By that time, they have already kissed a few times, including a French kiss. After a while of clearing things out after the Cultural Festival, Kaguya and Myuki have offically started dating as of the Christmas Arc. The confession from both parties finally takes place during Cultural Festivals arc. However, their battle of getting the other to confess doesn't last forever. Until chapter 136, the two remained in a constant stalemate of getting the other to confess to them.
They are both in love with each other, but are too petty to admit their feelings openly, seeing a 'confession' as an absolute loss that must be avoided.
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Even if it’s to America.The main premise of the series is Kaguya's and Myuki's romance. And, based on the response to Shirogane’s long-awaited confession, and the couple finally getting together, fans seem ready to follow these characters wherever they go. More than anything else, Kaguya-sama is a series about how people change and grow.įrom the jokey gag manga about love and war, to a slice of life comedy to a genuine romance, the constant for Kaguya-sama: Love is War has always been its characters, and they’re what will carry over no matter what. It’s an incredible achievement and a testament to how well the series has been written that a tone shift like that wouldn’t feel out of place at all, but rather like a perfect encapsulation of the series. In one of the latest chapters, the manga blossoms from a meta-textual shot at the romance genre into a vulnerable and heartfelt moment between two characters in just a few pages. While they’re always present, the series also has the ability to shift tones on a dime. Where Kaguya sets itself apart from other comedy romance manga, however, is that it’s never been limited by its jokes. Shirogane and Kaguya from the Kaguya-sama anime Image: A-1 Pictures The writer, Akasaka, has poked fun at everything from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, to popular anime and the romance manga genre itself. Kaguya has always managed to transform itself seamlessly because the jokes were always an extension of the characters’ experiences (not to mention hilarious). Without that, it’s easy for the audience to find a vast, empty space where a crush masked a character’s lack of personality. Whether it’s an American sitcom, a romantic comedy movie, an anime, or a manga, the push and pull of a couple coming together is compelling enough drama to drive a story. It’s not often you see a romance series move on to what happens after two characters become a couple. Instead, the confession comes along with a request: Shirogane wants Kaguya to apply to Stanford with him. Just when the characters realized how much they really care for each other, it seems they’ll be separated - or Shirogane will forgo his dream of studying abroad to stay with Kaguya.īut that doesn’t happen. The confession comes a little less than a year before the characters graduate and Shirogane is set to leave for Stanford. A hidden hint of Shirogane’s confession in the anime’s opening credits A-1 Pictures The gesture was grand, elaborate, shockingly silly, and incredibly sweet, all without betraying the heart of its characters and their inability to express themselves completely. Shirogane’s entire grand sort-of-confession was a seamless conclusion of all the moments of character development and growth that had come before it. After all, if something is going to be a truly great parody, it also has to be able to fall into line with the genre tropes when it needs to. Even as it changed though the series continued to stick closely to its will-they-won’t-they path - until everything changed.Īs the manga progressed through an arc centered on the culture festival - the place where more romance manga confessions happen than any other - Kaguya-sama: Love is War seemed to inch towards a moment that fans have spent nearly four years waiting for: the confession. Slowly the story shed its original competition-based premise and morphed into a charming story about two characters trying to work through their feelings for one another. The characters developed complex inner lives, and the series started to explore what, exactly, they couldn’t confess to each other. Think Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons, but about high school relationships.Īs Kaguya-sama: Love is War in popularity, writer Aka Akasaka’s series also outgrew its roots as a parody of traditional romantic comedy manga.
This results in increasingly ridiculous mind games in which they end up outsmarting themselves. Kaguya-sama: Love is War started out as a manga with a specific premise: two high school geniuses, Shirogane and Kaguya, can’t admit they’re in love, so each tries to win a confession of affection from the other.