Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)

Animation · Comedy · Drama

Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (31,907 votes)
Episode average: 8.7 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

8.48 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 9.4 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I Will Make You Invite Me to a Movie/Kaguya Wants to Be Stopped/Kaguya Wants It	7.9	1,651
2	Kaguya Wants to Trade/Chika Wants to Go Somewhere/Miyuki Wants to Hide His Ignorance	8.1	1,407
3	Miyuki Shirogane Still Hasn't Done It/Kaguya Wants to Be Figured Out/Kaguya Wants to Walk	8.8	1,544
4	Kaguya Wants Affection/The Student Council Wants It to Be Said/Kaguya Wants Him to Send It/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Talk	8.4	1,335
5	Kaguya Wants to Handle It/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Show Off/Kaguya Wants to Be Covered	8.3	1,308
6	Yu Ishigami Wants to Live/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Test You/Kaguya Wants to Be Noticed	8.6	1,325
7	Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Work/Kaguya Wants Him to Join In/Kaguya Wants to Control It	8.5	1,303
8	Kaguya Wants Her to Say It/Miyuki Shirogane Can't Lose/Ishigami Closes His Eyes	8.0	1,250
9	Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Pay a Visit/About Kaguya Shinomiya	9.0	1,484
10	Kaguya Won't Forgive/Kaguya Wants to Forgive/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Go Somewhere	8.3	1,259
11	Ai Hayasaka Wants to Get Soaked/Chika Fujiwara Really Wants to Eat It/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to See You/I Can't Hear the Fireworks, Part 1	8.5	1,295
12	I Can't Hear the Fireworks, Part 2/Kaguya Doesn't Want to Avoid Him	9.4	2,048

Season 2 (2020)

8.74 avg 13 episodes 8.6 → 7.3 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ai Hayasaka Wants to Stave Them Off/The Student Council Has Not Achieved Nirvana/Kaguya Wants to Get Married/Kaguya Wants to Celebrate	8.6	1,308
2	Kaguya Wants to Know/Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Confirm It	8.7	1,251
3	Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Gaze at the Moon/The 67th Student Council/Kaguya Doesn't Want to Say It	9.2	1,495
4	Ai Hayasaka Wants Him to Fall for Her/Kaguya Wants to Be Confessed To/Miko Iino Wants to Set Things Right	9.0	1,335
5	Miyuki Shirogane Wants Girls to Fall for Him/Nagisa Kashiwagi Wants to Console/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Sing/Kaguya Wants to Kick Them Down	8.2	1,152
6	I Don't Want to Make Miko Iino Smile/I Want to Make Miko Iino Smile/Kaguya Isn't Getting Called	8.8	1,242
7	Kaguya Wants to Undress Him/Kaguya Wants to Make Him Let Go/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Read/Kaguya <3 Aquarium	9.1	1,476
8	Miko Iino Wants to Control Herself/Kaguya Doesn't Scare Easily/Kaguya Wants to Be Examined	8.5	1,180
9	Yu Ishigami Closes His Eyes, Part 2/Kaguya Wants to Touch/Kaguya Doesn't Say No	8.5	1,163
10	Kei Shirogane Can't Speak/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Dance/Kobachi Osaragi Wants to Crack Down/Miyuki Shirogane's Dad Wants to Find Out	9.0	1,346
11	Yu Ishigami Closes His Eyes, Part 3/Miyuki Shirogane and Yu Ishigami/Kyoko Otomo Doesn't Realize	9.7	5,534
12	The Student Council Would Like a Group Photo/The Student Council Is Going to Get That Group Photo/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Inflate	9.0	1,385
13	OVA: Kaguya-sama Darkness Volume 1/Kaguya-sama Darkness Volume 2/Kaguya-sama wa Tabesasetai	7.3	688

Season 3 (2021)

8.83 avg 14 episodes 8.6 → 9.7 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Yu Ishigami Wants to Talk	8.6	722
1	Miko Iino Wants to Be Soothed/Kaguya Doesn't Realize/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Battle	8.7	1,261
2	Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Mediate/Kaguya Wants to Distract Him/Kaguya Preemptively Strikes	8.7	1,199
3	Nagisa Kashiwagi Wants to Kill/Maki Shijo Wants to Take Action/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Be Believed	8.2	1,117
4	Kaguya Shinomiya's Impossible Demand: "A Cowrie a Swallow Gave Birth To" Part 1/Yu Ishigami Wants to Prove Himself Worthy/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Stay Over	8.7	1,161
5	Chika Fujiwara Wants to Beat a Rhythm/Ai Hayasaka Wants to Talk/Maki Shijo Wants Some Help	9.3	1,861
6	The Student Council Wants to Move Forward/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 2/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 3	8.7	1,115
7	Miko Iino Can't Love, Part 1/Students Wish to Discuss the Culture Festival/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Blow It Up	7.8	1,088
8	Kei Shirogane Wants to Show Off/About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 2/Kaguya Wants to Confess	8.7	1,122
9	Spring of First Year/Kaguya's Culture Festival/Yu Ishigami's Culture Festival	8.8	1,162
10	Kozue Makihara Wants to Have Fun/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Unmask/Miyuki Shirogane's Culture Festival	9.0	1,237
11	Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 4/Tsubame Koyasu Wants to Say No/Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 5	9.3	1,457
12	Kaguya Wants to Confess, Part 2/Kaguya Wants to Confess, Part 3/Dual Confessions, Part 1	9.4	1,441
13	Dual Confessions, Part 2/The Shuchiin Afterparty	9.7	6,361

Season 4 (2023)

9.15 avg 4 episodes 9.0 → 9.5 25 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Talk Things Over/Miko Iino Wants to Talk/About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 3	9.0	850
2	About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 4/Kaguya Wants to Be Noticed (Ice)/Kaguya Wants to Forgive (Ice)	8.8	807
3	Kaguya Wants to Eat It (Ice)/Our Persona/Kaguya Wants to Confess (Ice)	9.3	925
4	Kaguya is Fine with It	9.5	1,398

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)

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