1. CONFESSIONCopy !req
2. CONFESSIONCopy !req
3. You fall in love with someone...Copy !req
4. P-Please be my girlfriend!Copy !req
5. confess that love...Copy !req
6. and become a couple.Copy !req
7. Everyone would say that's a wonderful thing.Copy !req
8. But they're wrong!Copy !req
9. Even among sweethearts,
there exists a distinct power relationship!Copy !req
10. A side that exploits
and a side that's exploited,Copy !req
11. a side that's devoted,
a side receiving devotion,Copy !req
12. a winner and a loser!Copy !req
13. If you're trying to live a noble life,
then you mustn't become a loser!Copy !req
14. Love is war!Copy !req
15. CONFESSIONCopy !req
16. CONFESSIONCopy !req
17. The person who falls in love loses!Copy !req
18. LOVE IS WARCopy !req
19. Shuchiin Academy!Copy !req
20. It's a prestigious school
with an ancient and honorable origin,Copy !req
21. founded as a facility
to educate upper-crust children.Copy !req
22. The focus on the nobility is gone,Copy !req
23. but many talented students
born into wealthy, distinguished families,Copy !req
24. and shouldering the future
attend the school.Copy !req
25. And now a message
from the student council.Copy !req
26. The student council members.Copy !req
27. Naturally ordinary people wouldn't be permitted
to lead and bring these students together!Copy !req
28. Kaguya Shinomiya, the vice-president
of the student council at Shuchiin Academy.Copy !req
29. Total assets: 200 trillion yen.Copy !req
30. Her family owns the Shinomiya Group,Copy !req
31. one of the top four financial conglomerates
in Japan, with over 1,000 subsidiaries.Copy !req
32. SHINOMIYA BANKCopy !req
33. Befitting her superior lineage,
she's a talented young womanCopy !req
34. who has attained
splendid achievements in various fields,Copy !req
35. such as traditional performing arts,
music and martial arts.Copy !req
36. That is Kaguya Shinomiya.Copy !req
37. And the young man Shinomiya supports is...Copy !req
38. Miyuki Shirogane, the president
of the student council at Shuchiin Academy.Copy !req
39. He's wise and intelligent,
strong and silent.Copy !req
40. He scores first place
in the practice exams!Copy !req
41. In contrast to talented Kaguya,Copy !req
42. his devotion to studying
commands awe and fear,Copy !req
43. and because of that exemplary behavior,Copy !req
44. PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCILCopy !req
45. he was selected to be
the student council president,Copy !req
46. despite being relatively new to the school.Copy !req
47. The weight of a solid gold braided cord
has been passed downCopy !req
48. from president to president
at Shuchiin Academy for 200 years!Copy !req
49. That's all!Copy !req
50. They always look so cool!Copy !req
51. Yes, when they're together,
they seem even more noble and elegant!Copy !req
52. I still wonder if they're dating.Copy !req
53. What? I'd be shocked if they were!Copy !req
54. I always wonder what they talk about
in the student council room.Copy !req
55. STUDENT COUNCIL ROOMCopy !req
56. P-President!Copy !req
57. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?Copy !req
58. You finally bought a smartphone?Copy !req
59. KAGUYA WANTS TO TRADECopy !req
60. GLITTERCopy !req
61. It's got Line, too.Copy !req
62. Then let's exchange ID's!Copy !req
63. It's the age of I.T.!Copy !req
64. Cheap cell phone! It's got a cheap SIM card!Copy !req
65. Even Shirogane, a stubborn cheapskateCopy !req
66. who's long insisted
that smartphones are unnecessary,Copy !req
67. - Trendy! Trendy!
