Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! - Anime General Discussion

[ultimatemegax]

From last month's magazines:

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

The action in the latest PV was amazing.
Ishihara: When we made the PV, I wanted to make it very thrilling. The whole concept was "The thrill of chuunibyou." (laughs) But to make sure the audience didn't get confused that it's a type of alternate world battle show, we made sure to show the characters over-acting and included a lot of gag scenes too. The anime itself is an entertaining and enjoyable romantic comedy. I think after seeing the first episode, people will say "What the?! This is just an ordinary romantic comedy!" (laughs)

Again, Ishihara called it.

[HandofFate]

I really like the little bits of 'normal girl' of the main character when she breaks character.

Like when her eyes suddenly starts hurting, at first thought it was in character, but its actually because her contact started hurting.

Then after the part where he hits her head the scale, I think she broke character then.

Its just a really nice detail to try to notice while rewatching different scenes.

[Ceral]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

From last month's magazines:

Again, Ishihara called it.

Ishihara is the best! Yea... when I was reading the comments on the ANNs site with the first preview, I thought wow, these people all got the wrong idea, this isn't a battle show at all, I mean every "delusion" sounded tongue in cheek and ended with a gag, there was absolutely no evidence that it was a battle show. I mean a battle show doesn't make fun of itself every chance it gets. I know enough Japanese to get me through the PV, but I think anyone experienced with watching this type of anime could tell just by listening to the tone and seeing the reactions that something was off. In other words, you people who are disappointed only have yourselves to blame!

This show is great, my favorite part of Haruhi was always the comedy and not so much the serious supernatural plot. When I got into moe anime, I was already thinking sort of like Yuuta, anti-chuuni after being all about that sort of thing.

This anime seems great to me, and I'm wondering why it seems so great, impressive shows don't pop around very often, I think it must be that it can be funny and intelligent while charming the viewer and getting them to like the characters quickly... something like that.

[Hakuryu]

Originally Posted by Yumii-chan

Got an avatar request if anyone is up for it.
Time: 1:57-1:59
Scene: The close-up of Rikka's face when she stands on the balcony and the wind blow through her hair. If it's possible I'd like a loop so her hair blows back and forth.

If that doesn't work out I would like to get Rikka dancing at 22:19 in a loop with the image showing her face/upper body (as much as will fit into the frame)

I did both anyway. I hope they're what you wanted. ^^

[Snuffle]

So.. uh.. ya.. I watched this episode three times (maybe four), does that mean I'm hooked? Nah...

The OP annoys me a bit, but there is some interesting scenes here and there. I really like how Rikka is aware of her act and regresses into her normal state when Yuuta punishes her (wait which is normal for her? ).

I'm not sure what people were expecting when they checked out this show... How did some of them think this was going to be some sort of action flick? The synopsis even says it's a romantic comedy.

BTW... why is there so many male characters with "Yuu" in their name lately? Oojima Yuuki, Yuuki Rito, Togashi Yuuta... I'm sure there's more...

EDIT: Before I forget. Does anyone think that Shinka (light brunette with pink clip at the front of her hair) looks like that background character from K-On? I don't know if she has a name, she's in the same class as Yui.

[ronelm2000]

Originally Posted by Hakuryu

Looks like Yui in this one. I approve.

Anyway, it seems that so many people got fooled by the epic PV simply because we don't read Japanese. Oh well, it doesn't matter if they hated Ep 1 as long as it gains so many audience right?

Originally Posted by Snuffle

So.. uh.. ya.. I watched this episode three times (maybe four), does that mean I'm hooked? Nah...

The OP annoys me a bit, but there is some interesting scenes here and there. I really like how Rikka is aware of her act and regresses into her normal state when Yuuta punishes her (wait which is normal for her? ).

BTW... why is there so many male characters with "Yuu" in their name lately? Oojima Yuuki, Yuuki Rito, Togashi Yuuta... I'm sure there's more...

