Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai:
First Kiss wa Owaranai

Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The first kiss never ends-

Media

Release

Dec 17, 2022 (JPN Theaters)
Apr 1, 2023 (TV/Streaming)

Kanji

かぐや様は告らせたい-ファーストキッスは終わらない-

Romaji

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai

English

Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The first kiss never ends-

Episodes

4

Chronology
Previous
Season 3

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai (かぐや様は告らせたい-ファーストキッスは終わらない- Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The first kiss never ends-) is the canonical sequel to Season 3 of the TV anime adaptation, adapting from the story arc of the same name. It originally aired as an animated movie premiering in Japanese theaters on Dec 17th, 2022. The movie is then split into 4 episodes released for home media and streaming on Apr 1st, 2023.

Synopsis[]

During the Devoted Hearts Festival, Kaguya Shinomiya agrees to accompany Miyuki Shirogane to America for school, giving him a kiss in the process. Later that night, Kaguya is horrified to learn from her maid, Ai Hayasaka, that she took it one step too far by accidentally giving Shirogane “an adult kiss”.

The following day, Shirogane is anxious to discuss his current relationship status with Kaguya, only to find she’s been transformed into “Little Kaguya” (a visual representation of her anxious and sleep deprived mind). After Kaguya falls asleep, she has a dream where her differing personality traits argue over what the best course of action shall be. Her uptight personality, “Ice Kaguya”, angrily takes control from “Little Kaguya”, taking over as Kaguya’s dominant personality. Meanwhile, other student council members Yu Ishigami & Miko Iino are invited to a party at the house of Ishigami’s crush, Tsubame; and Chika Fujiwara invites Kaguya and the Shirogane family to her house for Christmas Eve.

“Ice Kaguya” engages in several battles in a distinctly assertive manner in hopes of getting Shirogane to kiss her. This includes trying to get him to hold her hand on a cold walk home, trying to impress him with a perfume and trying to get him to feed her some of his homemade lunch. Shirogane stresses over understanding what Kaguya wants from him, receiving little advice from Maki Shijo. The stress causes him to stay up late until he passes out from exhaustion. At the hospital, “Ice Kaguya” laments her unlikable behavior and wishes to be cute like “Little Kaguya”. The Kaguyas decide if the “True Kaguya” gets a kiss, they can finally accept themselves for who they are. Shirogane laments his insecurities to the doctor about how he feels he can’t stand side by side with Kaguya unless he puts his all into, stemming from the fact that his mother left his family when he was young and attempted to take his more academically gifted sister with her. Despite his condition, Shirogane continues to push himself.

Christmas Eve arrives, where “Ice Kaguya”, Shirogane and his sister Kei attend the party at the Fujiwara’s. Shirogane presents a seemingly imperfect gift to “Ice Kaguya”, but hesitates to give it to her claiming he can get her something better before running off. “Ice Kaguya” gives chase, eventually opening the gift to find an expensive kendama. She expresses her desire to know the real Shirogane no matter his imperfections. They share a quiet kiss, in contrast to the glamour of their first kiss. “Ice Kaguya” surmises she’ll feel just as happy as she was during their first kiss every time they share one: a first kiss that never ends.

“Ice Kaguya” uses a fabric in Shirogane’s gift to tie her hair back, reverting back to normal (the narrator makes it clear this is all a metaphor to represent a young maiden in love). Some days later, Tsubame, after an apparent disastrous party the night before, receives advice from a psychic (Shirogane’s father) about why couples fall in love, just as Kaguya and Shirogane agree to become a couple.

Music[]

Opening[]

"Love is Show" by Masayuki Suzuki and Reni Takagi

Ending[]

"Heart Notes" by Airi Suzuki

Original Soundtrack[]

Staff[]

Director: Mamoru Hatakeyama
Series Structure: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
Character Design: Yūko Yahiro
Chief Animation Director: Hiroshi Yakou
Prop Design: Takayuki Kidou
Art Director: Risa Wakabayashi
Art Setting: Hiroki Matsumoto, Tatsuya Hiragi
Color Design: Kanako Hokari
Assistant Color Setting: Ayaka Murakami
CG Director: Yuki Kuribayashi
Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
Editor: Rie Matsubara
Composer: Kei Haneoka
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa

ADR Director:

ADR Script Writer:

ADR Engineer:

Cast[]

Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya
Makoto Furukawa as Miyuki Shirogane
Konomi Kohara as Chika Fujiwara
Momo Asakura as Nagisa Kashiwagi
Ryōta Suzuki as Yū Ishigami
Sayumi Suzushiro as Kei Shirogane
Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka
Miyu Tomita as Miko Iino
Rina Hidaka as Kobachi Osaragi
Haruka Fukuhara as Tsubame Koyasu
Kana Ichinose as Maki Shijo
Yutaka Aoyama as the Narrator

BD & DVD[]