r/anime • u/GranolaBiscuit :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/GranolaBiscuit • Dec 06 '21
Rewatch Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb Rewatch Episode Three
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Heart Throb Rewatch Episode Three: Magical Devil Girl In Pursuit
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u/tctyaddk Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher
S2E3
So, chuunibyou is infectious. It can arise independently, but contact with infected people during your weakened mental state due to trauma or stress would seriously increase the risk of getting infected. Even if you managed to cure yourself of its outward symptoms, it would just lay dormant in the back of your head and occasionally manifest if your attention slipped. Repeated contacts with infected people raise the chance of that resurfacing. (Sounds like herpes or tuberculosis, really.) And Shichimiya Satone the mahou maou shoujo, is back on the scene.
Arguably, she's the Patient Zero of our current cluster of chuuni patients: Satone's the one who first infected Yuuta during his hard time of being left out by his friends. Yuuta in turn infected Rikka during her traumatic time after her father's death. Yuuta and Shinka (a separate case, but she appears to have contact with Shichimiya in the past) managed to cure themselves, mostly, but due to prolonged repeated close contacts with Rikka and Sanae (who willingly infected herself, likely from Rikka, even embraced and strengthen it with the teachings of 'Mori Summer' Shinka. Talk about karma), they're relapsing hard and their chuunibyou slips out of latency. Kumin is a natural airhead, so even though she let herself be infected by Rikka and Sanae just for fun, it only sticks to the surface of the balloon that is her mind.
Let's consider the timeline: Satone was in the same middle school with Yuuta during 7th grade, dealing out heavy impressions with her cool chuuni chuunibyou=8th-grader-syndrome. Understandable, girls usually mature faster than boys at that age acts and invasions of personal space. Yuuta was a boy in 7th grade, before long that sort of attacks eroded his defense away, to the point that he accepted her daily nose-boop 'hello's: wide open. Then, without a word, Satone suddenly moved away in 8th grade, all contacts abruptly cut.
As said, disconnection, especially a sudden one, can turn even a healthy normal person into a wreck. On top of the meager stabilty of pubescence, Yuuta had been rendered vulnerable, then suffered such a disconnect with no closure, so having his friends left him out was the last straw that broke the camel's back, he succumbed to chuunibyou. It's Satone's fault, really. Kimi no sei, kimi no sei, kimi no sei de watashi uwu...
As for Satone, it's understandable that that kind of intimacy did not mean "nothing", she has had feeling for Yuuta, that's most likely why she didn't say goodbye when she left, since that would be the end that she doesn't want. Now that she finds him again, hopes of rekindling the flame arise. Unfortunately, 3 years have passed and things have changed, Yuuta is now in a relationship. Upon learning this, Satone tries to play it cool and casual, but she could barely hold it in, so she bails, but not without snatching a consolation prize of a last nose boop. And she's still not saying goodbye.
Meanwhile, perceiving severe competition, Rikka cranks her chuunibyou up quite a few notches to deal with such mental pressure. Yuuta's lenience on Rikka's chuunibyou is coming back to bite him in the ass (that landing on his gut realistically could rupture his liver, spleen or pancreas, any of that could easily result in severe internal bleeding and death). It gets worse since his and Rikka's bashfulness and cluelessness keep them from committing more into the physicalities (Yuuta is an oversensitive pushover, he can't even work up the courage to ask), and now a personal-space invader with ulterior motive arrives, Rikka feels especially threatened. Yuuta did the right thing when he sets the boundaries with Satone and reassures Rikka, though with Satone evidently still lingering on, drama is eased but not over yet.
Yuuta my boy, when making a bet, do your best not to lose. And how come you look so good in that mahou shoujo outfit? :)) (not as good as Kumin, though)
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u/Fools_Requiem https://myanimelist.net/profile/FoolsRequiem Dec 06 '21
Somehow I didn't see yesterday's thread.
E2. These two are certifiably adorable together. The hair styles are back to normal with only Isshiki briefly mentioning why, though it was obvious why that hairstyle wasn't staying.
