# E1 - Lonely Rolling Bocchi
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNXG0Z/lonely-rolling-bocchi)
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**[00:00] (Flashback) Preschooler (Male)**
Come over now if you
wanna play hide-and-seek!
**[00:03] Preschoolers**
Me! I'll play!
**[00:04] Hitori**
* The girl who wonders,*
* "Would it be okay for me to join in?"*
**[00:06] Preschoolers**
Me! I'll play!
**[00:10] Hitori**
* and so misses her chance,*
* ending up all alone.*
**[00:11] Teacher**
Hitori-chan, what's wrong?
**[00:17] Hitori**
*The girl who ends up all alone at a picnic,*
**[00:19] ---**
Here you go.
**[00:21] Hitori**
*swapping parts of her lunch with the teacher.*
**[00:28] Hitori**
I'm home.
**[00:30] Hitori**
*The girl who doesn't join any clubs,*
**[00:31] Hitori**
*comes home right after school,*
**[00:33] Chef**
*And here, we'll stir-fry it a bit.*
**[00:35] Hitori**
* and finds her smartphone full of*
* nothing but messages from her parents*
**[00:36] Woman**
*There's a lot of vegetables,*
**[00:39] Hitori**
*and coupon offers.*
**[00:39] Woman**
* so you can probably make it quickly*
* if you cut them in advance.*
**[00:41] Hitori**
*That's me.*
**[00:42] Chef**
* You can probably do that*
* in the morning, yeah.*
**[00:43] Hitori**
*Hitori Gotoh, first-year in middle school.*
**[00:44] Woman**
* Lately I've gotten good at making*
* so many dishes so quickly*
**[00:46] Woman**
*I thought I didn't need to know any more,*
**[00:47] Hitori**
*Sometimes I think*
**[00:49] Hitori**
*I should really change the way I am...*
**[00:49] Woman**
* but lately I'm learning once again*
* how interesting cooking can be.*
**[00:52] Hitori**
*But I always stammer when I try to speak,*
**[00:56] Hitori**
*and I'm really bad at keeping eye contact...*
**[00:59] Hitori**
* A life as the archetypal introvert*
* just seems to fit me best.*
**[01:00] Chef**
*Personally I like a lot of options with rice.*
**[01:02] Woman**
*Oh, of course. But you—*
**[01:02] Naoki**
You watching this?
**[01:04] Hitori**
Nah.
**[01:06] Musician**
* Back in school, I was the guy who sat in the*
* back of the classroom pretending to read.*
**[01:11] Musician**
*No friends.*
**[01:13] Interviewer**
* And now you're part of a band that's*
* extremely popular with young people!*
**[01:18] Musician**
* Yeah. A band is a place where*
* even introverts can shine.*
**[01:21] Interviewer**
*I see!*
**[01:24] Interviewer**
*Now, here's "Trigger" by Instorms!*
**[01:35] Naoki**
What is it?
**[01:36] Hitori**
D-Dad, can I use your guitar?
**[01:39] Naoki**
Sure!
**[01:39] Hitori**
Th-Thanks!
**[01:43] Naoki**
Aha!
**[01:44] Naoki**
At last, Hitori's getting into guitar too!
**[01:49] Hitori**
*Maybe even someone like me can shine*
**[01:52] Hitori**
*if I'm in a band!*
**[02:08] Hitori**
*I've made up my mind.*
**[02:10] Hitori**
*I'm gonna learn to play guitar!*
***SIGN*** My First Electric Guitar
**[02:11] Hitori**
*Then I'll form a band at school, and...*
***SIGN*** Master the Low Chords
°Commonly Used Major Chords
**[02:14] Hitori**
*E, A, G...*
**[02:17] Hitori**
*What's with all the English?*
**[02:23] Hitori**
*Then I'll play at the culture festival*
**[02:26] Hitori**
*and have everyone go crazy for me!*
***SIGN*** 3 Years Later
**[02:51] Hitori**
*Crazy... for me?*
***SIGN*** BOCCHI THE ROCK!
***SIGN*** #01 Lonely Rolling Bocchi
**[04:29] Hitori**
* I practiced six hours every day, so I could*
* learn how to play in front of people...*
**[04:33] Hitori**
*The result?*
**[04:35] Hitori**
* Middle school ended, and I*
* never played a single note for them!*
***SIGN*** Congrats on Graduating!
**[04:39] Hitori**
*I never performed once...*
***SIGN*** 98th Annual Graduation Ceremony
**[04:40] Students**
At the culture festival!
