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View Poll Results: Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! - Episode 5 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 36 | 32.73% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 38 | 34.55% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 24 | 21.82% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 5.45% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 2.73% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 0.91% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.91% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 0.91% | |
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2012-11-01, 18:18 | Link #82 | |
Guess what time it is?
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I almost died when Rikka and Dekomori were curling in the pool. Hurry haaaarrrrd!
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2012-11-01, 18:34 | Link #83 |
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Ugh, I cannot stand Dekomori. Her perma-"desu" at sentence end is chipping away at my nerves, even though I don't generally mind these kind of stilistic tools.
Anyway, I find it quite funny how similar Yuuta and Shinka are in terms of trying to desperately keep their past illness sealed away It kinda makes you glad that in real world the most common child "illness" are the imaginary friends. Though, it would be interesting to know if the chuuni-byou exists in the real world in one way or another Rikka's small signs of jealosy throughout the the last and current episodes were very cute. And Yuuta has a (generally) a lively imagination when it comes to "simulate" scenarios with Shinka
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2012-11-01, 19:08 | Link #84 | |
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There isn't really any deep thought for this part: knowing Rikka isn't exactly that diligent, he just felt helping her a bit. Anyway, this episode was excellent in term of character development, with few gimmicks making it quite balanced. Obviously far less hilarious than the previous episodes, I think this direction choice was for the best so to set the mood and the tone shift in a natural way, without making the episode bipolar. Rikka was previously shown as quite interested in Yuuta (not in a romance aspect that is), so the little details with her wanting his attention and presence with her activities and all converge quite well with this episode, where her problems are apparent. Yuuta also got a lot of credits: there was absolutely no need to use his Dark Flame Master persona for this little treat, so this part really shows how Yuuta got a good grasp of Rikka's take on her chuuni antics, and can see through her much better, than "just being a weird girl acting like a middle school brat". I'm also quite satisfied the drama didn't explode into anything corny or shoehorned: Rikka's social interactions were hinted progressively, with a simple but sufficient exposure regarding her family, without making her all depressed or emo about that. Likewise, the chuuni part wasn't branded as a desperate attempt to escape reality whatsoever. It gives a good sense of "something is there" without making it annoyingly distracting in a serious nature whatsoever. Quite the best episode regarding characters in general for this series.
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2012-11-01, 19:27 | Link #85 |
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Kind of a change of pace episode I guess. I missed the frenetic pace of the earlier episodes but this wasn't too bad.
Rikka is so jealous of Nibutani though. She hits Yuuta on head just for gazing at Nibutani's swimsuit O_O
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2012-11-01, 19:27 | Link #86 | |
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That shots of the table with the leftover is definitely a sad sight. You probably missed that Yuuta was so lost in thought when looking at that, that Rikka had to call his name twice. Yuuta was most certainly not completely honest when he gave his explanation to the questioning Rikka. In the first place Rikka questioned him because she understood it was an act of kindness that went beyond "I'm cleaning your mess". Note that Yuuta told her why he was doing that before she could say a thing, but she still asked why.
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2012-11-01, 20:25 | Link #87 |
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Halfway through the episode, I was expecting Yuuta to motivate Rika by telling her that understanding the math on this side is crucial to deciphering the formula of the temporal disjunction of this plane and pinpointing the ley lines that run through this city, allowing her to form a conduit to Ja-Ou no Sekai and unlocking the true potential of her Ja-Ou Shingan. Neglecting her math all this while was one of the key reasons why she could not win against the Priestess. But alas, I thought too much.
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2012-11-01, 21:37 | Link #90 | |
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But, of course, the real world can't be held off forever, and this episode showed Yuuta helping Rikka bridge the gap, so to speak, between her real and imaginary worlds, in as painless a way as possible. In the end, Rikka *will* have to face up to reality, and it looks like Yuuta will have an important role to play in that process, while still letting Rikka be her imaginative self. |
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2012-11-01, 22:38 | Link #93 | |
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I'm pretty sure Touka's reference to divorce wasn't accidental--to its credit, nothing seems to be really "accidental" in KyoAni's recent anime--and it represents the state of Rikka's parents. |
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2012-11-02, 03:18 | Link #96 |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Was an OK episode. This series is better when it goes full out silliness, it was a bit too restrained here and it suffered for it. Though I guess it might not be a bad idea in the end considering the comedy for this series is getting old at an exponential rate and something else will have to prop this show up.
Still I think there isn't a whole lot of light at the end of the tunnel for this show. The characters aren't interesting enough to sustain any meaningful characters arcs and the comedy is getting tired out. The romance in this show would be a pathetic attempt at best. So not a bad episode, but growing more and more concerned about future prospects here. It's trending downwards since episode 1.
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2012-11-02, 04:45 | Link #98 |
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when they are going for a date? seeing the atmosphere it is not weird if rikka asking yuuta out as thanks for help as an excuse...
but anyway rikka is somehow is immature to develop some level of relationship unless she could resolve her issues...before that yuuta will only become her emotional crutch and that is not good for a long time one... and for those who interested....swimsuit.... (may you bleed to death...kekeke) |
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