Well, ill be blunt here, this anime story isnt as childish as i suspected it would be. Let me explain, i think there would be 2 types of spectators that watched this anime, one type is common spectators that can see the childish side of this anime, how childish syndrome is very embarassing, so cursed, so uncool, etc, and the other type is spectators that can see the childish side of chuunibyou and also deep hidden meaning behind it which revealed at last few episodes of the series, chuunibyou is embarassing but as a human we must also have chuunibyou in our mind.
What is chuunibyou really? chuunibyou is childish syndrome that usually posessed by all of the kids in the world, whether in elementary school or mid school. Disease that makes them think to have another world beside this real world, they imagine having some superhero power, imagine they can transform to their superhero idol or have some magic power or believe that lies unseen horizon beyond reality.
Well as you can see from the series, its very embarassing disease really, you thought that how idiot you were, anywhere they are, they imagine having superpower and magic and do some funny stuff everyone will laugh about, etc. But did you know that human dream, hope, wish and eagerness are also part of chuunibyou as revealed in last few episodes of the series. Without it, human become static, resigned, only accept whatever fact lies ahead and do nothing with it, become boring and like a robot. Its wrong having chuunibyou to ignore the reality, escape from reality or selfish yourself that shown in the series about female protagonist. But at the same time, we must maintain our dream and hope as human being that is also part of chuunibyou.
Quoted from the series. At first episode
-"It refers to a frightening yet charming "disease"
that second-year middle schoolers are said to catch during puberty
with a developing self-consciousness and their childish imaginations still intact,
they often adopt strange mannerisms you know. Those
maybe they would read only weekly comic magazines
until yesterday, when they started reading foreign classics in their original languages.
Or maybe they dont know the taste of good coffee.
but suddenly they want theirs black
Maybe they suddenly believed they possessed supernatural powers,
and joined the school's occult research society right away.
As you can see, it's a disease so embarassing
that just the thought of your infection makes you want to shrivel up and die"-
Last episode
-"Chuunibyou is embarassing. Anyone would tell you that
I dont want to remember my past
I'd erase it if i could
But would the part of you that caused the whole affair really dissapear?
The part of you that imagines you are being watched
the part that pretends to be a made-up character...
Could that dissapear?
Sometimes people say certain things,
imagine a world different from our own,
think of the distant future,
and write epics of love in their minds.
From the moment they are born to the moment they die,
people will repeat this, time and again,
without any hope of stopping.
Something sad and embarassing, yet charming.
A disease called self-consciousness
An unavoidable part of life called being true to yourself.
indeed, everyone has chuunibyou syndrome all their lives."-
A good example is the fact about aerospace invention. Thousand years ago, people never thought that human would be able to fly in the sky, yet observing how birds fly, some human had a dream how human fly in the sky or even outer space started by Leonardo Da Vinci, anyone in that era never believes such things and will laugh or even cursed people that share the idea, called them heretics, son of demons, etc. And now flying with aircraft like a common thing.
There are part of chuunibyou that is embarassing, but some of them are needed. I remember psychology says "think like a child and behave like an adult" because child have so many dreams and full of imagination :D
There is one thing that im dissapointed though, chara depth in this anime is so bad, too focused on main char story and the others just like servant to do things for female protagonist only, it can be seen clearly at last few episodes. Too bad i expect more of other character's story, about their syndrome too.
Overall : 8
Well it seems there is a limit in MAL review so the conclusion..all is good except bad chara depth i think, see ya and have a nice day :)
