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{{Short description|Japanese light novel series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name      = Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
| image     = Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption   = Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Yūta (left) and Rikka (right)
| ja_kanji  = 中二病でも恋がしたい!
| ja_romaji = Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!
| genre     = [[Romantic comedy]]<ref name="australia"/><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type        = light novel
| author      = Torako
| illustrator = [[Nozomi Ōsaka]]
| publisher   = [[Kyoto Animation]]
| imprint     = KA Esuma Bunko
| demographic = Male
| first       = June 1, 2011
| last        = December 4, 2017
| volumes     = 4
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{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title   = Anime
| content =
*''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions]]'' (2012–2014)
*''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Rikka Version]]'' (2013)
*''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me]]'' (2018)
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{{Nihongo|'''''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!'''''|中二病でも恋がしたい!|Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!|"Even with [[Chūnibyō|Eighth Grader Syndrome]], I Want to Be in Love"|lead=yes}}, also known as ''Chū-2'' for short, is a Japanese [[light novel]] series written by Torako, with illustrations provided by [[Nozomi Ōsaka]]. The work won an honorable mention in the [[Kyoto Animation]] Award competition in 2010, leading the company to assume its publication starting in June 2011. The series follows a high school boy named Yūta Togashi, who tries to discard his embarrassing past [[grandiose delusions]], until he meets a girl named Rikka Takanashi, who exhibits her own signs of [[Chūnibyō|Eighth Grader Syndrome]]. As their relationship progresses, Yūta and Rikka form a club called the Far East Magical Napping Society Summer Thereof with classmates Shinka Nibutani, Kumin Tsuyuri, and Sanae Dekomori, who each have their own unique delusional behaviors.

A 12-episode [[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)|anime adaptation]] by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012, with six six-minute ''Lite'' episodes streamed on [[YouTube]]. The anime is licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]] for release in North America. An animated film was released in September 2013, and a second anime season, ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-'', aired between January and March 2014. A second animated film featuring a new story, ''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me]]'' was released in 2018.

==Plot==
[[File:Old Kaigake Elementary School ac (1).jpg|thumb|left|The former Kyu Kaikage Elementary School in [[Hino, Shiga]], used as a model for Icho Private High School]]
Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, suffered from "[[chūnibyō]]", believing that he possessed supernatural powers and calling himself the "Dark Flame Master", therefore alienating himself from his classmates. Finding his past embarrassing, Yūta attempts to start off high school where he does not know anyone, free from his old delusions. This proves to be difficult, however, as a delusional girl in his class, Rikka Takanashi, learns of Yūta's past and becomes interested in him.

As the plot progresses, Rikka becomes more attached to Yūta, who, despite finding her delusions irritating and embarrassing, accepts her. He helps Rikka with a number of things, including founding and maintaining her club and tutoring her. The club in question, the "Far-East Magical Napping Society – Summer Thereof", also includes current chūnibyō Sanae Dekomori; former chūnibyō Shinka Nibutani; and the constantly sleeping Kumin Tsuyuri. When Yūta joins Rikka on her summer vacation, Yūta learns that two years prior, Rikka's father, to whom she was very close, died unexpectedly due to a terminal illness, causing her to fall into her delusions. After Yūta agrees to help Rikka search for the {{Nihongo|"Ethereal Horizon"|不可視境界線|Fukashi Kyōkaisen}}, which she believes will lead her to her father, she becomes romantically interested in Yūta and vice versa.

