{"id":772,"date":"2012-12-15T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animationrevelation.com\/readables\/?p=772"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:51:11","slug":"episodic-review-chu2-07-08-daemoncorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationrevelation.com\/readables\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"Episodic Review: Chu2 07 & 08"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYay, Summer episodes mean Summer wardrobe!<\/p>\n

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Leave it to the unassuming Kumin-senpai to knock it out of the park with her classy white outfits. Interesting to note how Nibutani mentions how old-school it is in comparison to, say, hers which isn\u2019t all that memorable. The real kicker is that Kumin would probably say something along the lines of \u201cwhat, this ol\u2019 thing?\u201d unironically if someone were to compliment her outfit. After the disaster that were the derp hats in Natsuyuki Rendezvous I almost lost all hope for hats in anime.<\/p>\n

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\nRikka\u2019s grandparents are your typical grandparents\/plot device to get the cast in the setting of a nice, big house nearby the beach. The grandma being more accepting of Rikka\u2019s syndrome in comparison to the grandpa was, like most things in the series, just too real. In general, most of the things in Chu2<\/em> seem like they had to have been based on the author\u2019s past experiences. I can\u2019t see the author being able to get into characters like Rikka and Yuuta\u2019s heads without having experienced what they\u2019re going through firsthand.<\/p>\n

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\nI can see Yuuta going because Rikka\u2019s sister made him, but the rest of the club members have absolutely no business being there except to lighten the mood, which I\u2019m grateful for. With Isshiki now part of the main cast, it\u2019s like a dream team of comedic relief is finally completed. Things felt a bit too one-sided with Kumin sleeping while Deko and Nibutani poked at each other, but Isshiki seems to have balanced all that out. So while their presence there makes no sense from a practical standpoint, it still works. And I guess you could say they tagged along because they\u2019re the only friends they\u2019ve got, for better or worse. Nibutani\u2019s occasional lines of not being the most popular among the cheerleaders seems to support this.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile Kumin wins again for best outfit in a scene, I must say I\u2019m kinda surprised that out of all the girls, Deko and Rikka ended up being the least covered up. Is the result of videogames featuring scantily clad female characters? I actually wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that was the reasoning behind it all. As a sidenote, while Rikka\u2019s beach-wear doesn\u2019t come anywhere near Kumin\u2019s, it still gives off a certain something. Dunno what, but she pulls it off.<\/p>\n

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\nSo this is the heavy-into-the-drama episode(s). I guess it was only a matter of time until an explanation for Rikka\u2019s syndrome was given. Whenever comedies try to get into a more serious story-telling mode, I feel like the only way it can be guaranteed to succeed is if they tell their serious story in a rather tongue-in-cheek manner. Otherwise, it just ends up coming out of left field and I end up not watching it no matter how good its shonen references are (I\u2019m sorry, Binbougami Ga!<\/em>). Surprisingly enough, though, Chu2<\/em> was able to handle Rikka\u2019s backstory incredibly seriously without having the episode as a whole suffer from it. This series just can\u2019t do wrong, I tell you!<\/p>\n

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\nIn addition to the variety of outfits for the cast, I was also pretty surprised that they went as far as giving different tan tones for each character after they went to the beach. Apparently Kumin just slept under the umbrella all day, if her lack of tan tells anything.<\/p>\n

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\nI know Yuuta\u2019s pretty much a part of Rikka and her wacky adventures by this point, but to have him be a part of something more serious in Rikka\u2019s life seems to up the ante, if that makes any sense. Like, helping make a club? Sure. But helping get to the roots of possible daddy issues? Dude. Yuuta. I only support this because Rikka\/Yuuta moments are just too cute for words.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd just when you thought things might get too intense, they drop some comedy in the form of falling from a second-story roof. This series!<\/p>\n

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\nWould it be considered a downgrade if the supporting cast is given scenes where they essentially play the role of the fans and just gush over Yuuta and Rikka? I say no. Again, their awkward kinda-romance is just too cute for words.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd end out the episode with the saddest visual possible. While an empty lot in the midst of a bunch of houses doesn\u2019t really make sense when you consider that the house used to be a lot itself, it does serve as a pretty depressing sight even without the context.<\/p>\n

Also, just how were Rikka and Yuuta able to bike all the way there yet have it seem like Rikka\u2019s sister wasn\u2019t waiting all that long for them? While on the topic of Touka, is she really so stubborn that she won\u2019t let Rikka and co. drive to their grandparent\u2019s place in her car? Is bus fair free in Japan? So many questions, all of them transportation related.<\/p>\n

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\nAgain, not the biggest fan of the fight scenes in the series. I mean, it makes sense to include them, but at the end of the day they just serve as nice little asides from the rest of the story. I will say, it was a nice little addition to include the house as part of Rikka\u2019s delusions this time around, though. Having it disappear once Rikka was forced to accept the truth added a nice amount of oomph to the scene that consisted mainly of domestic violence otherwise (maybe I\u2019ve grown used to American TV, but seeing kids get slapped is just weird and off-putting to me).<\/p>\n

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\nI get that the rest of the guys aren\u2019t crucial to the plot, but to have them literally just hanging out away from the plot is very… odd. It\u2019s like when you come over to a friend\u2019s house, but your friend isn\u2019t there so their parents let you in and you just awkwardly watch TV for a while. I\u2019m sure the grandparents must think of them as some kind of freeloaders. If I have any complaint about this series it\u2019s that the rest of the cast hasn\u2019t really identified themselves as being friends with Rikka and are more just there for the ride. Hopefully the final episode brings that element in.<\/p>\n

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\nDepression commercial, Chu2 style! We already got the gist of Yuuta\u2019s backstory, but having him explain it at this point was fitting. That feeling of exclusion even when you\u2019re among friends is just another of those things that this series understands.<\/p>\n

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\nKumin-senpai being home-schooled makes too much sense. Having Nibutani tell her to cut the whole cutesy thing and Kumin having no idea what she\u2019s talking about was hilarious and just further proves that Nibutani interactions are the best interactions for comedy. Also, as a dude I just have to say I find it strange that girls blow-dry their hair.<\/p>\n

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\nYuuta is essentially having a nerd\u2019s fantasy come true right now. But it\u2019s played off so effortlessly that I don\u2019t mind at all. I\u2019m sure it helps that he doesn\u2019t see Rikka in any kind of romantic light while this is happening so nothing seems too forced even when on paper it should seem that way. I mean, not only did you chase the girl to catch her train departure, but she forgot her key code to her place and has<\/em> to stay at your conveniently empty place for the night? I\u2019d hate it if any other show did it, but Chu2<\/em> just makes it work.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd just as a safety net of sorts, it was nice to have Isshiki\u2019s romantic failures juxtaposed alongside Yuuta\u2019s romantic streak. Wasn\u2019t really necessary for me, but for those not yet invested in Rikka\/Yuuta, it was a nice breather moment.<\/p>\n

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\nBut seriously, how can you not<\/em> be invested in Rikka\/Yuuta by now? It\u2019s the perfect match of syndrome-ey and ex-syndrome-ey. And once you get past Rikka\u2019s eccentricities and she starts to show her true self (oddly enough, her line about Yuuta\u2019s clothes smelling like him is probably the most normal thing she said this episode) I honestly don\u2019t know how Yuuta could resist.<\/p>\n

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\nI take it for Rikka, this was the equivalent of first base. Kinda makes you think about what second and third would be. Either way, romance is definitely blossoming. Definitely the best episode of the series so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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