**[04:41] Hitori**
*I never put together...*
**[04:43] Students**
The members for a band!
**[04:44] Hitori**
*And I never made a single friend...*
**[04:47] Students**
In three whole years!
**[04:48] Hitori**
*Now, in high school...*
***SIGN*** Graduation
***SIGN*** Yokohama Genseiryo Middle School
**[04:50] Hitori**
*I gotta form a band or die trying!*
**[04:56] Hitori**
* But despite my vow, it's been a whole month*
* since high school started,*
**[05:00] Hitori**
* and yet my heart remains*
* grounded in the guitar,*
**[05:02] Hitori**
*little better than a shut-in...*
**[05:08] Hitori**
*Lyrics and music by me.*
**[05:11] Hitori**
*From the closet with love.*
**[05:13] Hitori**
* But before I cause neighborhood problems*
* playing my crummy original song late at night,*
***SIGN*** Drag & Drop to Upload Video
***SIGN*** Choose File
***SIGN*** Upload Video
**[05:19] Hitori**
* I've gotta upload a cover*
* I did of a popular band.*
***SIGN*** Uploading...
**[05:22] Hitori**
* It's been a pretty long time*
* since I started uploading myself*
**[05:25] ---**
* playing under the name "guitarhero"*
* on my dad's advice, but...*
**[05:29] Hitori**
* Wow, my latest video already*
* has so many comments.*
***SIGN*** Acid "Spring Snow"
***SIGN*** Views Dislike
***SIGN*** Sorry I can't upload very often nowadays!
There's just so much going on at high school!
Next time I'll try a song I do all the time
with my friends at karaoke!
***SIGN*** Acid "Spring Snow"
***SIGN*** Views Dislike
***SIGN*** Sorry I can't upload very often nowadays!
There's just so much going on at high school!
Next time I'll try a song I do all the time
with my friends at karaoke!
***SIGN*** Acid "Spring Snow"
***SIGN*** Views Dislike
***SIGN*** Sorry I can't upload very often nowadays!
There's just so much going on at high school!
Next time I'll try a song I do all the time
with my friends at karaoke!
***SIGN*** 10 comments Sort
***SIGN*** Add Public Comment
***SIGN*** Pyonkichi 5 Minutes Ago
You're so good! Are you a pro by any chance? :D
***SIGN*** Sam03 30 Minutes Ago
You rocked the chorus, love it
**[05:35] Hitori**
*I've been racking up the views lately, too,*
**[05:38] Hitori**
*and people are telling me I'm good...*
**[05:40] Hitori**
* Yeah, maybe it's okay*
* if I can't handle real life!*
**[05:43] Hitori**
* There are tons of people*
* cheering for me online!*
***SIGN*** Sam03 30 Minutes Ago
You rocked the chorus, love it
***SIGN*** Nekomi 5 Minutes Ago
I listen to this every day!
I just started playing guitar myself and I'm so in awe!
Can't wait for the next one!
**[05:46] Hitori**
* The internet is filled with socially*
* anxious introverts just like me!*
***SIGN*** Deyon 1 hour ago
2:17 this part rocks
***SIGN*** Johnson 1 hour ago
***SIGN*** Gomachin 1 hour ago
What pedals are you using?
***SIGN*** Kaopin 1 hour ago
I formed a band and played this for our culture festival!
The whole school went crazy for it!
