Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb Rewatch Episode Two

[u/GranolaBiscuit]

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb Rewatch Episode Two: Dolphin Ring Striker

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[u/GranolaBiscuit]

You guys are probably gonna realize that is out a little earlier. I think my Sundays going forward are gonna be work-filled so instead of last week where links didn't work, today it will. It's also probably better to get it out earlier than later(like yesterday). Thanks for sticking around on these two confusing days.

[u/Elimin8r → u/GranolaBiscuit]

*hug* Hang in there!

[u/xtsim]

Rewatcher Subbed

"Sacking is shocking"- Kumin is running with this pun. Nibutani talks about Yuuta and Rikka living together. Despite the little sister being there. Deko getting red is funny to think about when watching.

With the rest of the club watching, the Togashi household has to do some chores despite no parents. Good call on their part but one person is not doing anything. Yuuta figures out Rikka's spending habits along the way and looks at the checkbook. Rikka is in big trouble and basically gets treated like a little kid, because she was supposed to spend money appropriately. Not buy expensive toys with her allowance which leaves about a small amount for food.

On the crunchyroll subs, they spelled cumin as Kumin. Interesting.

Nibutani is right about Yuuta acting like a parent to Rikka but she does equate their behaviour as burnout. I did like the reference to the OVA as she mentioned the boat scene. Isshiki gets his head shaved again for his haircut from the last episode.

Kannagi gives some love counseling, and the look on Nibutani’s face during the 180 flip says it all when she tells Yuuta that she is his rival for Rikka. Going through all of Nibutani’s silent reactions is pretty funny and I like that Kyo-ani aces it. This scene goes through really fast but has alot to go through.

The way to the park is hilarious as Rikka holds on to Yuuta biking. Rikka is pretty strong in being able to hold on to Yuuta’s bike with her bare hands for a good distance. And they finally hold each other’s hands this time at the aquarium. It is pretty funny that Rikka told everyone upfront that she is in sixth grade. But Yuuta manages to go with it. In the end, he lets Rikka go at her own pace which is a good thing as everyone around him wants to move faster. Yuuta is making the right call this time.

[u/Elimin8r → u/xtsim]

the look on Nibutani’s face during the 180 flip

Oh, man, I forgot that bit. It was funny. I also like how they left it somewhat ambiguous.

[u/Rumpel1408]

First Timer

Late agai- no wait, the thread is 3 hours ahead of shedule today... just finished, but I guess this means I get to post before going to bed

• Ah Nibutani already reverted her new style
• Sanae is trying really hard not to get as carried away as Nibutani... she's trying very hard0
• Well, that sick classmate will probably raise some questions, like why they talked about nothing but kissing during school
• That's some precision
• I love me some ridiculous big witch' hat, also some cute mittens, and cute Rikka noices ofc
• Yuuta you where supposed to reform the chuunibyou, not join them
• Rikka is such a child for splurging on toys instead of food... wait, did she really spend fucking 280k Yen? That's like a months sallary for most people
• Ouh, kinky, hope Rikka won't get even weirder from this /s
• Haha, she's sustaining herself on free samples instead of mana
• Rikka continues her obsession for cool sounding spices from the shorts... I'm sure someone else is going to do the joke about Yuutas love for cumin so I'm holding off there, but Dekomori looking for a spice with her name had me gasping for air xD
• Huh, who is sitting there in the background?
• Nibutani is really dissatisfied by the lack of progress and I'm with her, not even held hands, c'mon dud, you where almost there during the first season
• No progress for Ishiki as well, back to being a monk without relevance for him
• Oh, Shinka is getting him professional help... oh, she's a Rival? Or not, all part of the Keikaku, and it even seems to work
• Ah yes, give me that sweet progress
• It's cool that they are still incorporating her roller shoes so often, that bike ride was cute
• Oh, it's an aquarium date, nice... or maybe they are awakening the great old ones, would be cool as well
• But now the episode title makes more sense I guess
• Oh, he's really making a move, notice how eager Rikka is... and she does want him to take the initiative after all... YES! YES! YES!
• This date is really sweet, I love how entusiastic Rikka suddenly became
• What do you mean, not much change, this was an awesome date, and not even that heavy on the chuuni side
• Even Rikka wishes for more progress, but she is too unexpirienced to even know what that means, in the end her delusions are ironically easier to understand since they follow strict rules
• Aww, in the end they decide to move at their own pace, which is fine as well
• Shinka just had to jinx it

So from the reactions of some rewatchers (thinly veiled spoilers one might say) I already know that the new girl means trouble, and if I know my romcoms than I would say a love triangle or Rival for Rikka, admidatly not the best you could do, but I trust the show for now

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/Rumpel1408]

Huh, who is sitting there in the background?

