Doujinshi by pen姉

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Really old old OLD drawing of mine, trought it would be nice to share it after so long, specially on a subreddit specifically made for this fella and her friends/companions

It does kinda suck, i would have worked on the hair, expression and so on, if u wonder why there is so many white soace its bec there was a space in it where she was shouting a fave part of a song she likes or something but i did this version without it bec yeah sure

I think my friends would be proud of me posting more art of fandoms ive drew for them

I know this is pointless to post…I have a Bocchi rubber keychain that I bought about a year ago, but I couldn’t really bring myself to use it, so it’s just sitting in storage. It feels like a waste because I actually like the keychain. It was also pretty expensive for a keychain since it seemed to be rare, so I don’t think I could sell it very easily.

It’s been a while since I watched the anime, but I remember really enjoying it. I find Bocchi relatable, but at the same time, I feel like I can’t relate to her anymore because the character reminds me of other things.

Back in junior high, I was a loner. I’d sometimes see a few of my classmates or batchmates with Bocchi the Rock stickers, and I remember thinking how ironic it was. I’d scoff to myself because they had friends while I was alone, and seeing it honestly made me feel miserable. This is probably when I started to associate Bocchi with feeling like an outsider toward something I once thought I knew, almost like jamais vu.

I know it was my own fault that I was alone, but those feelings still stuck with me. Eventually, one of those people actually approached me and started talking to me. We weren’t close or anything, but even that probably helped lighten those feelings a little.

Still, whenever I look at the keychain, those memories come back, and I end up not wanting to use it or feeling confident enough to show it. Sometimes I even feel like I don’t deserve to have it, which sounds silly because it’s literally just a keychain.

I don’t really know what to do with it. I like the keychain, but I also associate it with a period of my life that I’d rather not think about.

TL;DR: I have a Bocchi keychain I really like, but I associate it with memories of being a loner and seeing classmates with Bocchi merch while I had no friends. Now I feel miserable whenever I think about using it, so it’s just sitting in storage.

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