spin-off Omuro-ke‘s 6th volume on December 26. Both of them will have a special edition.

Animation studio CloverWorks’ Bocchi the Rock! anime is being animated under Keichiro Saito’s directions based on Aki Hamaji’s 4-koma manga serialized in Hobunsha’s monthly magazine Manga Time Kirara Max. The series released the fifth compiled volume on November 26, 2022. The anime has been airing since October 8.

Crunchyroll is streaming the anime this season and describes the plot as:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah…” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend! She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little…

Source: Official Twitter
© Aki Hamaji / Hobunsha, Aniplex © Namori

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