This episode was amazinguuu… I particularly liked the way in which KyoAni introduced Rikka’s conflict into the story. First, by showcasing her unusually gloomy demeanor, then gradually revealing the sad past of the Takanashi family, and finally culminating in a emotionally charged battle between siblings. The series of events felt very natural, like it could
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We learn the harsh truth about Rikka’s past. Before we get to the nitty-gritty drama, there were some comedic moments that I enjoyed a lot. Aside from Makoto being obsessed with Kumin (I admit that she looked rather adorable in white) and having his hair grow back a little, the antics between Shinka and Sanae [...]
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Summer vacation arrives, and Shinka, Kumin, Sanae, Isshiki, and Yuuta travel with Rikka to her grandparents’ house by the beach. Yuuta notices Rikka is quieter than usual, and when they arrive at the house, she retreats to her room. Later Tooka tells him Rikka hasn’t been able to accept that their father is dead. Tooka [...]
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It's time for a summer vacation for Rikka and her older sister in this week's Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai, but it seems that the rest of the former's clubmates will be coming along for the ride too. What a vomit-inducing ride it is too, at least for Dekomori and Isshiki, but as soon as we arrive at the modestly impressive home to Rikka and Touka's grandparents - and indeed even before that -
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As we have seen throughout Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai, the delusions and general role-playing of Rikka and Dekomori have played a large part in moving the story forward. Their pretend fight scenes become the centre of the episode, with other elements seemingly moving around them as if these daydreams have a gravitational pull. But, [...]
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Believe it or not, this is the most melodramatic episode yet, in a comedic way. Poor Makoto, he desperately wants a romantic relationship, but can’t get one for some reason. The love letter suddenly changed that, but it makes me wonder why he didn’t notice the girl who wrote it. Kumin might have written that, although [...]
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Having spent all of the series as little more than a side character up to this point, Yuuta's sole sane (well, reasonably sane) friend Isshiki finds himself as the focus of this sixth episode of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai. The reason for his turn up front and centre is simple enough - he's received what appears to be a love letter from one of his classmates.  But who?  Isshiki implores Yuuta
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And he wonders why people always give him weird stares during mail exchanges. Hey guys! Sorry for not posting last week again, I just had my GCSE Chinese exam on Wednesday so I was off drowning in a sea of inspirational Chinese idioms. Actually I lie. I barely did any of the studying I had [...]
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I will never get a handmade shirt by Rikka ;_; Really like that happy face Rikka makes here when Touka comes back early :) (so how many didn’t notice that? ww) Dekomori really loves her Mori-sama~ Nice tsukkomi, Yuuta! OH GAWD KUMIN-SENPAI. DAT BUST. DEM HIPS. HNNNNNNNNNNNNGHHHH I will also never get Nibutani forcing me [...]
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First off, I need to give credit where credit is due. Mr. Typesetter at ggsubs, you are a fine sir. I usually skip over it so I just noticed today, but the work you did on Chuunibyou’s OP was splendid. Well done. This ep. was by far best that Chuunibyou has put out yet. I
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Yuuta laments that it’s July and Rikka still hasn’t spoken to anyone who isn’t in their club, but his attention moves elsewhere when Isshiki reports to him with an anonymous love letter and a plea for help. They take their conversation to the clubroom, where Isshiki sees things Shinka warns him never to disclose to [...]
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With the 2012 election finally over and now dealing with another power outage (Blame PSEG for their incompetence), I suppose I will focus on the remaining shorts from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Lite. (Image Source) Episode 4 – Rikka tries to Cook, but fails I was kind of disappointed that she didn’t actually cook [...]
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Rather than take up the final three minutes of the regular episodes, these Lite omake episodes air separately  They’re only three minutes each, but that turns out to be an ideal amount of time for exploring one little corner of the Chuunibyou world, adding color and texture in the process. 01: Yuuta coaches Rikka on the [...]
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Throughout the course of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai we have seen numerous delusions and flights of fancy from its characters. The most extreme have involved Rikka and Dekomori, with their imaginary fantasy worlds and elements of role-playing, all part of their intricate and complex fight against and unknown evil presence. However, Yuuta, and now [...]
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It seems that Math is not Rikka’s strongest subject. Compared to last week’s showing of Shinka’s true intentions of destroying every aspect of her middle school disease, we are left with Rikka having trouble with math. It’s not so surprising for her to get a 2 percent on a math midterm given her personality. However, [...]
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After a mediocre episode (compared to the other  Chu2koi episodes) to introduce Nibutani, we finally see the plot starting to pick up with the relationship between Rikka and Yuuta beginning to deepen with the whole math test incident. However, before … Continue reading →
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If there's one problem with life outside of Rikka's Otherworld, it's the intricacies of its numerical system - unfortunately for her, such problems hold no weight with her maths teacher, who is demanding a marked improvement come exam time lest she be made to quit her after-school circle. So begins a pretty run of the mill "help one member of the group study to avoid exam apocalypse" episode of
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