Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Is a parody of the magical girl genre. Never has any series made me laugh at the concept alone. I was expecting a lot of funny scenes and most surely, the anime didn’t disappoint. 

From left: Naruko Io, Zaou Ryuu, Hakone Yumoto, Kinugawa Atsushi, Yufuin En and Wombat

The Earth Defense Club of Binan High School had no activities whatsoever. The club members loved to chill out at the Kurotama onsen (bathhouse) owned by Hakone Yumoto. While discussing an ingredient used in oden, a creature that looks like a pink wombat falls into the water. He calls himself Wombat and said he wanted to protect Earth. The boys protested and when the commotion caught Yumoto’s attention he spotted Wombat and proceeded to cuddle him, much to Wombat’s horror.

Tawarayama Mangan-sensei passed out

Wombat later takes control of the teacher Mr. Tawarayama and forms the five-man club. The boys suspected that the teacher had died and that Wombat had to be close by the body to keep it from decomposing.

Wombat showed them the five magical bracelets called Loveracets. Every time the bracelets glowed, it meant that trouble was nearby. They fought their first enemy with the guidance of Wombat, although they mostly disagreed.

From left: Akoya "Chevalier Perlite" Gero, Kinshirou "Chevalier White" Kusatsu and Ibushi "Chevalier Argent" Arima 

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Has 12 episodes of fun. I could not stop laughing at their transformation sequence before every fight. Even the monsters they needed to defeat were funny. My most favorite episode is the one with a student obsessed with even numbers and splitting his chopsticks right. 

The theme of their powers was love, a power that should overcome any negative energy coming from fellow students or their surroundings.

I think the humor worked for me because the situations weren’t senseless. The humor wasn’t forced but came naturally through the characters and the people they encountered. There is reality hidden underneath all the fun.

I know it’s not exactly a series that’s life changing but it was still fun. It wasn’t nonsense fun either because it was able to get its message across. It’s parody done right.

Rating: 8 out of 10