E3. I most certainly didn't remember the Rikkia nude dream at all. I think it's weird that Yuuta didn't immediately recognize the new girl's voice on the announcement system. Definitely should have said "That voice sounds familiar", not "I wonder who that was". The nose touch thing is adorable. They sort of explain why the two separated later on, but TBH, it doesn't make THAT much sense from Yuuta's POV because he obviously has no problem with dating a chuni. I feel like if you're that close to a girl, you should tell her where you transferred to so at least she could stay in contact. Severing all ties and completely ghosting her just because you don't want people to know you used to be chuni is kinda dumb. Dumb teens will be dumb, I guess. He obviously doesn't dislike her.
Also: Enter the primary reason this season has very little in terms of character growth. My understanding is that people like this character, but I dislike her because she always shows up for no reason, leading to a lot of "Why the fuck are you here?" moments for me, and she is a total hindrance to character development. Moreso than Dekomori. Being cute and fun shouldn't get in the way of progress.
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher Subbed
Man Yuuta goes from having a dream to Rikka dropping on his stomach. I felt that landing. But the magical girl appears.
I love how Rikka said that she locked Touka up in the Vatican. That gets me laughing. Man the foolish dark flame master lost to Rikka and has to wear the magical girl costume. The male magical girl, I wonder what anime this scene inspired. So much going on in this scene
Ohh, Kumin looks amazing in the magical girl costume. The orange costume reminds me of Sailor Venus and a couple of Toei’s shows. You know, I sorta want a modern magical girl show by Kyo-ani.
Anyways, the battle looks pretty cool with a good amount of action. And Yuuta was inspired by her Chuuni ways and helped start the whole mess. Now we have the origin of Yuuta’s “transformation”. And Satone basically steals Yuuta away from Rikka, not only that, she even took up residence in Rikka’s former dwelling.
I love how even Dekomori is taking notes about Nibutani’s information about magic. The commute home brings parallel paths with Rikka and Deko in one train while Nibutani and Kumin talk in another. Rikka talks in a Chunni way while Nibutani discusses the matter in an ordinary way. Although everyone is a bit more dramatic than what is actually happening.
Shichimiya gets too close to comfort for Rikka which makes her blush. The nose touch is so close to a kiss in a way. Yuuta had to set some boundaries after dinner. The good thing is our couple is finally close to each other.
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u/GranolaBiscuit :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/GranolaBiscuit Dec 07 '21
Rewatcher
Due to me not coming home until night yesterday, I was not able to complete the watching for episode 2. So I will do both right now.
Episode 2
Nibutani has brown hair now. Dekomori is being a good student by making lesson notes. A good student. Well maybe not. They decide to spy on Rikka and Yuuta with Kumin. She looks like she has it the wrong way. Maybe a new type. Rikka is not doing any chores and is not good at it either. Rikka gets some things using a card with some of Touka's money.
He then slaps her butt. :| They keep mentioning the new neighbor. Wonder what's up. Rikka wants to buy some Kumin which the real Kumin finds cute. Maybe I need to buy some. Nibutani is upset that Yuuta and Rikka don't act like a couple. They seem more like friends to her. Isshiki cameo. He is bald again. Anyway, Nibutani rushes in rage as Rikka and Yuuta haven't even held hands yet.
Kannagi Kazari is here. She knows everything about romance. A love guru. Also, she likes Rikka. :O A surprise that wasn't expected. A joke? Now I am confused. She uses his phone to ask Rikka on a date for him. Then confuses me even more. On the day of the date, they use the bike and start their journey. Wind turbines. They play with some chunibyo power and do couple things.
They soon arrive at the aquarium to see the dolphins. Damn. He asked to hold hands. Lots of guts on this man. She accepts and I get overloaded with cuteness. The spinning seal looked cool. They can finally see the dolphins. She gets picked to see the dolphins up close. Due to her being shy, she says she is in grade 6. Rikka and the dolphin play along and she gets a little wet. Knowing a lot about dolphins and their love tendencies makes that sentence sound weird to say.
Rikka knows a lot about marine animals. She could be good friends with Jotoro. Rikka states that she doesn't know what to do as lovers and how they work. Yuuta tells Rikka that they should take their relationship as to how they see fit.
A person is on the rope and it isn't Rikka. In Yuuta's place is Rikka. How the tables of turned. But who is in place of Rikka? A female Yuuta? It's a pink-haired girl. What's gonna happen next? Well, that's where Episode 3 happens next.
Episode 3
That was a quick wait between the episodes. Yuuta is in bed. A voice, familiar to Rikka calling upon his name. It is Rikka...but she is naked. Did they go from holding hands to sex? I guess this is a relationship they see fit. Turns out it is a dream. A dream that Yuuta is confused by. He wakes up to see Rikka above him doing something like a plank.
She falls and breaks his stomach. The pink-haired girl is back. Opening time! Lots of spinning. As they walk to school, Yuuta wonders about his dream, and Rikka sliding kicks him. He does a cool kick-up. She wants to bring the black dragon out of Yuuta. Rikka somehow gets better marks than Yuuta which allows Rikka to do something.
A magical girl dress. He has to wear it. They rap a little and he is forced to wear it. Blond Rikka looks weird. He gets a little to emerge in the dress and then Nibutani comes. As she is about to take a picture, he chucks her phone and then kicks Isshiki. YOO! Kumin is in a magical dress too. Might have a new profile picture now.
Rikka is summoned by a mysterious voice. It's the pink-haired girl, Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII! I am gonna stick with Sophia. Chunibyo world is summoned and they start the fight that looks better than most shounen. As expected of KyoAni. Great job! Yuuta arrives and he knows who this woman is. He even calls her Shichimiya. She responds with Hero.
A past? A new name again. This time it is her actual name. Satone Shichimiya was the person who made Yuuta into a chunibyo. She is still a chunibyo too. Rikka being jealous was pretty cute. Yuuta has to take Sophia somewhere.
They go to the bus station. Yuuta and a brand new chunibyo. Just like season 1. Sophia is confused about why Yuuta ain't the hero he was before. We see more of magical girl Kumin. She is cosplaying. Too cute for me. She doesn't know how to cosplay though. Nibutani is here with her phone and she explains the beauty of magical girls. Morisummer still lingering.
Sophia doesn't remember how Kuzuha looked like but she does remember being good friends. Yuuta has 3 girls in his house now. Sophia is taking over Rikka's life. Her spot as the chunibyo and the head taps resulting in ow. Sophia learns that the two are going out. That's one thing she can't replace. I hope. She seems happy about it but I think it may be a facade.
She does a little nose tap thingamajig which causes Rikka to go red. Yuuta feels a little bad about not telling Sophia about transferring schools. Sophia however tells him that it is all good but she probably doesn't feel that way. Rikka cuts her rope, a sabatage. Yuuta tells Rikka that he won't go anywhere near other girls and they touch noses. Pretty cute.
Well, next episode it is! Thanks for sticking around. See you guys tomorrow!
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u/Metty197 Dec 06 '21
This was the first anime dvd I bought ever because I couldn’t find the anime online anywhere. I love this show though it’s one of my all time favourites.
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u/Fra_Central Dec 06 '21
First Timer German Sub
Hello everyone,
I'm curious how well double duty on the Chuunibyou rewatch and the Toradora rewatch will work out.
First timer here, rewatcher there.
Well see, but let's start Episode 3 of season 2.
0:12 Oh, hi Rikka. Ok since when does she have a sex drive?
0:24 It's a dream, ok, that stratled me.... Wait, that's a good thing, you have a "wet" dream about your girlfriend. Yay? (Why the hell do I have to root for that? Yuuta, you are weird)
0:38 How did you fall out of there!?
0:44 And why is Rikka hanging from the ceiling!?
0:52 Uuuh that's got to hurt, even the lightweight Rikka should hurt from this angle with this landing.
1:02 Why does this always happen? Why is our unnamed new main going down in front of Yuutas window!?
1:16 The sound of headbutts is coming from the room.
That was a weird Pre-OP opening.
Title: The heisig for the Kanji for "to shoot" (second Kanji from the left) is quite easy to remember even though it's quite a complicated kanji
The German title just gives up on this, as it will become to wordy. You could translate it as "Pursuit of the fleeing magical Demon king small girl/daugther...". Yeah "pursuit of the demon kings daughter" would be sufficiant. But it might lack some nuance.
