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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!中二病でも恋がしたい!Chu-2 Byo demo Koi ga Shitai!Regardless of My Adolescent Delusions of Grandeur, I Want a Date!

2012 · TV · 12 eps Finished

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What is Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions about?

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions is a TV anime series of 12 episodes animated by Kyoto Animation, adapted from a light novel. It aired from October 4, 2012 to December 20, 2012. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama, romance and slice of life.

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.

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Chuunibyou, Coming of Age, Primarily Teen Cast, School, School Club, Heterosexual, Slapstick, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist.

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Main characters

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  • Yuuta Togashi 富樫勇太

    Main character

    A high school boy who used to be a delusional teen, believing himself to be the Dark Flame Master and becoming alienated from everyone as a result.

    Japanese voice: Jun Fukuyama

  • Rikka Takanashi 小鳥遊六花

    Main character

    Rikka Takanashi is an active Chuunibyou, who still has the syndrome. Her delusional syndrome involves her right eye which she calls her "Wicked Eye," which, according to her, wields darkness tamed by the power of a pure heart.

    Japanese voice: Maaya Uchida

  • Shinka Nibutani 丹生谷森夏

    Main character

    A beautiful girl in Yuuta's class. Shinka is Yuuta's classmate and class representative, who is also a cheerleader. One of the most popular girls in the class due to her looks, she is generally thought of a kind and gentle girl.

    Japanese voice: Chinatsu Akasaki

  • Sanae Dekomori 凸守早苗

    Main character

    Sanae is an underclassman to the rest of the club members. She, like Rikka, is a Chuunibyou. She claims that she is Rikka's servant and wants to take her master's place. Her "power" is Mjolnir, a pair of hair nunchucks. Despite being a Chuunibyou, she is top in her class.

    Japanese voice: Sumire Uesaka

  • Kumin Tsuyuri 五月七日くみん

    Main character

    Kumin is Yuuta's chill and carefree senpai who loves adventures, cats, and pillows. Spends most of the time in the club room napping. She adores any chuunibyous and once said that it would've been fun to have some delusions herself.

    Japanese voice: Azumi Asakura

  • Makoto Isshiki 一色誠

    Main character

    Yuuta's classmate and friend. He created a "cutie poll" which ranked all the girls in class in terms of cuteness. However, because of this, his head was shaved into a crew cut. Later on he joins Rikka's club and develops a crush on Kumin.

    Japanese voice: Souichirou Hoshi

Supporting characters

  • Narrator ナレーター

    Supporting character

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    Japanese voice: Houchuu Ootsuka

  • Yumeha Togashi 富樫夢葉

    Supporting character

    Yumeha is Yuuta's youngest sister.

    Japanese voice: Mami Shitara

  • Kuzuha Togashi 富樫樟葉

    Supporting character

    Kuzuha is Yuuta Togashi's younger sister who is in the first year of junior high school. She knows Yuuta very well, especially how he acted during his Chuunibyou days in middle school as Dark Flame Master, though she always considered him embarrassing.

    Japanese voice: Kaori Fukuhara

  • Touka Takanashi 小鳥遊十花

    Supporting character

    Older sister to Rikka Takanashi. According to Rikka, she is the alleged powerful and overseeing Priestess of the Deep Horizon. She uses a ladle as a weapon against Rikka's crazy antics. She works as a cook.

    Japanese voice: Eri Sendai

  • Nanase Tsukumo 九十九七瀬

    Supporting character

    Yuuta and Rikka's homeroom teacher, who is often kind, if sometimes a little sadistic in teasing her students, particularly Rikka. She is called Nana-chan by Yuuta and Rikka.

    Japanese voice: Kikuko Inoue

  • Chimera きめら

    Supporting character

    Throughout the series she is seen wearing pink angel wings with a snake attached to them. Touka Takanashi is allergic to cats and refuses to let Chimera to be near her.

  • Togashi no Haha 勇太の母

    Supporting character

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    Japanese voice: Yuri Amano

  • Takanashi no Sofu タカナシの祖父

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    Japanese voice: Hiroshi Naka

  • Takanashi no Sobo タカナシの祖母

    Supporting character

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    Japanese voice: Sumako Nomura

  • Takanashi no Haha 六花の母

    Supporting character

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    Japanese voice: Junko Iwao

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