Motorcycle anime recommendation - Bakuon!!

Kinja'd!!! by "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
Published 04/01/2017 at 01:09

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This fucking show. This show is the best representation of learning to ride motorcycles that I have seen in a very long time. From the little snags and learning opportunities along the way (including accidentally getting it stuck in neutral when trying to show a bicyclist who’s boss) to the passion and pride the main characters have for their bikes (the suzuki fangirl is spectacular - paging peter black) it is a surprisingly enjoyable watch and the research the studio did to be so accurate must’ve been stunning.

Oh.....It’s also primarily a comedy anime. So you end up with bits like this (and this is only the first half of the scene, the second half about killed me)

Kinja'd!!!

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Replies (32)

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 01:16, STARS: 2

I remember watching that when it first came out. totally forgot about it though.

suzuki fan girl. excuse me.

Kinja'd!!! "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
04/01/2017 at 01:24, STARS: 1

I guess I’ll watch it, to hopefully re-motivate me to get my motorcycle license.

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 01:27, STARS: 3

great, now I’m a grown ass man watching an anime about middle school girls learning to ride a motorcycle. while eating noodles. in the middle of the night.

good god have I fallen.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:29, STARS: 0

heheheeeeee

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:29, STARS: 0

If you have ever licked your bike, I will never let you hear the end of it.

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
04/01/2017 at 01:31, STARS: 0

I’ll have to check it out. Wasn’t Carrera something that someone here recommended not to long ago?

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:31, STARS: 1

And for the record, the girls i date all love the show now and all want to ride motorcycles. Apparently I need to learn how to fix starter bikes because at least one girl I know is getting one.

But hey - at least they’re all excited to ride?

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 01:31, STARS: 0

erm. does it count when I slipped on oil in my garage and basicly faceplanted into the seat?

ALSO: she is not the stig, but she is the stigs Japanese motorcycle riding neice!

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:32, STARS: 1

Kanojo no Carerra. Sadly not many english updates have happened.

Kinja'd!!! "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
04/01/2017 at 01:32, STARS: 0

What’s the name of it? Apparently there’s multiple motorcycle animes lol.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:34, STARS: 0

The helmet having the simpson logo was such a nice touch!

And yes it does.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 01:34, STARS: 1

Bakuon!!

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 01:41, STARS: 0

on a side note: being in neutral when you didnt mean to.

*sigh* what my dumbass wouldnt give to have never done that

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 03:35, STARS: 0

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 03:42, STARS: 0

Dammit you fool, tell me you saw episode 4 already.

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 03:44, STARS: 0

watching it right now

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 03:50, STARS: 0

GOOD

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 04:11, STARS: 0

there is so much god dam border line porn in this series I’m so happy i’m watching it at this hour.

err....phrasing. i would feel really awkward if roomie barged in while ass was on the screen.

also, yes, i would go out with suzuki fan girl were she my age. for various reasons.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 04:31, STARS: 0

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss

I have converted another!

Sadly, one of my girlfriends was in Japan recently and couldn’t find any merchandise related to the show :/ it exists, but is all out of production already despite the manga still going and the show only being a year old.

Also yes, the near-porn is a bit of a turn off because it happens so infrequently and it is just odd. Like, commit to being sexy or just drop it....

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 04:36, STARS: 0

oh i liked it before, i just flat out forgot about it.

I’m going to be REAL disappointed if they dont have any SV’s in this.

and agree. its like: nothing, bike bike bike, NFSW, bike bike. So just got dam jarring.

OH COME ON WHAT THE HELL REALLY?!?!?! (I’m at the 20 minutes mark in episode 5...the “american’ bike wash. I spit my drink out)

arent these girls supposed to be like, 16?!?!

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 04:45, STARS: 0

I couldn’t tell how serious they were. It almost came across like they were making fun of bike magazines. But I don’t know if I should give them that much credit.

And yep. 16...

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 04:47, STARS: 1

Like I said, I choked on my drink. I couldnt fucking believe it.


1/2 through 6 now. okay, I laughed at the THIRTY FIVE bikes.

then I realized thats something I would do.

I quickly stopped laughing.

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 04:57, STARS: 1

oh my god what is this show. this is like every argument I’ve had when learning.

I cant tell if its appealing to my mind, my experiences, my boner or what.

I’M SO CONFUSED YET SO APPRECIATIVE AT THE SAME TIME.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 04:57, STARS: 0

Oh! I wanted to point out in episode 4 about the ducatistas. I nearly fell out of my chair with the panigales all in a line!

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 04:59, STARS: 0

no panigales there :D

all of them where the generation BEFORE the pani. two were ‘regular’ 1198 street bikes.

but the third...the third was a desmocedici RR. an 85K moto-gp replica that ducati only made like 200 of.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 05:05, STARS: 0

THEN THE ANIME IS DOING ITS JOB

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 05:06, STARS: 0

....NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 05:06, STARS: 0

they get everything so right too.....jesus.

it would be kinda cool if they made something a little less....NSFW. more inital D speed. but I’ll take whatever I can get.

also, no SVs yet. Am I going to be disappointing?

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 05:12, STARS: 0

I don’t think so? I believe episode 10 or 11 there is a plot line involving suzukis and the SV gets a mention.

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/01/2017 at 06:06, STARS: 1

Aight, I’m off to bed. I cleaned and oiled my chain this morning for the first time on the KLR. Mileage didn’t dictate it, but it had sat in several rainy days and even with a cover on it it looked a little dry so after that bit of maintenance I’m going to put a hundred miles on her tomorrow. For safety.

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
04/01/2017 at 06:11, STARS: 0

I hate you. i’m still 3 weeks out from my SV at least

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
04/01/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 0

The same problem with Countach.

Kanojo No Carerra, is the one I’ll have to look up.