# Where to Watch Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

**You can stream Kaguya-sama: Love Is War on Crunchyroll and Netflix, and it's one of the sharpest romantic comedies anime has ever produced. What sounds like a simple will-they-won't-they turns into an all-out psychological standoff between two geniuses who would sooner scheme for weeks than risk saying 'I like you' first, and the payoff is laugh-out-loud funny, weirdly tense, and genuinely sweet under all the mind games.**

## Where to Watch

- [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/kaguya-sama-love-is-war)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81061754)

Both Crunchyroll and Netflix carry the series, so the pick mostly comes down to which app you already pay for. Crunchyroll is the natural home if you live in the anime ecosystem and want to roll straight into more of Kaguya's world afterward, while Netflix is the effortless choice if it's already your everyday go-to. Either route lands you on the exact same brilliant show.

## Synopsis

At the elite Shuchiin Academy, student council president Miyuki Shirogane and his vice president Kaguya Shinomiya sit at the very top of the food chain: dazzlingly smart, endlessly admired, and both quietly, hopelessly into each other. The problem is pride. In their heads, whoever admits their feelings first has already lost, so instead of just confessing, they wage an elaborate daily campaign of traps, bluffs, and wildly overthought schemes meant to force the other into saying it out loud. Every lunch break and council meeting becomes a high-stakes duel of egos, narrated like a war epic, where a single stray blush counts as a battlefield defeat.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 12
- **Premiered:** 2019
- **Studio:** a-1 pictures inc.
- **Score:** 8.3

## Watch Order

This is where the whole saga begins. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is the first season and the ideal entry point, so start right here with nothing else required beforehand. Once it sinks its hooks in, the story carries on into its sequel season from this exact foundation.

- [Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen](https://hozuna.com/anime/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-season-2) — sequel

## If You Liked This

- **[Oshi no Ko](https://hozuna.com/anime/oshi-no-ko)** — From Aka Akasaka, the same creator behind Kaguya-sama, this one swaps student-council scheming for the dark underbelly of showbiz. If you loved how sharply Kaguya reads people and stages its drama, Oshi no Ko aims that same psychological precision at the entertainment industry: glamorous, gripping, and a whole lot more ruthless.
- **[Spy x Family](https://hozuna.com/anime/spy-x-family)** — Another comedy powered by people frantically hiding who they really are. A fake family made up of a spy, an assassin, and a mind-reading kid keeps their secrets under one roof, and the blend of espionage tension and warm domestic gags scratches the exact itch as Kaguya's over-the-top scheming.
- **[The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-season-2)** — If it's the tender, slow-burn side of Kaguya you fell for, this is your comfort watch. Two lonely classmates drift into a quiet, aching almost-romance living right next door to each other, with none of the mind games, just the sweet and agonizing patience of two people slowly lowering their guard.
- **[The Apothecary Diaries](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-apothecary-diaries)** — For the fans who live for Kaguya's battle-of-wits energy, Maomao is about to become a favorite. She untangles poisonings and palace intrigue with the same cool, calculating brilliance Shirogane and Kaguya bring to their love war, just pointed at mysteries instead of confessions.
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Steins;Gate](https://hozuna.com/anime/steins-gate)** — 
- **[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic](https://hozuna.com/anime/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-ultra-romantic)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?

The first season streams on Crunchyroll and Netflix. Go with whichever service you already subscribe to, since the show itself is the same on both.

### How many episodes is the first season?

The first season runs 12 episodes, each a tightly packed set of comedic mind-game skirmishes between the student council members.

### Do I need to watch anything before this?

No. This is the first season and the intended place to start, so you can jump in cold and then continue into the sequel season once you're hooked.

### Is it more of a romance or a comedy?

Both at once, and that's the magic. It's a romantic comedy built on psychological mind games, two proud geniuses each scheming to make the other confess first, so you get big laughs, real tension, and a surprising amount of heart.