The immense popularity of the anime adaptation of Bocchi the Rock! also drew fans towards his original manga written and illustrated by Aki Hamaji. Let’s remember that Bocchi the Rock! is a yonkomathat is, it is read differently from a traditional manga (a yonkoma manga is read from top to bottom, starting with the panels on the right and then those on the left).
It’s not often that a yonkoma manga becomes so popular, and because the reading is completely different some were confused when they went to read Bocchi the Rock! for the first time. Fortunately, it seems that the community always takes care to leave a guide to correctly read a manga of this type in the comments.
And that is precisely what brings us together today, the manga of Bocchi the Rock!. It’s certainly a surprise considering that all of our articles are geared toward anime, but as the original work progresses and the chances of a second season grow in tandem, it seems that the new chapter of the original manga drew attention in the comment forums.
In recent development, Ikuyo Kita he has run away from home due to a conflict of interest with his mother. While her mother wants her to enter university and become a government official, Kita-chan doesn’t want to enter higher studies and wants to pursue her musical pursuits, apparently inspired by Bocchi herself.
But her mother doesn’t know Bocchi, and believes that he is a young man who is leading Kita-chan astray. For this reason, he decides to break the ice with his daughter and sends her a text message saying that they “will have a talk”, but that he has to bring “Gotou-san”. And this is where the moment that caught the attention of the fan community arrives, since, to avoid compromise, Bocchi says that her athlete’s foot got worse and that she has to go home for her ointment.
But the surprise comes when Kita-chan makes her own ointment against athlete’s foot, revealing that she does have it. Let’s remember that athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that occurs between the toes, and whose symptoms include scaly skin, itching, skin inflammation, dry skin and, in most cases, a bad smell.
This author’s decision It definitely stopped the talk among viewers in Japan, especially considering that the foot fetish for some reason is quite popular among anime fans in general.:
- «It can’t be, it’s a lie, right Kita-chan?».
- «It’s the first time I’ve heard of a character with athlete’s foot, how disgusting».
- «Oh no, why did they do this to Kita-chan?».
- «Oh my god now I can’t stop imagining it».
- «Was this for Kita-chan to creep us out? Because if so, then they did it!».
- «I don’t know what to think of a girl whose feet smell».
- «Fashionable girls generally wear closed toe shoes, and are more susceptible to athlete’s foot».
- «I never thought that Kita-chan’s innocent image would be destroyed like this.».
- «Wearing boots always causes bacteria and fungi to proliferate».
- «Those pretty fingers, with their pretty bright white painted nails, have now been tainted with the idea of athlete’s foot.».
- «Kita-chan would be the type of person who never stops scratching himself.».
- «Does athlete’s foot really bother you in a girl? Otakus are getting nastier».
- «Girls who always wear boots usually have smelly feet».
- «I want to smell Kita-chan’s feet».
Obviously it was a shocking revelation for the fans, and it is true, how many times have you heard of an anime character having athlete’s foot? But it seems that the author Aki Hamajiknows that the development he gave him in the most recent chapter was “controversial”, since in his personal Twitter account (he has two accounts, one is professional and the other is personal), he made a curious revelation:
- «The editor in charge was pretty upset with the revelation of athlete’s foot, so please forget about it!» wrote the author.
Well, it seems that the fact that Ikuyo Kita from Bocchi the Rock! have athlete’s footHowever, in case the anime adaptation ever reaches this point in the manga, will they adapt the moment as is or will it be modified? Just wait and see what will happen in the future!
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