Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me

This was just beautiful! It is an amusing, sweet, pretty, and emotional romantic comedy. I adored the first season of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! anime series, which was incredibly funny with amazing characters and a lovely storyline about people with great imaginations who prefer to live in their fantasy world as it protects them from the real world out there. In addition, they nailed the portrayal of the romantic relationship, although the second season of the anime series featured the romantic relationship stuff more than the comedy, which I did not like... However, it really works in the movie! It is light-hearted and playful at the beginning, and then gradually becomes more dramatic and serious, ending with a superbly emotional and romantic conclusion that melted my heart just like processed cheese left out in the sun for a long time. Admittedly, I could probably criticize it if I wanted to like it is basically just an ordinary road-trip movie, or that I have seen this type of narrative regarding young people going off to discover who they really are or the power of love before. I could also criticize this movie because its message that true love is unconditional, and we have to love someone with all their quirks (or perhaps because of them) is kind of overkill too --- however, I am going to pass over that as this movie works for me. I lapped up everything the movie’s creators threw at me, really enjoyed the fun way Dekomori and "Mori Summer" interacted, drank up the romantic relationship going on between the main male protagonist and the impossibly cute Rikka, and found the way it ends incredibly fulfilling and enjoyable. In conclusion, even if I tried to deny it, there is a romantic soul hidden deep down inside of me somewhere and it adores such narratives. I am completely satisfied - 9.5/10. (06/08/2018)