Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version (2013) poster
2013 · comedy · animation · drama · romance

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version

Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara1h 37m2013
ElsewhereIMDb6.4852
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Summary of the first season of the show, as seen from Rikka's perspective with new elements.

Our read · Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version (2013) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive comedy · animation · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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The shape of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version

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What watching it is actually like.

You want lighthearted anime comedy about teen delusions and budding romance.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou dislike anime tropes or want grounded realistic drama.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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