Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (2012)

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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.

Released Oct. 4, 2012 Episode 24 min 14+

Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: School, Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.romance, tmdb.slice-of-life, tmdb.school, tmdb.anime, tmdb.school-club, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray + 51 more, imdb.eye-patch, imdb.sister-sister-relationship, imdb.young-love, imdb.high-school, imdb.school-club, imdb.love-triangle, imdb.trauma, imdb.heterochromia, imdb.grief, imdb.teenager, imdb.school-uniform, imdb.fantasies, imdb.imagination, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.death-of-father, tmdb.based-on-light-novel, imdb.chuunibyou, imdb.parody-comedy, imdb.primarily-teen-cast, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.parody, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.slapstick-comedy, imdb.teen-comedy, imdb.primarily-female-cast, imdb.heterosexual, imdb.slapstick, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.literature-on-screen, imdb.based-on-light-novel, imdb.teen-romance, imdb.slice-of-life-anime-animation, imdb.high-school-freshman, imdb.girl-wears-an-eye-patch, imdb.romantic-comedy, imdb.boy-meets-girl, imdb.slice-of-life, imdb.school, imdb.love, imdb.school-life, imdb.grandiose-delusions, imdb.love-comedy, imdb.coming-of-age-comedy, imdb.falling-in-love, imdb.exclamation-in-title, tmdb.adolescence, tmdb.japanese-high-school, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.psychological-drama, mdblist.anime-dub

Watch Providers: Hidive Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Kyoto Animation, Pony Canyon, Lantis, TBS

Network: Tokyo MX

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb 4497

7.4

/6121/

Trakt

/799/

TMDb

/407/

MAL

7.7

/821534/

Tatsuya Ishihara
Director

Jun Fukuyama
Yūta Togashi (voice)

Maaya Uchida
Rikka Takanashi (voice)

Azumi Asakura
Kumin Tsuyuri (voice)

Chinatsu Akasaki
Shinka Nibutani (voice)

Juri Nagatsuma
Satone Shichimiya (voice)

Kikuko Inoue
Nanase Tsukumo (voice)

Soichiro Hoshi
Makoto Isshiki (voice)

Sumire Uesaka
Sanae Dekomori (voice)

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S0E1 - Volleyball

With Rikka refusing to take off her eyepatch, Yuta attempts to train her in playing volleyball to compensate for her lack of depth perception.

Sept. 27, 2012, midnight

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S0E2 - The Dawn of the Wicked Eye

In middle school, Rikka's friend Tomo has to deal with Rikka's slow descent into delusion.

Oct. 4, 2012, midnight

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S0E3 - My Older Brother

Yuta's younger sister Kuzuha deals with her brother during his chūnibyō phase.

Oct. 11, 2012, midnight

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S0E4 - We'll Make Meat and Potato Stew!

Yūta's little sister Yumeha goes with Rikka to shop for cooking ingredients.

Oct. 18, 2012, midnight

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S0E5 - The Sleeping After School Beauty

Kumin talks about her hobby of sleeping and her observations of the other club members.

Oct. 25, 2012, midnight

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S0E6 - Dekomori vs. Nibutani

Shinka and Sanae get into a heated water balloon fight against each other.

Nov. 1, 2012, midnight

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S0E7 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Phase I

Dec. 19, 2012, midnight

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S0E8 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Phase II

Jan. 16, 2013, midnight

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S0E9 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Phase III

Feb. 20, 2013, midnight

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S0E10 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Phase IV

March 20, 2013, midnight

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S0E11 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Phase V

April 17, 2013, midnight

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S0E12 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Last Phase

May 15, 2013, midnight

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S0E13 - Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater Extra Phase

June 19, 2013, midnight

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S0E14 - Sparkling... Slapstick Noel

With Christmas fast approaching, Rikka and Nibutani plan a Christmas party at Sanae's Mansion after Makoto's suggestion. Chaos ensues at the party as Rikka and Yuta continue exploring their burgeoning relationship.