- I'll send it over to you by Line.Copy !req
68. has finally given in and gotten one.Copy !req
69. GLITTERCopy !req
70. It doesn't even need to be said how important
smartphones are for high school life.Copy !req
71. Very nice.Copy !req
72. I love how you can do so many things with it.Copy !req
73. You can use them for social plans
or just idly chatting,Copy !req
74. but sometimes you may not get a reply,
so joy can swing to sorrow.Copy !req
75. It's possible to confess love to someone
using the Line social app.Copy !req
76. Yes! This past half-year was wasted,
because he wasn't using Line!Copy !req
77. All right, ask me for my ID
anytime, Shinomiya!Copy !req
78. Yay! I got your ID!Copy !req
79. Why hasn't she asked me?
It's my personal information!Copy !req
80. Never mind. Should I just ask her?Copy !req
81. But...Copy !req
82. Asking for contact information,
between the lines,Copy !req
83. that indicates a degree of desperation
and ulterior motive,Copy !req
84. which then beget a special meaning...Copy !req
85. That meaning is, in fact, love!Copy !req
86. In a romantic relationship, "the person
who falls in love loses" is an absolute rule!Copy !req
87. Confirming your love for someone
equals defeat!Copy !req
88. Asking the opposite sex for their contact
information is as good as a confession of love!Copy !req
89. Apparently, the president
is in love with the vice-president!Copy !req
90. Seriously? I have to share that!Copy !req
91. For a boy going through puberty,
that means death!Copy !req
92. Forget it!Copy !req
93. There's no way I can ask her!Copy !req
94. Shinomiya, you ask me!Copy !req
95. I'm sure the president is waiting for me
to ask him, but he'd better not hold his breath.Copy !req
96. It would mean something if he came to me
and asked, even though he was embarrassed.Copy !req
97. Conflict! It's an inevitability in this world.Copy !req
98. Kill or be killed!Copy !req
99. Your contact info...Copy !req
100. Ask for it or be asked for it?Copy !req
101. It would be no overstatement to say therein
lies the person's superiority or inferiority!Copy !req
102. Good grief. How much trouble does he think
I went to just to make sure he got a phone?Copy !req
103. Cheap cell phone!
It's got a cheap SIM card!Copy !req
104. SHINOMIYA
HOUSE COOKCopy !req
105. KAGUYA'S ATTENDANTCopy !req
106. - Trendy! Trendy!
- I'll send it over to you by Line.Copy !req
107. SHINOMIYA HOUSE GARDENERCopy !req
108. I can finally contact the president
outside of school.Copy !req
109. I can say that my plan was a success,
by and large.Copy !req
110. I see. She wants to make me,
the man, ask her!Copy !req
111. If that's how she wants to play it...Copy !req
112. President, this profile photo...Copy !req
113. Yeah, it's a photo of me
from when I was a kid.Copy !req
114. It's cute! You even scowled as a kid!Copy !req
115. A photo of the president
from his childhood?Copy !req
116. You know how to hurt a guy.Copy !req
117. But that photo is a little embarrassing.Copy !req
118. I-I'm not especially interested.Copy !req
119. I think I'll change it to a different one.Copy !req
120. I'll change it in three minutes.Copy !req
121. What?Copy !req
122. If the president changes his profile picture,
I'll never be able to see that photo!Copy !req
123. But asking him for his contact infoCopy !req
124. expresses nothing other than
"I want to talk to you anytime"!Copy !req
125. It means "I want to send
casual messages before bedtime"...Copy !req
126. or "I want to talk to you on the phone...Copy !req
127. in the wee hours
the night before a test and chat"!Copy !req
128. It'd be like that's what I was thinking!Copy !req
129. A lady must not do anything as improper
as asking a male for his contact information!Copy !req
130. Since it's come to this,
I'll have to use my last resort!Copy !req
131. Kaguya?Copy !req
132. The president is so cruel.Copy !req
133. DRIPCopy !req
134. H-How could you be so mean?Copy !req
135. Her skill of deception has been activated!Copy !req
136. A MAIDEN'S TEARSCopy !req
137. ACTIVATEDCopy !req
138. You're terrible, President!Copy !req
139. You're terrible!Copy !req
140. Her words don't especially mean anything.Copy !req
141. But being told he's mean makes him
feel like he's done something mean.Copy !req
142. BARNUM EFFECTCopy !req
143. In psychology,
it's called the "Barnum Effect."Copy !req
144. I'm sorry! I didn't mean to leave you out!Copy !req
145. Here, I'll show you too, Shinomiya!Copy !req
146. - Wait. You...
