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View Poll Results: Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - Episode 9 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 5 | 14.29% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 14 | 40.00% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 6 | 17.14% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 17.14% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 8.57% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 2.86% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll |
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2014-03-07, 03:07 | Link #21 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Yuuta's lack of action this episode is kind of a letdown. Sometime I forget he's Rikka's boyfriend. It would be better if the beach trip continues into another episode. Lack of DekoxShinka also doesn't help. Touka just show up and doesn't contribute much as I expected.
On the brighter side, we have a new development regarding Sophia at the end maybe she will start getting more awkward around Yuuta. Also, watching Rikka conversation with her was quite amusing with Rikka fighting the urge to recover from her chu2byo. There were slight yuri moment between them as Sophia attempted to make Rikka to join her and ditch Yuuta. Rikka even called her Shichimiya at one point lol. 7/10, Guess I expected too much from Yuuta and Touka this episode. |
2014-03-07, 10:18 | Link #25 |
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Sophia is starting to think that maybe the choice between romantic love and holding tightly unto your chuunibyou persona was a false choice. And so, a part of her is now regretting not trying harder to have both.
Sophia never stopped loving Yuuta, it's just that she felt like she had to choose between him and continuing to be her Chuuni self, and she chose the latter as her greater love. Sophia likes Rikka, and wants her and Yuuta to be happy together, so I doubt Sophia will really try hard to get back with Yuuta. You'll probably see some angst, awkwardness, and all of that going forward. But I very much doubt you'll see a love triangle on the level of True Tears or Kimi no iru Machi. In any event, very entertaining episode that was a pleasant watch.
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2014-03-07, 10:34 | Link #26 |
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Sophia at the end of ep. 3: NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA I will remain unchanged for all eternity!
Sophia at the end of ep. 9: What... WHAT!? Me: MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Six episodes doesn't sound like eternity to me. Seriously, the anime is treating LOVE like some kind of chu2byo patient worst nightmare or something. Wait.. actually come to think of it, it does makes sense from the title. "Despite Chuunibyou, I Want to Fall in Love" guess the anime staffs interpret it as "Can You Fall in Love Despite Chuunibyou?" An interesting take on the story title if you ask me. |
2014-03-07, 10:45 | Link #27 | |
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10/10 for swimsuit mayhem -5 for useless plot device
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2014-03-07, 10:54 | Link #28 | ||
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2014-03-07, 12:33 | Link #29 |
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In addition to Shinka, Touka's also a good choice to represent the "adult" side of the spectrum, I think - during the first season, despite being unfailingly mature and realistic, she was also a lifeless and worn out husk of a person. Touka's proof that some amount of escapism is likely better than none at all. I think she's doing somewhat better in Ren, though, since the family problems were largely fixed during the original. It was cute whenever she got annoyed because nobody laughed at the joke about the seven year old being her daughter. (I thought it was funny... certainly better than Kumin's puns. And I thought it kind of neat that Touka being 17 or 18 "seven years ago" means that she was probably born in the very late 1980s. We're a dying breed far as important characters in anime go.)
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2014-03-07, 13:53 | Link #30 | |
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this is the case here, rikka is change in her way, in a way who when will be needed she can be "normal" but when she dont need it she can be herself, what she feared and what this season showed is who even with "love" you can still being a ch2byou, or chu2byous also can "love", what you need is to find the balance where, when is needed you can be mature and when not needed you can be childshi, even if this is crazy idea. |
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2014-03-07, 13:53 | Link #31 |
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I agree that there needs to be a balance. 80% of my life, I'm a normal, regular person. I eat, I sleep, I go to work, pay bills and I live in the real world. 20% of my life I spend playing games, reading manga, watching anime and superhero shows, doing tabletop RPGs with my friends, etc. I know magic and the like aren't real, but it's fun to pretend sometimes.
That's where Rikka needs to get, imo. Realize that it isn't real and live as a normal person, but also realize that it's perfectly fine to have fun every now and then. That's what growing up is. I think the problem is they try at times to portray chuu2 as a real thing-- like when Yuuta said he didn't realize it, but Rikka was beginning to "lose her powers". In truth, it should have been, losing her delusions as there were no powers to lose in the first place. It's make believe.
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2014-03-07, 14:11 | Link #32 | |
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2014-03-07, 15:09 | Link #33 | |
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this anime is somesort of "hey please dont hate that weird/crazy peoples, their "are peoples" their just a little out of the world |
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2014-03-07, 16:33 | Link #34 | |
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2014-03-07, 22:40 | Link #35 | |
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I would like to see her desires fulfilled however I guess those glimpses at the end is closest we'll get |
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2014-03-08, 02:40 | Link #36 |
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Oh the dilemma I would love to support Satone too buts you also don't see how Rikka can lose especially after the first season. Love triangle just complicates things. I for one hope it doesn't become a full blown problem.
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2014-03-08, 14:22 | Link #39 |
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Just about time for Sophia to ripe. I waited for this for so looong. Hell yes.
Rikka on the other hand... That was so lame. I don't even want to comment on that. It was cute during the first season. It is ridiculous this time around. Damn, I'm frustrated. |
2014-03-09, 00:00 | Link #40 | |
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