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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Aka Akasaka}}
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| image = Kaguya-sama - Love is War, volume 1.jpg
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Kaguya Shinomiya
| ja_kanji = かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～
| ja_romaji = Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai – Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen
| genre = {{ubl|[[Psychological fiction|Psychological]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Motomayor|first=Rafael|title='Kaguya-sama: Love Is War' is a Hilarious Rom-com That's Also a Brilliant Psychological Action Anime|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/kaguya-sama-love-is-war/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=June 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515204650/https://www.slashfilm.com/kaguya-sama-love-is-war/|archive-date=May 15, 2021|date=May 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref name="Silverman"/>|[[Slice of life]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War|url=https://www.funimation.com/shows/kaguya-sama-love-is-war|website=[[Funimation]]|access-date=June 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122235938/https://www.funimation.com/shows/kaguya-sama-love-is-war/|archive-date=November 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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| type         = manga
| author       = [[Aka Akasaka]]
| publisher    = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| imprint      = Young Jump Comics
| magazine     = {{Unbulleted list|Miracle Jump|{{noitalic|(May 19, 2015 – January 19, 2016)}}|[[Weekly Young Jump]]|{{noitalic|(March 24, 2016 – November 2, 2022)}}}}
| magazine_en  =
| first        = May 19, 2015
| last         = November 2, 2022
| volumes      = 28
| volume_list  = List of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War chapters
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Dōjin-ban
| author       = Shinta Sakayama
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = 
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint      = Young Jump Comics
| magazine     = Tonari no Young Jump
| first        = June 14, 2018
| last         = June 25, 2020
| volumes      = 4
| volume_list  = 
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Kaguya-sama o Kataritai
| author       = G3 Ida
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = 
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint      = Young Jump Comics
| magazine     = Weekly Young Jump
| magazine_en  = 
| first        = July 26, 2018
| last         = November 2, 2022
| volumes      = 8
| volume_list  = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Anime television series
| content      =
* ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (TV series)|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War]]'' (2019–2022)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Anime film
| content      =
* ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends]]'' (2022)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Live-action films
| content      = 
* [[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (film)|''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'']] (2019)
* ''[[Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War]]'' (2021)
}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'''''|かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～|Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen|{{lit|Lady Kaguya Wants to Make Him Confess: The Geniuses' War of Hearts and Minds}}|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a Japanese [[romantic comedy]] [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Aka Akasaka]]. It was first serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''Miracle Jump'' from May 2015 to January 2016, and later transferred to ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', where it ran from March 2016 to November 2022. Its chapters were collected in 28 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by [[Viz Media]].

An [[anime]] [[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (TV series)|television series adaptation]], produced by [[A-1 Pictures]], aired in 2019. It was followed by a second season aired in 2020, an [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode released in 2021, and a third season aired in 2022. An anime film, titled [[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends|''The First Kiss That Never Ends'']], premiered in theaters in December 2022. A [[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (film)|live-action film]] adaptation, directed by Hayato Kawai, was released in September 2019.

By December 2022, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]]. In 2020, ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' won the 65th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the general category.

== Premise ==
{{See also|List of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War characters{{!}}List of ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' characters}}
In the senior high school division of Shuchiin Academy, student council president Miyuki Shirogane and vice president [[Kaguya Shinomiya]] appear to be a perfect match. Kaguya is the daughter of a wealthy [[keiretsu|conglomerate]] family, and Miyuki is the top student at the school and well known across the prefecture. Although they like each other, they are too proud to confess their love, as they believe whoever does so first would "lose" in their relationship. The story follows their many schemes to make the other one confess or at least show signs of affection.

Halfway through the series, they manage to confess to each other. From there, focus shifts on how they advance their relationship and deal with remaining obstacles. The presence and complexity of several other characters notably increases over time as well.

== Production ==
=== Conception ===
Akasaka was writing the manga ''Instant Bullets'' for ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' and wanted to come up with another series. 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 [[Romantic comedy|romcom]] series. It was Akasaka's first manga in the romcom genre.<ref name="livedoor"/>

