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