Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jun FukuyamaMaaya UchidaChinatsu AkasakiLeraldo AnzalduaMaggie FlecknoeMargaret McDonald
Written by
Torako
Starring
Jun FukuyamaMaaya UchidaChinatsu AkasakiLeraldo AnzalduaMaggie FlecknoeMargaret McDonald
Written by
Torako
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
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| S1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.3 | |
| S2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
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About
"Growing up hurts more than embarrassing memories"
A boy who spent middle school pretending to be a dark magician now wants a normal high school life, but a girl in his class still fully lives out her own elaborate fantasy world of hidden powers and secret identities. Their odd friendship pulls him back into the kind of imaginative nonsense he swore off. It is a sweet, occasionally melancholy romantic comedy about growing up and the embarrassment of who we used to be, carried by charming characters, visual flair, and a gentle emotional undertow beneath the silliness.
Watch it for
the tender, funny way it treats embarrassing teenage fantasies as something worth mourning, not mocking.
Maybe skip if
you find exaggerated anime quirkiness or slow-burn school romance tiresome.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12012
7.92K134h 48m
Yuta Togashi has a problem. He used to be a "chunibyo," one of the thousands of Japanese students so desperate to stand out that they've literally convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden powers. But now that he's starting high school, he's determined to put aside his delusions and face life head on. The trouble is Rikka Takanashi, his upstairs neighbor, is just a little bit delusional herself. And she knows all about his past indiscretions.
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Heart Throb2014
7.32K134h 48m
Yuta and Rikka may finally be together, but things haven’t settled down just yet! The arrival of Yuta’s childhood friend, the extra-eccentric Satone Shichimiya, is about to take this couple’s relationship from delusional to downright crazy. Not only is Satone a full-time chunibyo sufferer herself, but now she’s claiming to be Yuta’s one and only soul mate. If Yuta and Rikka want to make their relationship a reality, they’ll have to break through Satone’s fantasies first!
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jun Fukuyama Yuuta Togashi
Maaya Uchida Rikka Takanashi
Chinatsu Akasaki Shinka Nibutani
Leraldo Anzaldua Yuta Togashi
Maggie Flecknoe Shinka Nibutani
Margaret McDonald Rikka Takanashi
Azumi Asakura Kumin Tsuyuri
Sumire Uesaka Sanae Dekomori
Brittney Karbowski Sanae Dekomori
Emily Neves Kumin Tsuyuri, Additional Voices
Crew
Torako
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