Akasaka set the series in high school as it was a time when he did not have much experience with dating and romance himself. He was thinking of high school relationships while [[Smoking (cooking)|smoking some food]], and came up with the concept of wanting to reclaim some of his emotions of his youth in a fantasy. He envisioned "two {{Transliteration|ja|[[tsundere]]s}} who like each other having battles of the mind". He thought that was a very common concept, but was surprised to find that readers were telling him that his premise was innovative. Also at first, he wanted to do more intellectual battles like ''[[Death Note]]'' but the theme changed more to "clashing of romantic emotions". He has also cited ''[[School Rumble]]'' as an influence on his work.<ref>{{cite interview|subject=Aka Akasaka|interviewer=Misaki Harukawa|url=https://media.comicspace.jp/archives/3753|date=April 20, 2018|script-title=ja:【インタビュー】『かぐや様は告らせたい〜天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦〜』赤坂アカ「毎週、神が降りてくるのを祈ってる。」|trans-title="Interview" "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen" Aka Akasaka: "Every week, I pray that God will come down."|language=ja|access-date=April 3, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507151946/https://media.comicspace.jp/archives/3753|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Character design ===
The characters' names were derived from the {{Transliteration|ja|[[monogatari]]}} ''[[The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]'' (better known outside of Japan as ''The Tale of Princess Kaguya''). Akasaka stated that he has long liked princess stories and that Kaguya-hime, the main character from the aforementioned {{Transliteration|ja|monogatari}}, was one of the most famous princess stories. In developing the characters, he said that Kaguya and Miyuki initially have the same personality and thought process, like twins, which made their exposition to the reader easier to understand. He then developed more divergence between the two. Other characters were developed in the same manner, starting as shallow and template-like, but being filled with realistic feelings and drawn from the author's and his acquaintances' personal experience. He especially liked contrasting characters whose internal personalities differ from their external portrayal.<ref name="livedoor">{{cite interview|subject=Aka Akasaka|interviewer=Daisuke Okamoto|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17735621/|date=January 30, 2020|script-title=ja:感情を操り、物語を創る。『かぐや様は告らせたい』赤坂アカが考える"戦略的"漫画論|trans-title=Manipulate emotions and create stories. "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai" Akasaka's "strategic" comic theory|work=[[Livedoor News]]|language=ja|access-date=July 8, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209152201/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17735621/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Development and themes ===
In developing a chapter or story, Akasaka would think about emotions first and then write about experiencing the emotions, such as what Kaguya would feel if she were jealous. He would then arrange the characters and events around that emotion. When he thinks of some emotion that he hasn't developed into a story yet, he writes it on a sticky note or notebook to be used later.<ref name="livedoor"/>

Akasaka said that he originally wanted to make a manga that would help office ladies relax, but since he is an {{Transliteration|ja|[[otaku]]}}, it seems to follow in that. He also believes the manga is more about providing the reader with something exciting and conveying meaningful messages about human relationships rather than to showcase a number of character gags and reactions.<ref name="livedoor"/> Akasaka said that Miyuki and Kaguya's becoming third-year students marks the second half of the story.<ref name="livedoor"/><ref>{{cite interview|subject=Aka Akasaka|interviewer=Xiao A|title=Aka Akasaka Taiwan Live Interview|date=January 30, 2020|url=https://guya.moe/pages/taiwan-live-interview/|access-date=July 8, 2020|work=Guya.moe|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117181412/https://guya.moe/pages/taiwan-live-interview/|url-status=live}} translated transcript of {{cite AV media|subject=Aka Akasaka|interviewer=Xiao A|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhbTJ5AhqU|title=Kaguya-sama Mangaka (Akasaka Aka) Interview Session in Taiwan (HD)|date=January 30, 2020|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=July 8, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610195248/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhbTJ5AhqU|url-status=live}}</ref> When asked about the ending, he said he does not know whether he will go with the bad ending as with ''Kaguya-hime'', but wouldn't mind if it did. He also considered giving each character a [[curtain call]] chapter like they do in the [[dating sim]]s, eventually deciding to do this.<ref name="livedoor"/>

