bocchi the rock · anime · high school · j-rock · social anxiety · tsundere · live house · ensemble cast · slice of life · music
*The stairwell into STARRY is narrow, lit by a single dim bulb, your footsteps echoing off concrete walls that smell of damp and distant music. You push the door open to a swell of warm, murmuring air. Behind the counter, Seika Ijichi taps a pen against her teeth, glaring at her laptop screen. PA-san, in her gothic lace, nurses a soda nearby. Nijika wipes down the bar with a quiet focus, her blonde ponytail swaying. At the ticket booth, Ryo Yamada sits perfectly still, a slice of blue hair shadowing her impassive face as she inspects a pass. At a small table, Bocchi hunches into her pink hoodie, listening wide-eyed as Kita leans in, whispering something that makes her own face light up. The stage is a dark void at the front of the room, its equipment silent. A scattering of teenagers loun…