Bocchi the Rock! - Ch. 92

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Bocchi would do great at improv classes. The stuff she says is outlandish, yet creative. There's no stopping her once her crippling anxiety unshackles.
 
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This is what we read Bocchi the Rock for. No other manga would have brought Ahab and Starbuck back up after their one-off appearances in chapters 72 & 74, respectively. Kind of sad that Odysseus wasn't mentioned, though. Like, I get that he was a bit of a comedic relief character, but his death was absolutely the most tragic one of the whole crew.
 
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Is Kessoku band reactionary conservative rock? That's disappointing. But maybe that's just my punk rock heart speaking...
 
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Also everyone mustve loved Bocchi's delulu rants
 
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At least in-universe makes sense the lyricist would be good at making up stories, probably why the good reactions, also kind of an apology to the previous chapter.

This better be the final nail on the coffin for any trust Kita had for Ryo that was left.
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I LOVE BOCCHI THE ROCK AND ALSO THE SIDE STORY PLS ENGLISH TRANSLATOR PLS TRANSLATE THE SIDE STORY TOO I BEG U 😭🙏🏻
 
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Is Kessoku band reactionary conservative rock? That's disappointing. But maybe that's just my punk rock heart speaking...
Same thougth cross my mind lol. But honestly there's quite a few (if not more) leftist/anti-capitalist argument you can make against globalization as well, if that's indeed what you were referring to.

Overall I'd say its not really useful to plaster western political understanding on a japanese work.
 
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Same thougth cross my mind lol. But honestly there's quite a few (if not more) leftist/anti-capitalist argument you can make against globalization as well, if that's indeed what you were referring to.

Overall I'd say its not really useful to plaster western political understanding on a japanese work.
Yeah, I guess, if globalization comes in the form of colonization (which historically it almost always does), then protesting that is pretty leftist. I guess I'd argue that it feels pretty short sighted to attack globalization on those grounds, rather than colonialism itself.

Although, specifically because it's a Japanese work is one of the reasons it comes off as reactionary conservatism: the history of Japanese colonialism isn't really taught in Japan or discussed amongst the general populace to my knowledge, and Japan has a long (and continued) history of national isolationism and ethnic policy making (look into the discrimination of the Ainu for example).

Anyways, you make some good points, but considering the political climate in Japan, and the fact that this comment is the only political statement really made in the manga as far as I can recall (lack of other context), I don't think the connection is unwarranted. Still, if it can be safely ignored, or reinterpreted into something else, I think it's fine to do so, until more political messaging providing more context comes along, at least.
 

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