What is "Kaguya-Sama Love is War: Season 2"? | First Reaction

Is it merely a simple continuation of the best romantic comedy from 2019, or is it something......MORE?
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[@lowlyslayer4385]

"We know how this show will end" Arkada is deeply underestimating the mad lad known as Aka Akasaka

[@idaret.]

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[@anxjos]

@@idaret. hopefully aka will make a "Kaguya shippuden" with those HOLY 4 PAGES

[@Resener1]

I don't think a single one of us fully understands the madness that is Aka Akasaka. All we can do is appreciate.

[@TasX]

@@Resener1 Dang imma read the manga now. I didn't want to get disappointed like 7DS or Domestic Kanojo

[@brandonaraya4132]

@@TasX you won't be

[@vigneshs9587]

Short answer: Great Long answer: One of the best airing anime at the moment

[@ChennaiSensei]

Exactly

[@gabetalks9275]

One of the best *of all time

[@androyus]

Shows that managed to grab me to follow & airing this season: Rom-com: Kaguya-sama Isekai: Ascendance of a Bookworm Mecha: Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise SoL Comedy: Gal & Dino All of them are worth watching.

[@xcBlackDiamond]

Im certainly enjoying it more than ToG and Sing Yesterday, though I like those two too

[@jordinagel1184]

androyus also Isekai: My next life as a villainess. Very humorous, with still a lot of heart, and it does smg I’ve almost never seen an Isekai do: it addresses those left behind in the “real world” after the main character’s death and ascension to their Isekai world. Definitely recommend if you haven’t seen it yet, though the last episode and a half felt a biiiiit generic. Also, banger OP.

[@The_Intelligent_One]

As a mangareader I'm extremely curious what all the reactions are going to be to all the character development and how the dynamic changes as the story goes. And my god the meta joke chapters are amazing and will be probably be even more amazing animated

[@collinpetry1161]

The past few chapters have just been whacking us over the head with meta-ness

[@RbDaP]

i'm so used to manga's metaness that I havent noticed they used the ? in the anime title this season lol - also I was too busy SWING MY ASS OUT to the god tier OP

[@alpha997]

Cant wait to see they adapt the chapter when they announcing the live action

[@jeremygeller9145]

I can’t wait for a certain musically focused story

[@oof8852]

Manga Spoilers Aka Akasaka is such a troll. He is the kind of guy to introduce a new version of Hayasaka, and just leave her out for another ten volumes or so.

[@rising7729]

Dude season three is gonna be incredible. 😂 they’d be criminals to not make it.

[@timduncan5343]

Not adapting this to the end is electric chair levels of criminal

[@Golemon_of_Cat]

Ishigami time to shine

[@arlay3513]

@@timduncan5343 As much as I love this series and story, I can't picture 5-6 anime seasons of Kaguya in my head. Though not adapting this manga at least to the chapter 160 would be a crime for sure. Actually, I want season 3 to be 24 episodes long, since the chapters from 130 to 160 are inseparable.

[@deplatformcancelculture1434]

Don't be too confident... *No NGNL Season 2 flashback* **shiver**

[@apostleofd119]

The main problem of season 3 without a doubt is finding the right opening soundtrack. S1 wad great S2 is fenomenal. Finding the one to follow that will be so chalenging.

[@titen96]

Ahh yes, kaguga, my favorite this season

[@512TheWolf512]

My favorite japanese female name

[@otto7848]

ಠ_ಠ Who's KaGuGA?

[@titen96]

@@otto7848 Video title had a typo on the day it was uploaded is all.

[@user-rz7hg9my6h]

Short answer: Perfection Long Answer: Absolute perfection

[@SadButter]

Short answer: Perfection Long answer: *MARRIAAAAAGI!*

[@Punched_Kuze]

Meh, it’s ok...... USO DE ARU!!!!!!! He loved the show so much that he pretended to only like it a little just to make this joke. He eagerly waits for each episodes and even waits until there are two episodes that he didn’t watch so that if there is a cliffhanger he would not have to suffer the long wait for the next one.

