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Old 2012-10-08, 12:53   Link #996
Klashikari
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 37
Manzai? How is that even remotely manzai? If you were talking about Nichijou, sure, but Chuu2koi comedy is fairly more "standard" with obviously different themes you see in the vast majority of comedy anime. Manzai is absolutely niche, using the Boke-Tsukkomi scheme extremely rapidly and in a dry fashion, which leaves hilarity for those who are familiar wiht the genre (aside of Nichijou in some instances, things like Carnival Phantasm has such).

I sincerely fail to see any resemblance to Lucky Star and NHK ni Yokoso: the former is largely more centred on otaku antics, while NHK is much more gritty on the plaguing hikkikomori trend in Japan, to which none is anything close to chuunibyou.
Also, you really can't expect characters talking "seriously" over the matter, whereas they arguably don't know that well each other, and it is really not something as "socially inept" than what a hardcore Hikki can be in NHK ni yokoso.
Really, the comparisons you use are definitely offmark and impertinent: I see really no reason to take these series as references used for chuu2koi, considering the themes and narrations are worlds apart from each other.

Really, the series uses simply this harmless and silly social behaviour as a comedy vector for the plot, aside it is nothing to overanalyze about.
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