Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood- poster

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan

かぐや様は告らせたい 大人への階段

Other names 2
Chinese
辉夜大小姐想让我告白 通往大人的阶梯
Also known as
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The Grown-Up Staircase

Overall score 8.6/10

Not ranked

Overall score Sentiment 7.7 · 86% positiveChinese audience 8.7English audience 8.5

Special titles are not ranked

  • Comedy
  • Psychological
  • Romance
  • #Ojou-sama
  • #Coming of Age
  • #Seinen

2 eps · FinishedSpecial

A-1 PicturesManga adaptationPremiered Dec 31, 202526 min per episode

Funny and relaxing: highPsychological stress 6.0/10, sensitive content

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Overview

Spoiler-free synopsis

Years after graduating from high school, Kaguya Shinomiya finds her old photo album and reminisces about when she was a part of Shuuchiin Academy's student council. At the time, Kaguya had just started dating the president Miyuki Shirogane, and the two were hopelessly in love. With each wholesome and silly memory from their past, Kaguya is filled with bliss.

Genres & tags

  • Comedy
  • Psychological
  • Romance
  • Slice of Life
  • #Female ProtagonistRelevance 100%
  • #Male ProtagonistRelevance 100%
  • #HeterosexualRelevance 90%
  • #Ojou-samaRelevance 85%
  • #Coming of AgeRelevance 84%
  • #SeinenRelevance 72%
  • #UrbanRelevance 70%
  • #TsundereRelevance 68%
  • #Ensemble CastRelevance 60%
  • #ParodyRelevance 60%
  • #SchoolRelevance 60%
  • #VTuberRelevance 60%

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Ranking positions

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Details

Format
Special · 2 episodes · 26 min per episode
Status
Finished
Aired
Dec 31, 2025
Studio
A-1 Pictures
Source
Manga adaptation
Season
Fall 2025
Categories
RomanceUrban RomanceSchoolSlice of LifeComedyMale-Oriented
Official site
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    Other regions & licensing details

    Licensors

    Region not stated Muse Asia (official site) (platform homepage, opens in a new window)Sources: ANN news Dec 22, 2025 (source page, opens in a new window)

    Prices & details for all regions

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    What people sayPublic comments from other sites

    AI sentiment analysis

    Sentiment score7.7/10

    Positive86%

    • Very positive 18
    • Positive 19
    • Mixed 4
    • Negative 2
    • Very negative 0

    43 comments analyzed: Bangumi 40 · AniList 3

    English audience score 8.5 · 73,518 samples

    • Very positiveAuthor's score 9.027 found this helpful

      A heartwarming return to a beloved series—but is this the right direction forward? Preface Kaguya-sama was one of the few anime that made…

      melamunaAniListOriginal (AniList, opens in a new window)

    Mood & content

    Source: Derived from community tagsConfidence: medium (51%)Updated Sep 24, 2026

    0 = barely any, 10 = very pronounced. Values measure how much, not how good, and different viewers feel the same show differently. “No data yet” means the item hasn't been assessed yet, not that it's absent.

    Mood

    • Light
    • Exciting
    • Heavy

    Funny and relaxing: high

    Light

    • Relaxing6.0 / 10, levelHigh. Easy to watch, low effort
    • HealingNo data yet. Gentle and comforting
    • Funny6.6 / 10, levelHigh. Density of laughs
    • Heartwarming5.4 / 10, levelModerate. Warmth from relationships

    Exciting

    • HypeNo data yet. Adrenaline and excitement
    • TenseNo data yet. Suspense and tension

    Heavy

    • OppressiveNo data yet. Heavy, stifling atmosphere
    • DarkNo data yet. Darkness of setting and themes
    • SadNo data yet. Share of sad moments
    • BleakNo data yet. Likelihood of a lingering low mood
    Emotional intensity5.9 / 10, levelModerate. How strongly it moves you, either way

    Emotional intensity measures how strong the ups and downs are, happy or sad.

    Content

    Higher = more of it

    Themes

    • Action

      No data yet. Share of fights and action

    • Romance6.5

      High (6.5 / 10). Weight of romance plotlines

    • Slice of life7.0

      High (7.0 / 10). Share of everyday-life episodes

    • Harem

      No data yet. Harem dynamics around the lead

    Sensitive content· may be upsetting; judge by your own comfort level

    • Psychological stress6.0

      High (6.0 / 10). Mental torment and anxiety

    • Fan service

      No data yet. Suggestive shots and fan service

    • Violence

      No data yet. Intensity of violence

    • Gore

      No data yet. Blood and graphic injury

    • Character death

      No data yet. Likelihood of major character deaths

    • Horror

      No data yet. Scares and horror

    • Betrayal

      No data yet. Betrayal plotlines

    • Heartbreak

      No data yet. Deliberately heart-wrenching arcs

    Style

    • Complexity6.0

      (0 = Easy to follow, 10 = Mind-bending). Plot complexity and density

    • Pacing3.5

      (0 = Slow burn, 10 = Fast-paced). 0 = slow burn, 10 = fast-paced

    • World-buildingNo data yet

      (0 = Simple, 10 = Vast and deep). Depth of the setting

    Viewing notes

    Spoiler-free by default

    No spoiler-free viewing notes yet.

    Ratings

    Updated Oct 7, 2026, 06:36About scores
    Overall score

    Overall score 8.6/10

    Score breakdown

    • Site scores8.5779%Consensus of 83.2K site votes (calibrated to one scale and shrunk toward the global baseline by vote count)
    • Fan sentiment8.7721%43 comments, average 8.22 (the sentiment score shown, 7.7, is also shrunk toward neutral), calibrated against comparable titles to 8.77
    • CommunityNot counted0%No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote)

    Special titles are not ranked

    Site scores

    Raw → calibrated to one scale
    Site scores: raw score, votes, calibrated score
    SiteRaw scoreVotesCalibrated
    AniList (external link, opens in a new window)Reference site84/10013K votes8.4
    MyAnimeList (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale8.5/1060.5K votes8.6
    Bangumi (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale8.3/109,678 votes8.8
    bilibiliNo data——Not counted