**[05:49] Comment**
*"I formed a band and played this for our cul—"*
**[05:56] Hitori**
*I put the effort in, okay?*
**[05:58] Hitori**
* I brought CDs to school*
* and set them on my desk.*
**[06:01] Hitori**
*Talk to me!*
**[06:03] Hitori**
*I bought band merch and showed it off.*
**[06:05] Hitori**
*Talk to me!*
**[06:06] Hitori**
*I put in song requests at lunch...*
**[06:09] Speaker Voice**
* This next song is a request*
* from Gotoh-san in Class 2-A.*
**[06:13] Speaker Song**
*I'm gonna...*
**[06:13] Hitori**
* ...for the death metal song*
* I'd been obsessed with lately.*
**[06:14] Speaker Song**
*I'm gonna...*
**[06:16] Speaker Song**
*I'm gonna crush your skuuull!!!*
**[06:21] Hitori**
*Not the flashbacks!*
**[06:24] Hitori**
*Begone! Begone, filthy memories!*
***SIGN*** Gomachin 1 hour ago
What pedals are you using?
***SIGN*** Kaopin 1 hour ago
I formed a band and played this
for our culture festival!
The whole school went crazy for it!
**[06:33] Hitori**
*I wish I could perform live...*
***SIGN*** Gomachin 1 hour ago
What pedals are you using?
***SIGN*** Kaopin 1 hour ago
I formed a band and played this
for our culture festival!
The whole school went crazy for it!
***SIGN*** Replies
***SIGN*** OZAKI 30 minutes ago
I played it with my band club too!
***SIGN*** Taku 5 minutes ago
Lucky! Not sure if there's anyone at
my high school that plays guitar...
***SIGN*** Taku 5 minutes ago
Lucky! Not sure if there's anyone at
my high school that plays guitar...
**[06:44] Hitori**
*That...*
**[06:45] Hitori**
*That could work!*
***SIGN*** Sleep Pipe
**[06:59] Hitori**
*I look... I look so cool!*
**[07:02] Hitori**
*I'm already a total rocker chick!*
**[07:04] Hitori**
*I look like a real* somebody*!*
**[07:06] Hitori**
*The people can't look away!*
**[07:09] Hitori**
*Someone's just gotta talk to me now!*
**[07:14] Hitori**
*I'm gonna be all* over *this
year's culture festival!*
**[07:33] Boy Student**
So you could see the corgi's butt...
**[07:35] Girl Student A**
Do we move rooms next period?
**[07:36] Girl Student B**
Science Room B.
**[07:37] Girl Student C**
Hey, wanna karaoke after this?
**[07:39] Girl Student D**
Great idea!
**[07:40] Girl Student C**
You sure?
**[07:41] Girl Student D**
Wonder what I should sing...
**[07:46] Hitori**
*Huh?*
**[07:51] Hitori**
* Did I go overboard*
* hyping myself up last night?*
**[07:54] Hitori**
* But I'm putting out such*
* powerful rocker chick vibes...*
**[07:57] Hitori**
*D-Did I end up making myself unapproachable?!*
**[08:00] Hitori**
*No, no, no!*
**[08:01] Hitori**
*I'm having a mental breakdown!*
**[08:03] Kita's Friend A**
Wow, look at that!
***SIGN*** Thump
**[08:04] Kita's Friend B**
At what?
**[08:05] Hitori**
* I-If they're laughing at me now,*
* it won't just be a mental breakdown,*
**[08:08] Hitori**
*it'll be mental annihilation!*
**[08:10] Kita's Friend A**
Aw, it's so cute, I've gotta laugh!
**[08:12] Kita**
Guitar?
**[08:12] Kita's Friend B**
My day's immediately better!
**[08:15] Kita's Friend B**
Right, Kita-chan?
**[08:17] Kita's Friend B**
Kita-chan?
**[08:19] Kita**
Sorry, sorry! What was it?
**[08:25] Hitori**
*Look, I know.*
**[08:27] Hitori**
* You can't put the onus on others*
* and expect perfect results.*
**[08:33] Hitori**
* This is a gathering place for*
* people just as lonely as me.*
**[08:37] Hitori**
*I bet that guy's separated from—*
**[08:39] Worker's Daughter**
Papa!
**[08:41] Worker's Wife**
Sorry we're late!
**[08:43] Worker**
Hey, no problem.
