Ben-To

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First impressions, so we got harem show where people fight for half price bento's and there is some heram shit going down sounds fun enough.
Side note a bento is a Japanese lunch box in case you didn't know that.

Story, 6/10

So bento is about the main character who goes to a shop to get himself some half price bento. But then gets his ass kicked by a girl when he try's to get one.
After that he soon learns that one doesn't just simply get himself a half price bento one must earn it though honorable combat and blood shed. This contest of strength and willpower is known as the bento brawl where the wolfs get to fed and the dogs go home hungry.

So to sunrise bento it pretty much about these group of people who beat the living shit out of each other for what is essentially half price food, and I thinking to myself man this is really stupid this will never work and to my amazement I find that this actually works.
Now I am not saying that this best story ever made because it's extremely simplistic in both ideas and presentation. but I think what makes it work is that it takes the battle shounen mentality and compressed it into one of the most mundane of tasks which is shopping.

This show also includes some harem/school life elements as well
And your properly thinking that it's going to be one of those things where the main character a bata male and has all these badass girls protecting him well if you thought that then your wrong because it more like they kick his ass and then he kicks there ass and they become apart of his harem so it's like a reverse Kung fu harem and the school life parts are self explanatory.

One thing I think is quite fun about this show is that
For one the characters seem to take this whole bento brawl thing very seriously. For example you got characters having monologues about honor and way of the warrior type of shit.

But a negative I got to say about it is that it really doesn't have any type of logic to it and that kind thing kind of bothered me a bit. So pretty much turn off your brain while watching this show.

Characters, 6/10

The main character can be pretty much be sum up as the normal high school student who is a bit of a pervert and likes old school games and is a bit bata male at first.
but after a while he starts becoming a bit of a badass in his own way

The side characters are pretty much two dimensional at the most.

But they are quite the interesting bunch of ....... no interesting isn't really the word I would use probably I should use the word zany so the are a zany bunch of characters.

They all have some personally even though it's really basic.

Art, 7/10

The animation was very well done it isn't at that God level of animation quality but it looks very nice.
It also has very bright colors that is uses.

It also has some very well done fight animation as well.

It has a very genneric art style that you seen it once you seen it all.

The characters designs are also generic as well.

Sound, 6/10

It has an ok op that fits the tone nicely.

It's ost to me is pretty generic. nothing really stands out about the ost.

Enjoyment, 7/10

So this show some what blowed me away of how fun this show was.

I like that it's got people fighting over stupid shit.

I also liked the really cool steet fighting.

I also found the characters to be fun as well.

Overall, 6/10

So overall if your looking a dumb fun anime then you will find bento to be one kick ass of a show. But if your the kind of person who like his shows a bit more serious and have logic behind then this show won't really be your cup of tea.