All's fair when love is war!
Two prideful geniuses locked in battle. Who will make the first misstep and in doing so…confess their love?
Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are two geniuses who stand atop their prestigious academy's student council, making them the elite among elite. But it's lonely at the top and each has fallen for the other. There's just one huge problem standing in the way of lovey-dovey bliss-they're both too prideful to be the first to confess their romantic feelings and thus become the "loser" in the competition of love! And so begins their daily schemes to force the other to confess first!
A romantic comedy featuring the hilarious antics of geniuses in love.
* Releases 6 times a year for 6+ volumes. Series is ongoing.
* Plays with the tropes of romantic comedies like Nisekoi as well as the popular battle manga in VIZ's Shonen Jump line-up such as Death Note.
* Popular in Japan and among early adopters in the US fanbase; announcement of title garnered over 800 Facebook likes

Aka Akasaka got his start as an assistant to Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, the creators of Deadman Wonderland. His first serialized manga was an adaptation of the light novel series Sayonara Piano Sonata, published by Kadokawa in 2011. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War began serialization in Miracle Jump in 2015 but was later moved to Weekly Young Jump in 2016 due to its popularity.