
From there, focus shifts on how they advance their relationship and deal with remaining obstacles. Halfway through the series, they manage to confess to each other. The story follows their many schemes to make the other one confess or at least show signs of affection. 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. Kaguya is the daughter of a wealthy conglomerate family, and Miyuki is the top student at the school and well-known across the prefecture. 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. See also: List of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War characters

In 2020, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

The anime series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.īy December 2022, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. It was also adapted into a live-action film directed by Hayato Kawai, which was released in Japan in September 2019. An anime film titled The First Kiss That Never Ends premiered in theaters in December 2022. An OVA episode was released in 2021, and a third season aired from April to June 2022. A second season aired from April to June 2020. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by Viz Media.Īn anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures, aired in Japan from January to March 2019. Its chapters were collected in 28 tankōbon volumes. It was first serialized in Shueisha'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.

"Lady Kaguya Wants to Make Him Confess: The Geniuses' War of Hearts and Minds") is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aka Akasaka. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War ( Japanese: 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.
