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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy · 2018
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.
Movie details
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
2018 Animation · Comedy · Fantasy 1h 34m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.8 / 10
Community rating
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Tatsuya Ishihara
Written by
Jukki Hanada
Jun Fukuyama
Yūta Togashi (voice)
Maaya Uchida
Rikka Takanashi (voice)
Chinatsu Akasaki
Shinka Nibutani (voice)
Azumi Asakura
Kumin Tsuyuri (voice)
Sumire Uesaka
Sanae Dekomori (voice)
Juri Nagatsuma
Satone Shichimiya (voice)
Eri Sendai
Tooka Takanashi (voice)
Court is in session
Put Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.