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Yūta Togashi}}|富樫 勇太|Togashi Yūta}}
:{{voiced by|[[Jun Fukuyama]]|[[Leraldo Anzaldua]]<ref name="eng cast">{{cite press release|url=http://www.sentai-filmworks.com/news/official-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-english-dub-cast-list |title=Official Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! English Dub Cast List |work=[[Sentai Filmworks]] |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174637/http://www.sentai-filmworks.com/news/official-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-english-dub-cast-list |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>}}
: The narrator of the light novels, Yūta is a first-year high school student who used to be delusional, calling himself the "Dark Flame Master" while in junior high and becoming alienated from everyone as a result. He attempts to bury his past by enrolling in a high school far away from his junior high classmates. However, after encountering Rikka, his past delusions come back to haunt him. He ends up joining Rikka's club and becomes friends with Rikka's cohorts as well as school beauty Shinka Nibutani.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} He and Rikka eventually become closer and start dating.{{volume needed|date=December 2019}} In the anime film, Yūta gives Rikka a ring to show "proof" that he will stay by her side. He and Satone Shichimiya were also classmates in junior high and she was the one who inspired him to become the "Dark Flame Master".{{Ref|LN|LN 2}} A [[running gag]] throughout the anime is that he is constantly shown "bonking" Rikka on the head with his hands or any other object, though it's never violent in any way.
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Rikka Takanashi}}|小鳥遊 六花|Takanashi Rikka}}
:{{voiced by|[[Maaya Uchida]]|[[Margaret McDonald (voice actor)|Margaret McDonald]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
:Rikka is Yūta's classmate and neighbor residing above Yūta's apartment. She is an intensely delusional girl who believes herself to possess a {{Nihongo|"Wicked Eye"|邪王真眼|Jaō Shingan|lit. Tyrant's Eye of Truth}}, and as such always wears a [[Eyepatch|medical patch]] over her right eye and wrapped bandages around her left arm, though she has no injuries to either. Despite being quite attached to Yūta, she is cautious of strangers and adopts a battle pose whenever she meets someone for the first time. Her fantasy weapon of choice is a frilly parasol which she wields as a sword. For her delusional operations, she often dresses in a mostly-black gothic dress. At school, she wears a uniform with a frilly skirt, long black knee socks, and shoes that sometimes function as [[roller shoes]]. She is also rather clumsy, often tripping over and forgetting things.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} The origin of her delusions come from her father's death three years prior, where she was forced to live with her father's family until she moved in with her sister.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 7–8}}{{volume needed|date=December 2019}} They also come from Yūta himself, when she saw Yūta in his delusional phase at the balcony above Yūta's apartment.{{volume needed|date=December 2019}}{{clarify-inline|reason=I thought it was because of her father's death?|date=December 2019}} Although initially finding each other annoying and unreliable, they eventually develop feelings for one another and start dating, but Rikka's delusions appear to keep their relationship from progressing.{{volume needed|date=December 2019}} A [[running gag]] in the series is that she visits Yūta by climbing down a balcony with a rope.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Shinka Nibutani}}|丹生谷 森夏|Nibutani Shinka}}
:{{voiced by|[[Chinatsu Akasaki]]|[[Maggie Flecknoe]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
: Shinka is Yūta's classmate who is one of the most popular girls in the class. She is the class representative and a member of the cheerleading club. She wears a hairclip on her bangs. Although she is generally thought of a kind and gentle girl, Shinka is later revealed to be a former ''chūnibyō'' by the name of {{nihongo|Morisummer|モリサマー|Morisamā}}<!-- Netflix English captions shows this as one word --> and had also chosen a different high school from her previous classmates to escape her past.{{Volume needed|date=December 2019}} In the anime series, when she learns Sanae is in possession of the ''Mabinogion'', a blog penned by Shinka during her chūnibyō phase, she joins Rikka's school club in order to try and retrieve it, but gives up when she learns that Sanae has kept multiple backup copies.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 4}} When out of the public eye, Shinka shows her true nature to be bit more bitter and easily irritable, particularly when dealing with Sanae,{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}} but they eventually care for each other{{Ref|Episode|S1 Ep. 11, OVA}} and she's genuinely a kind-hearted person who loves and cares about her friends, and she will help them if needed.{{Ref|Episode|S1 Ep. 9-12, S2}} She later quits the cheerleading club to focus more on making herself popular.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 9}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Kumin Tsuyuri}}|五月七日 くみん|Tsuyuri Kumin}}
:{{voiced by|[[Azumi Asakura]]|[[Emily Neves]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
: An anime original character, Kumin is a carefree girl who is a year above Yūta and the others. She loves sleeping and often carrying around a pillow (or many) with her wherever she goes. In one extreme case, she is even shown sleeping in a full futon on school grounds.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 2-3}} Having been home-schooled before high school, she is very sheltered and conservative, lending her an old-fashioned ladylike demeanor which Makoto finds attractive.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 7}} Her own "Nap Club" is integrated into Rikka's social group for lack of members.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3}} She earnestly attempts to understand Rikka and Sanae's delusional fantasies. She has a tendency to [[Somniloquy|sleep-talk]]. She is also quite fond of cats and often naps curled up like a cat.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Sanae Dekomori}}|凸守 早苗|Dekomori Sanae}}
:{{voiced by|[[Sumire Uesaka]]|[[Brittney Karbowski]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
