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～)

- Gotcha! - Gotcha!

Summer. It's the season of love.

Stop it!

Is burning a young lady's bare body the sun's mischief?

Is the quivering of asphalt a heat haze mirage?

A boy and girl bare their hearts to each other

and are invited to take the next step in a male-female relationship.

The curtain comes up on a summer vacation like that.

Half a month has passed!

During that time, nothing in particular has happened.

AUGUST

I screwed up.

I totally screwed up.

SHOPPING FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

Was that a sigh?

If you sigh like that, happiness will flee in all directions.

AI HAYASAKA WANTS TO GET SOAKED

President Shirogane says he's at home right now,

so if you loiter around outside, you may see him.

Don't talk silly, Hayasaka.

As if I would engage in stalker-like—

He says he's at home?

Hayasaka, since when have you been in contact with the president?

Oh, I'm not.

He was grumbling about it on Twitter.

Twitter?

What's that? No, I've heard of it!

Twitter...

I think Miss Fujiwara does it.

DICTIONARY

Twitter... Twitter...

Well, I'm going to take a bath.

RESERVED

Again?

FEMALE EMPLOYEES' BATHROOM

She gets to do that?

There.

SPLASH

FSSS

Hayasaka! Come quick!

Wh-What is it?

The Internet is broken!

It must be the major incident of the century.

So, I tried to start doing that thing, you know, Twitter...

USER NAME EMAIL ADDRESS I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE.

but the letters are garbled!

The letters are not garbled.

Password. Can I use my bank password?

No.

Hopeless at I.T.

HOPELESS AT I.T.

When it comes to technology, Kaguya prefers to be analog.

She can do mental arithmetic, but cant use a calculator.

When she looks into something, she'll use a map or encyclopedia instead of googling.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

She does use the Internet once in a while to check the weather or news headlines,

but never leaves the confines of the search engine site's top page.

She's about as tech-savvy as the old man who runs the candy shop.

YAMADA STORE

Like this?

Yes. Now you have an account, Lady Kaguya.

MIYUKI SHIROGANE CHIKA FUJIWARA YU ISHIGAMI

I printed out the accounts of the other student council members.

For example, this is the secretary's account.

I WENT TO DUBAI

I WENT TO CALIFORNIA

She clearly spends a great deal of time tweeting and no time at all studying.

I WENT TO BALI

I WENT TO HAWAII

All she does is travel abroad.

And this anime icon is the treasur—

Not interested.

The best thing to do is play around with it until you're used to it.

Okay.

Well, I'm going back to my bath.

This job is exhausting.

The only way I can take it is by washing my fatigue away like this.

Lady Kaguya doesn't understand.

She should appreciate me more.

Hayasaka! Come quick!

Jeez.

Lady Kaguya, would you stop barging in on—

I've been banned from Twitter!

I'm surprised you even know about being banned.

THIS ACCOUNT'S TWEETS ARE PROTECTED.

L-Look!

I can't see it! Why? Did I do something wrong?

President Shirogane has a protected account.

Protected?

It's because some trolls will flame you no matter what you post.

This goes to show that the president is on his toes about privacy.

My main account is protected, too.

You'd better be very careful, too, Lady Kaguya.

In other words,

think of your account as your house.

With normal accounts, the front door is wide open,

so visitors can come and go as they please.

But cautious people keep their front door locked,

and only visitors who are given a key can come in.

Then, where do you get a key?

That's simple.

FOLLOW

LIKES

If you click this "Follow" button,

a request for approval will be sent to President Shirogane.

If he agrees, you'll then be able to see his tweets.

I imagine he'd okay any request, as long as their profile shows they go to Shuchiin.

But... But I... But I...

There's no way I can do that!

After all, it would mean...

President! Please open up!

I want to know more about you!

REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A FOLLOW

I want to know what you think about and what you usually do!

BAM BAM

You want to know about me that badly?

You're that interested in my 140-character monologues?

That's cute.

APPROVED

Like that, right?

Is this a new kind of stupidity?

You really think of the most useless things.

Are you mad at me, Hayasaka?

Mad? More like I'm wondering...

how long you're going to make me stand around half-naked.

Sorry.

If you won't do it, Lady Kaguya, I—

Wait! Wait!

Hold on!

I'll do it when I'm good and ready!

FOLLOW

LIKES

I wonder what the president tweets about.

What is he doing? What does he like?

How is he spending his summer?

But...

But...

That's it! I'll protect my account, too!

- Then, if the president follows me— - Wake up and smell the coffee.

You've never succeeded with that pattern before. Not even once.

In the end, she wasn't able to send the request.

Lady Kaguya is stubborn to a fault.

They both are hopeless.

If either were open about their feelings, they could both be happy.

But I envy them.

I wish I loved someone like that.

As if...

Hayasaka! Come quick!

Results of today's match...

None.

KAGUYA AND SHIROGANE DIDN'T MEET UP

Please! Enough already!

CLICK CLICK

HER TYPING IS VERY FAST

CHIKA FUJIWARA REALLY WANTS TO EAT IT

Japan!

I loved Egypt.

I wish we could've stayed there a little longer.

The ta'amiya and kushari were delicious!

You're just thinking about food!

Maybe you wanted to stay longer, Sis,

but I couldn't wait to get back to Japan!

Why?

After all...

My name is Saburo Odajima.

I'm an insignificant middle manager.

RAMEN

HAKATA TENRYU

My hobby is frequenting ramen shops.

TENRYU RAMEN

Welcome.

I came to a neighborhood shop today.

The most popular item on the menu is pork bone broth ramen...

but that's not for me.

I get the inconspicuous one all the way at the end.

Soy sauce pork bone. Thin.

How about the noodles?

Firm.

That is this shop's optimum combination.

The way I ordered shows I'm in the know.

Welcome.

It smells wonderful!

GLOW

Well, well, a cute customer...

Maybe she wandered in thinking this was a cake shop.

What can I get you?

Um,

soy sauce pork bone ramen, thin broth!

Impossible!

Did a girl like this suddenly calculate this shop's optimum combination?

OPTIMUM COMBINATION

Is it a coincidence? No.

This isn't the kind of shop a young woman would enter alone this late at night.

RAMEN

Could this woman be one of "my people"?

MY PEOPLE

What about the noodles?

Um,

super-firm!

FSSS