Volume 8 Discussion Thread
Start Date: 2025-12-05T15:00:00Z
ひとりぼっちの○○生活 Reading Club Home Thread
Reading Schedule
Week
Start Date
Chapter
Week 1
Dec 6
Ch 88-89
Week 2
Dec 13
Ch 90-91
Week 3
Dec 20
Ch 92-93
Week 4
Dec 27
Ch 94-95
Week 5
Jan 3
Ch 96-97
Week 6
Jan 10
Ch 98-100
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Chapter 89
Start Date: 2025-12-05T15:00:00Z
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Chapters 90 and 91
Start Date: 2025-12-12T15:00:00Z
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Our little Bocchi is all grown up. (Though I notice we’re still going “… and all the boys too.” )
You ain’t got time to fluff around though, Bocchi. You’ve still got the boss battle to go. Honestly wondering if it’s gonna come right down to the last chapter, and when Bocchi’s in despair at missing one, Yamada’s gonna come up and go “what are you talking about? We’ve been friends for ages.”
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Final boss is on the cover, fourth panel
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Chapters 92 and 93
Start Date: 2025-12-19T15:00:00Z
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Chapter 43 is just an exercise in drawing Bocchi from as many angles as possible.
Also, Mickey Mouse Bocchi. Bocchey Mouse?
What happens if Kai-chan fails the exam?
Omake page, apparently Bocchi can speak Urdu but not read it.
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@ChristopherFritz Since we have an odd number of chapters remaining, do we want to do three chapters for the last week?
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Chapters 94 and 95
Start Date: 2025-12-26T15:00:00Z
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I don’t mind either way, so:
I’d like three chapters in the final week.
I’d prefer to keep it separate weeks.
I’ll place my trust in the ガンバル妖精.
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I’m gonna read it either way, so it’s just a matter of whether I can comment on it or not.
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皆 動きたくない人になりました sounds like one of those volume ending バッドエンド situations.
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Chapters 96 and 97
Start Date: 2026-01-02T15:00:00Z
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Chapters 98, 99, and…100
Start Date: 2026-01-09T15:00:00Z
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Saigo no chapters. Here we go.
Page 101
Hah. This exact line just showed up in this week’s Godan Bocchi reading. Well, approximately exact.
Page 109, surprise bonus character… possibly 泣かない未来? (Compare volume 3, page 60)
Page 113, why are they putting the caps of their diploma tubes on their heads? Is this some tradition I’ve never heard of, or is it a callback to something that I’ve forgotten?
Page 122, you’re counting yourself among your friends? That’s bold, Bocchi. (Also the “and all the boys” finally got included with the rest of the class. Hooray.)
Happy Endo.
Is the 100-chapter length the reason the series is called 〇〇生活? Because it’s いちまるまる? I never really figured out what that was supposed to mean…
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What a lovely series. Enjoyed the simple humor that made me smile more often than laugh. The ending is really nice and satisfying.
Thank you @ChristopherFritz for running this club!
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Page 109: Look at Bocchi talking to someone she doesn’t know and being totally fine!
Chapter 99 was funny and sweet. One last Urdu omake is totally appropriate.
Page 127: Ohh, a がんばった妖精, that’s cute.
And done! I love this series. It was in my top 5 before this reread and it’s still in my top five after finishing it.
Belthazar:
〇〇生活
〇〇 is a placeholder word, so I just take it as “Hitori Bocchi’s (random events/emotions) life”. Her life has good days and hard days, etc.
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