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ぼっち・ざ・ろっく! [Bocchi the Rock!] #4
Bocchi the Rock!, Vol. 4
陰キャならロックをやれ！！10代限定のバンド登竜門的ロックフェス“未確認ライオット”のライブ審査まで進んだ結束バンド。SIDEROSはじめ並みいる強豪たちを前に、後藤ひとりはその力を出し切ることができるのか……！？可愛く、面白く、そして“熱く”なれる、令和のきららのニュー・スタンダード！
136 pages, Paperback
First published August 26, 2022
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June 16, 2025
The girls hit a high.....a low...then the beach.
August 30, 2024
Kessoku Band is trying hard to win the vote to be one of thirty spots for Unidentified Riot, but, even if they get in, they still need to place in the top two to get a shot at the big stage that’s the grand prize…
How much Bocchi is too much Bocchi? That is the question that will plague this particular review, sadly, as a character that I generally enjoyed became especially grating this volume.
There are good gags here, but they are the ones that try new things. The opening colour section features rival band, Sideros, and their try-hard leader, Ohtsuki, dabbling in live-streaming. The joke here is predictable, but delivered well. Ohtsuki is a lot of fun.
Another running gag features Bocchi’s mom dressing as a student to try and drum up votes, which isn’t initially funny, but goes through a couple of very funny permutations before capping off in a solid omake and a later callback.
And there’s a silly haunted house moment that involves a cliche manga jump scare, but it gets reiterated on and called so many different things that it winds up as a fantastic take on that concept.
The rest of it is… ranging from fine to not so much. Bocchi might be the problem with her own series now, simply because she isn’t growing in the least and that doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense.
She comes through for her bandmates many times over, but then backslides immediately into being a neurotic wreck and it feels like the comedy parts and the more serious bits can’t make a more cohesive whole.
You also have Ryou, who is very lazy, and she and Bocchi often wind up occupying the same space in terms of comedy. There’s plenty of antics and I wouldn’t say hanging out with the band is painful, but Bocchi herself is not doing it for me. The joke has definitely become stale.
There’s enough here to keep me from getting too harsh; the haunted house thing actually ends on a really sweet moment that I loved and that does reflect more Bocchi growth. It’s when she immediately plummets back to square one that I can’t find myself excited any more.
3 stars - occasional fresh gags and nice moments worth wading through a lot of underwhelming and overplayed comedy to reach.
How much Bocchi is too much Bocchi? That is the question that will plague this particular review, sadly, as a character that I generally enjoyed became especially grating this volume.
There are good gags here, but they are the ones that try new things. The opening colour section features rival band, Sideros, and their try-hard leader, Ohtsuki, dabbling in live-streaming. The joke here is predictable, but delivered well. Ohtsuki is a lot of fun.
Another running gag features Bocchi’s mom dressing as a student to try and drum up votes, which isn’t initially funny, but goes through a couple of very funny permutations before capping off in a solid omake and a later callback.
And there’s a silly haunted house moment that involves a cliche manga jump scare, but it gets reiterated on and called so many different things that it winds up as a fantastic take on that concept.
The rest of it is… ranging from fine to not so much. Bocchi might be the problem with her own series now, simply because she isn’t growing in the least and that doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense.
She comes through for her bandmates many times over, but then backslides immediately into being a neurotic wreck and it feels like the comedy parts and the more serious bits can’t make a more cohesive whole.
You also have Ryou, who is very lazy, and she and Bocchi often wind up occupying the same space in terms of comedy. There’s plenty of antics and I wouldn’t say hanging out with the band is painful, but Bocchi herself is not doing it for me. The joke has definitely become stale.
There’s enough here to keep me from getting too harsh; the haunted house thing actually ends on a really sweet moment that I loved and that does reflect more Bocchi growth. It’s when she immediately plummets back to square one that I can’t find myself excited any more.
3 stars - occasional fresh gags and nice moments worth wading through a lot of underwhelming and overplayed comedy to reach.
September 14, 2024
This one was still enjoyable, but just not as strong as the previous ones. I feel it’s because this one is a lot more serious and there aren’t as many jokes as the previous ones. Definitely not my most favorite one in the series so far (that’ve been translated to English). I am still enjoying the series and am excited to see where Hamazi-sensei takes it.
July 27, 2024
湊數買KOBO活動用
但東立電子書大漲之後也不太好用了
總之動畫比較好笑
漫畫常常看不懂到底想表達什麼
但東立電子書大漲之後也不太好用了
總之動畫比較好笑
漫畫常常看不懂到底想表達什麼
November 13, 2025
I think book took a step up, and I enjoyed it more than the previous iterations, beginning to find a groove.
April 18, 2023
After reading this series, I fell in love with J-Rock.
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