Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! - Episode 9 Discussion / Poll

[Pocky Yoshi]

I don't think I'll ever stop looking at all the details I rather not list. Despite me being into Kumin, Rikka is just a new breed moe like Erio from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko. However, all of these ladies got my heart.

They say love can show femininity....and it turns out Rikka has shown me a lot. A girl that falls in love is dangerous for my heart. I become voracious and eager to see how it pans out.

10

[ultimatemegax]

Staff Comments!
Episode Director/Storyboarder Noriyuki Kitanohara

This is...
the storyboarder and director of episode 9...
Kitanohara..

This episode has done me in remarkably. Rikka was hilarious.
I may be at my limits. It may finally be too much for my own hands.
I didn't want to admit this. Call it an error in my mid-life...
I'm done for.
Nibutani, I leave the rest to you.
THUD

P.S. Isshiki, you're a nice guy. Keep at it.

Background Artist Naoki Hosokawa:

This is Hosokawa, the person in charge of backgrounds for Chuunibyou episode 9.

Usually, there's no request for backgrounds, but this time we enjoyed inadvertently drawing the backgrounds based on Nibutani.
But what did you about the courageous last scene at twilight? You were able to sense the dramatic atmosphere sensation, right?

Special Effects Artist Rina Miura:

Deathly nice to meet you, I'm Miura and I had the privilege of being in charge of special effects.

At last, it deathfinally happened!
The young girl has fallen in love +゜*。：゜+（人*´∀｀）+゜：。*゜+☆ (That feeling you get in your heart)
We've reached that "love" portion of Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! you've been waiting for death to see!

Up until now, being in charge of special effects meant that I was tasked with creating clay figures and weapons that Rikka-chan would fight to the death with, but this time my role was to color her cheeks with all my might. (The slightly blushing cheeks were one deadly effective portion of this work)
When I first received the storyboards for this episode, I thought the cute girl falling in love was so "cute and awkward...☆"! It was so enjoyable to have the privilege to work on this episode.

I very much hope it was as enjoyable for everyone to watch as well. And so, I hope you continue to watch this deathly path of chuunibyou love!

[DXMichael]

I haven't been liking Rikka for the past few episodes. Her moody attitude and avoiding everyone was leaving a bad impression and I preferred her happy, fantasy-land attitude. Hopefully some of that returns now that some light has been shed on what she's feeling and knowing what to do.

I do expect some of her problems to remain for another few episodes of course, but I want to see Rikka happy again

The episode as a whole was pretty nice though, and I liked the ending (Not in the "I'm glad she almost died" kind of way, more like the "I'm glad she's interacting with Yuuta again and was saved by him" kind of way )

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I wonder why does Touka wants to watch her figure ?

A former rhythmic gymnast working at a first-class restaurant..... I figure she wants to keep fit, because you can get rather "large" working at restaurants.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

A former rhythmic gymnast working at a first-class restaurant..... I figure she wants to keep fit, because you can get rather "large" working at restaurants.

Yes, lets go with that

[holybell84]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

A former rhythmic gymnast working at a first-class restaurant..... I figure she wants to keep fit, because you can get rather "large" working at restaurants.

If she keeps her figure... I wonder how many food got burnt everyday with all the male staffs staring at her lol

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by holybell84

If she keeps her figure... I wonder how many food got burnt everyday with all the male staffs staring at her lol

I guess that’s one way to test those male staffs’ professionalism .

[Kanon]

Excellent episode.

It was amusing and endearing to see Rikka mistake love for... whatever it was she mistook it as. It's a good thing Shinka was there to help her, otherwise it's doubtful she would have ever made any progress. Worse, she might have even drifted away from him (it was already starting to happen in fact).

Shinka was very likable in her role as cupid. It's nice to have her root for them from the bottom of her heart. She had no hidden intention. We finally saw her interact one on one with Rikka, and it was well worth the wait. Loved Rikka's reaction when Shinka told her she was in love. She's so transparent

They're handling the romance aspect of the series better than I thought they would. It's blending quite well with the chuunibyou element. A chuunibyou in love is an adorable... nah, it's probably just Rikka.

