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Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!: AKA "I really don't know how to spell this and probably won't try!"

Chu-2 is an oddly marketed show, from the images and op/ed you'd say this is either a dark supernatural show or a harem one, add to that the other show with an eyepatch girl (Another) and it was one show I never gave much thought to.

So the content of the show really surprised me, it's essentially a slice of life, an Akibaranger flavored slice of life, Chuunibyo focuses on a condition called "Eighth Grader Syndrome" which refers mostly to teenagers that fantasize and live in their delusions (so to say), the main character is Yuuta Togashi a boy who already left his Syndrome behind and is extremely ashamed of it, however things get more complex hilarious when he meets Rika Takanashi a girl that is right in the middle of her Syndrome and is very attached to him.

Chuunibyo is a very fun show, and one with an interesting emotional range, sometimes you cringe at the sillyness of the delusions, others you will laugh and in some cases you will even approve of them, in that sense the dramatic side is handled well for the most part, the problems don't come out of left field, and the show for the biggest part doesn't want to impose an opinion in you, all points regarding Eight Grader Syndrome have some degree of truth, and we all have different ways of coping with life, the characters show this very well.

On the other hand I do have one main gripe with the show, but I'm starting to think it's more of a KyoAni cliche at this point... it tries too hard to make you feel bad near the end, the studio seems to love that, and while the topic is coherent with the show the execution not so much, episode 11 dragged too much and was too melodramatic for my tastes.
Thankfully 12 definitely makes up for it and provides a good conclusion.

So all in all? I enjoyed it, a lot, and it has memorable characters, all I can hope is the sequel is as enjoyable, because... keep this a secret... but I'm not very fond of sequels....