Admit it! You had one too!

I was a little bored this afternoon at work and decided to do some reading, well some informational reading when I happen to cross this word: "Chuunibyou (Tag name: 中二病) is a form of mental sickness."

Ok ok... so it is something that "ahem" some of us had gone through. Taking the actual definition:

Chuunibyou (中二病), or "Middle-school 2nd Year Syndrome", is a colloquial and rather derisive term in Japan which describes a person at the age of fourteen would either act like a know-it-all adult, or thinks they have special powers no one else has. Some would even go as far as being obnoxious, arrogant, and often look down on adults or older people. This way of thinking or acting is mostly seen in teenagers during adolescence, however there are people who still act like this even after reaching adulthood. 

I would honestly admit and would not lie about it. I had gone through that phase and based from the anime that shows this "mental illness", I am banging my head on the wall knowing that some of the most embarrassing moments of my life was trying to be a hero I am not. Even at this age, I still want to be a hero for the meek and the oppressed but I don't have special powers or gadgets or resources to amass such weapons of mass destruction. And I would point out that either some of the people out there had also this weird, funny and yet embarrassing moment in their life. 

At one moment in time, I actually wanted to be like the character on the left. Bio Booster Guyver: part man, part machine, part alien but all hero.

Nice tag line...

He was a symbol of hero for me. He has no control of his power but leads him to destroying evil and worst, the evil is amongst us! I even wanted to be a cyborg at that time. Drawing schematics of an artificial arm similar to the Bionic Commando. 

Anyhow, I think I almost out grown my syndrome and decided to live a normal life where I am bound by human constraints and the ever so dying laws of humanity whereas the Government governs the masses may it be for the good or for the corrupted way. You can always dream as what they say.

I'd like to hope to hear from some people who had their chunibyou experience and somehow admit that once in their life it was kind of cool to imagine that we used to have huge imagination but as we grow, we soon realize we're just mortals. I bid the night farewell and off to see the next morning!