Kaguya-sama: Love is War is a manga series written and drawn by Aka Akasaka. The story follows the daily life of Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane, who are passionately in love with each other. But, both being too proud to take the first step, they engage in a merciless psychological war to make sure that the other admits his feelings first. An anime adaptation by studio A-1 Pictures aired between January 12 and March 30, 2019; a second season, between April 11 and June 27, 2020; an OVA, May 19, 2021; and a third season has been airing since April 9, 2022. In this article, we are going to bring you the complete chronological watch order of the Kaguya-sama: Love is War series.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War watch order by release date
In this section, we are going to bring you the complete list of Kaguya-sama: Love is War works by their respective release orders. As we have said, Kaguya-sama: Love is War consists of the main anime series, which has three seasons so far, and a special OVA episode that fills in the blanks in the story, and this is their release order:
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Season 1 (2019)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War?, Season 2 (2020)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA (OVA, 2021)
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-, Season 3 (2022)
In the next section, we are going to tell you the proper chronological order of these works, with information about each work’s plot.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War chronological watch order
Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Season 1 (2019)
The first season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War premiered on January 12, 2019. It consisted of a total of 12 episodes, which is a standard format these days, and ended its run on March 30, 2019. The episodes should be watched in the following order:
| Story | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | “I Want to Make You Invite Me to a Movie” Transcription: “Eiga ni Sasowasetai” (Japanese: 映画に誘わせたい) “Kaguya Wants You to Stop Her” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Tomeraretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は止められたい) “Kaguya Wants You to Offer Her Food” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Itadakitai” (Japanese: かぐや様はいただきたい) | Yūjirō Abe | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | January 12, 2019 |
| 2 | “Kaguya Wants to Exchange Contact Info” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kōkan Shitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は交換したい) “Fujiwara Wants to Go Out” Transcription: “Fujiwara-chan wa Dekaketai” (Japanese: 藤原ちゃんは出かけたい) “Shirogane Miyuki Wants to Hide It” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Kakushitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は隠したい) | Tarō Kubo | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | January 19, 2019 |
| 3 | “Shirogane Miyuki Still Hasn’t Done It” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Mada Shitenai” (Japanese: 白銀御行はまだしてない) “Kaguya Wants Him to Guess Right” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Ateraretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は当てられたい) “Kaguya Wants to Walk” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Arukitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は歩きたい) | Isono | Yukie Sugawara | January 26, 2019 |
| 4 | “Kaguya Wants Affection” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Medetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は愛でたい) “The Student Council Wants To Make Each Other Say It” Transcription: “Seitokai wa Iwasetai” (Japanese: 生徒会は言わせたい) “Kaguya Wants To Make Him Send It” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Okurasetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は送らせたい) “Shirogane Miyuki Wants To Speak” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Hanashitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は話したい) | Masaki Utsunomiya | Yukie Sugawara | February 2, 2019 |
| 5 | “Kaguya Wants to Handle It” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Konashitai” (Japanese: かぐや様はこなしたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Show Off” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Misetsuketai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は見せつけたい) “Kaguya Wants to Be Covered” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Sasaretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は差されたい) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | February 9, 2019 |
| 6 | “Yu Ishigami Wants to Live” Transcription: “Ishigami Yū wa Ikinobitai” (Japanese: 石上優は生き延びたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Test You” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Tesuto-shitai” (Japanese: 藤原千花はテストしたい) “Kaguya Wants to Be Noticed” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kizukaretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は気づかれたい) | Takayuki Kikuchi | Yukie Sugawara | February 16, 2019 |
