“Ex-chuunibyou teen tries to be normal, but eccentric girl drags him back into delusions.”
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
中二病でも恋がしたい!
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Synopsis
Ex-chuunibyou teen tries to be normal, but eccentric girl drags him back into delusions.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 269 sampled reviews
What 269 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.56 · some divergence
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.2
↓ 0.90
Running avg · Nov 2012 → Sep 2025
- 8 “Nice warm slice of life anime. Great Kyoani art style. Interesting characters Who act like children Despite their age Main female character Is cute If you have not watched this I recommend that you do”
- 8 “I love the concept because I think we all have some aspect of our past selves that we'd love to pretend didn't exist, but usually comes back to haunt us. Season 2 is a different type of enjoyable,...”
- 8 “we shut ourselves in fantasy to escape reality. Each and everyone of us has at least one fantasy that is so embarrassing to share with others. at the beginning i was so impatient; Seriously i was...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 Fall 2012
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7146 catalog
Produced by
- Lantis Producer
- Pony Canyon Producer
- TBS Producer
- Rakuonsha Producer
- Animation Do Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor