Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Aka Akasaka. Akasaka launched the series in the June issue of Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine on May 19, 2015.[1][2] The series switched to the publisher's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump on March 24, 2016.[3][2] A special chapter ran in the debut issue of Young Jump Gold on May 18, 2017.[4] North American publisher Viz Media announced their license to the series during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 20, 2017.[2] A spinoff manga by Shinta Sakayama, titled Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Dōjin-ban (かぐや様は告らせたい 同人版, transl. "Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to - Dōjin Edition"), launched on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on June 14, 2018, and is serialized on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.[5] A yonkoma spinoff, written by G3 Ida and titled Kaguya-sama o Kataritai (かぐや様を語りたい, transl. "We Want to Talk About Kaguya"), launched in Young Jump on July 26, 2018. The yonkoma focuses on two newspaper/press club girls who idolize Kaguya and the gang but have no clue what really goes on inside the student council.[5]
"I Will Make You Invite Me to a Movie" (映画に誘わせたい, Eiga ni Sasowasetai)
"I Will Make You Play Old Maid" (ババ抜きをさせたい, Babanuki o Sasetai)
"I Don't Know Kaguya All That Well (かぐや様はよく知らない, Kaguya-sama wa Yoku Shiranai)
"Miyuki Wants to Figure Out the Answer" (白銀御行は答えたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Kotaetai)
"Kaguya Wants It" (かぐや様はいただきたい, Kaguya-sama wa Itadakitai)
"Miyuki Wants to Hide His Ignorance" (白銀御行は隠したい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Kakushitai)
"Chika Wants to Go Somewhere" (藤原ちゃんは出かけたい, Fujiwara-chan wa Dekaketai)
"Kaguya Wants to Be Figured Out" (かぐや様は当てられたい, Kaguya-sama wa Ateraretai)
"Kaguya Wants to Walk" (かぐや様は歩きたい, Kaguya-sama wa Arukitai)
"The Student Council Wants to Play a Prank" (生徒会は悪戯したい, Seitokai wa Itazura Shitai)
Chika gives a pair of movie tickets to Miyuki but he tries to set up his invitation to Kaguya so as to not make it a love confession. Kaguya, who had planted the tickets, tries to use her acting emotions to sway Miyuki. Kaguya and Miyuki agree to play a game of old maid where the winner gets to command the loser to do something. Miyuki wins, and takes one of the movie tickets, saying Kaguya can do whatever she wants with the other one. They show up at the theater at the same time, but Kaguya hesitates on picking a seat next to Miyuki without telling him she wants to sit next to him. Later, Chika shares some word/phrase puzzles with Kaguya. Miyuki cannot help but listen in, but struggles to solve them. When Miyuki brings his homemade lunch and shares some with Chika, Kaguya glares angrily at the two. A boy asks Miyuki for love advice while Kaguya listens in. Chika wants to go on a summer trip for the student council; Miyuki and Kaguya debate whether to go to the mountains or the ocean. Kaguya challenges Miyuki to a game of 20 questions to see if he knows what she likes. Kaguya has to walk to school. While Miyuki is napping at his desk, Kaguya tries to influence his REM sleep, but Chika arrives and plays a prank.
"Kaguya Wants to Trade" (かぐやさまは交換したい, Kaguya-sama wa Koukan Shitai)
"Kaguya Wants to be Stopped" (かぐや様は止められたい, Kaguya-sama wa Tomeraretai)
"Kaguya Wants to Put Her Lips on It" (かぐや様は口付けたい, Kaguya-sama wa Kuchi Tsuketai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Still Hasn't Done It" (白銀御行はまだしてない, Shirogane Miyuki wa Mada Shitenai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Escape" (白銀御行は逃げ出したい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Nigedashitai)
"Kaguya Wants to Handle It" (かぐや様はこなしたい, Kaguya-sama wa Konashitai)
"Kaguya Wants Affection" (かぐや様は愛でたい, Kaguya-sama wa Medetai)
"The Student Council Wants It to Be Said" (生徒会は言わせたい, Seitokai wa Iwasetai)
"Kaguya Wants Him to Send It" (かぐや様は送らせたい, Kaguya-sama wa Okurasetai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Talk" (白銀御行は話したい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Hanashitai)
Miyuki tries to get Kaguya to ask him for his LINE ID on his new smartphone, while Kaguya, who had secretly arranged the circumstances, does the same. When Kaguya gets a love letter, Miyuki tries to stop her from going without confessing. While having coffee, the cups accidentally get switched, causing Miyuki to struggle with the implications of an indirect kiss. When Chika and Miyuki read a women's magazine article about teens doing it, Kaguya thinks it's not a big deal, misunderstanding the euphemism. While organizing some boxes, Miyuki is paralyzed by a cockroach, while Kaguya tries to use the opportunity to act scared in order to get closer to Miyuki. A girl (Nagisa Kashiwagi) asks Kaguya for advice on whether she should break up with her boyfriend, when Chika intervenes with her own plans. When Chika gives cat ears to Kaguya and Miyuki, the latter two become really shy because of the cuteness of each other's appearances. The council plays the forbidden word game. Kaguya hesitates about texting Miyuki, so her assistant Ai Hayasaka has her call him instead. At the event with the French high school student council, Miyuki discovers he is the least fluent of the Japanese student council members in French, so he tries hard to pretend to know what's going on.
"Kaguya Wants to Be Covered" (かぐや様は差されたい, Kaguya-sama wa Sasaretai)
"Chika Fujiwara Wants to Be Eaten" (藤原千花は食べられたい, Fujiwara Chika wa Taberaretai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Show Off" (白銀御行は見せつけたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Misetsuketai)
"Yu Ishigami Wants to Live" (石上優は生き延びたい, Ishigami Yū wa Ikinobitai)
"Kaguya Wants to Be Noticed" (かぐや様は気づかれたい, Kaguya-sama wa Kizukaretai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Work" (白銀御行は働きたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Hatarakitai)
"Kaguya Wants to Control It" (かぐや様は堪えたい, Kaguya-sama wa Taetai)
"Kaguya Wants Him to Join In" (かぐや様は入れたい, Kaguya-sama wa Iretai)
"Ai Hayasaka Wants to Stave Them Off" (早坂愛は防ぎたい, Hayasaka Ai wa Fusegitai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Can't Lose" (白銀御行は負けられない, Shirogane Miyuki wa Makerarenai)
Kaguya and Miyuki try to get each other to ask to share an umbrella. Chika and Kaguya read a shojo manga comic that has some racy scenes. When Miyuki realizes he can't play volleyball to support a school club, Chika coaches him. Treasurer Yu Ishigami wants to quit the student council because he is afraid that Kaguya will kill him. Ai does Kaguya's nails so Kaguya can get Miyuki to notice. Kashiwagi's boyfriend asks for Miyuki advice on holding hands, Chika (along with Kaguya) intervenes again. Chika discovers that Kaguya can't stop laughing when the word "wiener" is mentioned. Yu talks with Miyuki about balancing the books and whether to raise club fees. Ai alters Miyuki's coffee so that he falls asleep next to Kaguya, and tries to distract Chika and the others from entering the student council room. The student council prepares for semester final exams.
"Chika Fujiwara Wants to Test You" (藤原千花はテストしたい, Fujiwara Chika wa Tesuto Shitai)
"Kaguya Wants To Be Hated" (かぐや様は嫌われたい, Kaguya-sama wa Kirawaretai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Sing" (白銀御行は歌いたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Utaitai)
"Kaguya Wants To Take Him Home" (かぐや様は送りたい, Kaguya-sama wa Okuritai)
"Chika Fujiwara Wants to Pay a Visit" (藤原書記は見舞いたい, Fujiwara Shoki wa Mimaitai)
"About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 1" (四宮かぐやについて①, Shinomiya Kaguya ni Tsuite Ichi)
"Kaguya Won't Forgive" (かぐや様は許せない, Kaguya-sama wa Yurusenai)
"Kaguya Wants to Forgive" (かぐや様は許したい, Kaguya-sama wa Yurushitai)
"Kaguya Wants Her to Say It" (かぐや様は呼ばせたい, Kaguya-sama wa Yobasetai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Go Somewhere" (白銀御行は出かけたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Dekaketai)
When Chika shares situational questions from a love psychology book, Kaguya, who has secretly read it, tries to give the perfect answer. Miyuki tries to use some social interaction strategies found from a magazine insert with Kaguya, not knowing that Kaguya has already memorized them. When Chika realizes Miyuki has been lip syncing the school anthem, she end up putting Miyuki through her training. When a rain storm causes the trains to shut down, Kaguya ponders how to have Miyuki get a ride with her. When Kaguya is at home sick, Chika and Miyuki play a game of concentration to see who will go visit her. Miyuki wins and visits, but somehow end up asleep in the same bed. Kaguya and Miyuki also struggle over who should eat the last piece of cake at the student council room. Kaguya shares her "I have this friend" situation with Nagisa, while Miyuki does the same with Yu. When Miyuki's younger sister visits the council room, Kaguya wants to develop a close friendship with her. Chika suggests the student council go on a trip together for summer break.
"Kaguya Doesn't Realize" (かぐや様は気づかない, Kaguya-sama wa Kidzukanai)
"Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Meditate" (白銀御行は取り持ちたい, Shirogane Miyuki wa Torimochitai)
"Kaguya Shinomiya's Impossible Demand: "A Cowrie a Swallow Gave Birth To," Part 1 (四宮かぐやの無理難題「燕の子安貝」編①, Shinomiya Kaguya no Muri Nandai「Tsubame no Koyasugai」Hen Ichi)
"Yu Ishigami Wants to Prove Himself Worthy" (石上優はこたえたい, Ishigami Yū wa Kotaetai)
"Chika Fujiwara Wants to Stay Over" (藤原千花は泊まりたい, Fujiwara Chika wa Tomaritai)
"Chika Fujiwara Wants to Beat a Rhythm" (藤原千花は刻みたい, Fujiwara Chika wa Kizamitai)
"Ai Hayasaka Wants to Talk" (早坂愛は話したい, Hayasaka Ai wa Hanashitai)
"Maki Shijo Wants Some Help" (四条眞妃は頼りたい, Shijo Maki wa Tayoritai)
"Yu Ishigami Wants to Discuss It" (石上優は語りたい, Ishigami Yū wa Kataritai)
"The Student Council Wants to Look Forward" (生徒会は進みたい, Seitokai wa Susumitai)