Anime Review 1 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai

Baking and binge watching anime/reading manga are my favorite pastimes. And while sometimes it's not possible for me to drop all of my school work and responsibility that goes along with becoming a high school senior, I do continue to indulge myself with anime and manga. So, after a long incubation period where I mentally debated whether or not I wanted to put something like this on this blog and combine the two or whether I should create a whole other blog entirely, I decided to go for it and just let my creation become what it wants to. Why should I have to conform to consistency after all?

So without further ado, here is my first anime review (I'm sorry these won't be super high quality, but more for enjoyment). 

Recently I've just finished watching Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai. I first heard about this anime through gifs on the Internet of a super cute girl with an eye patch. At that time I was probably in the middle of school work or some other life stressor so I hadn't had a change to watch (binge) until recently when hell (I mean school) ended. 

Upon watching the first episode, I was hooked. It's not every day in school anime you come across such an eccentric character as Rikka Takanashi after all. But it wasn't just her. It was the whole idea of the middle schooler syndrome. It made me think about how just a few years ago that was me and all my friends and it really made me nostalgic about how awkward and weird we were. We were all trying to find who we were (still are) and became extreme weirdos. Looking back on that was like seeing the world from the protagonist Yuuta's perspective of being embarrassed by their immature behavior. 

Beyond my own sentimentality, the character development is splendid. Throughout the 12 main episodes I really got to know all of the characters as well as the backstory for why Rikka clings to her middle schooler syndrome so strongly. The reason why she adopted that particular fantastical style of middle schooler syndrome is also totally sigh-worthy (>///<) Beyond Yuuta and Rikka, my favorite character was Dekomori. Her twintails firstly were super cute and her steadfast loyalty to Rikka even through their conflict made me want her as a real life friend. Even though Dekomori holds a special place in my heart and RikkaxYuuta is a true ship, my spirit animal is Kumin-senpai. Napping Club? Sign me up. After junior year sleep deprivation I'm all for napping. ALSO I can't forget the most hilarious part: Yuuta's little sister and Rikka's older sister. You'll know what I'm talking about when you watch it and get to those moments. 

Even though this anime was obviously a romance considering love is in the title, this is a really deep anime. The whole issue of identity and accepting yourself no matter the past you once led was really prominent throughout. Also the ending was truly beautiful about facing ourselves and how facing ourselves can lead to some interesting results that we face throughout our lives. 

Overall, this was a really cute anime that I recommend you watch if you haven't already because of the original story idea as well as the overall message