June 19, 2013, midnight

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S0E16 - Lite 2: An Infection Called a Stye, a Hordeolum, or Perhaps Just Beauty

In the clubroom, Yūta Togashi deals with Rikka Takanashi, who puts on a second eyepatch on her left eye after she gets infected with a stye, making her spatially blind. The other girls listen from the outside when Yūta tries to apply eye drops into Rikka's infected left eye.

Jan. 16, 2014, midnight

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S0E17 - Lite 3: Tyrant's Eye - Before the Storm

One day in junior high school, Tomo was roped into helping Rikka develop her apparent abilities. Rikka used Zener cards to test clairvoyance and determined the gender of who entered the classroom to test foresight, both with negative results.

Jan. 30, 2014, midnight

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S0E18 - Lite 4: Dekomori VS Nibutani 2

In the clubroom, Yūta, Kumin, and Makoto Isshiki witness Shinka and Sanae Dekomori playing a game of Old Maid. After ten minutes, the game reaches a climax, in which the last card is torn in half due to Sanae refusing to hand it over to Shinka, thus they both lose and continue to bicker on their way home on a rainy day.

Feb. 13, 2014, midnight

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S0E19 - Lite 5: My Brother 3 - Camp

Kuzuha Togashi deals with Yūta during his chūnibyō persona during a camping trip. While going to fetch water at a nearby stream, Yūta protects Kuzuha from chestnuts on the ground. The rest of the family later enjoys a meal of curry, but Kuzuha notices that Yūta is sitting by the campfire with a block of meat.

Feb. 27, 2014, midnight

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S0E20 - Lite 6: Summoning an Archangel

In the past, Shinka and Satone Shichimiya spent a day with their two friends attempting to summon an archangel via summoning circle. The paper vessel ended up flying up in the sky due to the wind. In the present, Satone tells this story to Kumin in the clubroom, which embarrasses Shinka.

March 13, 2014, midnight

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S0E21 - My Brother 2 (Movie Special)

Feb. 19, 2014, midnight

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S0E22 - Heated Table Series: Shiritori

The girls play a game of Shiritori at the Kotatsu, a Japanese word game where each player must say a word starting with the final kana of the previous word. But one of the girls plays dirty

March 19, 2014, midnight

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S0E23 - Heated Table Series: Bun Discussion

The girls try to guess what Dekomori uses as weights in her Mjolnir Hammer buns

April 16, 2014, midnight

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S0E24 - Heated Table Series: Dekomori's Wife

Mori Summer wants to talk about love, but with Rikka the only one with a love interest & her not having much to say about it the tables turn to Dekomori. Mori Summer is surprised to discover that Deko has something to contribute to the discussion of love aside from her love for her Master

May 21, 2014, midnight

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S0E25 - Heated Table Series: Nabe Lecture

The girls discuss their favorite types of Hot Pot.

June 18, 2014, midnight

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S0E26 - All Time All Places on the Beach

At the beach, Rikka, Shinka, Kumin, and Sanae play a second round of the game of word chains. Wanting to avenge her previous loss to Shinka, Rikka struggles in naming "cool fruits".

July 16, 2014, midnight

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S0E27 - A Wandering Chimera

At the apartment, Rikka tries to figure out with Yūta Togashi and Kuzuha Togashi as to why their pet cat Chimera has gained weight even after giving birth. They soon learn that Satone Shichimiya and Tōka Takanashi have each been secretly feeding Chimera behind their backs.

Aug. 20, 2014, midnight

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S0E28 - Supplementary Lesson in the Clubroom

After failing her English pop quiz, Rikka takes a supplementary lesson from Nanase Tsukumo in the clubroom, while Yūta, Shinka, Kumin, Sanae, and Makoto Isshiki take watch. Nanase even implements the use of "translating" the name of Rikka's umbrella, Schwarz Sechs Perfect Customize Guerzoniansus, into the supplementary lesson.

Sept. 17, 2014, midnight

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S0E29 - Apocalypse of the Wicked Lord Shingan Reborn

Problems arise for Yuta and Rikka after Makoto gives Yuta a USB containing pictures of an idol that he had a crush on in middle school. After Rikka asks Yuta to return the stick, he secretly keeps it and Rikka finds after sneaking into his room.

Sept. 17, 2014, midnight