- Too late!Copy !req
147. She memorized it!Copy !req
148. Though it was a fleeting glimpse,
Shirogane's profile photoCopy !req
149. has been preserved
in Kaguya's hippocampus!Copy !req
150. Shirogane lost the sole ace up his sleeve!Copy !req
151. Kaguya made a comeback
to win overwhelmingly!Copy !req
152. Now, I have no reason
to ask the president for his ID.Copy !req
153. Go ahead. Ask me for mine.Copy !req
154. Can I... Can I come up with anything else?Copy !req
155. Shirogane racked his brain
to come from behind!Copy !req
156. I guess I'll have to use that!Copy !req
157. Kaguya realized that she needed
to block that line of thinking!Copy !req
158. He's dead.Copy !req
159. The conclusion is at hand!Copy !req
160. That's right!Copy !req
161. It's cruel to talk about using Line when
Kaguya's old phone doesn't support that app!Copy !req
162. I'm sorry!Copy !req
163. - It can't use it?
- It can't use it?Copy !req
164. You're rich! Buy a different phone!Copy !req
165. I've used this phone ever since kindergarten,
so I'm attached to it!Copy !req
166. I can't switch it now!Copy !req
167. RESULTS OF TODAY'S MATCHCopy !req
168. Get rid of your weird hang-up!Copy !req
169. This is a story of love and intellect
going around in circles.Copy !req
170. How is it weird?Copy !req
171. BOTH LOSECopy !req
172. - I don't know if it's weird.
- You're weird, President!Copy !req
173. THEY HAVE EXCHANGED ADDRESSES.Copy !req
174. It's cold today.Copy !req
175. I wish summer would get here soon.Copy !req
176. CHIKA WANTS
TO GO SOMEWHERECopy !req
177. Talk about impatient.
It'll be spring for a long time yet.Copy !req
178. Oh no! Time flies by way too fast!Copy !req
179. If you're careless, you'll graduate
with nothing happening at all!Copy !req
180. 80 DAMAGE TO THE HEARTS
OF SHINOMIYA AND SHIROGANECopy !req
181. Over the summer,
let's go on a student council trip!Copy !req
182. That's a good idea.Copy !req
183. Let's go somewhere
like an informal social gathering.Copy !req
184. Yay!Copy !req
185. A trip, huh?Copy !req
186. Then the mountains would be good.Copy !req
187. Fresh air.Copy !req
188. Reverberating echoes.Copy !req
189. SUMMITCopy !req
190. We'll rent a cottage and have a barbecue.Copy !req
191. At night, the starry sky will put a spell on us.Copy !req
192. Look. There's Deneb, Altair and Vega,
the Summer Triangle.Copy !req
193. Altair and Vega represent
the story of Hikoboshi and Orihime.Copy !req
194. They're just like us.Copy !req
195. Close together...Copy !req
196. but so far apart.Copy !req
197. VEGACopy !req
198. DENEBCopy !req
199. ALTAIRCopy !req
200. No! President, I want to be Bb
to your Alpha Centauri B!Copy !req
201. Please let me revolve
around you, President!Copy !req
202. Oh, boy.Copy !req
203. You're a pampered first-magnitude star.Copy !req
204. BOOMCopy !req
205. That's it!Copy !req
206. It has to be the mountains!Copy !req
207. Yes. If we're going, then—Copy !req
208. It has to be the sea.Copy !req
209. Wha—Copy !req
210. The sea versus the mountains!Copy !req
211. The polar opposites that people
have been fighting over since ancient times.Copy !req
212. The curtain rises
on human nature's battle of thoughts.Copy !req
213. The sea. The sea is the origin of life.Copy !req
214. As the sun sets there, I'm sure humans
return to being creatures of instinct.Copy !req
215. My swimsuit will bewitch the president
the second he sees it!Copy !req
216. The sea will cast its spell
on the president,Copy !req
217. and he'll confess his love to me
while the sun sets.Copy !req
218. Perfect.Copy !req
219. The roar of the sea
is the best lullaby in the world.Copy !req
220. And the salty sea breeze
will blow away the summer heat.Copy !req
221. The sea?Copy !req
222. The sea is the last place I'll go!Copy !req
223. I can't swim!Copy !req
224. SINKS LIKE A HAMMERCopy !req
225. If I went into the water
with a swimming ring...Copy !req
226. I didn't know you were
a hopeless swimmer, President.Copy !req
227. How cute.Copy !req
228. No way! It has to be the mountains!Copy !req
229. I refuse to go to the sea!Copy !req
230. The beach would be too crowded.Copy !req
231. I hate bumping elbows with strangers.Copy !req
232. Let's use a private beach
owned by my family.Copy !req
233. It has warm showers, too.Copy !req
234. Sunburn is a young lady's archenemy!Copy !req
235. I'll bring along the highest grade sunscreen.Copy !req
236. And to seal the deal, I'll hire
a first-class aesthetician for skin aftercare.Copy !req
237. - There might be sharks.