[@ChennaiSensei]

Long story short : Season 1 was fantastic Season 2 is extra-fantastic

[@lightningzoldyck2974]

Season 2 is good but 1 was honestly better

[@lucasmorandini7566]

High disagree. S2 is an improvement in literally everything; the comedy is better, we have more serious development for the characters, the cast got expanded and the production value seems to be even bigger. The only thing i may* give S1 the advantage is the ost.

[@Jerryboy97]

And season 3 is ultra romantic

[@You2oob]

And the animated movie?

[@ShinjiRebe]

Title of the video: "Kaguga-Sama" Me: Something's wrong

[@gabetalks9275]

I can feel it

[@azrieljale]

Something's...bizzarre....

[@ShinjiRebe]

@@azrieljale Bizzarre?!?! *ゴゴゴゴ*

[@gilgameshuu8644]

It should be Ishigami-Kun Harem is War

[@raec5426]

Best Rom-Com for me hands down. The comedy is executed well (through visuals and situational humor) and the romance actually goes somewhere. Season 3 will be even better!

[@SandeProHiQu]

In the Japanese title, the question mark actually comes after "Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To".

[@SamGarcia]

still gets the same point across

[@SaSarou]

"they are free to be wrong" lmao

[@fluxshaman8251]

Only the second anime to drive me to read the manga, and at his prediction of the eventual confession... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@ThatDudeThatReviews]

Kaguya-sama is actually the best series I've seen in years I'm not joking, I can't tell you guys how great it actually is you gotta watch it yourself TRUST ME its completely worth it.

[@1mikeap4]

It's definitely one of the best romcoms to have come out in the last several years.

[@lightningzoldyck2974]

It's not THAT great

[@lucasmorandini7566]

Yes. And it will only get better too.

[@apostleofd119]

With anime like this it is either you madly like it or you don't like it at all. Practically no inbetween.

[@horizontalnoodlelmao4286]

Bro, it gets better

[@Annatar_the_admirable]

KZbinr: "We know how this show will end." Akasaka: "I'm about to ruin this vtuber's whole career!"

[@christopherwager312]

arkada isnt exactly a vtuber

[@neverme8626]

Is that a *papa shirogane* refference?

[@zhaoyun255]

@@neverme8626 Papa Dio was 5 Million Yen in Debt into some shit. And Sister Shirogane use her beauty to get Simp money. LOL

[@apostleofd119]

Oi oi oi. Spoiler....

[@bush3126]

@@zhaoyun255 this spoiler was uncalled for

[@___5966]

Ishigami best girl. I don’t make the rules, it’s just a fact.

[@ChennaiSensei]

😂😂😂

[@vta2265]

And i wholeheartly agree

[@touch_iron2469]

Preach!!!!!

[@ShenSeiken]

I don't appreciate the reverse trap spoiler. Keep things like that to yourself.

[@pergys6991]

--___ hayasaka best girl

[@WhiteNanoByte]

7 seconds after post, so proud!

[@ChennaiSensei]

😅😅😅

[@icysteps3199]

I hour I feel pretty accomplished

[@hazel5933]

The question mark isn't that important. The original title of the show is "Kaguya sama wants to be confessed to : the romance war between brilliant minds". The joke here is that in the manga, about where the second season started, one of the interviews with the author had this question: Q: The romance war between brilliant minds? A: I'm sorry. Because people are jokingly questioning the author that what is currently going on in the manga at that time doesn't seem like two "brilliant minds" going to war, more like two love driven idiots having a blast. Thats why the question is asked in that interview, and also why the author said sorry. Later on, the subtitle "The romance war between brilliant minds" got crossed out consistently, and the author added some jokes in the later chapters regarding this situation. The English translation simplified the main title from "Kaguya sama wants to be confessed to" to "Kaguya sama", and the subtitle from "the roamnce war between brilliant minds" to "Love is war", it made it harder to recreate the same joke of why the subtitle is crossed out/questioned. Just as how the Attack on Titan title drop in S3 had less impact on western audience because of the lost in translation, Its the same situation with Kaguya sama.

[@alexplayer77]

Short answer: It's really good Long answer: The best romance/slice of life anime I have ever watched

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Doubt

[@GE0attack]

Knock knock it's ore mongatari

[@alpha997]

@@GE0attack feel free to be wrong

[@lucasmorandini7566]

I wouldve disagreed but after reading more of the manga; its definitely among the absolute best of its genre.

