"Was ep7 a bit too mean spirited to Bocchi? Particularly in regards to her parent’s reaction to Bocchi having friends over. For the sake of comedy, Bocchi’s parents react in a way in which they can’t believe she actually has friends and managed to invite them over, even going so far as to assume she might have used a friend rental service of sorts amongst other gag remarks. In a reality setting, this could have a devastating effect on Bocchi and potentially reverse all the progress she’s made thus far considering her family are the only people she likely feels fully comfortable around. As this is a comedy however, Bocchi acknowledges her parent’s doubts, which like you said, makes it clear that Bocchi is aware of her shortcomings but isn’t letting them completely destroy her life and even laugh at them at times. Some people have pointed out this episode goes a bit too far in being mean to Bocchi, but I want to believe that her parents do it out of concern along the lines of “is my daughter genuinely making friends or doing something potentially harmful to her health(friend rental)”. Considering her parents haven’t explored options of help for Bocchi thus far, we come back to the idea of both Bocchi and her parents acknowledging that Bocchi’s issues aren’t life destroying and thus counseling isn’t necessary yet."

I was asking myself this question too, i particularly felt bad for bocchi in ep 7. It seems that the whole family is a bunch of assholes.

If their parents KNOW that she has no friends, how come they don't actively try to take her out of this rut? it just seems wrong to me.

**Hideki** @hideki@gameliberty.club · Dec 24, 2022, 23:13

**Hideki** @hideki@gameliberty.club · Dec 24, 2022, 23:13

Dec 24, 2022, 23:13

Hideki @hideki@gameliberty.club

@beardalaxy @Elfie if i were at least 10 yers younger maybe i would contemplate learning guitar or something but at my age i think it's too late to learn it proeficiently, i better stick with what i know how to do or at least understand decently.