- I'll hire a first-class hunter from Florida.Copy !req
238. Then we can have shark fin soup.Copy !req
239. COMFYCopy !req
240. Damn you, rich girl!Copy !req
241. Weak sauce, President.Copy !req
242. THINGS THE PRESIDENT IS LIKELY TO SAY,
VOL. 42, TRIP EDITIONCopy !req
243. I've already turned out a series of manuals
to prepare for when you oppose me.Copy !req
244. However you attack me,
I can render it harmless.Copy !req
245. We can only go to the sea
in the summer, right?Copy !req
246. With mountains,
you can't depend on weather.Copy !req
247. It rains a lot.Copy !req
248. Besides, it's got a lot of bugs.Copy !req
249. Bugs!Copy !req
250. Moths, mosquitoes, horseflies, centipedes,
ladybugs, earthworms, drone beetles...Copy !req
251. Bugs are the only thing.Copy !req
252. Bugs are the only thing I can't stand!Copy !req
253. HATES BUGSCopy !req
254. What should I do?
If I go to the sea, I can't swim.Copy !req
255. If I go to the mountains,
there are insects!Copy !req
256. Guess I'll buy a swimsuit.Copy !req
257. I won!Copy !req
258. That's right.Copy !req
259. My swimsuit from last year
doesn't fit me now.Copy !req
260. I have to buy a new one.Copy !req
261. FLATCopy !req
262. Normally, Shinomiya
has confidence in her body line.Copy !req
263. But take that away,
and her offensive ability becomes fragile...Copy !req
264. Pop.Copy !req
265. on the level of a peashooter.Copy !req
266. On the other hand, Chika Fujiwara's
offensive ability is tank-class.Copy !req
267. The difference
in military strength is hopeless.Copy !req
268. This is bad!
Never mind about enchanting him!Copy !req
269. What is that?Copy !req
270. Compared to that, Shinomiya is...
How can I put it?Copy !req
271. She has a cute chest?Copy !req
272. Cute?Copy !req
273. Let's go to the mountains.Copy !req
274. The beach is too crowded,
and there are sharks.Copy !req
275. - Let's go to the mountains.
- You didn't say that before!Copy !req
276. No, the sea!Copy !req
277. It rains in the mountains, and there are
lots of bugs! Let's go to the sea!Copy !req
278. You, too?Copy !req
279. - The mountains.
- The sea.Copy !req
280. - Mountains.
- Sea.Copy !req
281. - Mountains.
- Sea.Copy !req
282. - Mountains.
