Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

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Synonyms: Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains

Japanese: かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 28

Chapters: 281

Status: Finished

Published: May 19, 2015 to Nov 2, 2022

Genres: Award Winning, Comedy

Themes: Romantic Subtext, School

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Jump

Authors: Akasaka, Aka (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.90¹ (scored by 134,099 users)

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Ranked: #21²

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Popularity: #23

Members: 274,260

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Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship.

However, the truth is that after spending so much time together, the two have developed feelings for one another; unfortunately, neither is willing to confess, as doing so would be a sign of weakness. With their pride as elite students on the line, Miyuki and Kaguya embark on a quest to do whatever is necessary to get a confession out of the other. Through their daily antics, the battle of love begins!

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Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen ranked first in the Best Printed Manga category at the third Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2017. It won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2020, along with Ao Ashi.

The series was published in English as Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from March 6, 2018, to April 2, 2024. It was also published in Spanish by Editorial Ivrea from November 19, 2020, to November 9, 2023; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from March 2, 2021, to May 16, 2023; in Polish by Studio JG since July 17, 2020; in French by Pika Édition since March 31, 2021.

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Shinomiya, Kaguya

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Ishigami, Yuu

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Fujiwara, Chika

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Shirogane, Miyuki

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Iino, Miko

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Hayasaka, Ai

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Shirogane, Kei

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Shirogane, Father

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Shijou, Maki

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Koyasu, Tsubame

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Jul 4, 2024

jmhj_

Recommended

Kaguya-sama: Love is War boldly stakes its claim as the king of the "rom-com" genre, and I daresay few can robustly challenge it.

The story follows Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya - two prodigous students attending a high school for the social elite - who, despite their academic brilliance, are utter fools when it comes to love. To complicate things further, they have feelings for each other (of course, right?)

This results in a great number of hilarious situations, with each of them trying hare-brained schemes to get the other to confess, which is absolutely where the manga thrives; there is humour around every corner, and it ...

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Nov 3, 2022

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Mixed Feelings

The initial appeal of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen was a funny romcom with great humour, and an interesting premise. I really loved the premise, which was to make the students try to make each other confess. I loved it. However, that was only until chapter 130 or so, the manga took a drama stage. Instead of continuing the relationship, it takes a big dive into garbage writing. The initial appeal had disappeared, and what I had been reading was filled with boring old rom com drama. If it had continued the humorous and romantic relationships, then I would've given Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: ... Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, a perfect 10/10.

The story is simple. Shirogane and Kaguya, are in the student council. They both have this feeling for each other, and they try to make others confess. I was very interested in this idea. It was much different from your usual romcoms, so I had high expectations, y'know? Chapters 1-130 were a 10/10, no doubt, but straight after that, it gets horrible, as I mentioned before. Everything gets worse and worse. Drama was the thing that I did not want Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen to use. Well, unluckily for me, that happened.

Chapters that stop the drama, continuing the manga from chapter 262 and so on were trying to tie all of the screws that were loose, but it just didn't work out. The initial charm of the series had been gone. The humour was dry and unfunny, and most importantly, the side character's relationships were rushed. We never get a proper story for side character's relationships.

The ending: Horrifying. I absolutely despised the ending. We never get a proper conclusion for Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, we only have the student council team graduating, that's it. We don't get to see the outcome of everyone's relationships.

The characters? Still likeable. Shirogane & Ishigami are my favourite characters. One positive thing I can say about the drama is that they didn't really change their characters, which was good. I basically liked every character. No characters were unlikeable, except for one of Kaguya's cousins, and her family.

The art is splendid. The coloured pages are awesome. Each panel had been taken the utmost care of. Nothing looked particularly rushed.

A 10/10 wouldn't be enough for my enjoyment. I loved every single chapter of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, and was just way too hyped for the next chapter. After chapter 130, things get negative, sadly. I get really bored, as Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen turns from one of the best (if not best) romcom anime, to an absolute garbage dumpster. All of the things that I loved, humour and story, were thrown into the bin.

Seriously though. I've seen so many anime that I loved so much, but just don't reach a good conclusion, or get trash later on. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen is part of the "wasted potential" anime/manga. I really am disappointed. I don't hate Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen, I'm just disappointed straight after the duel confessions arc.

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Aug 12, 2022

Essay-Kun

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Preliminary (Unknown/281 eps)

They say timing matters, we're in the age of continuous social media exposure, and the internet is at an all-time high and that's what made Kaguya Sama stand out.
BUT !!
The plot is your typical hate-to-love cynical story, from the beginning chapters it's visible that Kaguya Sama is inspired by 𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗞𝗢𝗜 at multiple stages including the basic theme of using love as a tug of war and influence.
The humour is bland most of the time.

In short, Kaguya Sama lacks genuineness and originality.
Overall, One shouldn't go by the hype and the herd.
Kaguya sama is an average read.

Now it depends if you're a newcomer or you haven't seen ...

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