16 of the best worst bento lunches ever
If you’ve been with us here at RocketNews24 for a while, or have any sort of interest in Japanese culture, then you are probably fairly familiar with Japanese obento, or boxed lunches. Bento are easily customizable and tend to include a variety of different ingredients, which makes them more fun, colorful, and healthy than the regular old packed lunch. Some mothers go all out, waking up at the crack of dawn to make elaborate and super-cute kyara-ben for their beloved school-going children (a lucky husband may get one too).
But not everyone has the patience, energy, or creativity to put into making the perfect lunch every day. Or sometimes, mom may feel under appreciated (or maybe dear child didn’t do what he/she was asked to do!), so she decides to take a break from those laborious lunches. Here are 16 hilarious examples of times Japanese mothers, for whatever reason, decided to skimp on the visual appeal, and sometimes even the meal itself!
A more traditional obento usually includes white rice with an umeboshi pickled plum in the center, resembling the Japanese flag. Umeboshi have a very strong, sour, vinegary taste. One on a bed of rice is plenty, but this… this just seems rather cruel.
▼”This is the bento I got the day after we had an argument.”
喧嘩した翌日のお弁当がこちらになります。 http://t.co/5yJTcZYy0k
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NocticeLucis (@jpsame) October 09, 2013
▼”My friend’s bento is amazing lol”
友達の弁当レベル高いｗｗｗｗ twitpic.com/75uw8d
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すのう (@GJ1968sno) October 26, 2011
▼”My friend’s bento one day. The lunch he got from his mom the day after he did something bad was what you see here, along with this cruel note…”
友達のある日の弁当。なんかやらかした次の日に母から作ってもらった弁当を開けてみると画像のような弁当と残酷な手紙が… twitpic.com/a8vmbt
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えのきど (@nashinona) July 18, 2012
The note reads: “Crime and punishment”.
▼”Boiled tofu for lunch… I wonder if I made my mom mad somehow…?”
弁当で湯豆腐…お母さん怒らせたっけかな…？ http://t.co/Jw6Zynfr
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Takuya Akiba (@barasaku15) February 17, 2013
▼”I’ll never forget my friend’s lunch.”
友達の弁当が忘れられない http://t.co/U0NE6hU1QW
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あ⃝ね⃝し⃝ (@_4eNa__) August 26, 2014
Just a couple sticks of chocolate-chip bread. Perfect size for that bento box though, no?
▼”Mom must’ve been half asleep when she put my thermos inside my lunch.”
母さん寝ぼけたのか弁当箱の中に水筒はいってる http://t.co/ocpvWReY
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長内 嵐 (@rarararashikun) November 05, 2012
▼The word “curry” written out with nori seaweed on top of plain white rice… “This was my terrible lunch the day after we had a fight. There was no curry anywhere, and nothing else to go with it but furikake (rice seasonings)”
喧嘩した次の日の弁当つらすぎた
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カレーどこにもなかったし
おかずふりかけしかないし http://t.co/VINKw6PTrn
fuki (@36_center) February 17, 2015
▼”My friend’s lunch, made from Akai Kitsune, lolololol”
友人氏が赤いきつねを弁当にしてきたwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww http://t.co/H1vFaJcout
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しーかくんとお銀髪 (@ggdl4) September 19, 2014
Akai Kitsune is a brand of instant udon noodles topped with kitsune, or fried tofu skins.
▼”At the bento shop, when given the choice between rice and broccoli, this is what I got when I chose broccoli.” So much broccoli, and so much meat…
弁当屋でお米かブロッコリーか選べるとの事でブロッコリーを選んだ結果 http://t.co/q9aNFHBhKp
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(@nonbit) May 01, 2015
▼”I did say I wanted to eat some Peyoung yaki-soba, but I didn’t expect a bento full of it.”
ペヤング食べたいとは言ったけど弁当に入れられるとは思わなかった。 http://t.co/wm3lgiojRQ
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Naoharu Matsuda (@mathu1002) June 08, 2015
▼”In a way, my friend’s bento is the greatest, lol. (That’s not an umeboshi, it’s a mini tomato) (That breaded cutlet is one of those 60 yen ones (US$0.49) from the old-time candy stores)”
友達の弁当がある意味最強w
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(梅干しじゃなくてプチトマト)
(かつは全て駄菓子屋の(1本60円程度)) http://t.co/HBfJBwRabr
遊び人@える (@game_eru) September 03, 2014
▼”When I opened my lunch during lunchtime…” A 500-yen coin (US$4) and a note reading, “Mom is tired!!”
昼休みに弁当箱を開けたら… http://t.co/atb5gDIt1y
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エﾙ@脱3次元 (@e_r_u_2525) June 02, 2014
▼”Mom’s handiwork. This is what she made when asked for a kyara-ben. Looks just like a toy poodle.”
お母さん 作
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妹のキャラ弁のリクエストに答えて
作ったお弁当がこちら。
題「トイプードル」
#キャラ弁 http://t.co/mua2i3sl1z
ぬ。 (@sayan_o_under) October 25, 2014
▼”The person next to me’s lunch, lol.” One for the main dish, and one for dessert!
#弁当晒せ
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隣人の弁当w http://t.co/FeL6pHdj
坂田キョン時 (@Kixyonpapakiki) May 29, 2012
▼”My friend’s lunch, lol! He was like, ‘What? Mom!’ Haha!”
友達のお弁当www
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あれ？お母さん って言ってるwww http://t.co/wdY3VbqQOi
岡まい (@southernstar071) July 11, 2014
Tell us, readers! What was the worst packed lunch someone ever made for you?
Source: Curazy
Featured image: Twitter (@nashinona)