| 7 | “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Work” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Hatarakitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は働きたい) “Kaguya Wants Him to Join In” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Iretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は入れたい) “Kaguya Wants to Control It” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Taetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は堪えたい) | Yūjirō Abe | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | February 23, 2019 |
| 8 | “Kaguya Wants Her to Say It” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Yobasetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は呼ばせたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Can’t Lose” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Makerarenai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は負けられない) “Yu Ishigami Closes His Eyes” Transcription: “Soshite Ishigami Yū wa Me o Tojita” (Japanese: そして石上優は目を閉じた) | Tarō Kubo | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | March 2, 2019 |
| 9 | “Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Okuritai” (Japanese: かぐや様は送りたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Pay a Visit” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Mimaitai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は見舞いたい) “About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 1” Transcription: “Shinomiya Kaguya ni tsuite 1” (Japanese: 四宮かぐやについて①) | Masakazu Obara | Yukie Sugawara | March 9, 2019 |
| 10 | “Kaguya Won’t Forgive” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Yurusenai” (Japanese: かぐや様は許せない) “Kaguya Wants to Forgive” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Yurushitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は許したい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Go Somewhere” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Dekaketai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は出かけたい) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | March 16, 2019 |
| 11 | “Ai Hayasaka Wants to Get Soaked” Transcription: “Hayasaka Ai wa Tsukaritai” (Japanese: 早坂愛は浸かりたい) “Chika Fujiwara Really Wants to Eat It” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Chō Tabetai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は超食べたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to See You” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Deaitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は出会いたい) “I Can’t Hear the Fireworks, Part 1” Transcription: “Hanabi no Oto wa Kikoenai, Zenpen” (Japanese: 花火の音は聞こえない 前編) | Aya Ikeda | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | March 23, 2019 |
| 12 | “I Can’t Hear the Fireworks, Part 2” Transcription: “Hanabi no Oto wa Kikoenai, Kōhen” (Japanese: 花火の音は聞こえない 後編) “Kaguya Doesn’t Want to Avoid Him” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Saketakunai” (Japanese: かぐや様は避けたくない) | Takayuki Kikuchi Mamoru Hatakeyama | Yukie Sugawara | March 30, 2019 |
Kaguya-sama: Love is War?, Season 2 (2020)
The second season, also having 12 episodes, premiered on April 11, 2020 and ended its run on June 27, 2020. As with the first season, we being you a proper watch order of all the episodes:
| Story | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 13 | “Ai Hayasaka Wants to Stave Them Off” Transcription: “Hayasaka Ai wa Fusegitai” (Japanese: 早坂愛は防ぎたい) “The Student Council Has Not Achieved Nirvana” Transcription: “Seitokai wa Kamittenai” (Japanese: 生徒会は神ってない) “Kaguya Wants to Get Married” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kekkonshitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は結婚したい) “Kaguya Wants to Celebrate” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Iwaitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は祝いたい) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | April 11, 2020 |
| 14 | “Kaguya Wants to Know” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kikidashitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は聞き出したい) “Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Okuritai” (Japanese: かぐや様は贈りたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Confirm It” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Tashikametai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は確かめたい) | Tarō Kubo | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | April 18, 2020 |
| 15 | “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Gaze at the Moon” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Miagetai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は見上げたい) “The 67th Student Council” Transcription: “Dai 67-ki Seitokai” (Japanese: 第67期生徒会) “Kaguya Doesn’t Want to Say It” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Yobitakunai” (Japanese: かぐや様は呼びたくない) | Abe Yūjirō | Yukie Sugawara | April 25, 2020 |
| 16 | “Ai Hayasaka Wants Him to Fall for Her” Transcription: “Hayasaka Ai wa Otoshitai” (Japanese: 早坂愛はオトしたい) “Kaguya Wants to Be Confessed To” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kokura”re”tai” (Japanese: かぐや様は告ら“れ”たい) “Miko Iino Wants to Set Things Right” Transcription: “Iino Miko wa Tadashitai” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコは正したい) | Aya Ikeda | Yukie Sugawara | May 2, 2020 |