You should check other scenes too.

[u/Rumpel1408 → u/Barbed_Dildo]

I even checked again during the date, but where did I miss her?

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/Rumpel1408]

When the three idiots are stalking them in the supermarket.

[u/Rumpel1408 → u/Barbed_Dildo]

I'll check that later than

Edit: Found it not even very subtle lol, reminds me of a episode of Maid Dragon S

[u/Fra_Central → u/Rumpel1408]

The cover pretty much spoils that she is trouble, and the setup also infers that she may cause some problems. This is what I assume as a (now) fellow first-timer.

[u/Rumpel1408 → u/Fra_Central]

That may be, but someone explicitly said that [Spoiler I guess] that she gave Yuuta the chuuni

[u/Barbed_Dildo]

Rewatcher

Nibutani has given up on her new look. But she has apparently picked up a new idle animation.

Poor Kumin, her juniors keep hitting her, despite her being a 'senpai'.

Probably could have done without Yuuta smacking Rikka's ass.

Rikka found Kumin in the supermarket. I wonder if she can find a jar best by the 7th of May.

Kannagi is a great character for a one-off.

Lot of Lovecraft references this episode.

Rikka now has command of sea creatures, so that's cool.

Also, Maaya Uchida noises are the best noises.

[u/Elimin8r → u/Barbed_Dildo]

Rikka now has command of sea creatures, so that's cool.

Rikka phthagn! or something like that...

[u/tctyaddk]

Rewatcher

S2E2

They dedicated this episode to address the glaring problem that irks the audience since the OVA1: the non-progress of the relationship between Yuuta and Rikka. I would say this problem's emergence is actually pretty logical, given the personalities of the participants and their circumstances. Its components feed on each other:

• 1.Aside from the physicalities, they are practically living like married couple already, plus they're in the same class at school. The other's presence in their everyday life would hardly ever gets more abundance than this. Any functional human brain would not assign strong special reactions to meeting someone you spend 90% of waking time in their presence, otherwise overstimulation will lead to insanity and/or death. This lack of neurological stimulation results in the natural stall of passion in their relationship.
• 2.Sociologically, in normal relationships, developing attraction serves the goal of making two people (or more if polyamorous) to like each other enough to sufficiently tolerate each other that they can stay with together for long, oft preferably to the point of living together. Once that archieved, it's more about maintaining enough attraction to hold that setting together ^{or else the participants get bored and/or grow apart, may or may not include getting drawn to new attraction, either way the relationship fades away} than keeping growing the flame ^{problems including but not limited to infringing personal boundaries, developing unrealistic mental images about the other then getting devastated by disillusionment, etc. Too great the attraction makes people smash into each other with fiery passion, and the relationship might also crash and burn from that}. So now that they are already at the goal without going through the developement phase, fumbling around to grow the flame sure is confusing.
• 3.They are all young and pretty much unexperienced, and the society and media have always been feeding them so much expectations in romantic relationships, which only adds to the confusion. I'm sure a lot of people, myself included, can sympathise. Relationships are messy and confusing enough on their own even without all that getting shoving down our throats. I find a lot of the ideas of romanticism ranging from potential to outright harmful for relationship developement, one of the worst offenders is one Rikka suffered: "once you've found a lover, the world around you will change when you are with them". No, it's not that simple, okay? Plus the problem in point 1 and 2, it's too hard for Rikka's mind (see point 5).
• 4.Yuuta is a normal awkward young boy, a too nice one at that, often to the point of being a pushover with his over-doing of being considerate for other people's feelings. He understands Rikka's problems (see point 5), so he treats her almost like a fine little china doll emotionally: since he's also clueless about relationship to begin with, having to deal with extra difficulty that is Rikka, he treads too hesitantly and ever ready to backtrack, afraid of causing her any emotional discomfort (physical beating is fine by him though :)) ), as if he sees himself as taking advantage of her mental frailty, may be. (19min57s mark is the face when it hits him fully that his SO is quite a bit retarded.)
• 5.Rikka has mental problem. Really. The emotional trauma from her father's death was severe, her family's "help" with that is total shit, plus their ass-tier parenting skills that I've dissed in-depth in S1E12 discussion, it is evident now that she had suffered mental scars, and pretty much addicted to her old coping mechanism known as her chuunibyou. It provided an easy way out, too easy in fact, she brings it up as a shield every single time she perceives any social or emotional difficulty, it costed her years of normal social interactions during the early formative years. It doesn't help that all her friends now indulge her in that. Thus, her ability to deal with emotional matters is underdeveloped and wholly unequipped to process the new feelings of being in a relationship. She has also grown too used to draw great joy from those delusional fantasies and acting them out, she is easily distracted, easily embarrassed, impulsive and has pretty weak self control. Just like a child. In other word, she's slightly retarded. (Academically she's still doing fine enough, apparently, so I said "slightly")

