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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～ 5

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

This was another great volume!!! Except now this is very difficult for me to review because I read half of this volume week by week as the chapters got released, so nothing but the last chapter is fresh in my brain right now. But I'll try my best!!

This volume started out with with its first actual arc which I will dub the “Summer Break” arc. That might even be its actual name, I dunno. This was a quite serious arc, and served to push along the romance more so than for comedy (like is usually the case with most of the chapters in this series). Now I don't know about anyone else, but I LOVED this arc. I normally don't reeaallly like episodic shows or manga, but this manga is so funny that it was an exception. With this being said, it was still really nice to read (and I have actually been hoping for) an actual arc that spanned a couple chapters instead of just one. It was a blast and also a feels-fest which is something I wasn't expecting. The combination of the story and miraculously fitting music that my shuffle decided to play while I was reading actually ended in my eyes tearing up a bit. It was quite beautiful, really.

The rest of the volume was back to regularly scheduled hilarity. Character bonding and hilarity. It's hard to say much more because whatever there is to say about this series has already been said in my past reviews. If by some disastrously terrible fate you're reading this review and you haven't started this series yet, I would strongly suggest you get on that.

During the entirety of my reading of this series I have been conflicted on how to rate the volumes. Right now I literally have zero idea. For simplicity's sake I'll just continue being consistent and also rate this volume 4 stars. I'll just say here that all of these four-star rating are actually probably closer to 4.5 star ratings, seeing as this is one of my favourites, for sure. *EDIT 1* Actually, you know what, screw it, it's getting five stars.

Random note: I want this to get an anime so badly. I mean, it doesn't necessarily NEED one, since it's not like being animated will enhance anything like it would in an action manga, but I still want an anime nonetheless. I feel like it's so good and quite popular in Japan that it's probably going to get one (knock on wood), which is something I can barely wait for. :D *EDIT 4* THE ANIME WAS ANNOUNCED ON 6/2/2018!!!!!!!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!!!! (Go to my volume 1 review for links to the announcement and the anime website.)

I also can't wait for (and really hope for) this series to become officially translated so that I can buy it and throw my money at the author. *EDIT 2* My incessant checking of the North American manga licensing list has finally paid off! Kaguya-sama: Love is War (that's the official English title that this manga is going to go by) HAS FINALLY BEEN OFFICIALLY LICENCED IN ENGLISH BY VIZ MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get hyped for the release date (TBA)!!!! *EDIT 3* IT'S OUT RIGHT NOW!!!!!! And the next volumes are coming out right behind it!!


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