== Media ==
=== Manga ===
{{See also|List of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War chapters{{!}}List of ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' chapters}}
[[Aka Akasaka]] launched the series in the June issue of [[Shueisha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''Miracle Jump'' on May 19, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/147655|script-title=ja:自分から告白したら負け？赤坂アカが描く恋愛頭脳戦、MJでスタート|date=May 19, 2015|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|language=ja|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615145307/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/147655|url-status=live}}</ref> The series' last chapter in ''Miracle Jump'' was published on January 19, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「うまるちゃん」スピンオフがMJで、平山夢明の「テラフォ」ノベライズも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/172978|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 23, 2020|language=ja|date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=April 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424143347/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/172978|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga was then switched to the publisher's ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' magazine on March 24, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/180297|script-title=ja:どうやって相手に告白させるか？天才同士の恋愛頭脳戦描く赤坂アカのラブコメ|date=March 18, 2016|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201222907/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/180297|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Viz">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/viz-media-to-release-black-torch-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-kimetsu-no-yaiba-manga-in-english/.119060|title=Viz Media to Release Black Torch, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga in English|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=July 20, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105172421/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/viz-media-to-release-black-torch-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-kimetsu-no-yaiba-manga-in-english/.119060|url-status=live}}</ref> A special chapter ran in the debut issue of ''Young Jump Gold'' on May 18, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-05/shueisha-launches-new-young-jump-gold-magazine-on-may-18/.114327|title=Shueisha Launches New Young Jump Gold Magazine on May 18|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=April 5, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021353/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-05/shueisha-launches-new-young-jump-gold-magazine-on-may-18/.114327|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 23, 2020, a new manga series, ''[[Oshi no Ko]]'', written by Akasaka and illustrated by [[Mengo Yokoyari]], started its serialization in the same magazine, leading to two manga series created by Akasaka being serialized simultaneously.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War's Aka Akasaka Launches New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-02/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-aka-akasaka-launches-new-manga/.158226|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 2, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2024|archive-date=December 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211142425/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-02/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-aka-akasaka-launches-new-manga/.158226|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:赤坂アカが横槍メンゴとのタッグでYJ2作同時連載、芸能界舞台の「【推しの子】」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/376507|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=April 23, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=November 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115175210/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/376507|url-status=live}}</ref> Kaguya would make a cameo in a special chapter of ''Oshi no Ko''. The series finished on November 2, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Ends on November 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-10-26/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-ends-on-november-2/.191248|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 27, 2022|date=October 26, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027005129/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-10-26/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-ends-on-november-2/.191248|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="spinoffend">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「かぐや様は告らせたい」7年半の連載に幕！赤坂アカ×えなこ対談やグラビアも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/499793|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 1, 2022|language=ja|date=November 2, 2022|archive-date=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101150219/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/499793|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha has collected its 281 individual chapters in 28 individual {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The first volume was released on March 18, 2016, and the last on December 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-890432-0&mode=1|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125011050/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-890432-0&mode=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-892534-9|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 28|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 19, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=December 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208103030/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-892534-9|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Viz Media]] announced during their panel at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] on July 20, 2017, that they had licensed the series for a North American release.<ref name="Viz"/>

A [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] manga by Shinta Sakayama, titled {{Nihongo|''Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Dōjin-ban''|かぐや様は告らせたい 同人版||{{trans}} "Lady Kaguya Wants to Make Him Confess – Dōjin Edition"}}, was launched on Shueisha's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website on June 14, 2018, and it was serialized on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.<ref name="spinoffs">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-07/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-gets-2-spinoff-manga/.132548|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Gets 2 Spinoff Manga|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=June 7, 2018|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 7, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040323/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-07/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-gets-2-spinoff-manga/.132548|url-status=live}}</ref> The spin-off finished on June 25, 2020.<ref name="Anime News Network">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-05/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-dojin-ban-spinoff-manga-ends-this-month/.160283|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Dōjin-ban Spinoff Manga Ends This Month|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Mateo|first=Alex|access-date=June 5, 2020|date=June 5, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203224142/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-05/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-dojin-ban-spinoff-manga-ends-this-month/.160283|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha released four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes between December 19, 2018, and July 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891179-3|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 6, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426105654/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891179-3|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 2|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891232-5|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 6, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425171126/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891232-5|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 3|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891459-6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 6, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311060330/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891459-6|url-status=live}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 4|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891648-4|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 6, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106133339/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891648-4|url-status=live}}</p></ref>