**[08:44] Worker**
Now, let's grab dinner!
**[08:45] Worker**
What would you like?
**[08:45] Hitori**
*They're the perfect freakin' family!*
**[08:48] Hitori**
*Please forgive my presumptuous empathizing...*
**[08:53] Hitori**
*Ah. I broke 30,000 subscribers.*
**[08:57] Hitori**
*Hey, that's right.*
**[08:59] Hitori**
*The online world is where I belong.*
**[09:02] Hitori**
*Sorta makes me not wanna go back to school...*
**[09:07] Nijina**
Guitar!
**[09:12] Nijina**
That's a guitar, right?
**[09:13] Nijina**
Do you play?!
**[09:17] Nijina**
Hello?
**[09:18] Hitori**
* I-I haven't talked to anyone*
* in so long... My voice!*
**[09:21] Nijina**
Hey, sorry to ambush you.
**[09:23] Nijina**
I'm Nijika Ijichi, second-year
at Shimo-Kitazawa High.
**[09:27] Hitori**
Hitori Gotoh. Shuka High. First-year.
**[09:30] Nijika**
So tell me, Hitori-chan...
**[09:31] Hitori**
*Right to first names, are we?!*
**[09:33] Nijika**
How good are you at guitar?
**[09:35] Hitori**
Pretty decent, I guess...
**[09:37] Nijika**
Really?!
**[09:38] Nijika**
Say, I'm in kind of a fix here...
**[09:41] Nijika**
If you can't do it, that's okay, but...
**[09:43] Nijika**
It's really okay, but I'm in a real fix...
**[09:45] Hitori**
*There's nothing okay about her!*
**[09:47] Nijika**
Okay, I'll come right out with it!
**[09:50] Nijika**
Please, will you play second
guitar for my band for today?!
**[09:56] Hitori**
*Band?*
**[09:57] Nijika**
We've got a concert coming up,
and our guitarist just split!
**[10:01] Nijika**
The song's not too hard!
You'll pick it up right away!
**[10:01] Hitori**
*A concert?! Right now?!*
**[10:04] Nijika**
Please! Please!
**[10:06] Hitori**
Um, err...
**[10:10] Nijika**
Thanks! Let's head to the club!
**[10:13] Hitori**
*I haven't even said anything yet!*
**[10:17] Hitori**
*I got dragged along.*
**[10:19] Nijika**
Do you come to Shimo-Kita a lot, Hitori-chan?
**[10:22] Hitori**
Oh, well...
**[10:23] Hitori**
* Right, like I've got the courage to visit*
* a fashion town for trendy people...*
**[10:27] Nijika**
We're almost to the club.
**[10:31] Hitori**
*Nijika-chan's fashionable, too.*
**[10:33] Hitori**
*She's got the real rocker-chick vibe.*
**[10:36] Hitori**
*Meanwhile, I'm in a potato-quality tracksuit*
**[10:38] Hitori**
* with a real bear of a set of bags under my*
* eyes, and a back as arched as a cat...*
**[10:41] Hitori**
*Wait, do I also smell like mold?*
**[10:43] Hitori**
*I spend so much time in the closet...*
**[10:45] Hitori**
*No, I smell like mothballs.*
**[10:48] Hitori**
*Meanwhile, Nijika-chan smells great!*
**[10:52] Hitori**
* She smells just the way*
* a high school girl should!*
**[10:55] Nijika**
Oh, am I walking too fast?
**[10:56] Hitori**
N-No...
**[10:58] Nijika**
The club we're gonna play at
is called Starry.
**[11:02] Nijika**
My big sister's the manager there.
**[11:02] Hitori**
*Playing at a club...*
**[11:04] Hitori**
*That sounds weirdly legit.*
**[11:07] Hitori**
*Wait, what's my heart doing?*
**[11:09] Nijika**
And so...
**[11:11] Nijika**
I've been working there part-time...
**[11:16] Nijika**
Hitori-chan, are you
actually pretty athletic?
**[11:19] Hitori**
N-No, but I'm always the last one standing
in dodgeball for some reason.
**[11:24] Nijika**
I... I see.