- Sea.Copy !req
283. Since it's come to this,
have Chika Fujiwara decide!Copy !req
284. Me?Copy !req
285. Yes, let's do it that way.Copy !req
286. The sea. Got it?Copy !req
287. The mountains!
You wouldn't betray me, would you?Copy !req
288. U-Um...Copy !req
289. If I have to choose one...Copy !req
290. The mountains?Copy !req
291. Yes!Copy !req
292. But I specifically want to go...Copy !req
293. to Mount Osore!Copy !req
294. Mount Osore?Copy !req
295. Children's Limbo and Blood Pond.Copy !req
296. There are pinwheels
symbolizing death and rebirth.Copy !req
297. And as long as we're there,
let's have a medium channel a spirit.Copy !req
298. Who would be good?Copy !req
299. Christ? Buddha?Copy !req
300. Well, I guess we can think about it
when summer comes.Copy !req
301. Prince Shotoku could be good, too.Copy !req
302. Aristotle, Shakespeare, Cleopatra,
Einstein, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Gandhi,Copy !req
303. I agree.Copy !req
304. Today's match...Copy !req
305. Ruined.Copy !req
306. Sen no Rikyu, Caesar, Marie Antoinette,
Oscar Francois de Jarjayes!Copy !req
307. BECAUSE CHIKA FUJIWARA
IS A LITTLE SCARYCopy !req
308. CHIKA FUJIWARACopy !req
309. Romantic advice?Copy !req
310. Yes! Where romance is concerned,Copy !req
311. I thought a veteran like you...Copy !req
312. could give me advice, President!Copy !req
313. MIYUKI WANTS TO HIDE
HIS IGNORANCECopy !req
314. I see.Copy !req
315. I'll help you somehow.Copy !req
316. President!Copy !req
317. A romantic veteran?Copy !req
318. How did people get that image of me?Copy !req
319. Miyuki Shirogane, 17 years old.
Dating experience...Copy !req
320. None.Copy !req
321. VIRGINCopy !req
322. What? If this advice exposes me...Copy !req
323. The president is a virgin.Copy !req
324. A virgin?Copy !req
325. I'm so disillusioned!Copy !req
326. Sh-Shinomiya!Copy !req
327. How cute.Copy !req
328. No! I have to get through this!Copy !req
329. If it's about love, leave it to me!Copy !req
330. I've never been rejected before!Copy !req
331. That's why you're the president.Copy !req
332. He's never confessed his love,
so that's not actually a lie.Copy !req
333. The president is giving advice about love?Copy !req
334. This could be my chance
to hear his views on love!Copy !req
335. So, what's the problem?Copy !req
336. KASHIWAGICopy !req
337. I have a classmate, Kashiwagi.Copy !req
338. I want to confess my love to her!Copy !req
339. Oh!Copy !req
340. But when I imagine her rejecting me,Copy !req
341. I think maybe I should
become friends with her first.Copy !req
342. Incidentally,
have you talked to her before?Copy !req
343. She gave me chocolate
on Valentine's Day!Copy !req
344. What kind of chocolate?Copy !req
345. Choco Balls. Three pieces.Copy !req
346. Is that obligatory gift chocolate?Copy !req
347. Obligatory gift chocolate at best!Copy !req
348. Yeah, I would say...Copy !req
349. she's definitely in love with you!Copy !req
350. Why?Copy !req
351. He got Choco Balls!Copy !req
352. Listen!Copy !req
353. Women are creatures
who aren't upfront about their feelings!Copy !req
354. Think of it as behaving
the exact opposite of how they feel!Copy !req
355. The Choco Balls seem
like a throwaway, but...Copy !req
356. It means she likes me?Copy !req
357. What about opposites?Copy !req
358. All right! That sounded
like half-decent advice!Copy !req
359. But I don't think
she does feel that way about me.Copy !req
360. Just the other day...Copy !req
361. Hey, do you have a girlfriend?Copy !req
362. No, but...Copy !req
363. I knew it!Copy !req
364. He said he doesn't have a girlfriend!Copy !req
365. BOOMCopy !req
366. He doesn't look like he has one!Copy !req
367. That's hilarious!Copy !req
368. So, I think she was just making fun of me.Copy !req
369. It's unfortunate,
but she was making fun of him.Copy !req
370. The issue is whether she even sees him
as a member of the opposite sex.Copy !req
371. You're in your popular phase right now.Copy !req
372. Why are you so suspicious of women?Copy !req
373. Woman are humans, just like you!Copy !req
374. That's not what you were saying before!Copy !req
375. I'll make that situation
easier to understand!Copy !req
376. Hey, do you have a girlfriend?Copy !req