: An anime original character, Sanae is Rikka's best friend. She is a third-year junior high student who has very long blonde elastic [[Bunches|twintails]] that often prove to be more of a hindrance than a help. Like Rikka, she is extremely delusional and often indulges in fantasy with her.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3}} However, unlike Rikka, she is a superb student who is at the top of her class and has already completed the entire junior-high mathematics curriculum.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}} She owns several copies of a spell book which is the remaining evidence of Shinka's delusional days. She is often at odds with Shinka, whom she does not believe to be the real Morisummer.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 4}} In the Japanese dub, she often ends her sentences with 'desu', emphasizing it to make it sound more like 'death'.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 3}} She dislikes milk and dairy products, even though she will attempt to drink it in order to grow taller.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5-7}} She is aware that her delusions are nothing more than delusions.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 11}} She comes from a very rich family and tends to behave normally around her classmates.{{episode needed|date=December 2019}} She later promotes to the high school where Yūta and friends are studying.{{episode needed|date=December 2019}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Makoto Isshiki}}|一色 誠|Isshiki Makoto}}
:{{voiced by|[[Sōichirō Hoshi]]|[[Greg Ayres]]}}
: Makoto is Yūta's classmate who sits behind him and often analyzes the other girls in the class.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} He joins the Light Music Club so he could be with girls and attract their attention by carrying about his guitar, though he does not seem to have learned how to play it.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} Fond of his thick hair after being forced to wear it short for sports activities for the last three years, he is forced to have his head shaved once more when his notebook containing the "Cutie Poll" of the girls in his class is discovered.{{volume needed|date=December 2019}}{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 6}} In the anime, he develops a crush on Kumin after she becomes fond of petting his [[buzz cut]] hair.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 6-7}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Kuzuha Togashi}}|富樫 樟葉|Togashi Kuzuha}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kaori Fukuhara]]|[[Monica Rial]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
:Kuzuha is Yūta's younger sister who is in the first year of junior high school.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}} She is mature for her age.{{cn|date=December 2019}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Yumeha Togashi}}|富樫 夢葉|Togashi Yumeha}}
:{{voiced by|Mami Shitara|Ashley Miller<ref name="eng cast"/> (season 1) (English), [[Emily Neves]] (season 2)}}
:Yumeha is Yūta's youngest sister, aged five.<ref name="char">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/chuunibyo/character/|title = トップページ}}</ref> She finds Yūta's prior fantasy antics intriguing, often refers to them as "cool" and admires or idolizes Rikka.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Nanase Tsukumo}}|九十九 七瀬|Tsukumo Nanase}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Kikuko Inoue]]|[[Carli Mosier]]<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
:Yūta 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 Yūta and Rikka.{{Ref|LN|LN 1}}<ref name="char"/>
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Satone Shichimiya}}|七宮 智音|Shichimiya Satone}}
:{{voiced by|[[Juri Nagatsuma]]|[[Christina Kelly]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/official-love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb-english-cast-list|title=Official Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! -Heart Throb- English Cast List|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=[[Sentai Filmworks]]}}</ref>}}
:Satone was Yūta's junior high school classmate, first appearing in the second light novel and the anime's second season.{{Ref|LN|LN 2}}{{Episode needed|date=December 2019}} She is depicted as having a cheerful, fun-loving personality.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 16}} Although she considers Yūta to be her best friend, she ended up transferring schools without saying goodbye during their second junior high school year. She transferred to Shinka Nibutani's junior high school where they became close. She suffers from delusions and calls herself {{nihongo|"Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII"|ソフィアリング・SP・サターン7世}} and addresses Yūta with the nickname {{nihongo|"Yūsha"|勇者||lit. "Hero"}}. Yūta and Shinka's delusions began with their admiration and mimicry of Satone's behavior. During her time with Yūta in junior high school, she developed feelings for him, but chose to push those feelings aside and stay as "Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII" and the "Magical Devil Girl" forever.{{Ref|LN|LN 2}}<ref name="char"/> She either directly or inadvertently makes Rikka jealous when she shows affection for Yūta.
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Hideri Amaniji}}|天虹 旱|Amaniji Hideri}}
: Hideri is an upperclassman of Rikka and Yūta; she is a main character starting with the third light novel. She heads the Eccentric Drama Club.{{Ref|LN|LN 3, 4}}<!-- http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/chuunibyo/books/ -->
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Tōka Takanashi}}|小鳥遊 十花|Takanashi Tōka}}
:{{voiced by|[[Eri Sendai]]|Genevieve Simmons<ref name="eng cast"/>}}
:An anime original character, Tōka is Rikka's older sister who supports her by working as a chef at a fine restaurant. She often has to put up with her younger sister's delusional antics, often punishing her by whacking her with a [[ladle (spoon)|ladle]].{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 2}} She is also seen to be extremely acrobatic and flexible, which she attributes to being a rhythmic gymnast when she herself was in high school.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 9}} Rikka depicts her sister as a high priestess of evil and accuses Tōka of restraining her from her quest to reach the "Invisible Boundary Line".{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 2}} In one instance, she was playing house with Yūta's youngest sister Yumeha, but had a negative outlook where they divorced.{{Ref|Episode|Ep. 5}}
;{{nihongo|{{vanchor|Kazari Kannagi}}|巫部 風鈴|Kannagi Kazari}}
:{{voiced by|Manami Shirakawa|[[Molly Searcy]]}}
:Kazari is Yūta's classmate from the novels, and the class idol. She was in second place in Makoto's ranking of the most beautiful girls in his school, although still remains the centre of attention.{{episode needed|date=December 2019}} She had a close relationship with Shinka in junior high school.{{volume needed|date=December 2019}}{{episode needed|date=December 2019}}