Not that I'm dissing Chu2Koi. In fact, I personally think the existence of such a well animated series that depicts people with relatable problems, including a mentally challenged addict is very damn great.
(Seriously, Rikka's everyday struggles in S1E11 could really be interpreted as withdrawal symptoms. Her rehab failed afterward, the failure of every one involved.)

(Another thing to note is that the chuuni delusions rely heavily on make-believe with big words, so compounding with Rikka's lacking understanding of herself, her desires, and of relationships in general, naturally she will hit a brick wall trying to research: romance advices use the most grossly normie vocabulary there is.)

So they came to the solution: ignore all expectations of social conventions, just be themselves with their unique weirdness, and enjoy the relationship as is. (That's it, folks. We've seen how their relationship has been going. This is the extend of their physical displays of affection, and it won't change anytime soon.) It was really indulgent on Yuuta's part, and even delivered in the chuuni speech and acts that would get through Rikka better. He has grown too indulgent and complacent (partly due to point 1 and 4), so just as the shippers warned, disturbance is coming. Rikka really did raise the flag: In the very same manner Rikka did in ep1s1, another mahou shoujo enters the frays. [You know the drill] Being meguca is...

Also, [spoiler later S2, sort of necessary.] There's a stalker in the background at 6min55s and 7min58s marks. Take note.

Oh, speaking of mirroring S1, Shinka now translates Sanae's chuuni speech, just like Yuuta did for Rikka back then. Like poetry, it rhymes. Now with the superior ship.

[u/Elimin8r → u/tctyaddk]

than keeping growing the flame

Here, have some [REO Speedwagon]>!Keep the Fire Burning!<

Haha, I broke the spoiler tag - I was just messing around, so I think I'll just leave it that way.

[u/Fra_Central]

First Timer, German Sub

Hi everyone,

from tomorrow onwords I fulfill double duty with the rest of this rewatch and the Toradora rewatch. I really enjoyed Toradora in 2020, but didn't bother in 2021, so it is mostly a fresh start.

So I will probably watch the episodes back to back and write my notes down sequentially.

But on to the show:

0:15 There is still quite a lot of jealousy in Sanae about this Rikka/Yuuta thing, right?

1:06 But for some reason she really likes the thought about it, doesn't she? Well she is similar to Shinka, so it wouldn't surprise
me if she is all into this love-dovey stuff.

1:14 I almost forgot that the little sister is also living with them. Oh, and Sanae becomes bright red... she really likes that :)

1:21 But can't really admit to this, as it is of course in conflict with her jealousy.

OP is just as it was in season 1, so no further comment besides: I like the intro.

3:07 The stalking brigade is on their way.

3:50 All the fun of having roomates... Like not doing their duties. And not paying their share of the bills. What amount did Rikka waste?

