Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 12, 2019, to Mar 30, 2019

Premiered: Winter 2019

Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Magic Capsule, Shueisha, JR East Marketing & Communications

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Psychological, Romance, School, Seinen

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Plot: At the renowned Shuchiin Academy, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya are the student body's top representatives. Ranked the top student in the nation and respected by peers and mentors alike, Miyuki serves as the student council president. Alongside him, the vice president Kaguya—eldest daughter of the wealthy Shinomiya family—excels in every field imaginable. They are the envy of the entire student body, regarded as the perfect couple.

However, despite both having already developed feelings for the other, neither are willing to admit them. The first to confess losses will be looked down upon and will be considered the lesser. With their honor and pride at stake, Miyuki and Kaguya are both equally determined to be the ones to emerge victorious on the battlefield of love!

User Review: Every season there is one entry the anime community overhypes beyond belief and this time it's Kaguya same.

Story? There’s no story beyond two teen high schoolers' failed love attempts at getting the other person to confess. Fans have dubbed Kaguya the same as the "Death Note of romance", which is laughable because the mind games here are pretentious, basic tactics.

The comedy is hit or miss most of the time, with the odd joke being able to crack a smile from me. The jokes and gags are repetitive and become stale e.g. the skit where the President and Kaguya gave love advice dragged on too long. The episode about the wiener joke (no, I’m not kidding) was so childish.

The characters are a bunch of troupes who receive no character development: Kaguya is a rich, childish, pampered tsundere with barely any endearing qualities. Chika is the cute ditsy airhead, Ishigami is the depressed emo okay that fans relate to calling him "our guy". He's easily the worst character because of how one-dimensional he is and all his jokes being so predictable e.g. "oh no, Kaguya is going to kill me! I'm going home, President!". The president is a hardworking and studious guy. He’s the best of the main cast in my opinion. He's the most interesting, relatable and got varied comedy.

The main problem with this show is the narration. The narrator might as well be his own character with how overused it is, to the point, it becomes overbearing and annoying. The writer clearly didn't grasp the concept of "show, don't tell" because i don't want to be told about the characters and their thought process like they’re puppets. I don’t know why the narrator is keeping score of their matches because it ultimately amounts to nothing and we get the same rinse-repeat scenario next episode. He’s often mentioning stuff that’s obvious on-screen with info dumps, which is jarring because it comes across as if the viewer is too stupid to think for themselves.

I’ll give it to A1, the animation is great, the posts are good and the stylistic presentation is visually impressive enough for you to overlook most scenes taking place in one location. The opening visuals are creative, however, the opening song is cheesy and the ending is forgettable.

Overall, Kaguya sama is a fun rom-com, but it's cliche and filled with troupes that would otherwise be criticised in other shows. The dynamic between the two leads doesn’t change as they are no closer to confessing to each other than they were at the beginning. It's baffling to see so many positive reviews and the amount of praise it’s received when it lacks substance and does nothing special compared to other rom-com.

Download || Kaguya-same: Love is War Hindi Dubbed

Episode 1 "Eiga ni Sasowasetai / Kaguya-sama wa Tomeraretai / Kaguya-sama was"

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