Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (anime)



Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is an anime created by A-1 Pictures. Season 1 was released in 2018. It is based on a manga.

Shuchiin Academy is the source of all things prestige. If you are in Japan, is of exceptional intelligence, and has a moderate amount of self respect, this is where you would go. But what happens at the top of the top? Of the most powerful of powerful, the most elite of elite, on top of the highest mountain, sits Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya. And not even they are immune from Teen Drama.

Has absolutely nothing to do with, and in fact is the exact opposite, of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.


 * Conspicuous CG: A lot of times when the camera is moving in 3D, it's quite easy to tell that some background elements are in CG, as they are way too smooth in both outline and colouring.
 * Crush Blush: Characters get them all the time. Miyuki and Kaguya gets them in the season 1 opening.
 * Lemony Narrator: The English narrator, Ian Sinclair, goes so wild in the English dub there's an entire genre of YouTube videos titled "Kaguya dub". Take a look.
 * No Fourth Wall: The fourth wall is shattered as, halfway throughout the first episode, the narrator straight up reveals that despite only being twelve minutes into the episode, the audience probably knows Kaguya enough to know she is not being honest.
 * In the epilogue of S1E1, Kaguya straight up tears through the end screen and asks to be left alone. The narrator apologises.
 * Opening Narration: Delivered in the first episode to explain the background of the two leads.
 * Post Modernism: Episode 1 contains enough grain filters to make The End of Evangelion jealous. There also happens to be no fourth wall. Also, all concept of linear storytelling is abolished as every other shot takes you into the mind of a character.
 * Teen Drama: The entire series basically evolves around this.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Chika Fujiwara just has pink hair.

Outcome of today's troping session: (For spending too long editing All The Tropes) Editor Loses!