[@user-or8ql3fe5v]

@@GE0attack Nah, as much as I like Ore Monogatari, it's not nearly as engaging or funny as Kaguya.

[@kimjaehee9294]

Aka Akasaka: *Draws one panel* Animators: *Sorry honey I can't come home today*

[@SamGarcia]

aren't the animators working at home because of COVID19?

[@Weiss3r]

@@SamGarcia no... I think

[@commandergs]

"could that continue for a whole nother season?" the answer is yes, ive been reading the manga and theres AT LEAST 4 seasons worth of solid gold content for the anime.

[@AlexisCoooper]

I haven't watched anime in years... Kaguya-sama has reignited a passion that I didn't know was still inside of me...

[@TheMrGiannisgr]

Awesome! There’s always that one anime that brings you back.

[@aohige]

"When the two finally gets together the show ends" How cute to think this.

[@collinpetry1161]

FYI for everyone, the author has stayed that there will be at least the same amount of story post confession. This season will demonstrate that this show is far more than a one trick pony

[@androyus]

Meh, watch "Gal & Dino". That anime goes beyond confession and already at the point where the couple already broke up XD

[@oof8852]

Do you think the confession will happen this season?

[@jeremysmith7176]

@@oof8852 Should be next season but this seasons finale is one the stories peaks.

[@deplatformcancelculture1434]

And the story doesn't focus on the main couple. Other characters/couples are also given time to shine and are quite interesting, as well..

[@Tintin_Quarentino]

The only possible end for this series is a flash-forward when Shirogane and Kaguya are living with their childrens and one of them asking: Who confessed first?

[@kglguy]

I'll accept this if auntie Chika shows up to tell everyone how it really happened, but goes off on a tangent.

[@lollipopft9893]

@@kglguy i thought it would be hayasaka telling them how much she suffered

[@vustvaleo8068]

while not an ED we do have a dancing Kaguya in episode 9, it is smooth as heck.

[@sharko4093]

"I'm pretty confident that this season's wrap up won't change my overall opinion" -Laughs in backstory-

[@phpxs]

After the last episode @Glass Reflection ... you were right to have so high expectations of this anime, even though just the comedy is 10/10. When a rom-com can do drama correctly and has characters that you care about so much it is so sooo good!!

[@RaGiAn87]

Videos like this are the biggest weakness of us manga readers

[@danesgch]

[Minor spoiler] The manga doesn’t end at the confession. In fact, that’s when the story goes from good to fucking fantastic.

[@cptKamina]

Right? I love the manga so so much. The show too, aswell. It's amazing how consistent it is. Are you up to date? Shirogane confessing that he is actually inexperienced in one of the more recent chapters may be one of my favorite moments ever. Something that started as a joke and continued as such became a great moment for character developement, tightening the friendship AND starting a new plot. The writing is incredible.

[@mr.slinky765]

Harem King Ishigami ascends to the throne

[@GorgeousGirlGenius]

Love is War gave us all manga/anime lovers want: A sitcom-ic style of story turning into a plot based story. Lets face it, as much as we like Kaguya and Miyuki going on about who should confess first, we long for additional content outside of their daily skits

[@antoinewalker9393]

If you look at the author's previous work, he isn't afraid to give feels bad ending as long as it progresses narrative and character.

[@alifhazmi7341]

If I write a story without any progression I think I will die. -Aka Akasaka

[@areopanda1664]

If we get a season 3 I’m very certain You will thoroughly enjoy it as well.

[@ArtelValenheart]

Meanwhile in the latest chapter: GOAT streamer, love advice, big cash, love triangle complications, huge debt, Kiryu Coco reference.

[@AnimaRandom]

this quarantine really puts everyone into the hole huh..

[@Suezcronos]

So u think that as soon as they bring the 2 leads together, the show will end? How cute.

[@Hmuzammal786]

season 2 episode 11 was such a deep episode, hit me out of nowhere that did

[@raw687]

Ishigami’s arc sold me on the series...and now I’m reading the manga

[@cakt410]

you spoke too soon sir: there is now indeed a successor to the chika dance !! the kaguya dance!

