Hey everyone! Today, we are going to start a new anime for
the channel, and that show is "Bocchi The Rock." We ran an anime poll on the community post,
and this show won by a pretty big margin, so I'm really excited about this. I did read a little bit of the synopsis, and
it sounds very much up my alley. It's about music, and this girl also has an
issue with social anxiety. I also have social anxiety; it's something
I deal with all the time. It doesn't matter what the situation is, whether
it involves people I know or don't know, I always have to go through a whole process
before engaging in some kind of situation. So, I wonder how far this show takes that
idea and how much I'll be able to relate to it. But it looks like it's also really funny too,
which I could use some laughs. Guys, this will be the first anime that we
do in which all of my content is going to be exclusively on YouTube. So, for Early Access, we're most likely going
to be about two to three episodes ahead of public videos. So, members for a dollar, you can be a few
weeks ahead of everybody else. But yeah, I'm really excited to check this
out, so here we go. Sounds like me. There's her confirmation that she needs. I must learn to play this; it's what I did
too growing up. I also picked up the guitar when I was in
Middle School. When I first started, my parents tried to
get me into guitar at a much earlier age, but it just didn't take because they were
trying to teach me classical guitar, and it wasn't my thing. It wasn't until my dad got me an electric
guitar that I really took it seriously. That's cool how accurate that was. Chords sound like that when you first try
them. 3 years later, oh yeah. That sounds about right. Way better than me though from a technical
standpoint, for sure. Let's hear this op here. So she plays a Gibson Les Paul Custom. I didn't quite get a good look
at the bass, but it looks like there's a Les Paul Junior for the second guitar player. I was still able to make friends at school,
so this is definitely a more extreme version of that. That's the struggle with introverts, I think,
especially artistic ones. We desire connection, but we get easily overstimulated
by social interaction, so it's something we don't want, but we do want. We just want a very regulated version of it,
and there's no way really to do that because Bocchi, she wants to play live, but she also
is probably really afraid of doing that at the same time. But it's also something she really wants to
do, so she has contradicting feelings on what she wants. The thing that she wants is also the thing
that she's most afraid of as well. But I'll see that there's another aspect of
this that she's dealing with, which is getting friends to be able to make a band in order
to make this thing happen. The perfect family. That's great. Oh, she's going to get invited. So, Hitori? Okay. For some reason I thought Bocchi was her name. My bad. I didn't realize that wasn't her name. The nervousness is setting in. So see what I mean, like she wants to do this,
but she's also super afraid of it. I can absolutely relate They all have their little quirks. I miss my Marshall amp. I used to have a Marshall half-stack. I love the way it sounded. But it just, it's not practical anymore. Oh, that was it? Wow, okay, that was funny. I was gonna say, there is actually truth to
that. Even if you all know the song, you all kind
of have to look at each other too. There's a certain rhythm in body language
as well. You know, there could be visual cues that
you're giving each other, and you kind of feed off of each other in terms of energy. Wow, so they already know her. That's another thing about content creation
too. You never know what your video might do; you
never know who you might reach or how touched people might be because of the video you made. Oh so Bocchi, it's her stage name. Yep, exactly, I
said that during Oshi No Ko. Instruments are kind of emotional conduits. If you feel unsure of yourself and you're
playing guitar, people are going to hear that. If you play with confidence or if you're having
fun, people are gonna hear that too. So that's awesome that they mentioned that. That was a nice fill; she's still playing
in the Box. I feel like she's gonna hate being in the
box and she's just gonna throw it off of her, and she's gonna let loose. That's what I think. That happens too; we can only talk for so
long, and then we're like, okay, we're good. This is the actual end of the episode. Alright, so that was the first episode. I'm glad that they already touched upon certain
things that I was curious about in terms of the realities of having social anxiety and
how that plays into playing music. I didn't really think of that until just now
because I think everybody can relate to somewhat with social anxiety, but I think anybody that
has social anxiety and is also an artist can kind of latch on to this and draw parallels,
whether they're a musician or not. I think you can still find things to relate
on, but when it comes to music, I like that they touched on if you're playing your instrument
and you're up there having fun, people are going to resonate with that, and they're going
to hear that in your instrument. But it's also the opposite too, where if you're
not so sure of yourself and you're afraid or you're nervous, people can hear that too
in your playing. If you don't play confidently, that's why
I feel like you can feel people's emotions through their instruments, which is also kind
of why I am able to, at least I feel like I'm able to connect with music just through
the sound. I feel like I can have emotion conveyed to
me that way, whereas in a lot of my music reactions, people like to point out, "Oh,
you gotta look at the lyrics", because that's how they connect with music. Perhaps maybe they're not an instrument player,
and so the one way that they can latch onto music is through words being said because
everybody can always understand a written word. But interestingly enough, even if I were to
read it and understand how it connects, I don't 100% resonate in here. I rarely do. I think maybe there are only a couple of songs
out there I've ever heard in my life where the lyrics actually hit home for me. I'm not really sure why. It's just I've never connected to music via
just the sound. I've always connected to music through the
sound. It could partially be because I play guitar,
I play drums, I've played bass, and I also make my own music on the side, and so part
of it is the process of making music and how other musicians approach things, and I'm fascinated
with that aspect of music. But the other part of it is just when they
convey sound through a verse or through a chorus, I can sit there and relate to that
in some way. Maybe it's me thinking, "Oh, if I was making
this, this is how I would be feeling. I can talk about music all day. We can get really deep with it if you want,
but it's just interesting that on episode one, we were able to at least touch base on
those basic ideas, and I'm looking forward to seeing if any of those ideas get expounded
on. I'm also looking forward to the music and
how it evolves with their band to see Hitori deal with her social anxiety and what her
solution becomes. Because I think we also try to look at each
other and look for answers regarding how to deal with social anxiety. If it worked for you, maybe that method could
work for me. So, we're always looking to each other for
inspiration in regards to how to get over that. There isn't just one method to get over it,
you know, because everybody is wired differently. It's a very complicated situation. On the outside, it looks very simple, it's
just, "Oh, you just don't want to talk to people." It's like, no, there's so much that goes on
in your head if you have social anxiety. It's because you're worried about so many
things that maybe, at the end of the day, aren't things that are that important, but
they still make their way into your head and make you conscious of everything. All of a sudden, you've got so much weight
on your shoulders over just a small interaction. It's very debilitating, and I deal with it,
and so I very much empathize with Hitori. Anyway, guys, that was really great. I'm looking forward to the next episodes,
and I'm really looking forward to the music that comes out of this show. I hope you enjoyed the reaction, but that's
it for me, guys, and I'll see you next time.