==Media==
===Light novels===
The series began as a [[light novel]] series written by Torako, with illustrations by Nozomi Ōsaka. Torako entered the first novel in the series into the first Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2010, and it won an honorable mention in the novel category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-22/no-grand-prizes-given-for-1st-kyoto-animation-award|title=No Grand Prizes Given for 1st Kyoto Animation Award|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 22, 2010|access-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> Kyoto Animation published four volumes under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint from June 2011 to December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/chuunibyo/books/|title=Books {{!}} 『中二病でも恋がしたい!』公式サイト|trans-title=Books {{!}} Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Official Website|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|access-date=April 2, 2014|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/information/?id=126|script-title=ja:『中二病でも恋がしたい!』『夕焼け灯台の秘密』の販売に関するお知らせ|trans-title=News Regarding the Sale of ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' and ''Yūyake Tōdai no Himitsu''| publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2013|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/chuunibyo/books/|title=Books {{!}} 『中二病でも恋がしたい!』公式サイト|trans-title=Books {{!}} Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Official Website|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|access-date=December 4, 2017|language=ja}}</ref>

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===Anime===
{{main|Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (TV series)}}
{{see also|List of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions episodes}}
A 12-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, directed by [[Tatsuya Ishihara]] and produced by [[Kyoto Animation]], aired in Japan between October 4 and December 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-01/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-slated-for-october-3|title=''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' Slated for October 3|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 1, 2012|access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref> Starting before the TV series' airing, a series of six [[original net animation]] shorts titled ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite'' were streamed weekly on [[YouTube]] between September 27 and November 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-27/kyoani-streams-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-lite-no.1|title=KyoAni Streams ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! 'Lite{{'}}'' #1|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ANN-OVA-news">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-01/7th-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bd-adds-unaired-anime|title=7th ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 1, 2012|access-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> The television series were released on six [[Blu-ray Disc|BD]]/DVD compilation volumes between December 19, 2012, and May 15, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009A5R31K|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray] (2012)|language=ja|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009KGCDKU|title=中二病でも恋がしたい! (6) [Blu-ray]|date=15 May 2013 |language=ja|publisher=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 30, 2013}}</ref> The volumes also contained bonus shorts titled {{Nihongo|''Depth of Field: Ai to Nikushimi Gekijō''|Depth of Field ～ 愛と憎しみ劇場||Depth of Field: Love and Hate Theater}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-03/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-bds/dvds-to-have-unaired-shorts|title=''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'' BDs/DVDs to Have Unaired Shorts|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> A seventh volume, containing an [[original video animation]] episode, another ''Depth of Field'' short and the ''Lite'' shorts, was released on June 19, 2013.<ref name="ANN-OVA-news"/> The series has been licensed in North America by [[Sentai Filmworks]] and was streamed on [[Anime Network]] and currently airs on [[Hidive]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/sentai-filmworks-adds-kyoani-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds KyoAni's ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi Ga Shitai''|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 30, 2012|access-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-02/the-anime-network-to-stream-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-busou-shinki-anime|title=The Anime Network to Stream ''Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!'', ''Busou Shinki'' Anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 2, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> Sentai Filmworks released the series on subtitled DVD in North America on May 27, 2014, followed by an English dubbed release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 24, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-07/sentai-filmworks-announces-english-dub-for-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions|title=Sentai Filmworks Announces English Dub for Love Chunibyo & Other Delusions!|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> In Southeast Asia, it was broadcast through [[Animax Asia]] and premiered on June 2, 2014.<ref name=SEA>{{cite web|last=Melegrito|first=JM|url=https://www.animepilipinas.com/2014/06/02/animax-asia-presents-a-jumbo-anime-line-up-this-june/|title=ANIMAX Asia presents a "Jumbo" anime line-up this June|website=Anime Pilipinas|date=June 2, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2021 }}</ref>

