Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! 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 and release two volumes in 2011. A 12-episode 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 television season will begin airing in January 2014.
Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, had 'adolescent delusions' (中二病 chūnibyō?, lit. "junior high school second grade illness"), believing that he possesses supernatural powers and dubbing 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. When he joins her on her summer vacation, Yūta learns that two years prior, Rikka's father, whom she was very close to, died unexpectedly due to a terminal illness, causing her to fall into her delusions. After Yūta agrees to help Rikka search for the 'Ethereal Horizon' (不可視境界線 Fukashi Kyōkaisen?), which she believes will lead her to her father, she becomes romantically interested in him and vice versa.
Cast:
Jun Fukuyama as Yūta Togashi
Maaya Uchida as Rikka Takanashi
Azumi Asakura as Kumin Tsuyuri
Chinatsu Akasaki as Shinka Nibutani
Eri Sendai as Toka Takanashi
Kaori Fukuhara as Kuzuha Togashi
Kikuko Inoue as Nanase Tsukumo
Mami Shitara as Yumeha Togashi
Souichiro Hoshi as Makoto Isshiki
Sumire Uesaka as Sanae Dekomori
Yuri Amano as Yuuta's Mom
Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, had 'adolescent delusions' (中二病 chūnibyō?, lit. "junior high school second grade illness"), believing that he possesses supernatural powers and dubbing 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. When he joins her on her summer vacation, Yūta learns that two years prior, Rikka's father, whom she was very close to, died unexpectedly due to a terminal illness, causing her to fall into her delusions. After Yūta agrees to help Rikka search for the 'Ethereal Horizon' (不可視境界線 Fukashi Kyōkaisen?), which she believes will lead her to her father, she becomes romantically interested in him and vice versa.
Cast:
Jun Fukuyama as Yūta Togashi
Maaya Uchida as Rikka Takanashi
Azumi Asakura as Kumin Tsuyuri
Chinatsu Akasaki as Shinka Nibutani
Eri Sendai as Toka Takanashi
Kaori Fukuhara as Kuzuha Togashi
Kikuko Inoue as Nanase Tsukumo
Mami Shitara as Yumeha Togashi
Souichiro Hoshi as Makoto Isshiki
Sumire Uesaka as Sanae Dekomori
Yuri Amano as Yuuta's Mom