Anne-Happy episodes 7-12(END)
I'm not gonna say this anime was bad, it really wasn't. However it was basically the epitome of disappointment. Through-out the entire series we are given slight glimps and hints at something maybe a little deeper. I remember people here thinking after a few episodes that we might get a School-live level twist or something sinister might be a foot, but nothing really ends up happening. All we end up knowing is that the teacher has some combat/ military training, and the school is wayyyy too well funded for what its doing. And the show acknowledges these things, but does nothing with them. Even that character whose face is hidden in the OP doesn't get properly revealed. It just feels like there was so much potential for interesting (if potentially dumb) ideas to have happen, but we get basically nothing but randomness and oddities.
Basically, if you don't wanna read the top paragraph: The dark undertones of the show go NOWHERE.
I also have issue with how, outside of Ren and Honoka, each character's "quirk" is just that. A quirk. Never expounded on. Its like you give characters traits where they can grow and have arcs and maybe make them quite interesting but, again, nothing comes about them. The whole "being in love with an illustration" thing? Nothing really changes. Getting lost? Nothing really changes. etc etc etc. The only character that seems to have any change with them (outside of some cliche tsundere stuff) is Hibari in how she see's herself. However, considering that Botan has a lot more self-hate issues that she does (and, of course, nothing about that changes as the series progresses), it feels kind of hollow as a result. Hibari's change in the series feels choppy, regardless. Rather than her gradually feeling more comfortable with herself its more just a few moments in the series where they kind of force her to see herself in a better light. Nothing really wrong with that, but considering the studio has so many opportunities to give good character development to these characters and chose not to... well... I guess I'm just kind of salty. I think more character development and maybe smarter character development would have been nice.
In the end it felt like the studio wanted to do something interesting and slightly out of left field here, but were stuck with what they had. And the show suffers for it.
I wouldn't recommend it. Watch School-live instead.
Euphonium is the savior from Chuunibyou though.
I will always maintain that Chuunibyou season 1 is legit good, and that season 2 is bad.