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@anime Please recommend me laid back anime similar to Bocchi The Rock! ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 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).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you forget about the high school boys series? I don't remember what the name was, but it was quote funny.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A Place Further than the Universe

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hitori-bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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