Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen

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As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top. Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem - they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first.
Love is a war you win by losing. (From Viz)

Original Manga
Official English

Type

Manga

We Want to Talk About Kaguya (Side Story)

Associated Names

!کاگویا-ساما : عشق جنگه

Kaguya Wants to Be Confessed To

Kaguya Wants to Be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Hearts and Minds

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen

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

Kaguya-sama: Cuộc chiến tỏ tình

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Kaguyama-sama: Aşk Savaştır

Miłość to wojna

Госпожа Кагуя: В любви как на войне

Кагуя хочет, чтобы ей признались: Гении - война любви и разума

कागुया-सामा ~माया युद्ध हो~

สารภาพรักกับคุณคางุยะซะดีๆ ~สงครามประสาทความรักของเหล่าอัจฉริยะ~ (Luckpim)

かぐや様は告らせたい　～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～

카구야님은 고백 받고 싶어

Groups Scanlating

/a/nonymous

#dropout

Ayaya Scanz

Blue Moon Translations

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Latest Release(s)

v.28 c.Extras by Zaibatsu 3 years ago

c.281 (end) by Zaibatsu 3 years ago

c.280 by Zaibatsu 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

28 Volumes // 281 Chapters (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 5, Chap 48 (S2) / Vol 11, Chap 102 (S3) / Vol 14, Chap 138 (Movie)

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 46 (S1) / Vol 10, Chap 101 (S2 + OVA) / Vol 14, Chap 137 (PV+S3) / Vol 16, Chap 151 (Movie) Skips Chap 2-4, 10, 13, 15, 22, 32, 47, 49, 50, 62, 75-77, 87, 112, 128

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (922 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.62 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 7th, 2025 5:03pm PDT - 22 hours ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Psychological Romance School Life Seinen Slice of Life
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Author(s)

AKASAKA Aka

Artist(s)

AKASAKA Aka

Year

2015

Original Publisher

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Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Miracle Jump (Shueisha)

Shuukan Young Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

VIZ Media (28 Volumes; Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #686

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Monthly Pos #1031

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3 Month Pos #1770

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6 Month Pos #1939

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Year Pos #1915

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List Stats

On 3732 reading lists

On 1015 wish lists

On 921 completed lists

On 108 unfinished lists

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Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga to End on November 2

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A Brilliant Satire

by Vendbot3000
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai is a satirical romantic comedy with a razor sharp wit. It follows the story of the student counsel at a rich high school, and the budding relationship between its president and vice president, which is impeded by their pride and stubornness. The story takes mundane scenarios from typical highschool romance and turn them on their heads, with the main charcters going to hilarious lengths to win the upper hand in an ultimately futile competition. The characters are genre savy, but are in many ways too savy for their own good. They often end up thwarting their own plans by being too clever or obscure. The writing makes great use of the contradictions between what characters say and what they are thinking or feel. The art supports this brilliantly by bringing the characters' extreme emotions out even behind their reserved expressions such as the titular character's signature death glare.

The manga avoids an extensive supporting cast, instead choosing to extensively develop a small core of five (to date) characters with a few others that show up occasionally. This has allowed the author to move past just presenting standard rom-com cliches. Kaguya is particularly dynamic: sometimes she is a rich tsundere, other times a xanatos gambler, occasionally a murderess and sometimes just a sensitive girl in love.

For combining hip-busting gags with satirical wit, Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai is easily one of the best romantic comedies I've read, and deserves a 10/10.

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It doesn't stay the same

by train93
7 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

I've read some reviews of people criticizing the fact that the premise of the manga kinda got lost after a while. While there's a bit of truth in that, it's for good reasons; this manga plays well with keeping the status quo without making it stagnating. The characters develop in an organic way, so it's just natural that their interactions change as well; but it doesn't happen all of a sudden, it's a slow and believable process. While the characters change, they never contradict who they are, and the comedy keeps being on point, just changing range from time to time. This way the manga has managed to stay fresh, when keeping the same formula all along would have killed it in the long run.

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First Half is a Modern RomCom Masterpiece

by FormX
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

Much can be and is already said about this series, how it is an era defining work and elevated the genre to new heights. The first half of the series certainly lives up to and deserves all praise and Kaguya will continue to be referenced as an exemplary series in the coming years.

Alas, two flaws start to manifest in the second half. The author couldn't help but excessively focus on his self-insert character instead of developing the main characters' relationship. As the story wrapped up, the author clearly lost interest in the series, quite likely due to events in his personal life (see Vol 22 Extras).

The last chapter was good, the last few chapters before were definitely not.

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asd

by qwaszx
9 years ago

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really like it. not often do u see both characters desire each other the same amount. usually in romance mangas the male character does nothing but chase the female character. this is like as close to 50/50 you can get in terms of give and take.

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Breakout Hit

by yuri999
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

It's more a comedy than romance but it's one of the funniest and most refreshing takes on a tired genre. The author has an excellent grasp on comedic timing which he uses to full effect. The limited use of a narrator also makes things even funnier. I'd say even Josei readers will find it appealing. Although the only thing is that the manga is monthly and we get short 18-20 page chapters. Other than that, it is a must read!

Edit:
As of chapter 10, the series is going on a short hiatus and will be back as a weekly series!

... Last updated 10 years ago

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Funny, cute, great characters -- the hype is justified.

by Swifft
9 years ago

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The very start of this series wasn't doing it for me, and I immediately started thinking it must not be for me or something. I really spoke too soon, because with chapter 4 and everything after it I quickly turned around, regularly laughing at all I was seeing. The key was fleshing out the two main characters a little more; that got me to start really liking them. This is indeed a really funny manga, the hype wasn't a lie. Wrote a full review on the series going over things in more detail.

Full review:
https://terrenceswiff.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/kaguya-wants-to-be-confessed-to/

... Last updated 9 years ago

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Love is war.

by MondSemmel
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

What a brilliant idea for a romcom manga. Namely, it's a battle of wits over something as pathetic as forcing the other party to confess their love first. The result is something like a bizarre romantic comedy version of Akagi or Liar Game, and this works remarkably well.

EDIT: Oh, and I only just now realize that this mangaka is also responsible for the amazing manga ib - Instant Bullet. Talk about someone multi-talented.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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nice development

by reivatin
7 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

while the main cast have gone near their respective goals (as ch 137), the others chara is explored and paired, like ishigami
others chara is still left as side kick like chika or the maid of shinomiya

i enjoy the read, until now it's still rosy highschool love comedy, hope won't go to others direction

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nice cunning female lead

by fandri
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

the author good at keeping paces, so you won't get bored
plot somehow easy to predict, but also leaves many possibility... so bettet let it be... don't think too hard abou it

fair enough screentime for each main and supporting characters. every characters are lovable... even for the most negative character

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I love this manga

by xeno01
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

so fresh and funny and pretty clever and very cute. this manga would make a great anime, with the right studio of course. It shouldnt be like a filler series either, the story and concept is just to good to be just a mere filler series.

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