| 17 | “Miyuki Shirogane Wants Girls to Fall for Him” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Motetai” (Japanese: 白銀御行はモテたい) “Nagisa Kashiwagi Wants to Console” Transcription: “Kashiwagi Nagisa wa Nagusametai” (Japanese: 柏木渚は慰めたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Sing” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Utaitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は歌いたい) “Kaguya Wants to Kick Them Down” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Keotoshitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は蹴落としたい) | Takayuki Kikuchi | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | May 9, 2020 |
| 18 | “I Don’t Want to Make Miko Iino Smile” Transcription: “Iino Miko o Warawasenai” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコを笑わせない) “I Want to Make Miko Iino Smile” Transcription: “Iino Miko o Warawasetai” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコを笑わせたい) “Kaguya Isn’t Getting Called” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Yobarenai” (Japanese: かぐや様は呼ばれない) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | May 16, 2020 |
| 19 | “Kaguya Wants to Undress Him” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Nugasetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は脱がせたい) “Kaguya Wants to Make Him Let Go” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Dasasetai” (Japanese: かぐや様は出させたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Read” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Yomasetai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は読ませたい) “Kaguya ♡ Aquarium” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama ♡ Akuariumu” (Japanese: かぐや様♡アクアリウム) | Aya Ikeda | Yukie Sugawara | May 23, 2020 |
| 20 | “Miko Iino Wants to Control Herself” Transcription: “Iino Miko wa Osaetai” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコは抑えたい) “Kaguya Doesn’t Scare Easily” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Obienai” (Japanese: かぐや様は怯えない) “Kaguya Wants to Be Examined” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Miraretai” (Japanese: かぐや様は診られたい) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yukie Sugawara | May 30, 2020 |
| 21 | “Yu Ishigami Closes His Eyes, Part 2” Transcription: “Soshite Ishigami Yū wa Me o Tojita 2” (Japanese: そして石上優は目を閉じた②) “Kaguya Wants to Touch” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Sawaritai” (Japanese: かぐや様は触りたい) “Kaguya Doesn’t Say No” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kotowaranai” (Japanese: かぐや様は断らない) | Ryota Aikei | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | June 6, 2020 |
| 22 | “Kei Shirogane Can’t Speak” Transcription: “Shirogane Kei wa Hanasenai” (Japanese: 白銀圭は話せない) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Dance” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Odoritai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は踊りたい) “Kobachi Osaragi Wants to Crack Down” Transcription: “Osaragi Kobachi wa Torishimaritai” (Japanese: 大仏こばちは取り締まりたい) “Miyuki Shirogane’s Dad Wants to Find Out” Transcription: “Shirogane Chichi wa Kikidashitai” (Japanese: 白銀父は聞き出したい) | Takayuki Kikuchi | Yukie Sugawara | June 13, 2020 |
| 23 | “Yu Ishigami Closes His Eyes, Part 3” Transcription: “Soshite Ishigami Yū wa Me o Tojita 3” (Japanese: そして石上優は目を閉じた③) “Miyuki Shirogane and Yu Ishigami” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki to Ishigami Yū” (Japanese: 白銀御行と石上優) “Kyoko Otomo Doesn’t Realize” Transcription: “Otomo Kyōko wa Kizukanai” (Japanese: 大友京子は気づかない) | Suzuki Moe | Yukie Sugawara | June 20, 2020 |
| 24 | “The Student Council Would Like a Group Photo” Transcription: “Seitokai wa Toraretai” (Japanese: 生徒会は撮られたい) “The Student Council is Going to Get That Group Photo” Transcription: “Seitokai wa Torasetai” (Japanese: 生徒会は撮らせたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Inflate” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Fukuramasetai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は膨らませたい) | Abe Yujiro | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | June 27, 2020 |
Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA (OVA, 2021)
The special OVA episode was released on May 19, 2021, and was bundled with the release of the manga’s 22nd volume. The OVA was iniially announced during the Kaguya-sama Wants To Tell You On Stage special event, which was held on October 25, 2020. The official synopsis tells us the following about the OVA episode:
What do Shuchiin Academy’s model students do outside of their student council duties? After a visit to the swimming pool, Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara take to the showers to wash themselves off. When Chika accidentally drops a bar of soap, the two find themselves in a rather slippery mishap.
Meanwhile, Miyuki Shirogane and Yuu Ishigami examine a discarded pornographic magazine—its content bearing an uncanny resemblance to the other student council members. Later on, an intense fried rice cook-off commences as Chika and Miko Iino seek to crown a master chef amongst the council. These eccentric activities reveal a side of the student council that has never been seen before!