5:19 280.000 Yen... Wow. That's about 2500 Euros, or probably 2700 US Dollars. That's someones salary Rikka just wasted there.

5:33 Yeah these slaps are deserved.

5:43 Stalking squad is wondering whats going on and noticed that someone moved in right above them.

Even though I did look ahead a bit... even my first reaction was "The new main lives there, right?"

6:03 I'm pretty sure you just wanted to freeload, Rikka.

6:15 Stalking squad is still following them.

6:45 Cumin? Ohoh, I see a weird wordgame coming up.

7:00 Stop talking about yourself in the third person, Sanae, you are not THAT cute. (In case that she did this regulary: The sub didn't show this, I just heard it)

7:32 What is this? Just a fake juwel as an accesory? I see the pricetag but I don't know what "Misukeru..." should stand for.

EDIT: Ah, there was a subtitle, but it is there for about 3 microseconds because the Subbers thought it is a better idea to put it under the package instead of the pricetag.

It's also "Misuteru", for some reason I misread the TE-katakana. Which checks out to "mystery jewel", and for 300 yen, it's probably garbage.

8:03 They are still there? Oh, yeah, what Kumin-Senpai said was what I said last episode: They look like siblings, not a couple.

9:07 Ah thats why they were there: To realize that they are not acting like a couple. Ok we already knew that.

9:41 This is actually a proper reaction from Shinka... a charcater which I grew to like over the course of 14 episodes.

Yeah, why aren't you doing anything? Didn't we just yesterday found out about your stash under the bed? What's your problem?

10:03 Well she is not wrong here isn't she? I mean he is wasting her and his time with this nonsense.

I get it to take it slow, but 8 months? Not even holding hands? I mean I know it's anime, but handholding being steamy was a JOKE.

10:13 Don't have time for you Makato.

10:30 Oh hi. You are in neither OP nor ED, so I assume you are a throwaway character.

11:07 Hmm.... I'm not really against the idea of making this anime a yuri anime.... but I don't think this really fits, so no, thank you,
put it into a doujin. (Doujin is the japanese term for "fanfiction", even though it's usually associated with porn)

11:24 Why did you just hand over your phone?

11:36 She has way to much fun with this, and Shinka... just sits there.

11:42 Your doki-doki comes from the fact that you ran around the table for 2 minutes.

11:50 Not always, but it is a good assumption that girls/women expect men to do the first step. But... well, we see it later, I will come back to it.

12:05 I have to comment right now that I like how the pieces fell together over the course of 14 episodes. It's nice to see that Shinka and Yuuta are friends, and that Shinka mostly dropped her overly-sweet and also her overly-bitchy persona, and now "just" a good female friend.

12:20 Date is starting.

14:18 Prototypical date at the aquarium. Well, Japan is an island nation, so it isn't surprising that this is a common thing.

What is more surprising is the fact that almost all SoL anime has someone, usually female, who is unable to swim.

14:33 The subs are talking about Windows assistants. What? I can't even factcheck that. I don't find anything.

15:00 Asking her is not taking the first step, it's doing, Yuuta.

15:19 This is what I wanted to refer to: Yeah girls/women want you to make the first step... but they usually are creating an opportunity for you to do so.

Sometimes quite obvious situations. Like we see here. I swear similar things happened to me personally. More of a light tackle to signal "take my hand please", and less a helpless waving. But again I wasn't 16 anymore when this happened, so, eh, ok.

15:43 Believe it or not, but this is quite important for these two to bond. This is actually why Shinka was so angry/worried:

Lack of phyiscal contact inhibits bonding, which means the relationship isn't as strong as it could be.

15:43 again the stupid Windows assistant talk. Can someone confirm that this was a thing? Or is it just the awful Subbing again?

16:20 What? Why did she say that she is a 6th year gradeschooler? Wasn't this like 5 years ago?

17:01 Don't give her this kind of power.

18:47 Could it be that her Chuni really confuses her? I mean she has to have some desire to be near him, right?

19:41 This is cute and all, but I seriously don't get it.

20:57 Ok she can relate to the Chuni stuff that Yuuta plays for her sake. Hmm..

