[Huh. That's a better reaction than he expected... Perhaps that title wasn't as inaccurate as he thought?]

Indeed, but the behavior it describes is not exclusive to my country or students. To make an arguable example of a literary work, Don Quixote could be classified as a Chuuni on account of believing he was a knight errant on a noble quest. The character did possess a lot of self-righteousness to the chagrin of his neighbors, if I'm not mistaken...