**[11:26] Hitori**
*Me? Playing in a club?*
**[11:29] Hitori**
*No, don't back down now!*
**[11:32] Hitori**
* Remember your daydreams of*
* performing at the culture festival!*
**[11:36] Hitori**
*And your first solo show at Zepp Super Arena!*
**[11:40] Crowd**
Hitori! Hitori! Hitori!
**[11:44] Hitori**
I'm the girl who sold out the Budokan...
**[11:46] Nijika**
What?
**[11:47] Hitori**
Oh, nothing!
**[11:50] Hitori**
* Please, don't let her think she*
* made a mistake choosing me!*
**[11:53] Nijika**
*I might've made a mistake choosing her...*
**[11:56] Nijika**
We're here!
**[11:57] Nijika**
This is the place!
**[12:00] Hitori**
*Th-The dark lands?*
**[12:03] Nijika**
Good morning!
**[12:08] Hitori**
*My first club...*
**[12:10] Hitori**
*It's so dark... So stuffy...*
**[12:13] Hitori**
*I-It's so soothing!*
**[12:15] Nijika**
You okay, Hitori-chan?
**[12:17] Hitori**
I'm home!
**[12:19] Nijika**
No, you're not!
**[12:19] Women**
Could we ask the PA to record again?
**[12:21] Nijika**
That's the band that's playing today.
**[12:22] Hitori**
*I thought bands would be intimidating,*
**[12:23] Nijika**
They might be a little older than us?
**[12:25] Hitori**
*but they're all indoorsy, shy introverts!*
**[12:25] Nijika**
After they're done, we'll rehearse too.
**[12:28] Hitori**
*They're just like me!*
**[12:30] Nijika**
That there's the PA.
***SIGN*** Do not spill drinks on equipment!
**[12:33] PA**
Good morning.
**[12:34] Hitori**
Please forgive my arrogance!
**[12:36] Nijika**
What's wrong now?!
**[12:38] Ryo**
You're finally back.
**[12:39] Nijika**
Ryo!
**[12:41] Nijika**
This is Hitori Gotoh. Hitori-chan!
**[12:43] Nijika**
I met her in the park by miraculous
happenstance! She's a guitarist!
**[12:46] Ryo**
Oh?
**[12:47] Hitori**
*Scary! Is she glaring at me?*
**[12:49] Nijika**
This is Ryo Yamada. She plays bass.
**[12:51] Hitori**
I-I'm Hitori Gotoh! I'm so very sorry!
**[12:54] Nijika**
Hang on!
**[12:56] Nijika**
Y-You're okay!
**[12:57] Nijika**
Ryo's just not the expressive type.
**[12:59] Nijika**
Feel free to call her weird! She likes it!
**[13:01] Ryo**
I don't, actually.
**[13:03] Hitori**
*Seemed like she did...*
**[13:04] Ryo**
By the way, about the manager...
**[13:06] Ryo**
She told you to practice until it was time,
**[13:08] Ryo**
but instead you snuck out of the club,
**[13:11] Ryo**
so she got so mad she went out shopping.
**[13:13] Nijika**
N-No way!
**[13:14] Nijika**
Let's be in the studio before she comes back!
**[13:17] Nijika**
You too, Hitori-chan!
**[13:18] Nijika**
C'mon!
**[13:20] Hitori**
R-Right!
**[13:22] Hitori**
*Real life is scary.*
**[13:24] Hitori**
* But I feel like there's*
* some fun stuff coming up!*
**[13:30] Nijika**
Here's today's set list and score.
**[13:33] Hitori**
Wh-Where are the other band members?
**[13:36] Nijika**
This is everyone!
**[13:37] Nijika**
We'll be doing all instrumentals this time.
**[13:40] Hitori**
*Right. I can handle this song.*
**[13:43] Hitori**
* Though without any vocals, the playing's*
* gotta be all that much better...*
**[13:47] Hitori**
*But I'm supposedly good at guitar. I can do this.*
**[13:49] Hitori**
*I think I can do this!*
**[13:53] Ryo**
Gorilla?