Originally Posted by bastek66

That backflip... wow. It doesn't seem like she's rusty. I wasn't too surprised to find out she used to do rhythmic gymnastic, it explains why she's so agile.

[mangamuscle]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Shinka was very likable in her role as cupid. It's nice to have her root for them from the bottom of her heart. She had no hidden intention.

I would not be so sure, she obviously is trying to ship YuutaxRikka and IsshikixKumin (albeit this one failed miserably), if successful the rest of the club wouldl be lovey dovey and no one will notice when she lays her paws on Dekomori >: )

[Itlandm]

In Japan, is it customary for teenage boys to leave erotic books under their bed? So that their parent or guardian can see that there is nothing unhealthy in it? In a way, it is more disturbing when young boys have a Galaxy Tab by their bed. Anything could be on it, even very disgusting things. With secrecy, one may go down a dark path without knowing where it will end.

Yuuta seems to have quite healthy literature, showing young adult women wearing swimsuits. His mother would be proud of him, I am sure. Still, it is embarrassing when other women read it!

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by ogon_bat

I would not be so sure, she obviously is trying to ship YuutaxRikka and IsshikixKumin (albeit this one failed miserably), if successful the rest of the club wouldl be lovey dovey and no one will notice when she lays her paws on Dekomori >: )

When she decided the pairs, part of me couldn't help but think she did that to be all alone with Dekomori

Originally Posted by Itlandm

In Japan, is it customary for teenage boys to leave erotic books under their bed? So that their parent or guardian can see that there is nothing unhealthy in it? In a way, it is more disturbing when young boys have a Galaxy Tab by their bed. Anything could be on it, even very disgusting things. With secrecy, one may go down a dark path without knowing where it will end.

Yuuta seems to have quite healthy literature, showing young adult women wearing swimsuits. His mother would be proud of him, I am sure. Still, it is embarrassing when other women read it!

The gravure magazine is a decoy to make it appear he has normal tastes. The truly nasty stuff is on his computer.

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by bastek66

I loved that scene because it gave me the final clue as to Touka's measurements:

Height: 167 cm
Bust: 86 cm
Waist: 61 cm
Hip: 88 cm

[Cosmic Eagle]

Chuuni in love is poisonously cute because they're so awkward at it

(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡


Deko teaching math is epic....

[eplipswich]

I remember someone in the previous episode thread saying that Nibutani hasn't interacted much with Rikka. Well, there you go in this episode Not only that, but Nibutani actually helped Rikka out with handling her affections And the hang-bridge effect really works lol. I gotta try that someday, really.

Those are the really memorable moments of this episode for me. Others include Deko helping others out with maths and Rikka's sister's gymnastic abilties.

[Om Nerabdator]

Really awesome episode 10/10 that last bit was bloody beautiful!!

Lets just hope they dont drag the confession scene to the last episode, i want to see a couple of eps of them going out

[mangamuscle]

Originally Posted by Kanon

When she decided the pairs, part of me couldn't help but think she did that to be all alone with Dekomori

"Listen Dekomori, your new master is a wicked witch, now drink your milk like a good girl" >: )

Originally Posted by Om Nerabdator

Lets just hope they dont drag the confession scene to the last episode, i want to see a couple of eps of them going out

I think Rikka has already confessed, sometimes words are not just necessary IMO.

[jvcscasio]

Up until now, being in charge of special effects meant that I was tasked with creating clay figures and weapons that Rikka-chan would fight to the death with, but this time my role was to color her cheeks with all my might.

Now I'm imagining a guy, with a headband with "hardwork" writen on it, drawing as if he was Yagami Light of the drawings, making a light blush on a character's face...



Love'd this episode! so much hnnnnnngggggggg

[Mubyoshi]

Well, that was certainly an enjoyable episode.

[Hiroi Sekai]

GODDAMMIT KYOANI, NEVER STOP MAKING MONEY

Spoiler for HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG:

[Somnus]

So after watching KyoAni shows for a good long while, I think everyone knows they tend to do "so close, but none in the end" panty tease shots.

Welp, I've finally discovered what happens when they fail to do so!

Spoiler for What's under the skirt, KyoAni?:

Nothing at all! Rikka is bolder than I thought.

I didn't photoshop that (it's actually from the episode), but I did find it funny.