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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-

NR·2022·96m

Summary

After pining for one another and plotting for so long, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane finally have their climactic first kiss. However, they struggle to define their relationship. After all, how much of their true selves have they really shown to one another?

Crew

Director

Mamoru Hatakeyama

Comic Book

Aka Akasaka

Screenplay, Series Composition

Yasuhiro Nakanishi

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

February 25, 2023

7

First things first - what's with the ridiculously long title? Thereafter, though, this is quite a cleverly constructed teen romance that sees the student president "Shirogane" share a kiss with the adulatory "Kaguya" only for us to find that cementing that kiss into something more substantial proves quite a challenge. It seems that the young girl has multiple personalities vying for pre-eminance in her relationship with her (their?) beau. These characterisations vary from the young, lovestruck and naive to the young, cynical and suspicious. Poor old "Shirgane" has to deal with all three and is soon completely phased by the erratic, frequently quite funny, behaviour of the young woman who seems as likely to stab him between the eyes as to make love to him. On that last point, it is adult themed - and the writing reflects an honesty about teen adoration, but also about sex, lust and a dose of good, old fashioned, jealousy. It packs quite a lot of story into ninety minutes and raises quite a few smiles - of laughter and of appreciation (we've probably all been here, at some point, as we grew up and remember the intensity of that "first kiss") and is well worth a watch.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

high school
romantic comedy
based on manga
school life
seinen
christmas
anime