**[13:57] Hitori**
*Maybe they'll be blown away by my playing!*
**[14:00] Hitori**
* I mean, I get pretty good...*
* pretty decent reactions online.*
**[14:01] Nijika**
Let's take it right from the top.
**[14:02] Nijika**
It's your first time,
so we'll run through slow,
**[14:05] Hitori**
*I even have 30,000 subscribers!*
**[14:06] Nijika**
then we can speed it up
as you get used to it.
**[14:07] Hitori**
*Yeah, let's do this!*
**[14:09] Nijika**
Okay, let's go!
**[14:26] Nijika**
You suck!
**[14:29] Hitori**
*H-How can I suck?*
**[14:29] Nijika**
Ah, I'm kidding!
**[14:30] Hitori**
*I'm guitarhero!*
**[14:31] Nijika**
Well, not totally kidding, but...
Ah, I'm sorry!
**[14:32] Hitori**
*I've got 30,000 subscribers!*
**[14:34] Guitar Man**
Allow me to explain!
***SIGN*** Guitar Man's
Easy-to-Learn
Hitori Classes
**[14:36] Guitar Man**
In a band, it's super important to be in
sync with your fellow live performers!
**[14:41] Guitar Man**
But Hitori has social anxiety
and can't make eye contact,
**[14:43] Guitar Man**
and she'll be inclined to
rush ahead of the others!
**[14:46] Guitar Man**
She might be an awesome solo player,
***SIGN*** God
***SIGN*** Social Butterfly
***SIGN*** Normal Person
***SIGN*** Water Flea
***SIGN*** Hitori
**[14:48] Guitar Man**
but when in a band, she's sub-water-flea
level, the worst there is!
**[14:52] Hitori**
Hello. I'm Plankton Gotoh.
**[14:54] Nijika**
She sounds like an unfunny comedian!
**[14:57] Hitori**
*And thus, Hitori Gotoh turned to dust,*
**[14:59] Hitori**
*and never picked up a guitar again.*
***SIGN*** BOCCHI THE ROCK!
***SIGN*** THE END
***SIGN*** Water Flea Hitori Gotoh
***SIGN*** Drummer Nijika Ijichi
***SIGN*** Bassist Ryo Yamada
***SIGN*** Guitar Man As Himself
**[15:09] Nijika**
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
**[15:11] Nijika**
Come out, please!
**[15:13] Nijika**
The show's about to start!
**[15:14] Hitori**
I c-c-can't do it!
**[15:16] Nijika**
It's not your fault!
We just came together today!
**[15:19] Nijika**
It's not like I'm very good either.
**[15:21] Ryo**
I'm *very* good.
**[15:24] Nijika**
Just look at me, okay!
**[15:26] Nijika**
Stay here in reality!
**[15:28] Hitori**
It isn't like I could
do the intro or anything...
**[15:32] Hitori**
I-I could offer up my life
to put on a harakiri show!
**[15:36] Hitori**
Th-They'll at least remember
the name of the band, right?
**[15:39] Hitori**
Sorry I sucked!
**[15:40] Nijika**
That's a little *too* rock!
**[15:42] Ryo**
It's okay.
**[15:43] Ryo**
If they boo you, I'll give
them a bonk with my bass.
***SIGN*** Bonk.
**[15:47] Hitori**
Does a bass make such a fancy noise?
**[15:50] Nijika**
I mean, bloodshed is pretty rock.
**[15:52] Ryo**
It's rock.
**[15:53] Hitori**
You can't justify everything with "rock"!
**[15:55] Nijika**
Besides, it'll probably just be my
friends who come to watch us play!
**[16:00] Ryo**
And Nijika is my only friend, so...
**[16:03] Nijika**
Normal high school girls
don't know good music from bad.
**[16:07] Hitori**
* That kind of take could get you*
* in trouble on the internet.*
**[16:10] Nijika**
Okay? So just chill!
**[16:13] Hitori**
I d-dunno...
**[16:14] Ryo**
*I* know good music from bad.
**[16:16] Nijika**
Well, you're not normal.
**[16:19] Nijika**
Hey, that wasn't a compliment.