I'm pretty sure Oojima Yuuki's long lost niece is Asuna Yuuki.
On a more serious note (~50% serious), maybe he's a fan of Nagato Yuuki?

But, all in all, I'm pretty sure it's something like an Author's Guilty Pleasure, just like how I love making stories about Time Travel.

EDIT:
I think I discovered something awesome (which I'm sure most of you already know...) wasn't ZAQ the same composer of Hidamari Sketch OP4?

[Kirayuki]

Originally Posted by Jmac

Ava:

Taking this, thanks!

[eduard3]

I thought this would have supernatural stuff XD <---(From the Preview)
Will watch it anyway though, it seems pretty fun haha
Anyone else think in his costume the main character looked like a badass Oreki (Hyouka) ? XD

[Master Assassin]

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

My try.....

*snip*

Originally Posted by Kimidori

he asked for signature.....

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

Aw....

*snip*

Originally Posted by TheEroKing

*snip*

Might as well use these. Thanks a ton guys!

though I was thinking of that scene because at the beginning of the sequence, Yuuta's sister seemed to bob her head in sync with the knocking

[Master_Yoma]

Rikka is just so cute

[Syed_Seinaru_Migi]

Is this really supernatural anime or just some comedy with supernatural reference...
And i think Rikka is broken character...and she cute...

[Master Assassin]

Originally Posted by Syed_Seinaru_Migi

Is this really supernatural anime or just some comedy with supernatural reference...
And i think Rikka is broken character...and she cute...

Far off. I suggest you read more into what Chuunibyou is...

[ronelm2000]

Originally Posted by Syed_Seinaru_Migi

Is this really supernatural anime or just some comedy with supernatural reference...
And i think Rikka is broken character...and she cute...

...and that counts as 4 victims.

Yeah, it's a Romance Comedy anime whose characters are chuunibyos (ie, has delusions.)

EDIT: ninja'd.
EDIT2: Yay for shameless copying...

Spoiler for Meaning of Chuunibyou:

Chuunibyou
A Japanese slang term which roughly translates to "Middle School 2nd Year Syndrome". People with chuunibyou either act like a know-it-all adult and look down on real ones, or believe they have special powers unlike others.

This is a common stage in growth; for most people, it happens--you guessed it--around the 2nd year of middle school (Grade 8 in Japan). However, the problem is, there are some grown-ups who have this symptom.
There are 3 main types of Chuunibyou. DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior. Subculture-type prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.
And if you think you have one of these or want more information in the subject, a good idea is to read the "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by Saegami HYŌYA.

If you tl;dr I'm going to clobber you.
An example of DQN Chuunibyou:
"Look at all those bandages wrapped around you! What happened?"
"I had a bunch of gang fights."
"Come on, I know you're too kind to be a gangster."

An example of Subculture Chuunibyou:
"When I collect Pokémon cards, I only collect ones that are imported from Japan."
"Can you read all those?"
"-_-; S-sure I can..."

An example of Evil Eye Chuunibyou:
"Don't take that bandana off my left wrist. It's sealing an evil spirit inside me and if you take it off I may go berserk."
"Dude, calm down. You just have chuunibyou."

[Ridwan]

You know what, I find the ^description of chuunibyou here to be rather more restrictive then what has been my understanding of the term all this time, since I've been considering both Okabe Rintaro from Steins;Gate and my past self as Chuunibyou.

[Hyper]

Originally Posted by Sheba

Spoiler for Save space:

Now I have my lighter and softer show to balance out my weekly Mabu Rabu.

Chuunibyou, a word to describe that embarrassing moment in our life. I indeed could recognize myself in some of the things described in this episode. Like I have said earlier, for me, it was a mix of Lovecraft and Michael Moorcock with a dash of Clamp (especially RG Veda and X/1999). Add to that my first incursion in gothic metal (read the lyrics of that song, you can understand why it would appeal to a chuuni), and King of Fighters when Iori Yagami appeared to me as a totally awesome character.

