Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me

Although already a third-year high school student, Rikka Takanashi remains a chuunibyou—a "disease" that causes people to fantasize about themselves and their surroundings. Her relationship with Yuuta Togashi has also gone unchanged for the past six months, and with entrance exams right around the corner, both of them strive to enroll at the same college. However, Tooka—Rikka's elder sister—decides to take Rikka to Italy as she has found a stable job there. This unforeseen turn of events causes a commotion between the couple as neither of them want to be separated from each other. Desperate for ideas, they seek assistance from their friends, and after a brief conversation, they come up with a plan—to elope.

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me is a sensational drama featuring the couple—Yuuta and Rikka—as they journey across Japan. The two attempt to prevent Rikka from being taken to Italy, but will they be able to succeed in doing so?

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Takanashi, Rikka Main

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Dekomori, Sanae Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Togashi, Yuuta Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Nibutani, Shinka Main

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Tsuyuri, Kumin Main

Asakura, Azumi Japanese

Shichimiya, Satone Supporting

Nagatsuma, Juri Japanese

Takanashi, Touka Supporting

Sendai, Eri Japanese

Isshiki, Makoto Supporting

Hoshi, Souichirou Japanese

Togashi, Kuzuha Supporting

Fukuhara, Kaori Japanese

Togashi, Yumeha Supporting

Shitara, Mami Japanese

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Tanaka, Gou Producer

Yarimizu, Yoshifumi Assistant Producer

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Jul 18, 2018

Karhu

Recommended

Acting so cute all the time that weaker men puke. Doing weird klutz stuff at least once a minute. Generating a weird, untranslatable sound effect when ever anything happens. And showing any traces of personality is automatically out of character. The life of a moeblob is certainly not the easiest, but gladly we have friends, family, school club and the will to do the things we want.

This movie is practically identical to the anime series, offering new content and pushing the romance onward. Fans and haters will hold similar thoughts about this sequel for the given reason. Those who thought Tamako Love Story is ... the best conclusion KyoAni has ever given, will find Take On Me give them a gentle bitchslap in the face.

Our story is amazing. The daily life of Rikka and Yuuta where we run from place to another in absolutely ridiculous tempo. The movie is practically a presentation of what side-tracking means. Much like the mind of a child, the focus changes from one play to another. Our characters constantly getting interested from new things and interacting with the newly discovered, only to find something better moments later. This type of ADHD narrative holds some beauty for sure.

My favorite scene was the one where Rikka was supposed to study, but wore night goggles and ate cookies instead. If this is not how you life properly then I don't know what is. My favorite meme was Rikka failing to enter Mordor. As a person who also has found automatic doors to be my enemies, I can totally identify. My favorite explanation was Rikka's take on motion sickness. It's the devil!

There are 4 core flaws here that all made me drop my score by one:

- No date at a zoo arc
- No one drinks dr. Peter
- Deko's hair rolls didn't K.O anyone
- They didn't use the song 'Take On Me' by a-ha even once
- When Rikka brought destruction upon earth, there were no casualties
- The movie contained direct to indirect kisses in 5:1 ratio which is way too low
- The amount of Yuuta and Rikka holding hands totaled mere 16 minutes. What travesty.

I started from 11 because this thing is beyond perfect by default, and I refuse to count because math is for nerds.

I recommend this movie to intellectual people as there was a symbolic artwork in the background, The Creation of Adam. There were also countless eggies from earlier KyoAni shows, such as the stuffed animal being a character (Talking Pimp-Bird-san) from Tamako Market. I have decided to release my review with a score of a 10/10 to prove that I, indeed, understood these references.

Those who don't think this review is amazing most likely didn't yet see the movie, or my references failed. Either way, this movie is beyond happy and I especially recommend this to people who aren't because you will be after watching it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 26, 2018

Hazanka

Mixed Feelings

A lot of good ratings for a decent at best movie. I don't have the pretence to fancy myself putting together a wanna-be deep analysis, so let's keep this short and to the point.

This movie is okay. Unless your standards are pretty high or you've only got so much time to spare, this movie is pretty harmless. It's not offendedly bad, but calling it good would be a stretch. Just be sure to keep your expectations in check.

Chuunibyo was never a stellar show, its second season is allegedly crap. This movie had the foundation story-wise to transcend the overpopulated realm of the barely ... decent that its franchise has settled in, but unfortunately, it does not deliver. It had me smirking a couple of time, but that's about it. Nothing happens in a good chunk of the movie, but that shouldn't be a problem if you like the characters. Rikka is cute when she's not utterly retarded and the duo Dekomori-Shika is fun to follow. However, the visuals are really sub-bar for Kyoani, really feels like they put minimum effort.

Now if you're familiar with this show, you know how reluctant it is to develop the relationship between MC-kun and Rikka. SPOILER AHEAD. While the movie serves as some kind of conclusion, it feels more like a half-assed attempt to bring closure than a real study of the themes of the show and the characters. It's a shame really because the movie could have tackled serious questions such as " Should you/ Can you keep loving someone even when they stop being who they were ?", " How do you handle the fear of change in your life ?", "Can you really look after someone forever while expecting them to change and get better ?" ... Instead, the movie has its characters kiss twice before relapsing in their chuuni cringe-fest and calling it quits. The message, if there is such a thing, is confusing. If, by any chance, I got what they were going for right, then I'm afraid it's puerile and completely out of touch with reality.

Tl;dr : It's an okay movie, funny at times, decent at best. Watch it if you like the series, otherwise there's better stuff out there for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 31, 2018

somejackass

Not Recommended

This is the cinematic version of a "F*ck you"

The movie is a big, pretty piece of f*cking nothing. Nothing happens in the grand scheme of the Chuunibyou series. There are no themes here that aren't tackled somewhere else in this series, but the worst part of it is it dangles genuine character growth in front of you and then it spits on it and sneers at you, "How could you? How could you genuinely expect these characters to develop and change and grow? Don't you know you need to accept all the imperfections and bla bla bla"

Rikka's character arc in this movie is utterly ... ruined, because it would rather pander to it's base and keep everyone's precious status quo than possibly challenge the viewer. These characters are stuck undergoing their Sisyphean task of being the same dull characters they were in the rest of the series.

The idea of Rikka finally maturing and dealing with the adult world in a healthy way is a very interesting one, but the execution is atrocious instead choosing to romanticize her unhealthy delusions because "As long as someone encourages you delusions- I mean loves you for you are, you need not grow" She has grown past the need for these eight-grade delusions, but because the audience hasn't, she will be perpetually stuck as a mentally ill teenager.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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