**[16:21] Hitori**
Sorry.
**[16:23] Nijika**
But...
**[16:24] Ryo**
We can't force her.
**[16:27] Nijika**
You're right.
**[16:29] Nijika**
Sorry to push you so hard.
**[16:30] Hitori**
No, actually...
**[16:32] Hitori**
I r-really was happy you reached out to me.
**[16:37] Hitori**
I've wanted to be in a band for so long...
**[16:40] Hitori**
B-But I couldn't get the people together...
**[16:43] Hitori**
So I just upload covers
to the internet instead.
**[16:46] Ryo**
What do you usually play?
**[16:48] Hitori**
M-Mostly songs by popular bands
from the last few years,
**[16:51] Hitori**
so I could play them right away
once the band got together...
**[16:54] Nijika**
That's awesome!
**[16:55] Hitori**
It's not.
**[16:56] Hitori**
It's the reason I'm the way I am now.
**[16:59] Hitori**
Being in a band with other people
was a pipe dream after all.
**[17:03] Nijika**
Covering all popular songs?
**[17:05] Nijika**
She sounds like guitarhero-san!
**[17:07] Nijika**
Have you heard of her?
**[17:08] Nijika**
She's probably about our age, I think...
**[17:09] Hitori**
*guitarhero...*
***SIGN*** Acid "Spring Snow"
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***SIGN*** Sorry I can't upload very often nowadays!
There's just so much going on at high school!
Next time I'll try a song I do all the time
with my friends at karaoke!
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**[17:11] Hitori**
*M-Me?!*
**[17:12] Nijika**
I'll send you a link if you haven't!
**[17:15] Nijika**
She's super awesome! You should hear her!
**[17:18] Hitori**
*Awe... some?*
**[17:20] Ryo**
She comes up in my recommendations
a lot, so I've seen her too.
**[17:23] Ryo**
She really is excellent.
**[17:25] Nijika**
Right?!
**[17:26] Nijika**
Though her naming sense is a bit cringy...
**[17:28] Hitori**
*It is?!*
**[17:29] Nijika**
I follow her with notifications on!
**[17:33] Nijika**
I'd love to play with her some day!
**[17:35] Hitori**
*You just did, actually...*
**[17:38] Nijika**
Look, what I'm getting at here
**[17:41] Nijika**
is that even awesome, popular people
are out there playing guitar,
**[17:44] Nijika**
lots and lots of them,
in places we're not even watching.
**[17:49] Nijika**
You should watch her later!
**[17:50] Nijika**
I think you'll get what I mean
if you watch the videos.
**[17:54] Hitori**
* I always figured real-life people*
* didn't care about me at all...*
**[18:02] Nijika**
You can't give up on playing in a band
just because it didn't work out today!
**[18:05] Nijika**
It's possible it's our problem, anyway...
**[18:08] Ryo**
Our problem?
**[18:09] Nijika**
Hitori-chan?
**[18:11] Hitori**
* But someone this nice has been*
* watching me all this time,*
**[18:14] Hitori**
*and actually spoke to me...*
**[18:17] Ryo**
She stood up.
**[18:18] Hitori**
* It's the kind of miracle*
* most people never experience!*
**[18:22] Hitori**
*I can't let it go to waste!*
**[18:25] Hitori**
I... I'm...
**[18:27] Nijika**
D-Do you want to perform after all?
**[18:33] Nijika**
Hitori-chan?
**[18:34] Hitori**
*I know all that, rationally...*
**[18:36] Hitori**
*But I'm still too scared...*
**[18:37] Hitori**
* There's no way I can play*
* in front of an audience...*
**[18:40] Ryo**
If you're scared,
you could play from in here.
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**[18:44] Hitori**
I-It's the same environment
that I play in all the time!
**[18:49] Nijika**
Where exactly do you live?
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**[18:51] Hitori**
How you feelin' tonight, Shimo-Kita?!
**[18:54] Ryo**
She's suddenly more outgoing.
**[18:56] Nijika**
By the way, how do you
want us to introduce you?
