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Just your typical kitschy harem anime with unobtainable cuties and a bland insert-yourself-here protagonist. Lots of silly and compromising situations, tons of fanservice, blah blah blah. The art style is pretty nice and the setting is interesting. The story has some weird holes in it, however, and those were kinda hard to look past at first. It grows on you, though. It's definitely one of those kinda shows that is hard to get into if you don't want another run-of-the-mill harem anime (featuring all of your favorite status-quo personality types!) but the character development and overall plot is so good that it becomes well worth ... it.

If you're into that kinda thing, then it's great! If you aren't... well... there's gotta be a reason I gave it a 10 despite my negative-neutral review, right?

It's like K-ON but without the weird white supremacy groups surrounding it
Kinda funny sometimes
If Bocchi is relatable then you missed the point

That being said, the visuals are (as I'm sure you've heard) fairly unique and often creative. Many scenes are photos with a hand-drawn filter applied over them which, while efficient (for better or worse), does attribute a lived-in look to scenes that would otherwise be squeaky-clean. The scenes that aren't photos are often designed in a realistic manner, meaning every location doesn't look like a hospital.
The humor is light and fairly status-quo. A lot of the jokes stem around Bocchi being a socially-anxious mega-introvert. ... She was certainly not written to be a relatable character, but I see a lot of "she's just like me fr". The story, in turn, follows a coming-of-age tale about Bocchi coming to grips with her introversion and contrasting desire to perform, and her work toward getting out of her shell. If you're annoyed by her character, however, like I was, you'll be annoyed for the whole runtime. It never gets much better.
The characters are fun but they feel familiar and same-y. If you've seen a lot of slice of life anime, you'll find this one particularly recognizable.
The show is good, don't misunderstand me, but it's not the masterpiece everyone makes it out to be. I still liked it, but it's just barely an 8.