Ben-To
ベン・トー
“When supermarket bento boxes hit nightly half-off sales, shoppers brawl for honor, pride, and dinner, and You Satou wants in.”
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When supermarket bento boxes hit nightly half-off sales, shoppers brawl for honor, pride, and dinner, and You Satou wants in.
The supermarket is an important building in any city, for they provide a convenient way to purchase a variety of food in a family-friendly, safe environment. However, these stores changes in the blink of an eye once the unsold bento boxes go on their nightly half-off sales! War breaks out and friends become foes as each person fights for honor, pride, and dinner. There are no longer any people in these supermarkets, only Wolves and Dogs—winners and losers. High schooler You Satou is painfully introduced to these battles after unknowingly stumbling into the war zone, but instead of choosing to avoid these nightly fights, he wants to join in. After seeing Satou's lack of fighting skills, upperclassman and Wolf Sen Yarizui invites him and Hana Oshiroi, a girl who enjoys spectating the brawls, to join her Half-Priced Food Lovers Club to show them the distinction between the Dogs and the Wolves. Together, they learn what it truly means to fight for your food.
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Community consensus
Derived from 101 sampled reviews
7.1/10
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 1.94 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.6 ptsRecommenders 8.2 · others 2.6
Score over time
1.87Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8/10 “This anime provides an entertaining and meaningful experience by blending comedy with the unique premise of turning daily life into a competitive food fight. The show maintains a high level of...”
- 7/10 “This series offers a fun, light-hearted experience filled with interesting characters and genuinely good comedy. While it is unfortunate that the show did not perform well enough to secure a second...”
- 8/10 “This series is an incredibly entertaining, high-octane experience that excels with its intense hand-to-hand combat and energetic, fighting-game-inspired soundtrack. While it is a blast to watch,...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Ben-To begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-6176
- Format
- 12 × 24′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 48m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Oct 2011 – Dec 2011
- Fall 2011
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-6176
- catalog