Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
TV animeFilm2012–20182 seasons24 episodesOriginal: light novelTorako
As one of the thousands of Japanese students afflicted with "chunibyo," a state where they're so desperate to stand out that they've convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden powers, Yuta spent most of his middle school years living in a complete fantasy world. He's finally managing to overcome his delusions but his chunibyo have attracted the attentions of another sufferer, and she's decided that this makes him her soul mate.
After Season 2, continue with Vol. 1
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12Original: Vol. 1
- Read next
- Vol. 1light novel · Japanese · Kyoto AnimationOpens with story the anime already covered
The anime creates its own storyline and introduces Kumin and Dekomori before their appearances in the novels.
中二病でも恋がしたい！1
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Where it stops:
5 side entriesRecapOVASP ×3reading notes
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka VersionRecapRikka Version retells the first TV season from Rikka’s perspective with added scenes; it has no separate next-volume starting point.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Glimmering...Explosive Festival (Slapstick Noel)OVAThis Christmas special belongs to the first-season anime storyline and has no separately established novel continuation.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions LiteSPThese Lite web shorts tell side stories alongside the first TV season.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Depth of Field - Ai to Nikushimi GekijouSPDepth of Field is the first season’s bonus short series, rather than a separate novel continuation.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version LiteSPThis Lite bonus short accompanies Rikka Version and does not establish a separate novel continuation.
Season 2
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
- Read next
- Vol. 1light novel · Japanese · Kyoto Animation
The novels develop Yuta, Rikka and Shichimiya’s relationship differently from the second season.
中二病でも恋がしたい！1
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All 4 books from Vol. 1 to Vol. 4
- Vol. 1中二病でも恋がしたい！1Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 2中二病でも恋がしたい！2Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 3中二病でも恋がしたい！3Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 4中二病でも恋がしたい！4Buy on Amazon
Where it stops:
3 side entriesOVASP ×2reading notes
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - Heart Throb -: The Rikka Wars/ Apocalypse of the Wicked Lord Shingan RebornOVAThis unaired episode accompanies Heart Throb and has no separately established novel continuation.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - Heart Throb - LiteSPThese Lite web shorts tell side stories alongside Heart Throb.
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - Heart Throb - SpecialsSPThese bonus shorts tell side stories alongside Heart Throb.
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me
Take On Me concludes the anime’s own storyline; the four light novels tell a different version of Yuta and Rikka’s story.
Original · Light novel
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
中二病でも恋がしたい！
TorakoKyoto AnimationCompleted4 volumes
- JapaneseKyoto Animation4 volumesJun 2011 – Dec 2017
All volumes
Before you read
Suggested reading (Japanese · Kyoto Animation): Season 1 ends at Ep 12. Continue with Vol. 1. Reading notes: The anime creates its own storyline and introduces Kumin and Dekomori before their appearances in the novels.
Suggested reading (Japanese · Kyoto Animation): Season 2 ends at Ep 12. Continue with Vol. 1. Reading notes: The novels develop Yuta, Rikka and Shichimiya’s relationship differently from the second season.
The original light novel is complete in 4 volumes, according to Kyoto Animation.
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