One of the best series I have seen in the comedy and romance genre (RomCom)!
"Chuunibyou" is a syndrome that leads young people to fantasize and strongly believe that the fantastic worlds they create, and that their imaginary superpowers are real. Most series that deal with these themes, portray them as actually real, separate from reality or constituting a different reality in another world or another dimension (as in Isekai genre series). This series doesn't. This series makes the characters who suffer from this syndrome ("Chuunibyou") interact with the real-world, causing hilarious situations, as the rest of the people in the real-world find those fantastical behaviors strange, bizarre and ridiculous. It's in this balance between delirium and reality that the humor of this series is based on. And this is why some reviews I have read say that the series is based on awkward situations. I personally don't find them as awkward as much as I find them cute and beautiful, since they portray a wonderful phase of our life, full of faith and hope. This is, by the way, one of the lessons of the series: not to lose the childlike spirit and the child in us (I pass the cliché).
The love is introduced in the series through the relationship between a character who suffers from "Chuunibyou" and another who has suffered in the past, but is currently ashamed of that phase. But love also happens between the main characters' friendship relationships (the schoolmates) and even between the "Priestess" (Rikka's older sister - the main character) Rikka's family and Rikka herself.
The event that triggered "Chuunibyou" syndrome in Rikka was the death of her father. As a result, Rikka takes refuge in a fantasy world to better cope with her loss and grief, while maintaining the hope of finding her father again (whom she believes to be lost in the "Ethereal Horizon" or "Lost Horizon" - depending on the translations).
The design and animation is excellent. Well-defined characters with consistent personalities, and good conceptual design with imaginative backdrops and backgrounds, make this series worth being watched.
"Chuunibyou" is a syndrome that leads young people to fantasize and strongly believe that the fantastic worlds they create, and that their imaginary superpowers are real. Most series that deal with these themes, portray them as actually real, separate from reality or constituting a different reality in another world or another dimension (as in Isekai genre series). This series doesn't. This series makes the characters who suffer from this syndrome ("Chuunibyou") interact with the real-world, causing hilarious situations, as the rest of the people in the real-world find those fantastical behaviors strange, bizarre and ridiculous. It's in this balance between delirium and reality that the humor of this series is based on. And this is why some reviews I have read say that the series is based on awkward situations. I personally don't find them as awkward as much as I find them cute and beautiful, since they portray a wonderful phase of our life, full of faith and hope. This is, by the way, one of the lessons of the series: not to lose the childlike spirit and the child in us (I pass the cliché).
The love is introduced in the series through the relationship between a character who suffers from "Chuunibyou" and another who has suffered in the past, but is currently ashamed of that phase. But love also happens between the main characters' friendship relationships (the schoolmates) and even between the "Priestess" (Rikka's older sister - the main character) Rikka's family and Rikka herself.
The event that triggered "Chuunibyou" syndrome in Rikka was the death of her father. As a result, Rikka takes refuge in a fantasy world to better cope with her loss and grief, while maintaining the hope of finding her father again (whom she believes to be lost in the "Ethereal Horizon" or "Lost Horizon" - depending on the translations).
The design and animation is excellent. Well-defined characters with consistent personalities, and good conceptual design with imaginative backdrops and backgrounds, make this series worth being watched.