Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy

Well OH well, is this another outing for Chuunibyou in awhile. But for the most part, this felt like a mix of the popular KyoAni's take of the Chuunibyou series with "Daily Lives of Highschool Boys" for a combination of some "over-the-top" shenanigans with decent execution but all in all, a good stress-reliever of a show. To give some context, coming from an unrecognized novel, and then converted to a Vocaloid song (which is quite immensely popular) can be said about the origins of this show, that's where the OP comes about, and I'd have to say that while I'm not a fan of Vocaloid music(other than that Actors one which was terrible), this one was quite the funny boner, and a good one to listen to on its own (while the Vocaloid one is immensely better downright). In this show, all I'd have to say is to expect the unexpected, even if it's predictable by a long mile. Getting to knows the characters (which at first glance, looks like Power Rangers or some other many-members group) takes awhile to get used to their different "codenames" and weird antic personalities (please read the synopsis, all info is there). In summary, getting the normie straight boy (OR girl in this case, the lone female MC Mizuki Hijiri) to face the chuunibyou-centric Hero Club is quite the predicament that absolutely no one wants to face, even if the normal life is what she desires (having normal friends and such in school). Overtime, as it turns out, this "curse" that she was indirectly involved with the Hero Club from the start, subseqeuently turns out to be a blessing in disguise as she begins to converse with each of the different chuunibyou personalities that these boys have. And spending time with them certainly cause a lot of hijinks that the "other powers" (a.k.a the Student Council) would try to prevail in almost every situation, but also, having someone contribute to others' wellbeing is also part of the Hero Club's missions, so much so that having fun together in contribution is half the battle won! Expertise builds experience, and getting others to echo that influence is the other half won, and it's absurdly funny to see how that puts a refreshing touché into the Chuunibyou complex (at least for this show). Obviously, to make this show crazily "outlandish" as it looks, having Studio Deen do this isn't out of their reach (as is done with KonoSuba and Hozuki's Coolheadedness), and it shows. With such a low budget to attend to, the art and animation itself can be said as the average layman's production standards for the studio itself, that while this show can't be compared to said series and the school-set comedy itself having a lot to desire of, it is by no way the lower eschelon standards of it being bad. In fact, I'd go to say that it is better than expected of Studio Deen itself, the production staff giving this a tad bit of push. Nice job done. As stated, the OP song itself is pretty much the inspiration for the anime adaptation, and by Vocaloid standards (of which there are a heck ton), this is passable, but to the credit of the chuunibyou boys' VAs who did a fine job. The ending by Tomoki Takashima's VA was quite the surprise though, such a nice ending to wrap it all up every episode. And as expected, all those cynically-tuned background music gave the show a charm all on its own, not great but not bad either. Every seasonal will always have its fair share of "underrated or overrated" shows, and while I'd say that this show breaks neither banks nor statuses, it is a concept that we've seen all too well and pass it off as a generic one (heck, that was IMO for the 3-episode rule). Overall, if you'd like to chill out to some chuunibyou-based shenangians that are not worth the exposition but the experience, this show will do.

In the beginning it was quite cringey that I actually stopped watching after ep 1. But I'm really glad I gave it another shot! By ep 4 I was already rolling on the floor laughing. In the end, I got attached to the characters really well that I wanted to watch more. I love the character growth I've seen through the episodes. Noda is very amusing to watch he's like a blue, hyper version of Deku lol (doesn't surprise me since they have the same voice actor). Overall, I really enjoyed it. The comedy is indeed gold in this. I've always wondered why it wasn't very popularbut the general reviews are positive. Well, it deserves the praise it's getting!

As a huge fan of Volcaloid, you could say that watching Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy was pretty much mandatory for me. However, did it live up to my expectations? Of course not. It's an overall OK run of the mill slice of life/comedy show. It features a cast of characters in the "hero Club," reminiscent of the Sket Dance club. Is it better than Sket Dance? Yes, but that's also just my opinion. Sket Dance and Chuubyou have a pretty similar concept and plot, but honestly, Chuubyou executes a bit better than Sket Dance did. Not to say that this show was great, but Sket Dance wasjust kind of bad in my opinion. Compared to Sket Dance, Chuubyou kind of has better character development and characters in general, I guess. However, I digress. Onto the review. The show has a total of three or so pretty well defined story arcs. One is the introduction to the characters, the next is just general club activity, and the last is the "conclusion" of the show. If I'm being honest, the introduction to the characters was not bad. Despite having some cringy archetypal characters introduced, it's honestly presented in a manner which makes it watchable. A few episodes in and I realized that if they keep on going this route, this show will just be filled with reused jokes about the archetypal character traits of each person. However, contrary to my beliefs, the story takes kind of a drastic turn in terms of story arcs. It focuses a lot more on the actual club activity, rather than having the character's chuunibyou personalities running the show. This was definitely the move. I felt like the show was a lot more fresh as a result. Club activites were pretty alright, which is basically my entire review of the series: alright. Everything is super normal, kind of even bland, you could say. Even the conclusion arc felt really basic. This anime really just uses your average bread and butter club activity anime formula to the greatest extent. And not to say that the formula is bad, or the execution was bad. It just was OK. Just your standard sort of crisis to the club, and the resolution. I watched to the end. You could say that I definitely did not need to watch this. And you really shouldn't either, unless you have a lot of free time. There's absolutely nothing very redeemable or unique about this show. There are super archetypal characters with chuunibyou done a lot better than I thought, but it's still just average. The transition into general club activity is great, and makes the show watchable, but just watchable. The conclusion is just a conclusion. Probably the weakest of the three arcs, but it's still OK. Makes sense at least.

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