Review of Bakuon!!

Yes, riding a bike doesn't necessarily involve drug trades or gang shootings. Story: Well, it's a comedy about "cute girls doing cute things", the gimmick this time is motorcycles. The question is, how much did they do with said gimmick? A lot actually. They talk about bikes all the time, they ride them all the time and most episodic plots are about motorcycles, so I'd say the potential is fully utilized. Since I don't know anything about these vehicles, I can't judge how accurate they handle the subject, but it looked like they did well. The comedy is varying heavily, from cute shenanigans to perverted fanservice. Idon't mind either, but sometimes it felt like I was watching two different shows.
9/10

Art:
The bikes all look pretty good, as far as I can tell. The girls surprisingly fall a little flat compared to the background characters, who are much more detailed. The body proportions look a little weird at times too. Overall, I'd say it shines when it needs to, but could have been better.
6/10

Sound:
I'm a big fan of the ending, but the opening isn't too bad either (though nothing special). The voice acting was absolutely solid, though rarely extraordinary. I don't remember much background music, the sound effects of the bikes sounded realistic though.
7/10

Characters:
Out of the 5½ main characters, Rin and Onsa were the most memorable. To me it felt like Rin was more a parody of a tsundere than an actual one, which was kinda nice. Onsa is an interesting mix between "dirty old man" and "only sane person". Also, her hair looked awesome. Hane fell a little flat compared to similar main characters (see Anne Happy for example), but she was still okay. The other three didn't impress me much, but they also didn't annoy me or anything. The side characters were great though, Rins dad, Raimus old classmates and Bike Jesus especially.
7/10

Enjoyment:
I had a lot of fun with Bakuon. Many slice of life comedies run out of ideas fairly quickly, but Bakuon always had another thing up its sleeve. Surely not everything was a hit, but most of the time, I had a really good laugh. I can see the fanservice feeling out of place for some people, but I personally didn't mind. For a show of its kind that isn't purely cutesy, it did a very good job.
9/10

Overall:
7.6/10