Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai

After their first kiss, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are left unsure where their relationship stands. The troubling uncertainty of whether they could be considered an official couple unleashes newfound problems as both Kaguya and Shirogane struggle to sort out their feelings.

While the lovestruck student council officers fret, the Christmas season rolls around, and romance is in the air. In the face of widespread tenderness, Kaguya and Shirogane must endure their affectionate battle of wits once more. Should they reconcile their feelings for one another, they may find themselves within reach of what they have both been longing for so long: true love.

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Shinomiya, Kaguya Main

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Shirogane, Miyuki Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Ishigami, Yuu Supporting

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Fujiwara, Chika Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Hayasaka, Ai Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Iino, Miko Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Shirogane, Kei Supporting

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Shirogane, Father Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Aoyama, Yutaka Japanese

Shijou, Maki Supporting

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Hatakeyama, Mamoru Director, Storyboard

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

Obara, Masakazu Episode Director, Storyboard

Kitamura, Shoutarou Episode Director, Storyboard

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Jul 3, 2024

Tablekun

Recommended

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai is a short form change up from its previous seasons. Gone are the meaningless episodes, and here we are just given the meat and potatoes of what this series is all about. As much as I like the supporting cast, I was happy to see them take a major back seat and let Kaguya and Shirogane cook. This, for me hooked me from episode 1, and I enjoyed it in its entirety. This format is a breath of fresh air, as I have had problems with its pacing in all 3 seasons. This ... last arc hopefully is the end, so I can remember this series a bit more fondly than I did in the past.

Animation 8/10
- Solid throughout, crisp.
Sound 8/10
- Love the voice acting of Kaguya and supporting cast.
Story 6/10
- It's a short arc, with just enough substance in the subject matter to enjoy it.
Characters 8/10
- Both main characters were much more enjoyable when they strived to be honest.
Enjoyment 8/10
- Easy watch, no complaints.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 1, 2024

Shirogari

Mixed Feelings

This is a movie consisting of four normal anime episodes that takes place after the third season. Even though it's still clearly the same anime, it did feel kind of different in a negative way.

The story continues where the third season left off. There is a twist however since Kaguya reverts to her ice-queen persona. The movie seems to mostly be about the masks the characters wear and the acts they put up but I don't believe the way it was portrayed here was a good depiction of that. Kaguya seems to involuntarily switch to her persona. This felt like a genuine multiple personality ... disorder instead of a character putting on airs. This involuntary personality change made the movie actively not fun to watch. If it was something Kaguya did on purpose then the story would still be okay but the fact that it wasn't made it painful to watch.
The story does reach a proper conclusion and advances the relationship but the way everything happened was just bad and unpleasant.

The characters are all the same as in the previous seasons except for Kaguya whose personality changes. I don't believe any new characters got added.

The art, voice acting and sound are all the same or similar to the previous seasons.

Overall I actively disliked watching this movie because of how poorly the personality change was handled. It is however still worth watching since it's part of the main storyline and advances it. Future seasons are unlikely to suffer from the same problems as this movie.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 17, 2023

Adnash

Not Recommended

After completing "Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic", known also as Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 3, I decided to drop the series. Not that I didn't like through and through. I thought it was okay. I just ceased to be interested in this show enough to continue watching. And yet, months later, after hearing so many times utterly positive opinions about that one arc featured in the movie this spoiler-free review is about, I decided to pick it up and see for myself. It wasn't a wise decision and I sincerely admit I fell into the trap set up by extremely devoted fans ... overhyping their favourite manga's anime adaptation as if it was 8th Wonder of the World.

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai fails so hard as a movie. That's the biggest con of it. It's more like a mix of several stories put together, with one or two themes receiving more attention than the others, but not as huge to leave an impression of this movie being actually a movie. Episodic version of this movie is somewhat bearable, even if it feels so much like a set of four special episodes, serving as an extension of the previous season. But hey, this version was created later, no? If I decide to review a movie, I need to treat it as such, because the show that's being reviewed was intended at first to be experienced in that particular format. As I said earlier, this movie fails in encapsulating pretty much most of the elements you'd expect to see while watching a movie.

As for production quality, it was decent. The previous anime adaptations presented already pleasant quality. The movie was no different in this aspect. One would point out that it should've received better animation, because movies, due to various reasons, tend to have animation representing a higher level than regular TV series. That's true, however, TV series already looked alright and all previous seasons were mostly carried by fancy direction and vibrant colours used in the art style. I think it'd be necessary for a movie to go a different route for the sake of being different and going somehow against technical tropes already enjoyed by the majority of Kaguya-sama anime fans.

With similar quality to the previous Kaguya-sama franchise's anime installments come as much positive, as negative things. This movie had everything I disliked about Season 1. Repetitive corny jokes; characters yelling and squeaking most of the time while talking with each other; narrator ruining the flow of this movie even during its objectively best scenes. Yes, I know these elements appear in Seasons 1-3 as well, but at least they present bigger variety and hmm... mature? I think it's a good way to word it. The same joke evolving over the time is alright, but devolution of it, in consequence, resulting in the decrease of overall comedy quality, is something I'm really not a fan of.

So, in conclusion, I did not enjoy watching this movie. It's sad to say, but "The First Kiss That Never Ends" can't be really perceived as a good movie by viewers like me. I'm not a manga reader and I didn't like the previous seasons that much. I expected to watch at least a decent, solid, proper movie. Too bad my expectations weren't met, and I think that as long as you are not a devoted fan of this series, your experience has rather a huge chance to be most likely similar. Maybe a little better, maybe a little worse, but still underwhelming by a huge margin. With having everything written earlier in mind, I just can't recommend it. Not for people who are not devoted fans of this franchise, or who simply wanted to see a cute movie sequel to a series they were once watching. That being said, if you are already a huge fan of this franchise, dear reader, which is of course fine, then I think there's a huge chance that you're gonna actually like it. No matter whether you will decide to watch it in the original, movie format, or in the episodic one. Sadly, I'm not a huge fan of Kaguya-sama series. Not a hater as well. I'm just a regular enjoyer of this series. And I just wanted to see a good movie.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Poll: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) Usopp8000 - Dec 18, 2022	222 replies	by PrOxAnto »» Jul 20, 4:22 PM
	To the manga readers.. Zayed_Iftekher - Jun 4	12 replies	by filthyfrank8142 »» Jun 6, 10:28 PM
	Miyuki is the best romcom mc imo. What do you think? Meitantei_Habib - May 30	40 replies	by ToG25thBaam »» Jun 4, 12:29 AM
	A little disappointed official_brown - Oct 17, 2023	33 replies	by Nanami0007 »» May 22, 5:49 AM
	The episodes should get a seperate entry Aryan-0_0 - Mar 31, 2023	7 replies	by Alexioos95 »» Apr 27, 11:51 PM