Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu
Japanese manga series

Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu (Japanese: ひとりぼっちの○○生活; lit. "Bocchi Hitori's ____ Life" or "The ____ Life of Being Alone") is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Katsuwo. It was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Comic Dengeki Daioh "g" magazine from September 2013 to April 2021. Eight tankōbon volumes have been released. An anime television series adaptation produced by C2C aired from April to June 2019.
Story
Bocchi Hitori is a girl with social anxiety who has difficulty communicating with others. Before starting middle school, her friend Kai Yawara, 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.
Characters
Bocchi Hitori (一里 ぼっち, Hitori Botchi)
Voiced by: Chisaki Morishita
A girl whose social anxiety makes it hard to talk to people. When her only friend Kai breaks up with her, she is tasked with trying to befriend everyone in class, usually passing out whenever she does.
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