Manga Review: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Volume 4, by Aka Akasaka

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: September 2018

Volumes: 11+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3. 5.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first.

Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first…?!

Will Kaguya and Miyuki outsmart a psychological test designed to reveal their true feelings? Is spoon feeding each other cake the way to each other’s hearts?

Also, Miyuki visits Kaguya’s home for the first time, but she is too sick to enjoy it. Kaguya tries to befriend Miyuki’s little sister, but Chika has beaten her to the punch. And summer vacation arrives, but the student council still hasn’t agreed on a destination.

Summer vacation is more fun with friends.

Review:

There are a few episodic chapters in this volume still—and really, all of them have very singular plots—but then the story expands to continuous plots. Firstly, we see Chika trying to play a game, and then she's tricked into teaching Shirogane again, much to her detriment. But then a storm mess-up leads into Kaguya getting sick, and then we get to see her unguarded for the first time. Shirogane visits her, and for the first time, she's sweet and vulnerable. She vaguely remembers what happened when he visited, which leads to her wondering if he did anything compromising to her—and she's really more upset that he didn't.

After all of that, Kaguya gets to meet Shirogane's little sister. And finally, it looks like we'll be getting a vacation plot line in the next one. I can only imagine there'll be more crazy thoughts there.

This series has really grown on me, and now I just enjoy it so much. It's so ridiculous, in such a sweet way.

 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!