Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1

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The art is well used, I personally like the style, which is of great quality and renders quite well the universe and characters of the manga, but I’ve seen better, there are still some things that could be better. I can imagine this could have been salvaged, if the characters proved themselves so charismatic and fun that they would eventually become completely endearing. But the characters never really had a consistent personality. Because let's be honest, Miyuki and Kaguya are not always ‘prideful’. The are constantly shown as vulnerable, embarrassed, and shy. Highlighting those parts about them were easily the worst bits of the show. When they were smart, cunning, devious, it lead to the best and most hilarious moments. The author probably did this to make them more relatable and cute, but I ultimately think it negatively impacted the show. Some of the situations Miyuki and Kaguya go through are so trivial and childish that only sheer ridiculousness of their characters could have made it genuinely hilarious. When we know that the basis of their resistance to being open to one another is rooted more in shyness than pride, it makes the situations come off as more silly than potentially hilarious. It should have gone all in on making them scheming egomaniacs, for the sake of the humour. Nippon News 24 (in Japanese). Nippon Television. April 19, 2021. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021 . Retrieved December 15, 2021. Aka Akasaka (January 30, 2020). "Aka Akasaka Taiwan Live Interview". Guya.moe (Interview). Interviewed by Xiao A. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021 . Retrieved July 8, 2020. translated transcript of Aka Akasaka (January 30, 2020). Kaguya-sama Mangaka (Akasaka Aka) Interview Session in Taiwan (HD). Interviewed by Xiao A. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022 . Retrieved July 8, 2020– via YouTube.

Famitsu (in Japanese). October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021 . Retrieved February 21, 2021. in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022 . Retrieved December 19, 2022. Almost every time someone talks to me about a romantic comedy, they'd would mention how well the romance is delivered. Then along came this show called Kaguya-sama: Love is War that goes beyond than just being a romantic comedy. In a landscape dominated by recent isekai shows, there’s a need for fresh air. Kaguya-sama managed be just that.

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a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 7, 2018). "Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Gets 2 Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020 . Retrieved June 7, 2018. in Japanese). Oricon. April 26, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021 . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Kaguya-sama: Love is War". Funimation. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019 . Retrieved June 22, 2021.

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Chapter 198: Kaguya Shinomiya’s Impossible Challenge: The Swallow’s Cowry (Part 6) Komatsu, Mikikazu (December 18, 2022). "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Manga Surpasses 22 Million Copies in Print Worldwide". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022 . Retrieved December 19, 2022. Mateo, Alex (March 10, 2022). "Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Season 3's Trailer Reveals April 8 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022 . Retrieved March 10, 2022.

By 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. Sherman, Jennifer (August 27, 2017). "Gaku Kuze's Uramichi Oniisan, Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021 . Retrieved September 19, 2020. Kaguya goes on a shopping trip with Kei and the Fujiwara sisters, where she tries to grow closer to the former. On Miyuki's birthday, Kaguya bakes an absurdly large cake that leads to conflict in her mind as to whether she should give it to him. After Miyuki receives a fan from Kaguya as a present, Chika becomes suspicious as to why only Kaguya celebrated his birthday.