Anime Production, Starting by Healing the Audience, Section 650

Chunibyo wasn't anything frightening, and there was nothing wrong with being self-important,

because humans were selfish creatures by nature.

What was frightening wasn't chunibyo, but being limited to one's own heart and unable to see the scenery beyond

oneself, locking oneself inside a small circle and refusing to move, cutting oneself off more and more;

that was the truly frightening thing.

That was why many fans felt both heartbroken and baffled by Rikka's journey from fiercely supporting and believing in chunibyo at the beginning

to completely rejecting it in the end.

Because in the fans' eyes, Rikka really didn't need to go that far.

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In the fans' eyes, chunibyo was a personality trait, a character type on equal footing with words like "shady" and "introverted."

Chunibyo could completely be regarded as a way of life.

Wasn't it said that pretty faces were all alike, while interesting souls were rare?

A chunibyo personality wasn't necessarily so embarrassing and shameful. Setting aside those with extreme social withdrawal,

wasn't this also an interesting soul?

As long as it didn't stop someone from leaving their circle, hinder their growth, and they could recognize what

was reality and fantasize about themselves according to the situation, then chunibyo was harmless, and could

even make an ordinary life more colorful.

There was no reason to reject such chunibyo outright!

A very simple example was Sanae Dekomori. She had severe chunibyo, but that didn't stop her

from opening her heart and interacting with others. She also had her own social circle and friends.

Sanae Dekomori came from an affluent family and was a bona fide top student. Her chunibyo personality

might have seemed a little strange