In the light of this, you can understand why it was both funny AND embarrassing to watch this episode. And I think that self-deprecation in regard of our younger selves IS the point of this anime. To me, it worked.

15/20 for the first episode.

Originally Posted by rulfo

Spoiler for Save space v2:

I dunno if this counts as Chunibyou or what but back then I used to imagine fight scenes in my head with silent blows of winds as sound effects/explosions and fingers that represent anything. As if the fingers weren't enough, I would roll around my bed and enact the damn thing out of sheer engross.... This stayed up until I was a highschool freshmen.

So it reached to some point when I realized it's embarrassing and a little too childish but still I continued to do so in a much more discreet manner. God I can remember the awkwardness when someone enters the room and I switch to stretching immediately. I still have some tendencies but thankfully I don't enact them anymore instead I go into a very passive daydream.

Ahhh.. Those were the days...

Are you guys trying to start a chuunibyou confession session? Let me join you then. Forget the past, these are some of the things I still do today.
- Dragging my toes on the ground pretending I'm about to dash.
- Grabbed my left arm, sometimes with a Pringles tube on it, pretending I have a Rockbuster.
- Riding my bicycle, when I grabed the Aero bars, mumbling to myself "Aero mode." When going off the road/path, "Rally mode." And when get back to normal position, "Circuit Mode." Then once in a while I will grab an imaginary boost lever with, of course, "Boost on."
- The said bicycle, with three upgrades since I brought it, is named "v-Tikit TSW-0." Do I have to say what are the names of the first two models?

Damn, now that I typed that out, it's really embarrassing, isn't it? I did all this when (hopefully) no one noticed though. So yeah, this show is really embarrassing to watch, but at the same time it is fun precisely because it remind me of why I still doing those.

[jeroz]

best to think of them as young Hououin Kyouma, without the fabulous value

[ronelm2000]

Originally Posted by Aegir

You know what, I find the ^description of chuunibyou here to be rather more restrictive then what has been my understanding of the term all this time, since I've been considering both Okabe Rintaro from Steins;Gate and my past self as Chuunibyou.

IMO Okabe fits the sub-culture chu2byo.

"Hey mister, I am mad scientist! It's so coool! Sonuvabitch."

Back to chuni2byo confession time. (If ever this gets a sub-forum, we should put a chu2byo confession thread. )


...so yeah, back to the days when yugioh was the trend and I was practically saying aloud my next move, just because it was stellar. Those were the days...

[supermegasonic]

Originally Posted by Anime Online

Episode 1 works for me since Rikka is a cute girl with an overly active imagination. Who hasn't ever dreamed that they could have some secret super power or hidden potential?

However, I can't help but wonder if the show will still work if the roles are reversed: Rikka being the sensible serious grown up and Yuuta being all "I am the Dark Flame Master! Taste my power! Rikka, you are chosen by the Eye of Truth!" Somehow I don't think it'll work. Yuuta would probably see seen as some weird creep and Rikka would be questioned why she keeps hanging out with him.

THIS. sadly its ok when girls have weird traits cuz it can be considered cute. but have a guy do that and he's never gonna get any human interaction

[Insane]

Good examples of chuunibyou are Kuroneko from OreImo, Kobato from BokuTomo, or some retard that claim themselves as next Hokage just because they know Bankai.

[larethian]

Originally Posted by Aegir

You know what, I find the ^description of chuunibyou here to be rather more restrictive then what has been my understanding of the term all this time, since I've been considering both Okabe Rintaro from Steins;Gate and my past self as Chuunibyou.

Chuunibyou actually has subcategories. I think it's probably already mentioned somewhere that middle school kids who start drinking black coffee, or listening to western pop, etc. etc. all fall under Chuunis. So yes, Chuunibyou covers a wider scope; just that the Chuunis in this series are classified as the "evil eye category". Okabe will be considered under DQN category. For the series that have aired to date, Kobato from Haganai and Kuroneko from Oreimo will fall under the "evil eye category".