377. If you don't, I wanna go out with you.Copy !req
378. No, but...Copy !req
379. I knew it!Copy !req
380. You and I are connected
by the string of fate!Copy !req
381. He said he doesn't have a girlfriend!Copy !req
382. BOOMCopy !req
383. He doesn't look like he has one!Copy !req
384. THUMP-THUMPCopy !req
385. After all, he's too high-class!Copy !req
386. BOOMCopy !req
387. That's hilarious!Copy !req
388. THUMP-THUMPCopy !req
389. I'm thrilled that he's available!Copy !req
390. BOOMCopy !req
391. THUMP-THUMPCopy !req
392. I'm the one who's most worthy of him.Copy !req
393. Isn't that thinking too positively?Copy !req
394. It can't be!Copy !req
395. Exactly!Copy !req
396. I have to choose only one of them?Copy !req
397. You're an idiot, too?Copy !req
398. Won't that cause a rift
in their friendship with each other?Copy !req
399. Worst case, it could lead to bullying.Copy !req
400. That's what female friendship is like.Copy !req
401. What is this arrogant conversation?Copy !req
402. But it'll be okay.
Because she'll have you.Copy !req
403. All you have to do is protect her.Copy !req
404. I can... protect her?Copy !req
405. - President!
- Yes.Copy !req
406. What is this?Copy !req
407. This'll be my first time
confessing my love to someone.Copy !req
408. How should I go about it?Copy !req
409. I have a good idea.Copy !req
410. - Imagine the girl in question is right here.
- Okay.Copy !req
411. You do...Copy !req
412. this!Copy !req
413. Go out with me.Copy !req
414. When you suddenly corner a girl
against the wall like that, she'll be nervous,Copy !req
415. but the moment
you whisper of love in her ear,Copy !req
416. anxiety will turn into a throbbing heart.
Your chance of success will go up!Copy !req
417. He startled me!Copy !req
418. I call this technique "wall-down."Copy !req
419. I came up with it myself.Copy !req
420. It's "wall-slamming”!
It's been around for years!Copy !req
421. SHIVER SHIVERCopy !req
422. Genius.Copy !req
423. You're that stupid?Copy !req
424. Thank you!
You've given me courage, President!Copy !req
425. I knew the person who conquered
Shinomiya could help me!Copy !req
426. No, Shinomiya and I aren't dating.Copy !req
427. Th-That's right!
No one's ever conquered me!Copy !req
428. Really?Copy !req
429. It seems like you two are a couple.Copy !req
430. No, just the opposite.Copy !req
431. Recently, I wonder if she hates me.Copy !req
432. I don't even think she's interested in me.Copy !req
433. I don't especially hate you.Copy !req
434. Did I do something to give you that idea?Copy !req
435. She has no self-awareness.Copy !req
436. President!
What's important is how you feel!Copy !req
437. How do I feel about Shinomiya?Copy !req
438. Well, to be honest, her wealth
and natural talents annoy me.Copy !req
439. She's ditsier than you'd think,
scary in private, and her chest...Copy !req
440. But maybe those are all good points!Copy !req
441. She's actually cute! A beauty!Copy !req
442. Refined, elegant and clever, too!
Really, she's too perfect!Copy !req
443. Yeah, Shinomiya is the ideal woman!Copy !req
444. That was close! She's right there!Copy !req
445. Thank God I noticed!Copy !req
446. Anyway, nothing will happen
unless you tell her how you feel!Copy !req
447. And nothing good can come
of carrying out some weird scheme!Copy !req
448. Huh? Why do these words resonate with me?Copy !req
449. I-I'll do my best!Copy !req
450. Thank you so much!Copy !req
451. Kaguya.Copy !req
452. Has something good happened?Copy !req
453. No, nothing.Copy !req
454. Afterwards...Copy !req
455. he confessed his feelings to Kashiwagi,Copy !req
456. and somehow
they're apparently a couple now.Copy !req
457. President, I poured you some tea.Copy !req
458. Oh, thanks.Copy !req
459. Thankfully, she seems to be
in a good mood.Copy !req
460. Today's match...Copy !req
461. Is that your one smile
of the day?Copy !req
462. Kaguya wasn't particularly at fault...Copy !req
463. No, I'm like this
all the time.Copy !req
464. when Shirogane put her in a foul mood,
then a good mood,Copy !req
465. Oh.Copy !req
466. but he largely wasted his efforts,
resulting in a loss for himself.Copy !req
467. THE NEXT PERSON SEEKING ADVICECopy !req
468. Shock!Copy !req