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Please recommend me laid back anime similar to Bocchi The Rock! 😭 (mastodon.social)

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@anime Please recommend me laid back anime similar to Bocchi The Rock! 😭

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[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

What is similar? Does it need to be a band anime? Does it require social anxiety characters? Just cute girls doing cute things (CGDCT) in general? Have yuri elements?

slice of life (SOL) with characters playing in a band: K-ON! (band aspect is secondary)
SOL with anxious main character: Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu
general SOL/CGDCT classics: Lucky Star, Nichijou, Azumanga Daioh
more modern SOL/CGDCT: Kiniro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi desuka?
SOL with yuri: Hidamari Sketch (moderate, also a classic), Yuyushiki (lots)

edit: I personally don't think that Bocchi the Rock! is super laid back, but if you compare it to action shows it obviously is. If you really want to go the laid back route you can look into the genre Iyashikei ("healing type") with anime such as Non Non Biyori, Yuru Camp (still have to watch this one so can't verify personally but is very popular) and Yokohama Kaidaishi Kikou (absolute classic).

[+] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean "Ouran High School Host Club", because I immediately thought that when I see this.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV 2 points 5 months ago

You are probably referring to Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou. There are a lot of SOL anime so I got to choose something. Personally I think it is pretty good but not as good as some other anime that I would recommend over it. As well as the fact that Bocchi the Rock has a mostly female cast so I unconsciously selected anime that are similar in that regard. If OP wants to try something with a large male cast this is the only anime I can think of that would be fitting so it's good that you mention it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I would also add Welcome To The NHK to the list of SOL with anxious characters. That show is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV I mainly like the personalities and the humor in BTR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV Thanks, I'll take a look!

[–] PoorYorick 9 points 5 months ago

Bofuri: I didn't want to get hurt so I maxed out my defense

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Non Non Biyori
Sketchbook
Yuru Camp
Yuyushiki
Tamayura
Machikado Mazoku
Koisuru Asteroid
Anima Yell
Locodol
Kinmoza
Gochiusa
Supercub
Kon
Kobayashi's Maid Dragon
Hanayamata
Ochikobore Fruits Tart
Sengoku Collection
Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai
Spy Family
Himouto Umaru-chan
Asobi Asobase
Urara Meirochou
Flying Witch
Hime-sama Goumon no Jikan Desu
Maoujou de Oyasumi
Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon
Dekoboko Majou no Otona Jijou
Migakura Gakuen Kumikyouku
Mitsuboshi Colors

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yuru camp

[–] Hrothgar59 6 points 5 months ago

Super Cub

[–] SomeGuy69 5 points 5 months ago

A Place Further than the Universe

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

K-on

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

@odium Thanks for the suggestion. I've actually watched a couple of episodes already. I find it somewhat hard to watch since the plot is very similar to Bocchi The Rock and I wasn't a huge fan of the characters / humor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity: is Bocchi the Rock the first anime you watched that is not action-focused and has no monsters or extraterrestrial/extradimensional invaders?

As for my recommendation (but it's really a shot in the dark, given the scarce detail you provided), there's an older anime called "hitoribocchi something something" (I'm too lazy too look up the name) that I remember being pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Hitori-bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Student Council Discretion. It actually has two seasons and an ending

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@DoucheBagMcSwag Thanks! I'll check it out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also I can't understand what my husband is saying

Very short series about a 10/10 wife who married an Otaku way out of his fuckin league but she loves him and his Otaku hobbies. The running joke is that she is not an Otaku and can't understand his hyper focused ramblings. Each episode is only a few minutes and completely worth a watch. And yes...it has an ending..at least and ending in my book

[–] GrapinoSubmarino 1 points 5 months ago

Karekano

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

@[email protected] Beck or Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

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