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The term was used by radio personality [[Hikaru Ijūin]] in 1999 where he described the childish aspirations of elementary school students as if it were some kind of syndrome he had contracted.<ref name="honeys">{{Cite web|url=https://honeysanime.com/chuunibyou-funny-or-something-darker/|title=Chuunibyou: Funny or Something Darker?|date=April 25, 2017|website=honeysanime.com|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="anime nation">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenation.net/blog/ask-john-what-makes-a-character-a-chuunibyou/|title=Ask John: What Makes a Character a Chuunibyou? – AnimeNation Anime News Blog|website=www.animenation.net|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> Ijūin made a statement disavowing the idea in 2009, as it had changed from a light-hearted remark to a condition that was studied seriously in psychology.<ref name="anime nation"/> In 2008, Hyōya Saegami wrote a book called {{Nihongo3||中二病取扱説明書|Chūnibyō Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ddnavi.com/news/202061/a/|title=中二病も才能のうち！？ 500人に訊いた！ マンガ家志望の"中二あるある"ランキング - ダ・ヴィンチニュース|website=ddnavi.com|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> or "Chūnibyō User Manual", in which he identifies three types of ''chūnibyō'': DQN, who act like delinquents; Subculture, who go against the [[mainstream]] trends; and Evil Eye, who aspire to have special powers.<ref name="honeys"/> |
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Revision as of 04:12, 23 April 2021
Chūnibyō (中二病) is a colloquial Japanese term typically used to describe early teens who had grandiose delusions, who desperately wants to stand out they convinced themselves with hidden knowledge or secret powers. The term was used for the light novel and anime series Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.[1][2][3][4] It translates to "second year disease (in Japanese lower secondary school)", i.e. middle-school second-year syndrome.
History
The term was used by radio personality Hikaru Ijūin in 1999 where he described the childish aspirations of elementary school students as if it were some kind of syndrome he had contracted.[5][6] Ijūin made a statement disavowing the idea in 2009, as it had changed from a light-hearted remark to a condition that was studied seriously in psychology.[6] In 2008, Hyōya Saegami wrote a book called Chūnibyō Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho (中二病取扱説明書),[7] or "Chūnibyō User Manual", in which he identifies three types of chūnibyō: DQN, who act like delinquents; Subculture, who go against the mainstream trends; and Evil Eye, who aspire to have special powers.[5]
Legacy
Literary critic Boshi Chino expressed that he would like to give the novel Don Quixote the subtitle "Chūnibyō Starting from 50 Years Old" from the vicious cycle observable within the work characterized by "the protagonist's viewing of the world through colored glasses" causing "the people around him to play along in order to avoid denying his delusions, but in the end only causing the protagonist to succumb more and more to those delusions".[8]
See also
References
- ^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (February 9, 2015). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092. Retrieved July 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Complete Collection Anime DVD Review". fandompost.com. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "So, I Just Watched Hyouka..." crunchyroll.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "Knights of Sidonia, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions and Love Live! Released Monday". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Chuunibyou: Funny or Something Darker?". honeysanime.com. April 25, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Ask John: What Makes a Character a Chuunibyou? – AnimeNation Anime News Blog". www.animenation.net. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "中二病も才能のうち！？ 500人に訊いた！ マンガ家志望の"中二あるある"ランキング - ダ・ヴィンチニュース". ddnavi.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ 千野帽子 (2009). 読まず嫌い. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-4-04-885027-8. OCLC 918252713.