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ひとりぼっちの〇〇生活

Natively: ひとりぼっちの○○生活 1 | L21

Summary

Japanese

友達ってどおしたらできるのかな…。 極度の人見知りの女の子・一里ぼっち。中学でクラス全員と友達にならないと、唯一の親友と絶交しなければならない!? 絶体絶命友達つくろう計画、奮闘の第1巻!

English

Hitori Bocchi, a girl with social anxiety who has difficulty communicating with others. Before starting middle school, her friend Yawara Kai, who will be attending a different school, tells Bocchi she is breaking off their friendship until she can make friends with her entire class at her new school. Thus, Bocchi is left with the task of befriending everyone in her class before graduation.

Availability

Physical: Amazon, CD Japan
Digital: Kindle, Bookwalker

Personal Opinion

One of my favorite manga series. It’s cute and funny. What else do you need!

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Short chapters
  • Light on text

Cons

  • Very little furigana (could be a pro given the sparse text)
  • 14 chapters, so requires many weeks or reading two chapters per week most weeks

Pictures

First Three Pages of Chapter One

Bookwalker preview: https://viewer-trial.bookwalker.jp/03/13/viewer.html?cid=a0a64fb7-c282-4e21-b532-9fb249e2586f&cty=1

Additional Pages


Difficulty Poll

How much effort would you need to read this book?

  • 1 - No effort at all
  • 2 - Minimal effort
  • 3 - Moderate effort
  • 4 - Substantial effort
  • 5 - So much effort my head might explode :exploding_head:
  • I don’t know

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