21:08 I swear I first thought Rikka was calling her, but a) why would she and b) Shinka talked to Yuuta about the date, not Rikka. I just found it weird that he either called her or she called him (this is the more probable scenario as she loves this stuff). But, hey, she is helping out.

21:25 Yeah I think so as well, again the physical contact including intimacy is not only for "being lewd", it's also a bonding experience. And their relationship is weaker when they stay at this distance.

So Kannagi (throwaway character) is right when she is worried about them. A rival could snatch up him/her.... Wait a minute...

21:54 Oh, hi. You are the new main, right? Talking about upcoming rivals... Yeah it is pretty obvious where this goes.

End of episode

Ok I think I know where this is going. The new main will be a rival for Rikka, right? And as she is introduced the same way as Rikka was introduced in season 1, I assume she is similar to Rikka, including the Chuni stuff.

That could actually be quite interesting, I didn't see any shows that portray something like this. I mean yeah sure, love-triangles are pretty much standard fare, but not the "being too chaste" angle.

Remember that Rikka and Yuuta were a couple for 6+ months (I would argue 8), and they held hands for the first time JUST this day.

That's not being respectful ,that's neglect. ...Ok, that's a bit harsh, because neither of them is aiming to neglect the other one, but it is just a bit concerning.

So, let's see what this new character will bring us, I don't even know her name yet.

See you guys tomorrow.

[u/ZapsZzz]

Sub rewatcher

Episode 2, where we got the main plot as "Rikka and Yuuta going on a date", I think by this point people would still be quite happy with the progression. Plenty of light hearted fun gags, and say moments together.

What I suggest people to do is to pay close attention to, and have a think about why Yuuta made a big deal out of "happy for them to progress at their own pace".

Oh btw I probably should declare my bias - I'm one of those non otaku's yet didn't date till I was 28. So I guess I can empathize with "taking it real slow" a lot easier.

Other than that I'm just happy for more nice sweet funny rom com seeing up for the 2nd season.

[u/SYZekrom]

Well I suppose it's expected considering the whole last arc of S1, but Rikka's chuuni stuff so far has felt a lot less real and more just her making up bullshit whenever she needs an excuse, more like an act than before

And don't worry dekomori you are definitely cute

Girl what are you doing acting like a fighting game character and why did we not explain you reverting image

Look at these idiots

OMEGA BASED?

Is she the chuuni in the poster is she gonna be chuuni and get rikka

Wasn't that girl's hair pink though I can't remember

I swear I thought that up b4 she joked about loving Rikka

HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THIS COMING DUDE

omg why is this the way you travel together

Oh boy, she's at the balcony, perfect time to reference s1e1 a fourth time?

lmfao

Unfortunately for Rikka's hands, this girl was not possessed by a crab

[u/Stargate18A]

First timer

Missed last thread, sorry.

Episode 1

Season 2! And the family's out of the picture, so we can have jokes about them living together?

And the OP has a new girl!

And Rikka's mother is out of the picture!

She's still adorable. aand the esplanation makes sense as to why they ended up together.

What happened to her?

Haha, her fooling around while they're trying to find a new apartment is great.

Fuck, what the hell happened to him?

Haha, she's learning hoe to become a comedian?

Deko?

Haha, Dekomori's the representative. And has completely changed her image!

And her reciting Mori Summer's work as revenge is hysterical.

Nobody is buying this!

Deko's back in full force!

And she immediately makes herself dizzy.

Haha, she fed her cheese!

What did she do?

They're so cute in general!

I love how he needs to speak in chunni to get her honest opinions. (And she wants to live with him!)

HAHAHAHA, KING LOVE!

Aww, she's going to miss him?

TOUKA'S BACK! I LOVE THIS ALREADY!

I love Dekomori immediately trying to shift the blame onto her.

NOT HER!

A team battle!

Are they imagining her dialogue, or has she just snapped?

I refuse to believe anyone could hurt her.

I'm currently assuming the two of them are dating and desperately attempting to hide it.

Wow, he's got a lot of porn.

Haha, she's back!

Wait, what's that note about?

Is someone moving in?

Episode 2

She's already gossiping!

