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Review: かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ 2

かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ 2 かぐや様は告らせたい ～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ 2 by Aka Akasaka
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't know what I was so sour about when I reviewed the first volume. This is so funny and silly and such an enjoyable read. The art isn't even bad, like shut up past me. As soon as I finished the last chapter I said outloud to myself, "Ten out of ten." Though obviously that miiiiight be a bit of a stretch. I mean, this is pretty funny, but it still ain't no Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan, ya nam sayin'? (By the way that is the single most HILARIOUS piece of media I've ever consumed in my entire existence. Out of all books, comics, manga, movies, you name it. Actual 10/10 gold. The anime at least. I haven't read the manga.)

Of course the source of the hilarity is still in how fricken INTENSE these characters get about situations! Seemingly ordinary or everyday scenarios get misconstrued to be ten times more complicated than they need to be because of this weird battle of the tsunderes that this series focuses on. So good.

I still do feel like it has not yet reached 5/5 star status though. But at the same time it's so good... I am stuck! Uugggghh. I think I'm just going to go with 4/5 stars, and I'll see what happens in the next volume, whether that'll finally be enough to get the series to 5/5 or not. Because if it doesn't, then it just means it's not meant to be... I'm just being dramatic. ;]


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