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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Stairway to Adulthood
かぐや様は告らせたい 大人への階段
8.55
132 rank · 93,959 viewers · 306 favorites
Comedy
School
Seinen
Romance
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Synopsis
At the prestigious Shuuchiin Academy, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are the top students, admired by all for their brilliance and status. Despite their mutual attraction, both are too proud to be the first to confess their feelings. Convinced that whoever admits their love first loses the "war" of romance, they engage in a series of elaborate psychological schemes and clever traps to force the other to break their resolve.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 40 sampled reviews
7.4
/10
What 40 viewers settled on.
76%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.95
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.95 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.2 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 4.6
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Score over time
↓ 1.58
Running avg · Dec 2025 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Honestly speaking, I am happy to see more love is war content but it just feels rushed (if you watched read the manga) from the story. A lot of thing could've been in the anime but I guess we're...”
- 9 “As an Anime only, this feels like a perfect end to a perfect romance anime. The characters grew up past school, life changed them a bit but overall, love prevails. This short is hearthmelting in...”
- 10 “IT FINALLY HAPPENED! It took years, but we finally got here. Kaguya and the president’s love finally blossomed, and it truly went all the way. This is what every fan was waiting for, and it...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 50%
Long · 13%
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A Tv special Production
A-1 Pictures.- Format 1 × 52′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 52m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2025 – ongoing
- Source Tv special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-28663 catalog