**[18:59] Nijika**
"Hitori-chan"? Should we use your real name?
**[19:02] Hitori**
I'd... I'd rather not...
**[19:03] Nijika**
Any nicknames, then?
**[19:05] Hitori**
In middle school, they called me
"Hey" and "You there"...
**[19:09] Nijika**
I don't think those are nicknames!
**[19:10] Hitori**
I never knew anyone well enough
to get nicknames from them!
**[19:15] Ryo**
Hitori...
**[19:16] Ryo**
Hitoribocchi (all alone)...
**[19:17] Ryo**
How about Bocchi-chan?
**[19:19] Nijika**
Another tactless comment!
**[19:21] Hitori**
I'm B-B-Bocchi!
**[19:23] Nijika**
She likes it?
**[19:24] Hitori**
It's just my first ever nickname...
**[19:26] Nijika**
This is making me teary-eyed.
**[19:28] Hitori**
Oh, you haven't told me your band name yet.
**[19:33] Ryo**
It's Kessoku Band.
**[19:37] Hitori**
Kessoku Band...
**[19:39] Hitori**
Isn't that the word for "zip tie"?
**[19:41] Ryo**
It's brilliant.
**[19:42] Nijika**
It's the worst pun!
We're totally changing it!
**[19:44] Ryo**
Why? It's cute.
**[19:46] Hitori**
Y-Yes.
**[19:48] Nijika**
Band name aside, it's time to play!
**[19:53] Nijika**
Don't worry.
**[19:54] Nijika**
The key is to have fun, even if you suck!
**[19:58] Nijika**
Your feelings really come
out in your playing, see?
**[20:01] Hitori**
R-Right...
**[20:03] Nijika**
We can always work on the
skill part next time.
**[20:07] Ryo**
Yeah.
**[20:08] Hitori**
*Next... time...*
**[20:09] Nijika**
Okay, let's go!
**[20:10] Ryo**
Right.
**[20:12] Hitori**
*They're okay with there being a next time!*
**[20:19] Nijika**
Nice to meet you! We're Kessoku Band!
**[20:22] Nijika**
We'll play a bunch of
songs you probably know,
**[20:25] Nijika**
so please enjoy!
**[20:26] Seika**
Who's that?
**[20:37] Hitori**
* I hate that I can't play as*
* well as I usually do, but...*
**[20:41] Hitori**
* playing in a band with other*
* people is so much fun!*
**[20:48] Hitori**
*I've never really shone before today...*
**[20:52] Hitori**
*And I still don't!*
**[20:53] Hitori**
*This might actually be a low point for me!*
**[21:01] Nijika**
Boy, I screwed up!
**[21:02] Ryo**
Your intro bombed, too.
**[21:04] Hitori**
E-Excuse me!
**[21:06] Hitori**
B-B-B...
**[21:07] Nijika**
What?
**[21:08] ---**
B-B-B-B-B...
**[21:10] Nijika**
Okay, you're freaking me out!
**[21:12] Hitori**
B-Before our next performance, I'm gonna get
brave enough to say hello to my classmates!
**[21:17] Nijika**
What a dramatic declaration.
**[21:18] Ryo**
Such growth...
**[21:20] Nijika**
Okay, I get it.
**[21:21] Nijika**
Sure!
**[21:22] Nijika**
Then let's have a Bocchi-chan-welcome-party-
slash-concert-post-mortem!
**[21:27] Hitori**
Actually, I'm pretty exhausted from
all this social interaction, so I'm gonna go.
**[21:30] Ryo**
Sorry. I'm sleepy.
**[21:32] Hitori**
P-Pardon me!
**[21:38] Nijika**
There's no "ties" in this band at all!
**[21:49] Hitori**
*I'm gonna get over my social anxiety*
**[21:51] Hitori**
*and bring out my full guitarhero powers!*
**[21:56] Hitori**
*For Nijika-chan,*
**[21:57] Hitori**
*Ryo-san,*
**[21:59] Hitori**
*and Kessoku Band!*
**[22:02] Hitori**
S-Sorry! Sorry!
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**[23:38] Hitori**
Watch it!