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-, Season 3 (2022)
The third season had a total of 13 episodes and it aired from April 9, 2022 to July 2, 2022. In terms of episodes, this is the biggest season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War. The episodes should be watched like this:
| Story | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| PV | “Yu Ishigami Wants to Talk” Transcription: “Ishigami Yū wa Kataritai” (Japanese: 石上優は語りたい) | Aya Ikeda | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | October 21, 2021 |
| 25 | “Miko Iino Wants to Be Soothed” Transcription: “Iino Miko wa Iyasaretai” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコは癒されたい) “Kaguya Doesn’t Realize” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Kizukanai” (Japanese: かぐや様は気づかない) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Battle” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Tatakaitai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は闘いたい) | Mamoru Hatakeyama Takayuki Kikuchi | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | April 9, 2022 |
| 26 | “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Mediate” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Torimochitai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は取り持ちたい) “Kaguya Wants to Distract Him” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Tsuredashitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は連れ出したい) “Kaguya Preemptively Strikes” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Soshishitai” (Japanese: かぐや様は阻止したい) | Masakazu Obara | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | April 16, 2022 |
| 27 | “Nagisa Kashiwagi Wants to Kill” Transcription: “Kashiwagi Nagisa wa Chūshitai” (Japanese: 柏木渚は誅したい) “Maki Shijo Wants to Take Action” Transcription: “Shijō Maki wa Nantoka Shitai” (Japanese: 四条眞妃は何とかしたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Be Believed” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Shinjiraretai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は信じられたい) | Aya Ikeda | Yukie Sugawara | April 23, 2022 |
| 28 | “Kaguya Shinomiya’s Impossible Demand: “A Cowrie a Swallow Gave Birth To” Part 1″ Transcription: “Shinomiya Kaguya no Muri Nandai “Tsubame no Koyasugai” Hen Ichi” (Japanese: 四宮かぐやの無理難題「燕の子安貝」編①) “Yu Ishigami Wants to Prove Himself Worthy” Transcription: “Ishigami Yū wa Kotaetai” (Japanese: 石上優はこたえたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Stay Over” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Tomaritai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は泊まりたい) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yukie Sugawara | April 30, 2022 |
| 29 | “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Beat a Rhythm” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Kizamitai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は刻みたい) “Ai Hayasaka Wants to Talk” Transcription: “Hayasaka Ai wa Hanashitai” (Japanese: 早坂愛は話したい) “Maki Shijo Wants Some Help” Transcription: “Shijō Maki wa Tayoritai” (Japanese: 四条眞妃は頼りたい) | Takayuki Kikuchi | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | May 7, 2022 |
| 30 | “The Student Council Wants to Move Forward” Transcription: “Seitokai wa Susumitai” (Japanese: 生徒会は進みたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 2” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Kokurasetai Ni” (Japanese: 白銀御行は告らせたい②) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 3” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Kokurasetai San” (Japanese: 白銀御行は告らせたい③) | Motoki Nakanishi | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | May 14, 2022 |
| 31 | “Miko Iino Can’t Love, Part 1” Transcription: “Iino Miko wa Aisenai Ichi” (Japanese: 伊井野ミコは愛せない①) “Students Wish to Discuss the Culture Festival” Transcription: “Bunkasai o Kataritai” (Japanese: 文化祭を語りたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Blow It Up” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Fukuramasetai” (Japanese: 白銀御行は膨らませたい) | Yuki Watanabe | Yukie Sugawara | May 21, 2022 |
| 32 | “Kei Shirogane Wants to Show Off” Transcription: “Shirogane Kei wa Misetsuketai” (Japanese: 白銀圭は見せつけたい) “About Kaguya Shinomiya, Part 2” Transcription: “Shinomiya Kaguya ni Tsuite Ni” (Japanese: 四宮かぐやについて②) “Kaguya Wants to Confess” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama wa Tsugeritai” (Japanese: かぐや様は告りたい) | Nobukage Kimura | Yukie Sugawara | May 28, 2022 |
| 33 | “Spring of First Year” Transcription: “Ichinensei Haru” (Japanese: 1年生 春) “Kaguya’s Culture Festival” Transcription: “Kaguya-sama no Bunkasai” (Japanese: かぐや様の文化祭) “Yu Ishigami’s Culture Festival” Transcription: “Ishigami Yū no Bunkasai” (Japanese: 石上優の文化祭) | Motoki Nakanishi | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | June 4, 2022 |
| 34 | “Kozue Makihara Wants to Have Fun” Transcription: “Makihara Kozue wa Asobitai” (Japanese: 槇原こずえは遊びたい) “Chika Fujiwara Wants to Unmask” Transcription: “Fujiwara Chika wa Abakitai” (Japanese: 藤原千花は暴きたい) “Miyuki Shirogane’s Culture Festival” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki no Bunkasai” (Japanese: 白銀御行の文化祭) | Shōtarō Kitamura | Yasuhiro Nakanishi | June 11, 2022 |
| 35 | “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 4” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Kokurasetai Yon” (Japanese: 白銀御行は告らせたい④) “Tsubame Koyasu Wants to Say No” Transcription: “Koyasu Tsubame wa Kotowaritai” (Japanese: 子安つばめは断りたい) “Miyuki Shirogane Wants to Make Her Confess, Part 5” Transcription: “Shirogane Miyuki wa Kokurasetai Go” (Japanese: 白銀御行は告らせたい⑤) | Ryōta Aikei | Yukie Sugawara | June 18, 2022 |
| 36 | “TBD” Transcription: “TBD” (Japanese: TBD) | TBC | TBC | June 25, 2022 |
| 37 | “TBD” Transcription: “TBD” (Japanese: TBD) | TBC | TBC | July 2, 2022 |