Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

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 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 6 six-minute "Lite" episodes streamed on YouTube. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks for release in North America. A compilation animated film Rikka Version with new elements was released in September 2013. A second anime season, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-, aired between January and March 2014 and ran for 12 episodes. A second animated film -Take On Me-featuring a new story was released on January 6, 2018 that served as the finale to the anime series.

Plot
Yuuta Togashi suffered from chuunibyou while he was in middle school. When he graduated, he put that dark history behind him and forgot about it... or he was supposed to. High school was smooth sailing and full of enjoyment - until the unavoidable, sad event occurs. The event that locks Yuuta into a contract with Rikka Takanashi and disrupts his desperately ordinary life.

Official

 * Official light novel page (in Japanese)
 * Official anime site (in Japanese)
 * Official anime Twitter account: @anime_chu_2 (in Japanese)

Other Sources



 * Light novel


 * Anime