He has also cited School Rumble as an influence on his work. Also at first, he wanted to do more intellectual battles like Death Note but the theme changed more to "clashing of romantic emotions". He thought that was a very common concept, but was surprised to find that readers were telling him that his premise was innovative. He envisioned "two tsunderes who like each other having battles of the mind". He was thinking of high school relationships while smoking some food, and came up with the concept of wanting to reclaim some of his emotions of his youth in a fantasy. It was Akasaka's first manga in the romcom genre.Īkasaka set the series in high school as it was a time when he did not have much experience with dating and romance himself. In an interview on Livedoor News, Akasaka said the original plot for Kaguya-sama was more of a fantasy and game of death, but his editor wanted something more mainstream and, at the time, Young Jump did not have a casual romcom series. Although they like each other, they are too proud to confess their love, coming up with many schemes to make the other confess.Īkasaka was writing the manga Instant Bullets for Young Jump and wanted to come up with another series. 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, the student council president and vice president, Miyuki Shirogane and 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.Īs of April 2021, the manga had over 15 million copies in circulation. It was also adapted into a live-action film directed by Hayato Kawai, which was released in Japan in September 2019. An OVA episode was released in 2021, and a third season will premiere in April 2022.
A second season aired from April to June 2020. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by Viz Media.Ī 12-episode anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan from January to March 2019. It began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Miracle Jump in May 2015 and was transferred to Weekly Young Jump in March 2016. "Lady Kaguya wants to make them confess: The Geniuses' War of Hearts and Minds") is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series 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, transl.
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