Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions | |
Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Yūta (left) and Rikka (right)
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中二病でも恋がしたい! (Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!) |
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| Genre | Drama, Romantic comedy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Torako |
| Illustrated by | Nozomi Ōsaka |
| Published by | Kyoto Animation |
| Original run | June 1, 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Original net animation | |
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Produced by | Eharu Oohashi Shigeru Saitō Shinichi Nakamura |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Nijine |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 27, 2012 – November 1, 2012 |
| Runtime | 6 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Produced by | Eharu Oohashi Shigeru Saitō Shinichi Nakamura |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Nijine |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, Animax, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 4, 2012 – December 19, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | June 19, 2013 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijō-ban Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Released | September 14, 2013 |
| Runtime | 96 minutes |
| Original net animation | |
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- Lite | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Nijine |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | December 26, 2013 – March 13, 2014 |
| Runtime | 4 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Produced by | Eharu Oohashi Shigeru Saitō Shinichi Nakamura |
| Written by | Jukki Hanada |
| Music by | Nijine |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11, Animax |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 8, 2014 – March 26, 2014 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
| Studio | Kyoto Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 17, 2014 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (中二病でも恋がしたい! 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.
Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, suffered from "chūnibyō" (called "eighth grader syndrome" in the English dub), believing that he possessed supernatural powers and calling himself the "Dark Flame Master", therefore alienating himself from his classmates. Finding his past embarrassing, Yūta attempts to start off high school where he does not know anyone, free from his old delusions. This proves to be difficult, however, as a delusional girl in his class, Rikka Takanashi, learns of Yūta's past and becomes interested in him.
As the plot progresses, Rikka becomes more attached to Yūta, who, despite finding her delusions irritating and embarrassing, accepts her. He helps Rikka with a number of things, including founding and maintaining her club and tutoring her. When he joins her on her summer vacation, Yūta learns that two years prior, Rikka's father, to whom she was very close, died unexpectedly due to a terminal illness, causing her to fall into her delusions. After Yūta agrees to help Rikka search for the "Ethereal Horizon" (不可視境界線 Fukashi Kyōkaisen?), which she believes will lead her to her father, she becomes romantically interested in him and vice versa.
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