A {{Transliteration|ja|[[yonkoma]]}} spin-off, written by G3 Ida and titled {{Nihongo|''Kaguya-sama o Kataritai''|かぐや様を語りたい||{{trans}} "We Want to Talk About Kaguya"}}, was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from July 26, 2018, to November 2, 2022.<ref name="spinoffend"/> The {{Transliteration|ja|yonkoma}} focuses on two newspaper/press club girls, Karen Kino and Erika Kose, who idolize Kaguya and the gang but have no clue what really goes on inside the student council.<ref name="spinoffs"/> Shueisha released the first collected {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume on March 19, 2019, and the eighth and last on December 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様を語りたい 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891233-2|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=November 6, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310175652/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-891233-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様を語りたい 8|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-892536-3|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 19, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130210856/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-892536-3|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Anime ===
{{See also|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (TV series){{!}}''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' (TV series)|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends{{!}}''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends''}}
A 12-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, produced by [[A-1 Pictures]], aired in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-12/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.141987|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Listed With 12 Episodes|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=January 12, 2019|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308100029/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-12/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.141987|url-status=live}}</ref> It was followed by a 12-episode second season, ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?'', broadcast in 2020;<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-03/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-season-2-image-promo-unveils-april-11-premiere/.157091|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Season 2's Image Promo Unveils April 11 Premiere|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207014229/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-03/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-season-2-image-promo-unveils-april-11-premiere/.157091|url-status=live}}</ref> an [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode released in 2021;<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Original Video Anime Reveals 3 Episode Titles, May 19 Release|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-28/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-original-video-anime-reveals-3-episode-titles-may-19-release/.168904|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=June 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622075252/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-28/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-original-video-anime-reveals-3-episode-titles-may-19-release/.168904|url-status=live}}</ref> and a 13-episode third season, ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic'', broadcast in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Season 3's Trailer Reveals April 8 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-10/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-season-3-trailer-reveals-april-8-premiere/.183422|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 10, 2022|access-date=March 10, 2022|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310162322/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-10/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-season-3-trailer-reveals-april-8-premiere/.183422|url-status=live}}</ref> A follow-up film, ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends]]'', also premiered in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Film's Teaser Unveils December 17 Opening, Anime NYC Preview|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-30/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-film-teaser-unveils-december-17-opening-anime-nyc-preview/.191382|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 30, 2022|date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030121717/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-30/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-anime-film-teaser-unveils-december-17-opening-anime-nyc-preview/.191382|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Live-action film ===
{{Main|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (film){{!}}''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' (film)|Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War{{!}}''Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War''}}
[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (film)|The live-action film adaptation]] premiered on September 6, 2019. [[Sho Hirano]] was announced for the role of Miyuki Shirogane, and [[Kanna Hashimoto]] was announced for the role of Kaguya Shinomiya. Hayato Kawai directed the film, Yūichi Tokunaga wrote the screenplay, and principal photography was conducted in March to April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-20/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-gets-live-action-film-in-september/.143695|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War Manga Gets Live-Action Film in September|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=February 21, 2019|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329224338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-20/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-gets-live-action-film-in-september/.143695|url-status=live}}</ref>

