The new Kaguya Love Is War episodes are pissing me off

I've just finished watching the new special episodes and they were so good that I'm left utterly baffled as to WHY THEY ARENT MAKING A NEW SEASON INSTEAD OF SKIPPING THE ENTIRETY OF SECOND HALF OF THE MANGA?????!!?!?!?

Shirogane's father becoming a YouTuber, the sex scene, and the 5 hour long voice call between the two. All of these were in the second half of the manga and there are MANY more (100+) chapters that are just as good these.

Anyone that thinks the manga goes downhill after the first anime movie is probably smoking some next level hoodini crack, because other than the final arc, the second half is still really great and will make you laugh.

So why couldn't they just adapt the rest of the chapters and then replace the ending with their new original ending???????????????

This is a message to the anime onlies: GO READ THE MANGA NOW JUST TRUST ME PLEASE. It's really obvious the movie will diverge heavily from the source material to a point where the manga would most likely spoil very little of the upcoming movie, so please go read it if you want more Kaguya Love Is War.

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steven48692026-01-01 08:57

Akasaka is on a mission to fumble even the ending of Kaguya Sama, even among my friend circle people were happy with the way it ended but why did he decide to go with the anime original ending and skipping a bunch of chapters is a mystery of its own?

dream_wielder2026-01-01 09:41

The common sentiment of the manga reader from what I see is the arc before the ending is decent but squandered its potential and the arc before that is even worse.

Stupidest_Retard2026-01-01 08:59

They skipped the second half because it's full of bullshit drama that doesn't go anywhere. They're going for a new ending and I hope it doesn't suck as bad as the manga.

Alexiavich2026-01-01 09:05

Youre crazy. Manga was peak.

paradoxaxe2026-01-01 09:19

As much as I like Ishigami, I do agree the his drama with Ino really just prelude for non existent sequel that pretty much is just Miyuki vs Kaguya V2.

Also there are so many unfired chekov gun in early third years that really doesn't add anything to plot

RPO7772026-01-01 09:24

I thought the Ishigami/Tsubame Arc was pretty peak.

Yamulo2026-01-01 09:17

Compared to his other manga this ending doesn’t even suck lol

Stupidest_Retard2026-01-01 09:23

Compared to his other manga, sure, but that's a very low bar.

crixx932026-01-01 09:04

There's some stuff in there that I liked, but I thought most of what's going to be skipped / changed was the weakest part of the story. I hope the team adapting this can pull it off better tbh

UnwiseElf2026-01-01 09:04

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Smoothesuede2026-01-01 09:06

Anime is the only medium where people treat the source like some sacred Scripture which shall not ever be deviated from, and it's weird.

I understand disappointment that you want get the scenes you were expecting. But have you considered that, if this same writer did something you really enjoyed already, that when offered the chance to write an unexplored version, it will also be good? Not necessarily better. But also not necessarily worse. Where is the trust in this artist that you apparently enjoy?

Rvsoldier2026-01-01 09:10

Untrue as fuck. Videogame and cartoon adaptations are treated the exact same way. M Night's Avatar and DBZ movies are some of the biggest bombs ever. Video game movies and shows have been royally shit on till recently. Even books are like this such as: Wheel of Time, the first Series of Unfortunate Events movies and Game of Thrones. Comics are like this with Marvel movies, especially recent ones. What are you even bullshitting. No one likes seeing source material get fucked. We're here for a reason.

Smoothesuede2026-01-01 09:22

Your examples are bad. Avatar, DBZ, & GoT are not criticized because they're deviations from the source. They're criticized because they're bad. Correlation is not causation, there.

The same is of course true of anime. Promised Neverland S2 is awful, *and* it is anime original. It's not awful *because* it's anime original.

Comics fans do not complain about movies being "based on" famous stories without replicating it. We're very well used to it by now, thank you. Civil War, Infinity War, Thor Ragnarok, and Wandavision, and others. These all adapt very well regarded storylines without even attempting to be beat for beat recreations, and wouldn't you know it- since they're good, people like them! How lucky are we that we get TWO great versions of a story! That's awesome!

Similarly with anime. K-On, Usagi Drop, Trigun, Bokurano, NHK ni Youkoso, FMA 03, Yu Yu Hakusho, Violet Evergarden. All made changes, and all are well regarded- sometimes *because* of those changes.

