What might be anime’s best romantic comedy, Kaguya-sama: Love is War (now stylised with a question mark at the end of the title) at last makes its more-than-welcome return. Directed by Shinichi Omata and written by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, the show is adapted from the immensely popular weekly seinen manga from Aka Akasaka (with the translated title: “Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to: The Geniuses’ War of Hearts and Minds”). The show is focused on a battle of wits between the wealthy heiress Kaguya Shinomiya and the workaholic star student and council president Miyuki Shirogane, both trying to make the other confess their love for each other, as they’re both too proud to admit it.Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Season 1-3 Download.
In the hands of anyone else it’d be a boring and routine “battle of the sexes,” but Love is War has continually shown itself to be above such clichés. With its James Bond-esque opening titles (scored with an infectiously catchy number from “Japan’s King Of Love Songs” Masayuki Suzuki) and penchant for ludicrous escalation, the first season made hysterical overreaction its whole modus operandi. The ridiculously elaborate schemes by Shinomiya and Shirogane to make the other confess their love constantly defy predictability, as any one might find itself undone by their meddlesome friends, pure coincidence, or one of the two panicking at the prospect of intimacy with the other.
The show is kept at a ridiculous and intentionally infuriating stalemate, as the stubborn leads refuse to be honest with each other or themselves.My Hero Academia Season 4 Finale Ending ExplainedWhat keeps this back-and-forth interesting is how the comedy stays informed by character; Shirogane’s obsessive work ethic stems from his family’s financial insecurity, while Shinomiya’s emotional insecurity stems from her lavish and extremely sheltered upbringing.Kaguya-sama wa kokurasetai ~ Tensai tachi no ren’ai zunô sen ~.