Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu (ひとりぼっちの○○生活)

Sakura Second Middle School Entrance Ceremony

Hitori Bocchi

Today, I finally start middle school.

Get rid of school!

New friends? A new life?

This was the start of my middle school life all alone.

My

My First

My First Confession

Why do we have this system that makes us change schools?

Can't elementary school just last nine years?

New Students * Meet your homeroom teacher in your classroom, and— * Introductions * Receive Your Textbooks

Introductions...

Introductions!

Hey, are you all right?

Oh, uh, I...

A-Are you really all right?

I'm fine!

Are you all right?!

The reason I didn't want to become a middle schooler so badly

was because of a promise I made

with the only friend I had, and I'm bad with people.

Listen, Bocchi.

We're going to be in different middle schools,

Yawara Kai

so you need to make an effort to make other friends.

But...

So to help!

I've decided to cut ties with you

until you befriend everyone in your class while you're in middle school.

Huh?! That's impossible!

It's not impossible!

Promise me.

Promise that you'll make lots of friends, so we can be friends again.

Kai-chan...

I'll give you this do-your-best fairy!

Kai-chan, it's impossible for someone like me to make friends.

So...

Strategy Notebook I'm going to be her friend again!!

I created strategies to fulfill our promise without making any friends!

"Number one..."

Get Rid of Middle Schools

"Get rid of middle schools."

That failed.

"Number two..."

Oh, this strategy might work!

Our promise was to befriend everyone in my class.

Class size doesn't matter, though.

Which means if I have zero classmates,

Class 1, Year 1

Hitori Bocchi

End

Class 1, Year 1 Hitori Bocchi End

then I can say I've befriended everyone in my class!

New Year 1 Class Assignments

Class 1 is certain to be big.

So please don't let me be in Class 1.

Please don't let me be in Class 1.

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

Please don't...

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

1 Kawai Ino 2 Tsuyoshi Nozomi 3 Minagawa Rau 4 Sunao Nako 5 Hitori Bocchi 6 Ooichi Shiki 7 Inakana Mari

I'm in Class 1.

Twenty-nine people...

It's calming back here.

Wait, this isn't the time for that.

What's this?

This time, it'll work!

The entrance ceremony just ended, so no one's come here yet.

Notice: Class 1 Abolished Class 1 has been abolished, so we kindly ask that you all transfer schools.

I'll have everyone else move away.

Then...

I'm Hitori Bocchi!

I've become friends with everyone here!

Perfect.

What's this poster?

"Class 1 Abolished"?

What's this?

Someone's prank?

This is crazy!

I got carried away!

Was that a crime? Will I be arrested?!

Looks like this is going to be a fun class.

Seems fun, yeah.

Oh, "Class 1 Abolished"?

Are we going to become Super Class 1 or something?

I'm excited!

Huh? They're all okay with it?

What is this?!

Looks like there's someone fun in Class 1.

No, this isn't...

I'm shy, so I'm glad this class is going to be fun.

I'm shy, too.

Nice to meet you.

This isn't good at all!

Opposite

Effect

Strategy number three failed, too.

Even worse, it's strengthened class unity.

Kai-chan, I can't do this anymore.

Strategy four,

four is...

My final strategy!

Strategy! All of humanity is my friend! So I'll be fine!

"All of humanity is my friend!"

I'm finished.

This is the one I wrote while feeling good last night.

I'll uphold my promise with Kai-chan and become friends with her again! Do your best, do your best!

"I'll uphold my promise with Kai-chan and become friends with her again!"

It'll be all right.

I believe in you.

After all, you've never once broken a promise!

Kai-chan...

I think.

Kai-chan, you just said that in the moment, didn't you?

This notebook was a mistake.

My promise was to befriend everyone.

I really do just have to give it my best try!

I'll open this door and give a big greeting to everyone.

That's where I'll start!

Right here!

I just can't do it.

I've never even seen someone greet everyone at the door in a drama!

I'm shy!

That girl's shy, just like me.

So I guess I shouldn't call out to her!

Morning!

Whoa, we just met and you're so close!

That girl isn't shy like me.

So I guess I shouldn't call out to her!

There are all kinds of people here.

A foreigner?

What a pretty girl.

Sunao Nako

Sunao-san, huh?

Okay, is everybody here?

Well, now that the entrance ceremony is all over,

let's start off with introductions.

This is it!

I'm Minagawa Rau.

I hope this proves to be a fun class.

Nice to meet you.

Introductions are an important first step to making friends!

Very important!

Thank you.

Next up is...

Hello. I'm Sunao Nako.

Sunao Nako

Nice to meet you.

Yes, thank you.

Now, next is...

Y-Yes!

Cheerful, now! Cheerful!

I-I-I-I-I...

Hitori-san?

Blegh!

Introductions are impossible for me.

Talking to someone else is already torture as-is.

For now, though, I need to try talking to the person in the seat in front of me.

Sunao-san, was it?

She's kind of scary, but I need to speak to her.

My leg cramped!

Five seconds!

I'll rest five seconds, then try speaking to her.

One, two, three, four...

Five!

Six, seven, seven, eight...

Ah, I went too far!

What is it, Barf?

Barf?!

But more importantly!

She spoke to me!

How long has it been?

Since I conversed with someone my age...

Sunao-san...

She's such a nice... person.

What on earth?!

My great-grandmother said

this is good for your throat.

G-Grandmother...

Who are you calling grand—?

I... I'll give you one.

Do you want to be a gofer or something?

Gofer?

I don't really understand those kinds of ideas, so could you go try someone else?

Gofer...

Would being a gofer count as being friends?

Huh?

I want to be friends...

With you.