A sequel, ''[[Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War]]'' was announced on January 6, 2021. It premiered in Japanese cinemas on August 20, 2021. Hirano, Hashimoto, Nana Asakawa, and Hayato Sano, actors of Kaguya Shinomiya, Miyuki Shirogane, [[Chika Fujiwara]] and Yu Ishigami respectively, returned to reprise their roles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beltrano|first=Jei|date=January 6, 2021|title='Kaguya-sama: Love is War' Season 2 live-action film release date, cast and staff, and more|url=https://www.aniradioplus.com/post/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-season-2-live-action-film-release-date-cast-and-staff-and-more|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=[[Aniradioplus]]|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110030849/https://www.aniradioplus.com/post/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-season-2-live-action-film-release-date-cast-and-staff-and-more|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|title=実写映画「かぐや様は告らせたい」続編が8月20日公開、平野紫耀・橋本環奈ら続投（コメントあり）|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/411436|access-date=January 7, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203150734/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/411436|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Novels ===
Two spin-off novels written by Jūichirō Hitsujiyama have been released by Shueisha under their Jump J-Books imprint. The first novel, subtitled {{Nihongo||秀知院学園七不思議|Shuchin Gakuen Nanafushigi|{{lit|The Seven Mysteries of Shuchin Academy}}}}, was released on September 19, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:かぐや様は告らせたい 小説版 〜秀知院学園七不思議〜|url=https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/kaguyasamahakokurasetai_shutiingakuen.html|website=Jump J-Books|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=March 25, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202153249/https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/kaguyasamahakokurasetai_shutiingakuen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The second novel, subtitled {{Nihongo||天才たちの恋愛人狼戦|Tensaitachi no Renai Jinrosen|{{lit|The Geniuses' Love Werewolf War)}}}}, was released on November 17, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Oshi no Ko Manga Both Get Novels|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-23/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-oshi-no-ko-manga-both-get-novels/.203694|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 23, 2023|date=October 23, 2023|archive-date=October 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023144045/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-23/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-oshi-no-ko-manga-both-get-novels/.203694|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The manga won the third [[Next Manga Award]] in the comics division for manga published in print book format in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Gaku Kuze's Uramichi Oniisan, Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-08-27/gaku-kuze-uramichi-oniisan-aka-akasaka-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-win-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-awards/.120469|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 19, 2020|date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125022910/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-08-27/gaku-kuze-uramichi-oniisan-aka-akasaka-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-win-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-awards/.120469|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, along with ''[[Aoashi]]'', ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' won the 65th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the general category.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rafael Antonio Pineda|title=65th Shogakukan Manga Awards' Nominees Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-22/65th-shogakukan-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.153558|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 22, 2019|date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119231944/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-22/65th-shogakukan-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.153558|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第65回小学館漫画賞、一般向け部門は「アオアシ」と「かぐや様は告らせたい」が受賞|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/364189|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 22, 2020|language=ja|date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206033121/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/364189|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Aoashi, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, More Win 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-22/aoashi-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-more-win-65th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.155660|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 22, 2020|date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120013601/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-22/aoashi-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-more-win-65th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.155660|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' ranked 50th.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=3|website=animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103110302/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=3|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' had over 6.5 million copies in circulation by April 2019;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:平野紫耀&橋本環奈、クールな表情も脳内はお互いを想う…『かぐや様は告らせたい』ティザービジュアル解禁|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2134485/full/|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=November 28, 2019|language=ja|date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112031410/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2134485/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> over 8.5 million copies by October 2019;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『かぐや様は告らせたい』TVアニメ第2期の制作が決定!!|url=http://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/28598|website=[[Animage]]+|access-date=November 28, 2019|language=ja|date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111045848/https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/28598|url-status=live}}</ref> over 9 million copies in circulation by December 2019;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アニメ『かぐや様』2期、2020年4月放送決定！ 第1弾PV公開＆新キャラのキャストも発表|url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/29585|website=[[Animage]]+|access-date=February 24, 2020|language=ja|date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111180814/https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/29585|url-status=live}}</ref> over 13 million copies in circulation by October 2020;<ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:アニメ『かぐや様は告らせたい』第3期の制作が決定。2021年にOVAが発売|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202010/25208264.html|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210221191931/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202010/25208264.html|archive-date=February 21, 2021|language=ja|date=October 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> over 15 million copies in circulation by April 2021;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『かぐや様は告らせたい』続編はファイナル|url=https://www.news24.jp/articles/2021/04/19/08858673.html|department=Nippon News 24|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210428054755/https://www.news24.jp/articles/2021/04/19/08858673.html|archive-date=April 28, 2021|language=ja|date=April 19, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> over 19 million copies in circulation by October 2022;<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2022 |title=シリーズ累計1900万部突破！ |url=https://twitter.com/kaguya_comic/status/1580503589998366721 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |publisher=[[Twitter]] |language=Japanese |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103115041/https://twitter.com/kaguya_comic/status/1580503589998366721 |url-status=live }}</ref> and over 22 million copies in circulation by December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title=Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Manga Surpasses 22 Million Copies in Print Worldwide|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/12/18/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-surpasses-22-million-copies-in-print-worldwide|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 19, 2022|date=December 18, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219014408/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/12/18/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-manga-surpasses-22-million-copies-in-print-worldwide|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the ninth-best-selling manga in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2019|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-27/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2019/.153758|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 28, 2019|date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128010603/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-27/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2019/.153758|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rebecca Silverman of [[Anime News Network]] gave the first two volumes of the manga a positive review, calling it "one of the more unique rom-com premises out there". She noted that the second volume was better than the first, indicating development on the part of the author, and commenting that it boded well for the lastingness of the series. She was more ambivalent about the art, saying that it lacked polish and that faces in particular tended to suffer.<ref name="Silverman">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kaguya-sama/love-is-war/gn-1/.131199|title=Kaguya-sama: Love is War GN 1 & 2 – Review|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|date=May 14, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 15, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024160841/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kaguya-sama/love-is-war/gn-1/.131199|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War}}
* {{Official website|https://youngjump.jp/kaguyasama/|''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' official manga website at ''Weekly Young Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/10834108156631093439|''Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Dōjin-ban'' official website at ''Tonari no Young Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|http://youngjump.jp/manga/kaguyakatari/|''Kaguya-sama o Kataritai'' official website at ''Weekly Young Jump''}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://www.viz.com/kaguya-sama-love-is-war|''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' official English manga website}} at [[Viz Media]]
* {{Anime News Network|manga|20344}}

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