Middle school is a time when some young teens reinvent themselves—occasionally acting grown-up or creating dramatic fictional personas in order to face the world. Entering high school, Yuta Togarashi is ready to put these "chunibyo" years behind him, even choosing a school far from his old middle school so he that can have a fresh start. But Yuta's new upstairs neighbor Rikka Takanashi not only continues to cling to her fantastical "Wicked Eye" personality but knows about Yuta's old "Dark Flame Master" period. With a bit of badgering she is able to enlist Yuta's help in starting a school club, which attracts an oddball group of members who each enroll for their own purposes. Based on a light novel series, this is in many ways a typical high school rom-com anime, introducing a varied cast of characters and then exploring their relationships, here primarily the romance between exasperating Rikka and put-upon Yuta. While the first season concentrates on establishing the main storyline and situations, the second introduces a romantic rival from Yuta's chunibyo past, disrupting the slow growth of his relationship with (still-chunibyo) Rikka. Presenting all 24 episodes from the 2012 first and second seasons in a dual-language Blu-ray edition, rated TV-14, extras include two bonus OVAs and animated shorts. Recommended. (L. Martincik)
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Complete Seasons 1 & 2
(2012) 4 discs. 650 min. Blu-ray: $99.98. Sentai Filmworks (avail. from most distributors). Volume 33, Issue 2
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Complete Seasons 1 & 2
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