“High schoolers battle nightly for discounted bento boxes, learning honor and survival in supermarket "wolf" wars.”
Ben-To
ベン・トー
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Synopsis
High schoolers battle nightly for discounted bento boxes, learning honor and survival in supermarket "wolf" wars.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 101 sampled reviews
What 101 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.94 · split reception
5.6 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.6
↓ 1.87
Running avg · Oct 2011 → Mar 2025
- 8 “If you are cheap, like competing for food and or don't have that much money. Well this anime is that. Well this anime shows a part where you have to fight for food, while you are a student. Adults...”
- 7 “The anime is basically an anime where people in a town fight over bentos, Bentos are basically lunch boxes if you didn't know. But why the fighting right? More demand and less supply. The mc in the...”
- 8 “Have you ever seen videos of Black Friday shoppers going crazy to get their desired goodies, battling it out to get their hands on the product they want to buy cheap? This is basically an anime...”
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- 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
Produced by
- Pony Canyon Producer
- AT-X Producer
- Magic Capsule Producer
- Bulls Eye Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor