Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1

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Loo, Egan (October 30, 2022). "Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Film's Teaser Unveils December 17 Opening, Anime NYC Preview". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022 . Retrieved October 30, 2022. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War had over 6.5 million copies in circulation by April 2019; [35] over 8.5 million copies by October 2019; [36] over 9 million copies in circulation by December 2019; [37] over 13 million copies in circulation by October 2020; [38] over 15 million copies in circulation by April 2021; [39] over 19 million copies in circulation by October 2022; [40] and over 22 million copies in circulation by December 2022. [41] It was the ninth-best-selling manga in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold. [42] Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Chapter 154: Kaguya Shinomiya S Impossible Challenge: “the Swallow S Cowry” (Part 2)

The characters' names were derived from the 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 aformentioned 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. [4] Development and themes [ edit ] 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 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 tsunderes 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. [5] Character design [ edit ] in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020 . Retrieved November 6, 2020.

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Sherman, Jennifer (January 22, 2020). "Aoashi, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, More Win 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021 . Retrieved January 22, 2020. Loo, Egan (November 27, 2019). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2019". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019 . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Tai, Anita (October 23, 2023). "Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Oshi no Ko Manga Both Get Novels". Anime News Network . Retrieved October 23, 2023. North American publisher Viz Media announced their license to the series during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 20, 2017. [10] 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 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.

Mateo, Alex (March 10, 2022). "Kaguya-sama: Love is War Anime Season 3's Trailer Reveals April 8 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022 . Retrieved March 10, 2022.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 romcom series. It was Akasaka's first manga in the romcom genre. [4]