I've probably already said this before, but a gateway drug into anime bullshit philosophy. Art is hype, plot is hype, "plot" is hype, fights are hype, romance is hype, the only thing that isn't hype is the L- lemonade, yeah, that. It's played for laughs though, at his expense.
Arararagi been smoking that good stuff, but he ain't the most mentally sound so not everything's the fun kind of crazy, and that continues into the rest of the series, so if there's something that turns you off here, its by and large still gonna be there 5 books down the line.