I'm not a fan of Moe, it does not appeal to me in general.
I'm not a fan of HS romance, I feel it becomes really cliche and boring.
But yet I'm enjoying Chuunibyou......
I'm going to say something really stupid but, could it be that it's actually good?
Animation- Kyoto Animation, so good/top-tier.
Soundtrack- Decent, not too painful but not exactly orchestra quality.
Characters- Hmmm, the comedy is primarily my focus. It's not great but it's entertaining that I get a laugh every episode. Still nothing on monogatari/gintama but it's consistent enough.
Story- Here's the only part I have a problem with. The characters themselves need a push. The romance is too "shy" after they go out, which is weird because it was pretty straightforward before then.(filling the time?) I like the running gags but sometimes its like..did we really need an episode where absolutely nothing happened?
To give it some arbitrary score I say: 8/10, good anime.
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Minor praise and complaints.
Praise:
-I like how the running gag is imagination land. It's used very creatively and it is a good gag.
-I think the characters themselves are pretty well done, even the girl who naps all the time, Kumin(my favorite char btw), has enough of a presence that she doesn't feel like "generic X archetype". This is primarily Kyo-ani's fault, but all the same.
-The general combat scenes are both good and bad. Good in that I'd rather see an alternative anime with this JRPG setting, bad that they are sometimes very bland while other times pretty good(and funny thereafter).
-Original idea on the HS romance. Chuunibyo(or 8th grade syndrome in some subs), is a pretty unique.
Complaints
- A little too many moe-shots sometimes. Its Kyo-ani and they do this with everything, but still.
- Re-occuring episodes/themes. Some of Rikka's rival points or mori-summer's arcs are rather similar to an episode or two before. However this doesn't happen all that often(once or twice).
- Kind of odd scenarios where the adults keep telling rikka "don't believe in this fantasy" but then participate in it fully. Contradicting message.
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