Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 2

The media could not be loaded.  this is so beautiful. it was nicely delivered with no marks or scratches on it so yeah!! you should definitely buy it! 🤭🤭

I had seen Kaguya-sama: Love is War come up on Amazon and I thought it sounded interesting. A few days ago, I picked up Volume 1 at my comics shop. It was better than interesting; it was a delight and I placed an order for Volume 2. Kaguya-sama is a terrific romantic comedy about two people who might make a great couple but they are hyper-competitive and believe whoever declares his or her love first will be the relationship's "loser", so they are always at odds. I found myself chuckling out loud at the mind games Kaguya and Miyuki play with each other, not to mention the way the third major character, Chika, always innocently stirs up chaos. The funniest story in Volume 2 has our trio reading a survey of teen romantic behavior and the sheltered aristocrat Kaguya misunderstands what "your first time" means. She makes remarks that cause Miyuki and Chika to think she is one twisted young lady and decadence among the upper classes is even worse than they imagined. Check out Kaguya's eyes as Chika provides some needed clarification. There is also a nice story about a visit from French students and what happens when Miyuki's minimal French leads to some interesting situations. If you enjoy romantic comedy, Kaguya-sama: Love is War is very highly recommended.

So much like my review of the first book, this is rated lowly for similar reasons, except instead of being better this one somehow manages to showcase the flaws of this translation even more.The translations aren't necessarily wrong most of the time, but a lot of the time things are worded in ways that really do not match the personalities of the characters speaking them. Having Hayasaka saying something juvenile as "butt-naked" was probably the worst offender, but there are countless other ones to be found throughout.But the worst thing in this book is probably "Battle 20", where I feel like the people who handle these books truly don't understand why people enjoy this series to begin with. The chapter is all about how Shirogane is the only one at a party who doesn't know French. The humor of the chapter is all about him wandering around talking with the limited amount he knew from a French phrasebook. With one punchline revolving around the "How cute" running gag, being spoken in French. Yet the translators completely missed the point of this, and decided to translate the French, and telling us that "Comme C'est Mignon" means "How cute" in parentheses underneath. This is honestly kind of insulting, because the entire point of that gag is that the majority of readers wouldn't know French, but would recognize what that phrase means just from the usage of the running gag alone.One of the things that is consistently praised about the series is the smart writing, specifically in the way the author shows respect to the reader by not insulting our intelligence. Unlike a lot of other works, this series doesn't assume the reader is an idiot, or possesses the memory of a goldfish. The humor is tied very well into the ability for the reader to recognize the consistent gags without the writing signposting it and hammering it in to make sure we "get it." Yet, this book did a pretty good job of spitting in the face of that spirit, and once again I can't review this positively, as much as I wish I could, because of that.Hopefully the quality of the translations improve in the upcoming volumes, because I truly am saddened that I have to give this series I adore, another 1 star rating. Because it really does deserve better, but in this state I can't recommend a purchase because what is here doesn't live up to the name.

It arrived a little late, the packaging was good. Came in great condition. Highly enjoyable!!

after watching the anime, i decided to buy the manga and it came in great condition, and very fast! i cant wait to read :)

I love Love is War, so i’m gonna keep collecting it. As always, it was a good manga.

It arrived perfectly with absolutely no damage

Quick delivery; great quality

As said above , One of the thing that most manga readers want are the books to be not damaged and should be in covered in wrap. But almost all the books are not covered and i have retuned many books like that (some are exception) . I hope the seller takes notice of this. But the manga is gud and i recommend to others to give it a try.

Ele é bem grande, então faz valer a pena comprar. Seus traços são lindos e muitas vezes leva a fazer você levar a sério as cenas de tensão, na verdade, tudo faz com que você leve a sério as cenas onde, por exemplo, simplesmente estão trocando numero de telefone hahaha! Para quem gostaria de treinar o inglês esse mangá também é bom, pois tem diálogos simples, mas que usamos diariamente! A única coisa que talvez eu senti falta foi de cenas épicas, como no anime, onde os personagens estão em embate intelectual daí a camera trás um foco onde você vê os dois em frente ao outro e armados! Mas entendo que foi para focar na estratégia e isso não me incomodou depois de um tempo.

1) the books are amazing. aka-sensei is a monster.2) the over-worked factory worker had one job and messed it up. my box wasn't packed properly and the books were bouncing and shifting around and were warped/bent and some corners were damaged. seriously, one job. not that hard.3) 5 stars for content of books. 1 star for amazon delivery.EDIT: Amazon customer service was able to give me a discount/partial refund due to the damage. Changing from 1 star to 4 stars.

Good

Nice manga, the stories are pretty funny and came with no damages 10/10!