Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Kirameki no... Slapstick Noel

Hey, another episode of Chuu2, isn't it cool? Yeah. Before I start, just want to let you know that I never read the light novels, and I don't really know what will happen in the aftermath, and of course, SPOILERS ALERT. So please read at your own will. (And BTW, review-virgin here, so please be kind until a good review comes out, lol) Good episode. And that's how at least I can describe it. Got rewarded for what I came for. Classical Chuu2. Had my laughs with Sanae and Nibutani, had my dokidokis with Yuuta and Rikka. But again, that's it. STORY: So we start sometime after thelast episode from season 1, with the same things going as always for the Chuu2 gang, until they decide to host a christmas party. Since no one can do it, Deko steps up and offers her house, and so the OVA goes. Aside from our favorite number 1 christmas anime cliche (accidentally drunk girls) everything went okay, giving highlight to the "femslash" (as Commie would put) and the RikkaYuuta "so close yet so far" moment. Not bashable, though, as you couldn't expect for DAT development to happen on an OVA, after all. If there are any character development let's save it for season 2, thus earning a steady 6 on my CHARACTER and another 6 on my STORY review. SOUND AND ANIMATION; since the studio animated this right after or during animating the first season, you couldn't expect the powerful Kyoto Animation to disappoint. And they didn't. Everything from the animation part was nice and it maintained the same feeling of the original work. Soundtrack was good as we expect from KyoAni, even though the return of "seizure OP" does manage to be a bother, but it's nothing too big. Pretty much an 8 for both. Should you take your time to watch it? Sure! Since you can consider it as a prequel to the second season, with Yuuta and Rikka growing together as a couple and overcoming their problems (or so as I hope it will play out). If you are someone who didn't really like the first season, you should skip it as it doesn't add much. If you didn't like the announcement of the second season and the movie, don't be mad though. As a fellow fan of these other animes I'm sure as hell Haruhi, Hyouka, FMP or even Rewrite will get their own spotlights in the future (maybe Rewrite is just a big dream? lol) Since good things and "bad things" are even, and it felt normal, I'll leave it as an 6 (fair) OVERALL and ENJOYMENT for me, since the whole episode was just an opportunity for us to see the gang again, and perhaps have a sneak peek at the future season. It was pretty nice.

This is a nice little extra episode. Slowing down after the finale, Christmas is here and the friends are trying to get Rikka and Yuuta more romantically close. They through a party for just the few of them. Things happen and mistakes are made, but in the end its just Rikka and Yuuta that control their relationship and progress at their own pace. Rikka is nervous about love and does not fully understand it and Yuuta is patient, willing to wait as long as possible to give Rikka time to understand her feelings and what she wants to do. It's a sweet episode, full oflaughter and happiness.

This short episode is the continuation of the first season of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! and after watching it you start to wonder why it wasn't just included with the rest of the season. Considering it's only one episode, I shall try to keep this review rather concise. The story progresses a tad further than the original season did, although ultimately leaving you with the feeling you were wishing for more. The character development wasn't really apparent, but then again, nothing really happens in a single episode, so I can't be too harsh on such a matter. The art is pretty impressive, and makes the overall experiencea whole lot better. The soundtrack in this single episode wasn't really striking, nor did it leave an impression, so I'd say it was rather forgetful. Overall you get exactly what you'd expect. If you enjoyed the first season, you will enjoy this as well, just don't expect anything different.

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