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

Arkada: "...even when we know how it ends. We know perfectly well how this romance is going to end. Do you really think that [they] will let high school pass them both by, they will both go their separate ways, and nothing happens? Unlikely. They will inevitably get together. It's just a question of how and when." Me: Well...somebody hasn't seen/read School Rumble.

[@kglguy]

School Rumble was frustrating, even as it made me laugh.

[@ok6529]

I just saw ur kanon review and I just assumed u stopped posting and I clicked on ur channel and saw this and I’m so happy

[@AaronDanarajF]

*A masterpiece* End of video

[@MizantropMan]

No.

[@AaronDanarajF]

@@MizantropMan *FIGHT ME*

[@MizantropMan]

@@AaronDanarajF Square up, then. Name time and place.

[@AaronDanarajF]

@@MizantropMan 12:00 PM, Middle of nowhere

[@mobyhuge4346]

@@AaronDanarajF are you accepting spectators?

[@vyommahamunkar]

Hey man! Love your videos. Hope everything is going well. Need more content from you man!

[@SolarFlorad]

Yay! I was wondering about this show and this comes at a perfect time!

[@michaels9595]

I haven't had this much laughs since Saiki K. Really glad you had this on your 2019 list.

[@asifsarkar2600]

Shirogane: Hit the break ishigami i laughed so hard in that episode

[@lazo4p]

I hate that people think that in romance once a couple is established the story is pretty much over when it is not true, a couple's relationship can be as interesting as the courtship of a couple

[@prashil3k594]

And season 2 has so much depth, explores the characters. My personal favourite has to be episode 11.

[@peppy619]

I'm reading the manga and I'm just waiting for the new chapter this thursday, I can say few things without spoilers: -This season is amazing, they took more creative freedom with the visual humor, which makes it better than the manga in that aspect. -If this season made Kaguya-sama explode out of its niche fandom, the 3rd season is gonna make it reach the mainstream fandom. Yes, it's gonna be that great.

[@kirsten2030]

Arkada, my guy, i have been watching your vids since the early 2010's and you literally HAVENT AGED????? HOW?????

[@oritsejolomiokirika9913]

After perusing the web for contenders (and subsequently ruling them out), I now bestow unto Glass Reflection-san the "Most Comfortably Sarcastic Sensei" award for 2020.

[@helwing01]

"We know how it ends..." Umm... I don't know about that...

[@MrKrupal007]

The show will not end once they confess and get together, the dating arc will be just as long as the confession arc.

[@pilotmanpaul]

I'm excited to what Dance ED they'll have this season.

[@ShamanicEnzan]

“If you can navigate funimations website good luck with that” HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER

[@AzureBeatPony]

I'd get the joke, but Fuimation won't even let me log in

[@171QA]

Great review.

[@G_Spark233]

I never thought I would see one of these for a season 2.

[@zapbolt8]

He seems like the type to be in the non believers camp for that scene in the manga from two weeks ago

[@walterwhite7376]

I' m actually glad they postponed SNAFU 3 for the next season because we had Kaguya-sama. 3rd season i await you with open arms.

[@siddhantgurung1145]

Hlo Arkada from Glass Reflection

[@MechaMan3451]

I love this show. So damn much. There are instances where the voice acting is worth watching bits and pieces over for. Also, I loved the first opening more mostly because, in my opinion, it felt more like an opening than a self contained mini-episode.

[@pinkfoxboi1331]

Loved the part where he said WORKING!!! TOTALLY sounded like Kermit the frog yelling love it

[@DorothyBanks]

It’s available on AnimeLab in Australia

[@gypsyfreak7934]

Yo long time no see I have a request Can you review giant robo

[@UndyingNero]

I need to see his opinion on the Ishigami episode. I am very curious what he thinks about it

[@riwen0851]

Glad to hear the "probably" at the of "this is how the show will end". Only one thing to say : kaguya sama is NOT a cliche romcom.

[@thenaction327]

Arkada damn I'm early

[@user-jp7tw3sd3x]

Having "Title !!" could be interpreted as using roman numerals for season number, aka "Title II". But this doesn't quite work with "?".