The opening theme is "Sparkling Daydream" by [[Zaq]], and the ending theme is "Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'être ([[Maaya Uchida]], [[Chinatsu Akasaki]], [[Azumi Asakura]] and [[Sumire Uesaka]]). There are also three insert songs: {{nihongo|"Hajimari no Tane"|始まりの種||The Seed of Start}} by Zaq in episode eight, {{nihongo|"Kimi no Tonari ni"|君のとなりに||Next to You}} by Zaq in episode ten and {{nihongo|"[[Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o]]"|見上げてごらん夜の星を||Look Up at the Stars in the Night}} by Maaya Uchida in episode ten. The single for "Sparkling Daydream" was released on October 24, 2012 and the single for "Inside Identity" on November 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/ |title=音楽CD |trans-title=Music CD |publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]] |access-date=October 3, 2012 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006234727/http://www.anime-chu-2.com/product/2/ |archive-date=October 6, 2012 }}</ref> For the ''Lite'' episodes, the opening theme is {{nihongo|"Kimi e"|君へ||To You}} and the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Shikkoku ni Odoru Haōbushi"|漆黒に躍る弧濁覇王節||The Melody of Conqueror Dancing in Jet Black}}; both are sung by Zaq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-chu-2.com/news/?id=24|script-title=ja:ボーカルミニアルバム・オリジナルサウンドトラック発売決定!|trans-title=Vocal Mini Album / Original Soundtrack to be Released!|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|access-date=January 16, 2013|language=ja |date=19 October 2012 }}</ref>

An anime film titled {{nihongo|''Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijō-ban Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!''|小鳥遊六花・改 ～劇場版 中二病でも恋がしたい!～|| "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision"}}, which retells the events of the first anime season from Rikka's perspective, was released in Japanese theaters on September 14, 2013, and was later released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on February 19, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-09/chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-gets-film-in-september|title=''Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!'' Gets Film in September|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 9, 2013|access-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Sentai Filmworks has licensed the film in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-31/sentai-filmworks-licenses-tamako-market-chunibyo-beyond-the-boundary-anime-films/.114217|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses Tamako Market, Chunibyō, Beyond the Boundary Anime Films|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2017}}</ref>

