Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

[TotalPotato]

There is nothing wrong with going a little crazy with your imagination when you use it to have fun with your friends, and I don't understand why everyone in this show seems to have an "all or nothing" mindset when it comes to these delusions. The only exception is perhaps Shinka (I still have no idea what goes on in Kumin's head), but she seems content to wait and clean up the mess after the damage has been done.

When the balance between heavy drama and comedy shifts towards heavy drama, this show doesn't work for me. I can only hope it ends on a light note.

[Jb]

Holy shit. This took drama up the *** to eleven. I don't think I can even gif anything without someone crying in it. I mean, I didn't hate the episode. But Rikka's sudden change just seemed way too quick. I can understand Dekomori a little though. I know people change but this was just too sudden.

I think that's the problem. It just happened too fast. I have faith that the last episode will make up for this and put everything in place.

[Jolteon91]

Rikka just doesn't look right without her eyepatch.

[mephistopheles.]

i feel like i'm the only one here who actually enjoyed this episode. it was about time for rikka to face the reality.

[Jolteon91]

i feel like i'm the only one here who actually enjoyed this episode. it was about time for rikka to face the reality.

I never said I didn't enjoy it.

[Bonetail]

That one tugged my heartstrings. But that's quite a leap from one episode to another.

[TotalPotato]

i feel like i'm the only one here who actually enjoyed this episode. it was about time for rikka to face the reality.

Not arguing with that, I just don't see why facing reality has to mean squashing the creativity out of her and making her really gloomy for much of the second half of the series. This might be a personal bugbear more than anything (female characters who become excessively gloomy, broody or weepy have turned me off series in the past), but I think there are ways of integrating drama so that it doesn't deform the characters too much.

I wish there was more warmth, too. After the confession, it looks like Yuuta has assumed some kind of big brother role rather than that of a boyfriend. He's trying to guide her, but it's like there's a voice inside him shouting "SHOW HER YOU LOVE HER!" that he's determined to ignore at all costs. Why is he holding back? What on Earth was the confession for?

The one thing I was glad of in this episode is that Rikka's friends are finally starting to get involved in her emotional turmoil, even if it involves Dekomori going mental and Nibutani... taking notice but staying out of it. The disconnect between the drama with Rikka and the comedy with the rest of her unaware circle didn't feel right to me. I hope some of them play an important role in the final episode - it would be nice to show Rikka that she was wrong in trying to abandon her old friends to stop delusions from running her life.

[Charizard Champion#06]

Clearly this episode needed more of Kumin.

They should make a whole episode about her.
The OVA can be an animation loop of her sleeping for 24 minutes.

[themightydoof]

it's like there's a voice inside him shouting "SHOW HER YOU LOVE HER!" that he's determined to ignore at all costs. Why is he holding back? What on Earth was the confession for?

He's an anime protagonist.

At this point, the only thing I can give this show points for is going in the direction nobody expected. The same could be said of someone running a race backwards.

[Jb]

Clearly this episode needed more of Kumin.

They should make a whole episode about her.
The OVA can be an animation loop of her sleeping for 24 minutes.

It's already been done. Not the best idea.
http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=7897

[Jolteon91]

It's already been done. Not the best idea.
http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=7897

I feel bad that I knew what show you were talking about without even clicking the link. It would be much better with Kumin anyway.

[Charizard Champion#06]

Final preview is up.

Nagisa's dad just needs to run into the final episode and scream at everyone until things get better.

[Mr SPYDA]

i demand a second season or we riot

[Jolteon91]

**** I'm going to miss this show. I enjoyed pretty much every second of it.

i demand a second season or we riot

And that season 2 needs much, much more chuunibyou Kumin.

[Charizard Champion#06]

Chuunibyou Kumin was my favourite part, Dekomori with her hair down looks great, and most importantly they didn't fudge up the ending. I'll admit I was a little worried because of how depressing episode 11 was but thankfully they remembered to include some comedy. That, and heartwarming happy ending. I don't think I really have anything else to say, the last hit every single note I was hoping for.

[Jolteon91]

Dekomori with her hair down looks great

I agree with this, the only way she could look better is with a ponytail.

[Charizard Champion#06]

AWW SHEET WE AIN'T DONE YET boiiiiiiiiiii

[TotalPotato]

I loved Yuuta's reaction to the reformed Dekomori! My head was saying that the ending didn't make a whole lot of sense, but my heart was telling my head to shut up and enjoy the sweetness.

To be honest, I can't see a second season of this - it really seemed like KyoAni were trying to demonstrate a moral about childhood fantasies in this series through Yuuta and Rikka, and now that they've wrapped that up, I don't think they'll do another season.

[Jolteon91]

To be honest, I can't see a second season of this - it really seemed like KyoAni were trying to demonstrate a moral about childhood fantasies in this series through Yuuta and Rikka, and now that they've wrapped that up, I don't think they'll do another season.

I don't like the sound of your logical conclusion.

[Charizard Champion#06]

I only just noticed that they didn't wrap up Isshiki and Kumin. By which I mean THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER WAAAAH.