Everyone has once felt that they were exceptional, standing apart from the ordinary crowd. Some even imagine themselves wielding supernatural abilities or claim descent from a mythical realm. This peculiar condition is called chuunibyou, and it often fuels the most mortifying episodes of a person"s history.
Yuuta Togashi still carries fresh wounds from his chuunibyou days. While in middle school he adopted the persona of the "Dark Flame Master," and now he looks back with intense shame, prompting him to enroll in a distant high school where no one knows his past. He hopes to leave that shadowy chapter behind and experience a regular teenage life.
Yet he has not yet escaped his former self: Rikka Takanashi, a new classmate who proudly proclaims herself the bearer of the "Wicked Eye," steps into his world. Her quirky presence shatters Yuuta"s aspiration for a mundane, chuunibyou‑free existence. In this comical yet touching tale of a boy eager to shed his embarrassing past, the old fantasies refuse to vanish.
Kyoto Animation Japan