Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! , 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 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.
Cover of the first light novel volume featuring Yūta (left) and Rikka (right)
The former Kyu Kaikage Elementary School in Hino, Shiga, used as a model for Icho Private High School
Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. , often abbreviated KyoAni , is a Japanese animation studio and light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. It was founded in 1985 by husband and wife Hideaki and Yoko Hatta, who remain its president and vice-president respectively.
Kyoto Animation's head office, studio 2
Kyoto Animation's first studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, prior to the 2019 arson attack