A second anime television season, titled {{nihongo|''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''|中二病でも恋がしたい！戀|Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren}}, aired in Japan from January 8 to March 26, 2014, and was simulcast by [[Crunchyroll]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-sequel-anime|title=Crunchyroll to Stream ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions REN'' Sequel Anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 6, 2014|access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-07/1st-chunibyo-demo-koi-ga-shitai-ren-episode-leaked-before-premiere|title=1st Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Episode Leaked Before Premiere|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 7, 2014|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Madman Entertainment]] started streaming the series on January 7, 2014 on Madman's Screening Room in Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="australia">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-13/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-ren-now-streaming-in-australia|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! REN now streaming in Australia|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> The opening theme is "Voice" by Zaq and the ending theme is "Van!shment Th!s World" by Black Raison d'être. The first of a second series of ''Lite'' episodes was released on YouTube on December 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-26/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-lite-ii-short-1st-episode-stars-nibutani-kumin|title=''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite II'' Short's 1st Episode Stars Nibutani, Kumin|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 26, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref> The ending theme for the ''Lite'' episodes is {{nihongo|"Shin'en ni Mau Senritsu Shanikusai"|深淵に舞う戦慄謝肉祭|A Hair-Raising Carnival Dancing in the Abyss}} by Zaq. [[Animax Asia]] and Animax UK added the second season in early 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-14/animax-adds-chunibyo-s2-hamatora-nisekoi-world-conquest-zvezda-plot|title=Animax Adds Chunibyo S2, Hamatora, Nisekoi,World Conquest Zvezda Plot|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 14, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/15/animax-uk-adds-four-new-free-simulcasts-for-january/|title=Animax UK Adds Four New Free Simulcasts For January|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=January 15, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> The second season has also been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, under the title ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2014/02/04/sentai-filmworks-acquires-love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-heart-throb-anime-license/|title=Sentai Filmworks Acquires Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions License|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=February 4, 2014|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> Sentai Filmworks released the second season on August 25, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/august-releases|title=August 2015 releases|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref> A Blu-ray set featuring the dubbed and subbed versions of both seasons was released on November 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.sentaifilmworks.com/products/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-seasons-1-2-complete-collection|title=Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions! Seasons 1 & 2 Complete Collection|publisher=Sentai Filmworks|access-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref> The second season has been licensed by [[Animatsu Entertainment]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-28/manga-uk-updates-from-mcm-london-comic-con/.102601|title=Manga UK Updates from London MCM Comic Con|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 28, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref> 

A second anime film, titled {{nihongo|''[[Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me]]''|映画 中二病でも恋がしたい! -Take on Me-|Eiga Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Take on Me}}, continuing from the second season of the anime, premiered on January 6, 2018, as the finale of the series. The staff and cast from the original anime series returned to reprise their respective roles in the second film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-19/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-gets-new-anime-film-on-january-6/.116313|title=Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Gets New Anime Film on January 6|date=May 19, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref>

Following the acquisition of Crunchyroll by [[Sony Pictures Television]], the parent company of [[Funimation]] in 2021, ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!'', among several Sentai titles, was dropped from the service on March 31, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/24/food-wars-is-it-wrong-to-pick-up-girls-in-a-dungeon-and-more-are-leaving-crunchyroll|title=Food Wars, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and More Are Leaving Crunchyroll|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=March 24, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==Works cited==
* {{note|LN|}} "LN" is shortened form for light novel and refers to a volume number of the ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' light novels.
* {{note|Chapter|}} "Ch." and "Vol." is shortened form for chapter and volume, and refers to a chapter or volume number of the ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' manga.
* {{note|Episode|}} "Ep." and "S" is shortened form for episode and season, and refers to an episode number of the ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' anime television series.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/chuunibyo/ Light novel official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.anime-chu-2.com/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*Kyoto Animation page: [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni/ LC&OD], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniMovie/ LC&ODRV], [https://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuni02/ LC&ODHT], [http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en/works/chuniTOM/ LC&ODTOM]′
*Sentai Filmworks page: [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions LC&OD], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-ova LC&OD OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-rikka-version LC&ODRV], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb- LC&ODHT], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-heart-throb-ova LC&ODHT OVA], [http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/love-chunibyo-and-other-delusions-take-on-me LC&ODTOM]
*Madman Entertainment page: [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61092/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie-bluray LC&ODCBR]. [http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/61093/love-chunibyo-other-delusions-collection-s1-s2-movie LC&ODCDVD]
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