Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!

***Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions*** (Japanese: 中二病でも恋がしたい!, Hepburn: *Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!*, "Even with Eighth Grader Syndrome, I Want to Be in Love"), also known as *Chū-2* for short, is a Japanese light novel series written by Torako, with illustrations provided by Nozomi Ōsaka. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2010, leading the company to assume its publication starting in June 2011.

A 12-episode anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012, with six six-minute *Lite* episodes streamed on YouTube. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks for release in North America. An animated film was released in September 2013, and a second anime season, *Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-*, aired between January and March 2014. A second animated film featuring a new story, *Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me* was released in 2018.

## Synopsis

### Season 1:

Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans. They might go as far as seeing themselves capable of wielding mystical powers, or maybe even believe themselves to have descended from a fantasy realm. This "disease" is known as "chuunibyou" and is often the source of some of the most embarrassing moments of a person's life.

For Yuuta Togashi, the scars that his chuunibyou has left behind are still fresh. Having posed as the "Dark Flame Master" during his middle school years, he looks back at those times with extreme embarrassment, so much so that he decides to attend a high school far away where nobody will recognize him. Putting his dark history behind him, he longs to live a normal high school life.

Unfortunately, he hasn't escaped his past yet: enter Rikka Takanashi, Yuuta's new classmate and self-declared vessel of the "Wicked Eye." As this eccentric young girl crashes into Yuuta's life, his dream of an ordinary, chuunibyou-free life quickly crumbles away. In this hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who just wants to leave his embarrassing memories behind, the delusions of old are far from a thing of the past.

### Season 2:

Due to various events, Yuuta and Rikka are living together. This secret co-habitation is so exciting for the two lovebirds! Or so it should be...

Is having a chuuni girlfriend too high of a hurdle for Yuuta, who never even went out with a normal girl?! Yuuta worries about how to advance his relationship with Rikka. And then everyone else, Nibutani, Kumin, and Dekomori, have powered up by advancing a grade. Furthermore, the cause of his chuunibyou outburst in middle school, the girl who calls herself Sophia Ring Saturn the 7th, Satone Shichimiya appears...

This is the long-awaited second season of the adolescent romantic comedy revolving around chuunibyou that makes you laugh and cry.

## MAL Info:

Score:(Season 1) 7.78; (Season 2) 7.56

Ranked:(Season 1) #860; (Season 2) #1397

Popularity:(Season 1) #72; (Season 2) #225

Studios: Kyoto Animation

Source:Light novel

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers: Lantis, Pony Canyon, TBS, Rakuonsha, Animation Do