One can merely disdainfully sigh at the release of an end sequence promotion clip for “Chuunibyo demo Koi ga Shitai!” – much like the OP, the ED is everything one would anticipate from a moe-focused romance.
Watching the video, a chibi version of the already not-so-original heroine of Chuunibyo dances in her further watered down state as if to celebrate the death of creativity – all the while, there’s an upbeat albeit funnily written theme playing which sounds just as expectation would assume based on the present genre of generic highschool love story.
However, rather than concentrate on what this ED doesn’t have, and looking at what it does indeed have instead, there’s a simple patterned background, the aforementioned deformed character, and the cheery song. The background fluctuates a bit every now and then to assorted colors, shapes, or scenes – all the while, the heroine shifts between a simple dance, to typical moe gestures, to various random reactions and responses based on the setting.
Ultimately, the ED’s main point of charm is the moe factor – and this merely reaffirms previous thoughts on what the series will surround and subsequently entitle, a highschool slice of life romance, likely to be bland based on the moeblob 2.0 character designs and earlier PVs, with a moe driven mood. The ED should leave a lasting impression, and in the case of Chuunibyo, it looks to have gone the option of selling itself with its leading female – and so, those seeking more are doubtful to find it within this series.
As a relevant side-note, assume even the video is switched once the anime releases, it changes not the fact the series advertises itself in such means – and even then, the song would likely remain, and it’s a theme which goes hand-in-hand with moe.
All-in-all, this would make for a fantastic example of the term “unimpressive” in the dictionary.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 8:29 CDT
As I feared, the ED did get more boring than the OP albeit using a cheerful song that was seemingly sung by pre-schoolers
Sep 20, 2012 @ 9:18 CDT
I don’t think it’s boring. Boring would make you feel sleepy, this however made me more awake than ever
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because this just plainly annoyed the hell out of me. As bad as the video is, I wouldn’t care as much if their song was at least close to decent.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 9:42 CDT
Moeblob video to annoying music? Sounds like a plan.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 11:02 CDT
A KyoAni plan. These guys outdo themselves with every new release.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 9:44 CDT
Uh, it’s a promotional ED, the real one will be there when it broadcasts. You’re not funny or clever.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 9:49 CDT
Uh, that’s mentioned in the article.
You know what else the article says?
“As a relevant side-note, assume even the video is switched once the anime releases, it changes not the fact the series advertises itself in such means – and even then, the song would likely remain, and it’s a theme which goes hand-in-hand with moe.”
Sep 20, 2012 @ 11:24 CDT
It’s a Promotional ED. A placeholder ending, and not in the sense that it is incomplete, but that they don’t want to show the real ED yet. Plus, I can’t possibly think that KyoAni would really upload the real ending to youtube as they’ll want the CDs to sell, and just giving it away on their channel would be against the whole point.
But if that doesn’t sound convincing… The official ED is called “INSIDE IDENTITY” which is sung by the four main girls. Now, does that ~promotional~ ED sound like it is being sung by four different girls? I think not.
Sorry, but it seems you’re trying to look deep into things even though you haven’t really done a proper research.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 11:27 CDT
Did you even read what you’re replying to?
“Uh, that’s mentioned in the article.
You know what else the article says?
‘As a relevant side-note, assume even the video is switched once the anime releases, it changes not the fact the series advertises itself in such means – and even then, the song would likely remain, and it’s a theme which goes hand-in-hand with moe.’”
And if you take this moe promotional clip into account with the earlier moe driven promotional clips, as well as the lackluster character design, it seems this series is set on simply being what it labels itself as, a less than impressive moe focused highschool romance.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 11:46 CDT
Yes, I read it. You assumed the song has good chances of remaining, and I told you why it does not. Plus, you’re taking an extreme example, that could be just KyoAni joking around, as the basis of your whole post. I didn’t talk about anything else.
You shouldn’t take something like a promotional ED, or even a PV, as being a representative of the final product. And advertising has to appeal to the otaku crowd somehow. But I digress.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 11:54 CDT
My main point is the series is advertising itself in typical moe manner .
“You shouldn’t take something like a promotional ED, or even a PV, as being a representative of the final product”
Indeed, you should not – although when a series releases several promotional clips, all indicative of the same thing, with character designs further contributing, a synopsis no different, and a studio already having a background of such, then it is silly to think there’s still no hint whatsoever of what is coming. It’s very clear what one should anticipate from this series – though of course, it can always prove differing in some respects, that needn’t be said.
If you’re just ignoring all the preview material – that would be ignorant.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 12:22 CDT
The ending is boring, but i guess somehow it it cute.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 12:40 CDT
Needs more moe.
Sep 20, 2012 @ 14:16 CDT
I loved Hyouka, and their older KEY adaptations, but there doesn’t seems to be anything interesting in this OP/ED… generic and uninteresting :|
Sep 20, 2012 @ 17:49 CDT
“generic and uninteresting”
Reminds me of the series’ character designs.