Nothing to see here, carry on.
If you’re staying to read, then so be it. I’ve warned you enough. I’ve nothing good to say about Binchou-tan. I may be wrong or unfair, but I don’t care. I hated watching it. I hate it. And if I’m going to hate something, like loving — I won’t do it half-assed.
Obviously, this show isn’t meant for me. It’s supposedly meant for young children, albeit older males may find this show sexually attractive.
To a partisan, the show has the possibility of being charming, funny, cute (of course), sexy, relaxing, and makes one feel good about life. At the most generous, Bincho-tan herself is like Mizunashi Akari from Aria with the talkativeness (and blue hair) of Ayanami Rei from Evangelion only maybe younger by half their lifetimes, and perpetually drawn in chibi form. WELL, I AM NO SUCH PARTISAN. I HATE THE THING, AND I WILL COMMUNICATE MY HATE THUSLY:
This is for making these children unnaturally fall on their faces for and/or comedic (and sexual) value!
And THIS is for episode 04, which was actually quite GOOD, being a study of mood and atmosphere: serving melancholy, frustration, and warmth through nuanced use of music, minimalist dialogue, and weather. WHY? It’s because episode 04 isn’t representative of the show.
And THIS is for being a moenkey on my back that prevented me from picking up where I left off in shows I actually like! (VOTOMS, Overman King Gainer, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) And during when I actually had time to watch some damned anime!
I totally trashed your mountain Bincho-tan. I’m (not) really sorry.
So, do I think the show is objectively bad? Naw, I’m not a useful person to ask this. But did I like it? No. Someday Bincho-tan herself may come after me piloting an Evangelion, and she’d be justified in doing so. I won’t run away from the dispensing of my comeuppance. But in the meantime, Sayonara Bincho-tan~
Note
So why would I piss all over something that I wouldn’t have liked in the first place? Last Xmas, we local bloggers from Metro Manila, Philippines had a fun party. I invited everyone to share shows they wanted others to see and write about, so we drew lots. We contributed three shows each, mine being Millennium Actress, Umi ga Kikoeru|Ocean Waves, and Aim for the Top! 2|Diebuster. I just happen to draw Bincho-tan and I wouldn’t shirk or cheat on a game that I initiated.
What are complaining about? It is what it is. IT IS WHAT IT IS! This is just a show about a little girl riding on ducks, falling down, learning to get back up, and taking what life gives her. This show was never intended for mechaphiles. How can you complain about a show if you’re not in its target audience? If you don’t like it, you missed the point, and you were watching it wrong.
Yes, he was watching it wrong.
The correct way to watch Binchou-tan is with your pants down, in the dark, while no one’s around.
Seconded. Binchou-tan is the sole reason why I was deported to Canada. Stupid law. At least I learned to never turn off the Hansen radar. /ominous
Actually you’re likely not going to be safe in Canada for very much longer, either…
I LOL if there are people who actually thought this is a critical review of the show. I’m more than okay to be wrong. I certainly won’t mutilate fanboys over the sake of this stupid show, so let them be right… just let them see for real the MAGNITUDE of their victory LOL
This post would make my life complete if Bincho-tan was replaced with Renton Thurston.
(Yes, I think I’ve been through this with you, and that I heard (from you?) that the movie’s much better.)
No the movie isn’t very good, and I have a lot of problems with it. Renton is awesome, but nobody is required to like him.
Hmm, it wasn’t you then…
The very existence of “opinion” usually leads to flamethrowing contests anyway.
Bincho-tan is sexual?
WHAT.
Sexual is Eva, Code Geass, QUEEN’S BLADE, Kodomo no Jikan.
How in the blue blazes is Bincho-tan SEXUAL? It’s PRE-HARUHI CUTENESS.
It’s only sexual in the way that, say, Aria is sexual or Sketchbook is sexual…
What’s the point of oh… just stopping so close before exposing her nakedness, strategic coverage of her bits… (see image above, not the duck)?
I’m going to need a definition on “Pre-Haruhi Cuteness”.
Cuteness that is not sexualized in any manner.
Bad wording on my part, but I honestly cannot see how Binchou-tan is sexual.
Also ARIA can be construed as sexual. Then again, it’s Japan. You might as well say a bloody metal sheet is sexual. ince Japan will obviously make a sex movie out of that metal sheet.
Duuuuuude, sexualized cuteness happened waaaaaaaay before 2006; and I’m not even talking about hentai.
Well, Japan invented tentacle porn. The’d probably rape a whale if they weren’t so busy trying to eat it.
I’m still in slack-jawed shock over you calling Bincho-tan sexualized cuteness. It didn’t occur to me that way, to be honest.
media won’t occur the same across different individuals; that’s pretty obvious. While it’s problematic for me to accuse of sexual content in it ‘built-in,’ there’s little problem finding people who enjoy it for such purposes.
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(And I thought you’d deploy the Macross Cannon.)
Go watch Hanamaru Kindergarten. It’s by Gainax, Bones and Square Enix
The Macross Cannon is never used for destroying terrestrial targets, let alone picturesque mountain forests.
When I was in college, my roommate once turned to ask me a question, only to trail off into complete silence when he saw a scene from Bincho-tan playing on my desktop.
“Yes?” I asked, quickly closing the video player.
“No, it’s nothing,” he said.
Our relationship was never quite the same afterwards.
Don’t tell me… presumptions?
LOL I have nothing against fans of this show — in a way that I will shun them as people or fail to enjoy their company. Your roommate wasn’t really a friend anyway, so his being weirded out is to be expected I think.
But yeah, LOL.
Hey, the third one that you put in was the first Gunbuster, not Diebuster.
I’ve nothing bad to say ’bout Binchou-tan. She’s cute. I’d like to have her by the garden.
She’s not bad, her show is bad. Sorry about the typo.
LOL I just can’t stop laughing. It’s like (“Nagtampo ka sa bigas”).
Wow such hate! You even blew up the mountain where she lived…sorta.
Because of your violent and OTP reaction to the series I knew I had to watch it.
And the verdict is…
It was kawaii!
Not moe, just good old fashioned kawaii.
And for a childrens show it was so iyashikei.
To paraphrase jpmeyer: Would I watch it even if I weren’t driven by this post to do so? No, so I’m glad you posted your thoughts. Otherwise I never would have watched Binchoutan. Nuh uh, not in a million years.
LOL I’m glad you had fun, and that this post is useful somehow. I’m always cautious about writing negative posts because I don’t think they’re going to be of any value at all to anyone.
Oh man this show I remember you telling me about this one, and now so it is written.
FYI I’m way over my raeg so I can just laugh about this now.
Same reaction as my brothers (WTF is that useless show)
But dunno, wouldn’t hating Bincho-tan be like hating K-ON for how useless it is?
Maybe, but I don’t pretend to be fair and objective. A big part of the raeg is born from the fact I didn’t drop it LOL.
In other circumstances I’d have dropped the show and moved on.
LOL yeah, the “required viewing” made you a masochist
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I wasn’t really able to finish this show but I’ve seen few episodes from Animax…
Well, I had to say I didn’t liked it as well, of how simplistic it wanted to be… My mind is not just fit to work that way. I think I can watch it though if I’m in trance state.
I don’t know what it’d take for me to truly enjoy this show… perhaps you’re right, I might just need to completely shut my brain off.
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