Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～)

The treasurer of the four-member student council at Shuchiin Academy...

Yu Ishigami.

The man who is indispensable to the student council,

yet hasn't made much of an impression on them.

The man Shirogane, the president of the student council,

chose to be the treasurer based on expectations of his prowess.

Here's this month's financial report.

Great.

He has been biding his time...

What is it?

I want to quit the student council.

...waiting for the chance to resign from the student council!

I see. Quit the student council...

YU ISHIGAMI WANTS TO LIVE

You've got to be kidding me! Without you, we'll go bankrupt!

I'm begging you here!

Yu Ishigami.

He's a data processing expert.

At Shuchiin Academy, only the president is elected.

PRESIDENT MIYUKI SHIROGANE

VICE-PRESIDENT KAGUYA SHINOMIYA

SECRETARY CHIKA FUJIWARA

TREASURER YU ISHIGAMI

The other members are appointed based on their abilities.

Yu Ishigami is a talented person who was scouted by the student council...

despite the fact that he had barely begun his first year there.

Normally he takes his work home

and only shows up in the student council room for meetings,

but he is a full-fledged council member.

Undeniably, Yu Ishigami is the treasurer of Shuchiin Academy's student council.

And now he is trying to quit his post.

But I've got an important reason.

That reason is...

What reason?

I think I'm going to be murdered.

Murdered?

I think Shinomiya-senpai is going to kill me.

Shino...

O-On what basis do you think that?

Her eyes.

Eyes?

People's eyes are organs that are connected directly to the brain.

Normally half of the brain is used to process the sense of sight.

The movement of eyes can show what someone is cautious about or hungry for.

Those organs clearly reveal the brain's activity.

FOOD > CAT GLUTTON

DOG > FOOD SCAREDY-CAT

I can tell five or six percent of a person's true character just by looking into their eyes.

That's not much!

I can probably do the same!

The way Shinomiya-senpai looks at me sometimes...

I'm positive that the intent to kill is in that glance.

What exactly happened?

It was a month ago.

COFFEE BLEND FREE TICKET

But a lot of people think that's the best way to kill time.

What is this?

I don't really go to coffee shops.

They're too expensive for my blood.

You have a point.

If there was a coupon or something, it would be different.

PAT PAT

Yeah.

If it were cheaper, I wouldn't mind going once in a while.

Not a word to anyone about those tickets.

What happened?

She threatened me, so I can't tell you.

Threatened?

I have a feeling she's killed two or three people already.

What happened?

And then last week, too...

Shinomiya-senpai, are you in love with the president?

FSSST

In love with the president?

Don't talk nonsense! That would never happen!

You don't see him as a love interest?

N-No!

Of course not.

Really?

In fact, rumors like that are a nuisance!

Is that right?

I thought they'd make a good couple.

Then I'll give the president a hint that you have no romantic interest.

YANK YANK

You'll tell him no such thing!

You hear me?

I think she has the skills of a trained assassin.

A trained assassin?

Using the corner of a couch to strangle me... That's a pro!

What do you think Shinomiya is?

SHIVER SHIVER

My guess is she's a natural-born serial killer.

I can see it in her eyes.

You put too much faith in that five or six percent!

Fujiwara-senpai's in even more danger than me.

Sometimes Shinomiya-senpai stares at her as if she's less than human.

I estimate she's got another two months left.

You calculated her life expectancy?

Ridiculous!

No, that type is the most dangerous predator.

President...

Is Ishigami here?

I was at a meeting.

Don't make it worse for yourself!

It was about the budget for the drama club.

Turn yourself in, Shinomiya!

Please!

Listen when someone's talking to you!

BEND BEND

I told you I was helping the drama club, remember?

Today was the costume fitting.

O-Oh.

Still, you didn't need to bring that prop in here.

Um, I just wanted to tease you a little with it.

Sorry.

Cute.

Shirogane-senpai, this is a trap.

She's playing it cute so you'll let your guard down.

D-Don't scare me like that!

That's just a costume! Shinomiya hasn't killed anyone!

President!

Help.

Miss Kaguya killed me!

Then it's true!

What's true? She's just wearing special makeup!

Oh, right!

No, President. This is a trap, too.

I suspect she really is dead,

but Shinomiya-senpai performed some mad-science surgery on her.

Ishigami...

You always let imagination get the better of you.

Shinomiya would never murder a soul.

Try to have more faith in your colleagues.

Okay?

Faith in my colleagues...

Anyway, that's impressive.

I know, right?

How is that attached?

It's like this. See?

Sorry I asked.

Faith in my colleagues...

Ishigami...

About our secret...

I appreciate that you've kept it to yourself.

Being tight-lipped is a virtue, right?

If you had blabbed...

Faith!

STAB

...this wouldn't be a toy.

Also, don't put the president in a bind.

Please don't say anything more about resigning.

Do you want to try stabbing me, President?

Then was she...

Can I? I wanted to try it once.

listening the whole time?

ISHIGAMI LOSES

Results of today's match...

WANTS TO QUIT BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF KAGUYA BUT CAN'T QUIT BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF KAGUYA

Ishigami loses.

WOMEN WHO LOVE AND HATE

CAGE FOR CATS

There's an animal cage in front of you.

How many cats are in the cage?

What kind of abstract question is that?

CHIKA FUJIWARA WANTS TO TEST YOU

It's a psychological test!

It's from a book I borrowed from the library.

Just by answering this question,

I'll be able to understand the depths of your mind, President.

That's silly.

As if you could understand the workings of the mind with a question like that.

Come on, just humor me.

How many cats?

I guess about nine cats.

That tells me how many children you want!

That's exactly right!

Nine kids? That's like a baseball team!

Nine kids? That many?

PSYCHOLOGY TEST

Psychology tests.

Abstract questions that draw out what someone really thinks.

Most of them have amusing game elements that employ the Barnum effect,

but some of them are practical and based on actual psychology.

The person who thinks of these tests only as an amusing trifle

and lets their guard down may be in for a bitter experience.

I've got another really interesting one!

Let's do it together!

Oh, us, too?

Yes!

Are you ready?

"You're walking down a dark path.

Suddenly, someone taps you on the shoulder from behind.

Who is that person?"

Give me a hint.

This isn't a quiz, so it doesn't work that way.

Oh.

A dark path...

What could this be getting at?

There it is! The second question on page 47!

That answer...