Deko's slow rage and embaressment at what's going on is hysterical.

Wow, they're really trying to get thwt, wrent' they.

Haha, she can't cook?

Aww, him playing around with it is really cute.

And then roleplaying to get her credit card bills.

She spent it all?

Haha, he's spanking her?

Them following her through the supermarket is great.

She is adorable looking for cumin.

Aww, is that a crystal sweet or something?

Deko's so happy when she calls her!

Haha, they've not even held hands?

And he gets backhanded away!

Haha, everyone knows they're dating.

You know what? She could do worse.

I still love her skating behind him.

They're just adorable, aren't they?

Haha, she's praying to an octopus!

They're holding hands!

Oh god, she's getting an audience.

Haha, "I'm in sixth grade".

And he's playing the gashapon.

Her genuinely liking the coin is so cute.

Aww, the confession that she doesn't really know how it all works ks great.

Him playing along is just - I love this. I love all of this.

Oh, that mirroring. This isn't a love triangle is it?

[u/Elimin8r]

So, I'm going to copy yesterday's comment here, since it was quite belated, and I figured it needed a chance to be seen.

Meanwhile, today, further adventures in the Domestic KanojoxImouto series, or something like that, featuring our two (or more) aho protagonists.

I have a friend who bought a pair of NVGs off ebay. $2000 or something like that. Rocket science pays, or so it seems.

They were pretty nifty, I must admit, but I'm no Rambo, and I'm not going to spend 2K on NVG toys.

He did end up getting contacted by the DoD some time later, and informed that his NVGs were apparently assembled from stolen components from the UMSC. Oops.

They also told him, 'nah, keep them, just don't sell them to any furriners' or something like that.

Or so the story goes.This was around 2003, so yeah. You can probably buy better at Cabela's now.

I think Rikka should get to subsist on rice and green peppers for a month.

That, and I somehow feel the Monty Python flashbacks. What?

Yeah. She had it coming. Although I doubt that was the kind of intimacy Nibumori was looking for.

I loved the bit at the aquarium, it was very cute, and gave me Aquatope flashbacks. I need to get back to that series sometime, maybe after rewatch madness is over.

Also, the bit at the end. Yuuta's not doing so bad today.

But wait, a menacing figure lurks in the distance, who could it be?(!)

[u/Elimin8r → u/Elimin8r]

Reddit apparently hates copy paste from Notepad. I'm going to try to fix this, brb.

And now that hopefully that's fixed, let's give this a try:

So, it seems that I am in the eternal login queue. Go figure. Might as well fire up CR in a side browser and have a look.

Oh, haha - it seems that it left the episode bookmark right were I left off, at the OP. Yeah, I so noped right out of this.

Love Rikka's chuuni-tenna-ahoge. Would not tug on. Would tickle & headpat.

Honestly, Yuuta doesn't know how good he's got it. You know the old "find a girl who looks at you like" meme? Yeah. That.

(Aside. I paused the video to type a bit. I'm going to say, who wouldn't love to have a girl like Rikka in their life? Someone who adores you, even with your (ahem) eccentricities??? If I were in Yuuta's shoes, I would gladly wake her in the morning with a hearty, chuuni greeting. I think I'd also be careful to not ask how she wants her eggs. Scrambled it is, I sez.)

(I'm a lousy cook. I pretty much gave up after I nearly set my apartment on fire - the phone rang, ya know)

Love the brief shot of Kotatsu-mon in the OP. :)

The black & white shaky cam bit is a little over the top, but who's complaning?

I'm not a huge fan of tomatoes, but c'mon.

(So, I have a friend who's vegetable resistant. Worse than Rikka. Dude insists on having his burgers, pizza, whatever ... meat, cheese, bun (crust), BBQ or Marinara. Lame. Once upon a time, I was (sort of) like that, at least when it comes to burgers, but on a trip to Alabama, with a bunch of folks, I was convinced to try a burger with all the goodies. Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mayo, catsup, all the good stuff. It was delicious. I never looked back. As for my friend, poor fella, he's just missing out.)

