The story takes place only a few months after the end of season 2, and has Touka forcing Rikka to come with her to Italy. Yuuta and Rikka talk about this to their group of friends (Nibutani, Deko, Sophia, etc) and they tell them that they should try running away together so that Rikka doesn't have to go to Italy. So Rikka and Yuuta recklessly run, and when Touka gets word of this she sends Dekomori and Nibutani after them, blackmailing them to do so. And so begins a wild goose chase through Japan as Yuuta and Rikka travel from place to place, running away. At some point Yuuta decides he wants to speak with Rikka's mother, and so they take a plane to where she lives to go talk to her. Throughout the whole of this story we see Rikka and Yuuta's relationship progress ever so slowly, as it has through most of the series, and we see Nibutani and Dekomori fight and argue like they always do. It's somewhat comforting to see my favorite characters return after many years, and yes, if you are wondering, we do indeed finally get to see Rikka and Yuuta kiss. That's something that us fans have waited so long to see, and we finally get it. It's eventually revealed that all of this was a very elaborate plan by Touka to have Rikka, Yuuta and the rest of the gang come to her wedding in Italy, and to give Rikka keys to her new home, which was a surprise. We get a happy ending with closure. Closure as we see Rikka and Yuuta FINALLY kiss and become more comfortable with eachother, as well as being able to live together in peace, and closure on the rest of the characters.
As for everything else, soundtrack and sound is great, the visuals are more beautiful than the show already was, seeing as it has a bigger budget because it's a movie, and the story is satisfying as we finally see our favorite characters get some closure. If there's any complaints I have, it's simply that the movie isn't long enough. Its pacing might also seem a bit too quick to some, but this is mostly to blame because it's a movie and not a whole season. I'm not sure if you can even say that's a flaw, seeing as it wrapped up everything it wanted to do perfectly in its given time. It's a bittersweet feeling after you finish watching it, you feel really happy that the movie didn't disappoint and you got some closure to the story, but then you feel kind of sad and depressed because you realise Chuunibyou is finally over. Maybe it's not though, we could always see another season, maybe another movie. But not for a long time at least.
Thank you for reading this review. I'm really happy this movie was good and if you're the type of person that felt disappointed by the ending of season 2, then it's absolutely essential that you watch this film. It will make you feel a lot better and put you at ease. I love Chuunibyou, it's an anime that means a lot to me and this movie is the cherry on top of it all. Thank you, KyoAni. Thank you so much.