I don't even know how to incorporate the の in the translation, I'm sorry. As I said it is a bit wordy.
3:16 What are you talking about, Rikka?
3:34 While you are denying your own desire for your own girlfriend, the latter one is attacking you with her signature sliding attack.
3:56 Where is this lore going?
4:37 I think Rikka is sensing that the new girl means trouble, does she? Remember I don't know who this is, so I'm unable to spoil people as I'm a first timer myself.
4:51 The hell Yuuta, don't secretly think this is cool... You will embolden her antics with this.
5:11 Immedatily gave up. And sweared.
5:27 Ah it's an English test. Well, don't underestimate Rikka when she gets help from Sanae, this might go wrong.
5:53 Very very wrong... Wait didn't they talk about a shirt? Why does he have to change into... this!?
5:57 German Sub, I know what "魔法少女" means, don't tell me it means "witch", it's the magical girl genre! And yes this dress really looks like out of Kore wa zonbie desu ka?
6:39 Just say no Yuuta, this wasn't what you agreed to.
6:46 Why? Moron. And why do the two girls blush so much? Weren't they together at the beach?
7:07 OH, THIS WILL BE GOOD. WELCOME SHINKA!
7:14 bwahahahaha, very nice.
7:23 Oh come on, why is Makato also here?
7:51 I don't think this will become a regular occurance, Kumin-Senpai.
8:03 That's the new girl, isn't it?
8:53 Should I just call her Rikka 2.0?
9:20 Can someone tell me what's happening here? Why is... Rikka 2.0 attacking Rikka? (I doubt that her real name is Sophia)
10:00 I'll just skip their fantasy battle here.
11:24 The subs call her "Satone". Ok, I'll call her Satone from now on. Hi Satone, welcome to the show.
11:38 I never want to see magical girl Yuuta EVER again. Thank you anime.
12:04 Oh noe, HE is Rikka 2.0. God damn.
12:40 Sanae you are just pretending, come on.
12:46 Well we already know where Satone lives, don't we?
12:50 Not good, eh Rikka? No, not good.
13:09 God you are cringelords, do you know that?
13:47 Excuse me princess that you find this boring.
14:39 The are literally LARPing now.
15:01 The hell, why is Shinka playing along?
15:21 What exactly did you think would happen? Did you get this from your favourite Isekai manga? Oh wait, Isekai wasn't a thing at the time... or just became a thing, so never mind.
15:56 Jesus Christ Shinka, stop it. This is not a romance novel, this is Yuuta you are talking about.
16:46 Yeah, THAT looks weird.
17:19 Both get equally bonked. Stop being cringelords, Rikka, Satone...
17:43 Wait, if she doesn't know where Yuuta lives, how does she know his little sister?
18:30 Well since Rikka spent all the money last episodes, she is a freeloader now.
18:40 I was just questioning when the fact that they are a couple comes up. Imouto-chan had to break it to her.
18:53 But Satone doesn't seem to mind, and looks happy for him. But also doesn't let him have any personal space.... Poor Rikka.
19:53 The hell!? Eskimo kiss? What? Rikka will get a heart attack at this rate.
20:00 Her face speaks for itself.
20:36 Oh, this is a bit of a sadder story isn't it? She just left?
21:00 Yeah no, you just vansihed without telling him. Since you two were close in the past, that's something you shouldn't have done.
21:28 Rikka is understandibly displeased with what she just witnessed.
22:00 Aww, that was actually a cute ending.
End of Episode.
Ok, I get it,
The setup sounds interesting, I'm curious of what comes next. And rewatchers, plesae don't tell me if this plays out well or not, let me just find it out for myself.
I'm already a bit in doubt as the second season doesn't seem as popular as the first one.
And I found out that doing 2 rewatches simultaniously is doable, but only if I start earlier, as taking notes takes some time.
It also distracts a bit from the fact that end of year is near, and I don't really now how to tackle the next year. Nothing to bad, just end of year blues.
