Bakuon!!
Every day Hane Sakura makes the arduous trip to school, cycling up a large hill on her bicycle. After encountering the motorcycle enthusiast Onsa Amano one morning, she is introduced to the motorcycle club, led by the ever-silent Raimu Kawasaki. New to motorcycles, Sakura experiences firsthand the difficulty of learning to ride again. However, through this, she hopes to once again recreate her first biking experience, which was filled with both horror and exhilaration. Alongside Baita, the talking motorcycle; Rin Suzunoki, a Suzuki model enthusiast; Hijiri Minowa, a wealthy girl who dreams of being a thug; and professional racer Chisame Nakano, Sakura strives toward getting her bike license and experiencing the joys and hardships of motorcycles.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- Sentai Filmworks
- Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sports
- TV-14
Every day Hane Sakura makes the arduous trip to school, cycling up a large hill on her bicycle. After encountering the motorcycle enthusiast Onsa Amano one morning, she is introduced to the motorcycle club, led by the ever-silent Raimu Kawasaki. New to motorcycles, Sakura experiences firsthand the difficulty of learning to ride again. However, through this, she hopes to once again recreate her first biking experience, which was filled with both horror and exhilaration. Alongside Baita, the talking motorcycle; Rin Suzunoki, a Suzuki model enthusiast; Hijiri Minowa, a wealthy girl who dreams of being a thug; and professional racer Chisame Nakano, Sakura strives toward getting her bike license and experiencing the joys and hardships of motorcycles.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016
Episode 0
Bakuon!!
24 mins
While taking a drive on the highway to try a "100-mile blend" of coffee, the girls stop by a service area, where they find cans of coffee with motorbike figurines included. Later on, everyone's bikes simultaneously break down due to an alleged curse.
Episode 1
Club Registration!!
24 mins
On her first day at Okanoue Girls' High School, a school that allows students to ride motorcycles, Hane Sakura takes interest in her classmate, Onsa Amano, after seeing her ride her bike to school.
Episode 2
School!!
24 mins
As Rin manages to get her bike license, she remains angry at Onsa over her prejudice towards her Katana, but is awed by Hane's honest compliments. Later, a freshman named Hijiri Minowa comes to join the bike club, giving Hane the idea to have Onsa and Rin settle their dispute with a chicken race.
Episode 3
Debut!!
24 mins
With Hane now having her license, the girls visit the Nicoichi Motors used bike store.
Episode 4
Hot Springs!!
24 mins
The girls plan a trip to Hokkaido, with Rin reminiscing about when she went with her father as a child.
Episode 5
Touring!!
24 mins
The girls soon reach Cape Soya, where they come across their teacher, who is heartbroken over a recent breakup.
Episode 6
Prep!!
24 mins
As the Bike Club makes plans to hold a race during the upcoming school festival, Tazuko recalls how Raimu won a lot of money through betting only to spend it on a load of bikes her friends considered to be ugly. Later, Hane learns about the various ways people mod their bikes and the difference they actually make.
Episode 7
Cultural Festival!!
24 mins
With the culture festival underway, the girls tour the school in order to advertise the bike derby.
Episode 8
Winter Break!!
24 mins
With her birthday approaching, Hijiri reveals she has a motorcycle license purchased from a foreign country.
Episode 9
New Classmate!!
24 mins
Chisame Nakano, Yume's friend who has enjoyed bikes since she was a child, takes the entrance exam for Okanoue, struggling to keep her mind away from bikes during the test.
Episode 10
Juniors!!
24 mins
The girls come across Chisame trying a bike game at the arcades, where Hane invites her on a tandem ride. The next day, Chisame becomes worried about exposing her complex over having short legs that can't reach the ground easily.
Episode 11
Bicycles!!
24 mins
Onsa inadvertently drinks some of Rin's saliva and gets infected with a rare disease that causes her to become obsessed with Suzuki bikes.
Episode 12
A World of What-Ifs!!
24 mins
Hane finds herself in a world where motorcycles don't exist and all her friends ride bicycles instead.