[@Unreal_Ra]

Read the Manga... It's amazing. And yes it does develop, but always balances comedy and romance.

[@ironysteeth]

Been a big fan of the guy and girl laying under the stars with the guy giving constellation lessons so that kaguya episode was one of my favorites. Al's the one where each character wasn't allowed to say a particular word was great.

[@SleightCreative]

Can we also just give it up to A-1 for that fucking Shoujo skit, I was fucking rolling after that one, they fully committed to the joke and it was fantastic

[@shathriel]

Been following the channel for a long time but cant remember if you've ever reviewed a very short ghostly romance comedy, mystery thriller called Dusk Maiden of Amnesia? the final episode is a cut onion :)

[@nemotamang58]

Am I the only one whose memory flashed back to Joker scene played by Heath Ledger when hearing "Agent of Chaos"?

[@andrewgenio]

He mentions great editing and then fucks it up, comedy genius

[@WarDogMadness]

ill never get these high school anime. my high school time was hell and life started when it ended.

[@SamGarcia]

while I won't call my overall HS life that, the romance part definitely was, and I relate to the show a lot.

[@WarDogMadness]

@@SamGarcia drug raids and knife incidents and plenty of isolation in a bsu being rejected was the least worries and this wasn't london it was wales.

[@badgal_danielle2400]

Battle of who first says I love

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

As a reader of the manga, hot damn the arc they just rapped up was... well let's just say it can still keep going long after the confession.

[@KylesBestvideos]

Are your properly white balancing your camera? It looks rather warm, which is fine. But having a good white balance out of camera will allow the best color grade, as you likely know. You can take a white sheet of paper, take a photo of it in your current location and set your white balance to that photo. It will remove any color casts by subtracting the values that prevent the sheet of paper from being pure white in that set up. It looks fine but I thought I'd mention it if your into this sort of thing. What camera are you shooting with? Canon or Nikon?

[@platinumclaw]

I hope to God they make seasons for as long as the manga continues. The story gets SO good later on.

[@TheCreepypro]

glad that season 2 was a worthy successor and hope season 3 comes soon

[@wisperingiron3646]

The show is not available in my country anymore :(

[@MaxRavenclaw]

1. I agree, this is one of the few shows I actually liked watching as it aired, rather than binging. 2. Originally I skeptical about the show, thought they'd just go with the will they won't they humour. I'm glad to have been proven wrong. This is one of the few shows that got me to read the manga, and I don't regret it. Both the manga and the anime are exceptional. Now, I'd like to comment about mroe stuff, but I'd spoil things, so I won't. All I can say is: read the manga, it's worth it.

[@princessthyemis]

I agree, I'm not a fan of when they add punctuation to sequel titles, either--but your intro made me laugh!

[@arjunmnair2611]

Pls review "SING YESTERDAY FOR ME"

[@SuSpInTiOn]

Yeah both openings are bangers!

[@linktheslayer1572]

I miss the old anime reviews

[@zenone9698]

Could you do a His and Her Circumstances anime video.

[@clguzman0221]

where is the second season streaming?

[@kreol1q1q]

I loved this season a lot more than the first. Because as good as the comedy is, nothing pulls me in like good characters and story, and this one had it in spades.

[@satoriakihiro1283]

Well glass reflections U be surprise how genius this authors is

[@p.a.4512]

and unconventional hehehe Ships war arc

[@harmonyswind15]

I just realized, but you actually misspelled Kaguya in the video title.

[@MIHRAN146]

The latest episode did have a sequel to the chika dance. It probably won't be as well liked but its still a sequel.

[@StarlightProductions147]

U should do a review on hi score girl. Its on netflix

[@Sheamu5]

Kaguga-sama :D It's a great show, and the manga is too, if you can't stand waiting for things to progess.

[@colin2089]

nice poster

[@alejandrovargas8155]

Where can I watch season 2?

[@mremperorrelix3785]

190 chapters and this shit is still fresh.

[@Kontolodon-fp1nz]

Where can i watch it

[@512TheWolf512]

Kaguga? Might want to check that...

[@ProfessorChaos2050]

Stay blessed everyone 🥂😎

[@kokoro7996]

We need another Chika dance!

[@timconner7693]

Nice!