Just let something stand on its own merit. It is not inherently a sin to divert from the source. Let the artists create art.

Pake10002026-01-01 09:16

That’s not true at all. Look at the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and how many people bitched that it wasn’t exactly the same as the book, which is funny since the book wasn’t exactly the same as the radio story. Look at The Hobbit movies and the reaction they got. The complaints made against Harry Potter movies.

Smoothesuede2026-01-01 09:28

Hitchhikers Guide is very well liked. Hobbit is criticized for a multitude of creative choices made which are arguably bad on their own merit, not because they didn't follow the script. The Harry Potter movies are generational successes. I don't see any potter heads that renounce the movies because the inaccuracies are unacceptable.

Pake10002026-01-01 12:36

All of these movies have people bitching about them not matching the books exactly. You can argue all you want, but you’re simple wrong to think anime it’s unique to this problem.

Smoothesuede2026-01-01 16:15

W/e you say man. Then they're all weird for doing it. It's strange and closed-minded behavior to be whining as much as OP here did over writers writing.

octopathfinder2026-01-01 09:08

I'm glad it's skipping most of the second half

Additional_Visit_9132026-01-01 09:09

I mean, did we really need an arc that's dedicated to Iino & the glasses girl?

jjshwa_2026-01-01 09:14

as an avid fan of the manga, i'm surprised by how unbothered i am with the direction aka's taken the anime. a lot of people harbored resentment for/were discontent with the lackluster ending for it when it first happened (and subsequently eventually redirected said resentment towards the dumpster fire that was oshi no ko's ending), and i'd say much of the story after the confession felt almost horimiya-esque in that it was mostly slice of life with conflicts saddled within. it works well in manga form when it's a consistent release that is consumed quickly, but i can see it being difficult to adapt to anime while both maintaining the comedy and the story aspects. he obviously doesn't have a great track record when it comes to ending his stories, but i am hopeful (though not particularly confident) that he can use what he learned from the extended run of the original manga to create an anime original ending that's at the very least satisfying.

the ova itself also rocked if you don't know anything about the arcs that were skipped regardless.

UnhappyComparison9372026-01-01 09:24

[https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/2006346740392398965](https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/2006346740392398965) here is your answer

the mangaka wanted it like that

[https://x.com/anime\_kaguya/status/2006364095352889648](https://x.com/anime_kaguya/status/2006364095352889648) this is the same but from the official kaguya twitter

also no one says this but (why didn't the team just say no and make S4?) he would just go to a new studio that would do it

Ok-Cod52542026-01-01 09:33

There's a lot of assumptions being made as if the anime team wasn't also a part of this as if he was the sole factor alone and they had no say against it.

They likely also could've thought it would be more risky to need to adapt another 3 full seasons with some of the later parts less positively received, so also from a business standpoint for them.

Ok-Cod52542026-01-01 09:25

They would need **at least 3 more seasons** and the later parts aren't as consistently strong as the first half - so probably more of a business risk for full adaptation, and trying to do what they think it's better for cost/benefit for more profits with less risk to wrap up the series.

* People also need to recall that most romance series (that's aren't short) don't even get full anime adaptations. Many stop at confession. So they could have just stopped at S3 or the movie. At least there is more to see past that.

Tast3sLikePanda2026-01-01 09:31

> why are they not making more of the anime if theres a demand?

Anime itself makes fuckall money, most animes are made to promote the original manga, which in this case has already concluded

With original series with no manga to base them on, the IP holder has full creative and commercial control on how to monetize it

Tldr

manga adaptations -> manga is the product

Anime original -> anime is the product

hoanganh1482026-01-01 09:32

I get the frustration, but I think this is one of those cases where production reality matters more than quality or popularity. Specials are much easier to greenlight than a full season, especially when staff availability, scheduling, and committee priorities are involved.

The manga’s second half definitely has a lot of strong material left, but adapting it properly would require long-term planning and commitment rather than one-off projects. My guess is that these episodes are more about keeping the IP visible and gauging interest than skipping the rest entirely.

If anything, the positive reception might actually help its chances down the line. I’d rather wait longer for a well-planned season than see the remaining arcs rushed or unevenly adapted.

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