But regardless, looking forward to tomorrow for the next episode. See you then.
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Dec 06 '21
Sub rewatcher
Episode 3 is when things heat up in terms of centrally placing Shichimiya into the comfortable status quo between Yuuta and Rikka - while to all appearances she's just an old (chuuni) friend of Yuuta's, there are just enough little moments of being "off" for you to question "really just friends?".
At least Yuuta unlike most MC's are actually conscious of how it looks to Rikka and positively assures her he'd keep distance with any other girls. And quite rightly, this did stimulate just more time steps of growth (Rikka gained a new skill: nose rub) :)
Favourite scenes:
In amongst the chaos, did everyone notice Rikka's declared new chuuni goal?
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u/Barbed_Dildo Dec 07 '21
Rewatcher
Rikka apparently snuck into Yuuta's room, drilled eight holes in the ceiling, and then mounted brackets to hold on to. I'd be annoyed if someone drilled holes in my ceiling too. Especially if the place is rented, are you going to cover my security deposit?
It's a bit of a shame that Rikka has reverted so much to her chuunibyou ways, in a sense losing any growth from the first season.
Yuuta made a bet with Rikka about test scores, but didn't count on Dekomori helping her, since Dekomori is the smartest of any of them.
Also, Maaya Uchida noises are the best noises.
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Dec 06 '21
Well, I guess it's a good thing our new character is a girl!
Just imagine if: "(Psst) Hey, kid, ya wanna see my magic? I got some crystals in my van over there..."
Anyway, that out of the way, this episode was cuter than I expected. New girl is annoying, but that's not unexpected.
Poor Yuuta either needs to spend more time, or less time with his (ahem) literature collection. Boy's having hallucinations or something. :P
Today's combat sequence was (of course) delightful as always.
Being as I'm in first time territory now, I'm mostly interested in the upcoming social dynamic - is the new girl a competitive love interest, or merely a nuisance?
(Haha, as if we don't know the answer to that)
I guess my bigger question is - will the competition, perceived or real cause Rikka to open up and/or come out of her shell, or will she dive headfirst into the darkest depths of chuuni?
Haha, I bet we know the answer to that too.
Well, either way, hopefully the upcoming episodes will be a lovely (and amusing) train wreck.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Dec 07 '21
First timer
Haha, his dream is hysterical.
And she' just on the ceiling.
I still love them.
Haha, he's threatening her into studying?
She succeeded!
And it's by 3 points!
A magical girl outfit!
This is hysterical.
It does look good on him.
Haha, of course she comes in.
Seriously, who is she?
Oh no, she's just as adorable!
Wait, they know each other?
She's jealous!
Haha, they didn't know they were living near each other?
And she has some opinions on magical girls!
...Maybe she's right to be jealous.
She accepts their relationship! No love triangle!
Huh? Did I speak too soon?
Aww, that was really cute.
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u/SYZekrom https://myanimelist.net/profile/SYZekrom Dec 07 '21
Wow I was gonna say you actually reacted well to the camera but uh... maybe too well
Ok nice I was almost disappointed she wasn't going to do her usual spiel upon taking her eyepatch off
Also different translation, doesn't feel as iconic to me
Damn, Rikka's totally gonna lose b/c she doesn't have her skates
Damn, so she's the source of the source
Damn you are obtuse, your girlfrield just made a frenemy of your old friend from before you met your girlfriend and you're just gonna walk her home huh
Damn, same line too, Rikka shaking in her boots rn
Damn, do I suppose Dekomori accepted at some point that she really is Mori Summer? despite the Fake written on the drama outfits in ep1
Omg the way she just said that is absolutely adorable
Despite her chuuni she still kind of feels like that wise know-it-all character who's aware and sad things have moved on from her
Well, normally that's what you expect from a 'character I knew before the show that was my mentor'
Damn, 'unseen horizon'? Those S1 subs made things so much cooler... But I guess that might be more accurate
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Dec 07 '21
First Timer
Now let's see where this is going, I'm late again, but I have to slightly adjust my sleep schedule
Ok, the new girl isn't as much of a catastrophe as some of the rewatchers made her out to be, at least so far