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Originally Posted by Lord of Fire
What many critics here don't seem to realize is that Yuuta himself is unsure of how to deal with Rikka's issues. He told her to face reality, not run away from it, and it looks like she understands it all too well, but he's conflicted upon seeing that she's more miserable than happy. She's trying her best to fit in, to change her behavior, but her 8th grade syndrome isn't easy to lose so easily, and given how even Yuuta has his moments of relapse every now and then, it's only natural that it's eating her up from the inside, especially when Sanae is still fully immersed in her own fantasy world (though even she understand that this is what's best for Rikka).
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To push the point further with Yuuta's POV: Yuuta had to put some resolve in his stance even if he is not pleased by how it turns out.
However, he has -no choice- as of now to speak of: right now, Yuuta is Rikka's anchor, so if he decides to go backwards and let her chuunibyou slide despite his -and- Rikka's efforts to get through of that, it would be for naught.
Yuuta was shown quite conflicted and unsure if it was for the best, but he had to stick with his stance, otherwise everything would crumble, and unlike any mere chuunibyou "relapse", Rikka's current situation wouldn't allow another burst of it, with her relationship with her mother at stake (which was of course never Rikka's core problem as proved in this episode).
This is another reason why he had to put things straight with Sanae, otherwise it would gnaw Rikka's efforts on the long run: both Sanae and Yuuta noticed how Rikka was struggling when the former persistently tried to bring "back" Rikka in her chuuni mode.
And being corned by the limit of what you can do in reality, no wonder why he lamented how it is impossible for them to "find the horizon" for obvious reasons (even to the point of blurting Rikka's family issue in front of Sanae).
What Rikka needs would be something that would susbtitute her longing for the "horizon" (aka, her father), unless her chuunibyou has yet another reason to be there. At least, something that would not leave her empty after losing her chuunibyou, or a balance of it.
That said, every characters involved realize that, past the likely issue in society, Rikka will be affected by her own "reminding" behaviour regarding her father if she keeps it on the way she does. The alternative however not that obvious.