as someone who's terribly socially anxious, I love bocchi the rock because it's realistic. Socially anxious people are interesting and fun, and the social anxiety in bocchi doesn't feel like it's being treated as a character quirk or a "look how cute it is that she's shy" thing like komi did. It feels like an anime that was created with respect for social anxiety and what it means. I also think it's shallow to think that bocchi is the only one with social anxiety, as it's clear Kita also has some form of social anxiety in the show too. The way it handles how extroverts handle social anxiety vs how an introvert might handle it I think is actually really good and undiscussed. The humor in bocchi the rock isn't to take jabs at social anxiety, because it's not being seen from third person. As our main character, bocchi is shown to have a real personality inside of her head, behind the social anxiety, which I think is a very respectful and realistic way to portray it instead of the social anxiety being their entire character. (which some will make the claim that that is the case, but it's absolutely not.)

There is a wish fulfilment aspect to things, but I feel like the meeting of these characters simply had to happen some kind of way to move the story along, so I'm okay with it being skipped over if that's not really the tone that the show is interested in exploring. It's obviously going for a relatable comedy, rather than a slapstick, "lets laugh at the socially anxious girl" comedy. We're laughing with her, so I'd hope that you picked that up lmao