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Originally Posted by EitoRanger

Watched Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episode 1

...I don't know how I feel about it yet...

I know I'm suppose to be thinking Rika is the cutest thing ever...but her insistence on interfering with Yuta's life is kind of bugging me. If he decided he wants to forget his delusions and create a new life for himself in high school he should be able to. And if the people around school get to know about the delusions it's bound to be alienating...

maybe I'm biased because of how my first year of middle school went. I went to talk to the one person I knew from my old school and meet a girl named 'M'. I became friends with her only to find out later that by becoming friends with her I alienated myself from the rest of the class, no one liked her because they saw here as annoying. I stood by her because she was my friend, but as she and my old friend kept getting in fights, and 'M' started grating on my nerves by always being in her own word and not listening when I said I didn't want to do something...I just felt trapped. Thankfully I changed schools at the end of that year and my other two years of Middle school were a lot better.

But Rika reminds me a lot of 'M', and since Yuta did all he can to transfer it's not like he has that way out...

who knows, maybe I'm over thinking this. I do want to watch a few more episodes before making a decision.

Honestly I think that's a good sign, one of the show main strengths is that it doesn't force any opinion regarding Chuunibyo on you, different characters have different takes and different experiences regarding the syndrome, and all of em are valid and accepted.
So, if you think Rikka's wrong or the like, that is a valid opinion that will be explored.
At no point the show asks the viewer to agree with her.

Though to be fair, Rikka and Yuta aren't necessarily the greatest aspect of the show the other character might prove to be more interesting to you.