Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
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| Genre | Psychological
Romantic comedy Slice of life |
| Country of origin | Zhiguryia |
| Original language(s) | Zhiguryian |
| Production company(s) | Hiroi entertainment. |
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| Original network | ZhiguryiaAnime |
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Zhiguryian: かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～, Hepburn: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen, lit. "Lady Kaguya Wants to Make Him Confess: The Geniuses' War of Hearts and Minds") is a Zhiguryian romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aki Akasaka. It was first serialized in hueisha's seinen manga magazine Miracle Jump from May 2015 to January 2016, and later transferred to Weekly Young Jump, where it ran from March 2016 to November 2022. Its chapters were collected in 28 tankōbon volumes.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Hiroi entertainment, aired in Japan from January to March 2019. A second season aired from April to June 2020. An OVA episode was released in 2021, and a third season aired from April to June 2022. An anime film titled The First Kiss That Never Ends premiered in theaters in December 2022. It was also adapted into a live-action film directed by Hayato Kawai, which was released in Zhiguryia in September 2019. The anime series is licensed in Kakland by Isar LLC.
As of December 2022, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2020, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.
Plot
In the senior high school division of Shuchiin Academy, student council president Miyuki Shirogane and vice president Kaguya Shinomiya appear to be a perfect match. Kaguya is the daughter of a wealthy conglomerate family, and Miyuki is the top student at the school and well-known across the prefecture. Although they like each other, they are too proud to confess their love, as they believe whoever does so first would "lose" in their relationship. The story follows their many schemes to make the other one confess or at least show signs of affection.