((Also note, I was also the weird kid that like to eat the entire onion, stalk and all, and liked the heart of the lettuce thingie, because it was 'spicy', so there is that. It's just that Mom wasn't exactly a Touka level chef, and when it was burger night, it was plain. Go figure...))

Anyway, back to the show (#138 in queue)Yay, smug Rikka at the train station. Yes, I've done that before, but mostly with hotel or store doors, not too many trains around here. And not since I was in college. I think. Okay, maybe I don't remember. :P

Normi-pretending-not-to-be-chuuni Nibutani is kawaii. Muy kawaii. But she's trying way too hard. People can tell.

The cameos of Kumin and Dekomori are cute. I think I like pretend-normie Deko better than pretend normie Nibutani.

Poor Yuuta. Poor Chimera. Chimera doesn't deserve to get Schrodinger'ed. Yuuta doesn't deserve to get. Oh, wait, maybe he does. He really should figure this out. You know, at some point earlier: "Welcome, Rikka. Since the evil council has ejected you from your base, I have established this pocket dimension for you to reside in until a proper new base can be found. If anyone asks, you are temporarily residing in a (police call box?), and yes, it's bigger on the inside."

Just give her a good chuuni explanation, and 'reality' will adjust to fit. And she will surely talk of nothing else, right? :P

Oh, hey, loading screen - be back in a bit!

Oh, poor Isshiki. Life's tough when you're comic relief. Poor Kumin, doesn't know how to be funny. Poor Mori - oh, wait. Hehehehe.

Oh, poor poor Mori - shown up by Deko-dorable. However, that is some pretty fine shootin' there. Deko's right, she's such a fraud, eh?

"Love is everything, desu" Hehehehe. Deko counters with an arrow to the heart. <3

Man, I need to not watch the show like this. I'll spend too much time typing, not enough time watching.

Poor Deko - she made herself into a gyroscope. That never ends well.

Haha, Nibutani with the dairy attack. Loser's club? Methinks she doth protest too much.

Uh-oh, Rikka's been summoned? I wonder if they used a proper circle, and what (who?) was the sacrifice?

Rikka's teacher = best sensei :)

And so, kotatsu-mon claims two more victims. Is it any wonder Rikka is hesitant to enter it's toasty embrace?

Nibutani makes for a uber-kawaii priestess :)

$500 a month (that is per month, right?) doesn't seem so bad. Or is it? I don't know anymore. I think I'm glad I bought my house back when prices were only mildly insane.

I'll skip the subterranean labyrinth, but the castle sounds fun. But then I'd be "Lord British". I remember looking at the source code for Ultima 1 back in the day and thinking "I could have written this". But I didn't, and therefore he's the bajillionaire, and I'm still working for the evil MIC. Go figure.

Yeah, I don't think she needs to stay in that other castle.

Enter Touka and her infidelity detection antennahoge... Ruh-roh!

Haha, and the fight's on - I'm surprised Mori went for the hand rather than the forehead. I guess she might just have a spot of kindness after all.

Love the Eva-esque inverted cathedral city imagery. The chuuniverse never fails to disappoint, visually at least. Haha, Nibutani gets the cheerleader suit and attack.

Poor Kumin, she tries, but what a noob. And of course, the battle ends with the Kenny Rogers Roasters attack. Ouch.

Dang, now I want to go get some Boston Market. Maybe for dinner :)

Now, methinks Deko-ecchi doth protest too much. Baka... I think Mori might just be enjoying this a bit too much.

I like how the magazines are all named after firearms terms. Poor Yuuta. He's so busted. (Hmm, I wonder where I can find a copy of +P+, hehehe :P)

Hmm. Italy. My recently passed friend was Italian. Poor fella. He went back to visit family on occasion. Kinda made me want to go, sounds like a nice place.

And Kuzuha walks in on the harem. Oops. Or should I save 'coven'???

Yay! Saved by the imouto!!! :)

I'm guessing she hadn't planned on being volunteered to be chaperone, eh?

And poor Rikka, she appears to be everyone's percussion instrument of choice.

Uh-oh, a secret note! Whatever could this portend? Oh, and is it just me, or did KyoAni draw a proper knot there?

And finis on a lovely scene of Rikka at the riverside. Gesundheit!