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-->'''Fujiwara:''' That was way too straightforward!
-->'''Kaguya:''' But we had just said no more secrets!
-->'''Fujiwara:''' Even so, I wish you had kept that part a secret!

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-->'''Fujiwara:''' --->'''Fujiwara:''' That was way too straightforward!
-->'''Kaguya:''' --->'''Kaguya:''' But we had just said no more secrets!
-->'''Fujiwara:''' --->'''Fujiwara:''' Even so, I wish you had kept that part a secret!



-->'''Iino:''' So you two [[spoiler:take baths together]], huh...
-->'''Fujiwara:''' I really didn't need to hear any of that...

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-->'''Iino:''' --->'''Iino:''' So you two [[spoiler:take baths together]], huh...
-->'''Fujiwara:''' --->'''Fujiwara:''' I really didn't need to hear any of that...
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-->'''Fujiwara:''' That was way too straightforward!
-->'''Kaguya:''' But we had just said no more secrets!
-->'''Fujiwara:''' Even so, I wish you had kept that part a secret!


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-->'''Iino:''' So you two [[spoiler:take baths together]], huh...
-->'''Fujiwara:''' I really didn't need to hear any of that...
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* ScreechingStop: Kaguya's DelayedReaction upon realizing Shirogane asked her out and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she turned him down on reflex]] includes one [[StoppedDeadInTheirTracks as she suddenly freezes in her tracks]].
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* HollywoodBoardGames: Fujiwara's love of board games (to the point that she's a member of the Tabletop Gaming Club) ties into [[TheHedonist her desire to constantly have fun at all times]] [[spoiler:to make up for the time she lost when praticing the piano as it consumed her life]]. In a complete aversion to SmallReferencePools, we see her playing a variety of different games over the course of the series like ''TabletopGame/{{Catan}}'', ''Scotland Yard'', and ''Quoridor''. It also makes a nice contrast with her SitcomArchNemesis Ishigami, as he prefers video games.
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* PitySex: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession (due to some poor advice from one of her friends), but Ishigami storms out when he learns the truth. He then runs into Miko, who points out that Tsubame was probably hurt by him leaving. Ishigami answers that he doesn't want it with someone who doesn't love him back. While leaving down the stairs, he's so depressed that [[DrivenToSuicide he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips.]] Miko fortunately breaks his fall, but breaks her arm in the process.]]

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* PitySex: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession (due to some poor advice from one of her friends), but Ishigami storms out when he learns the truth. He then runs into Miko, Iino, who points out that Tsubame was probably hurt by him leaving. Ishigami answers that he doesn't want it with someone who doesn't love him back. While leaving down the stairs, he's so depressed that [[DrivenToSuicide he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips.]] Miko Iino fortunately breaks his fall, but breaks her arm in the process.]]
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** The first chapter where Fujiwara unknowingly faces off against one of the Four Ramen Emperors of Tokyo is called "Chika Fujiwara Really Wants to Eat". The second time she faces off against one of them, its "Chika Fujiwara Really, ''Really'' Wants to Eat" and the third is "Chika Fujiwara Really, Really, ''Really'' Wants to Eat".

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** The first chapter where Fujiwara unknowingly faces off against one of the Four Ramen Emperors of Tokyo is called "Chika Fujiwara Really Wants to Eat". The second time she faces off against one of them, its "Chika Fujiwara Really, ''Really'' Wants to Eat" and Eat", the third is "Chika Fujiwara Really, Really, ''Really'' Wants to Eat", and the final one is "Chika Fujiwara Really, Really, Really, ''Really'' Wants to Eat".

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* TooMuchInformation: Chapter 216 has Maki covering her ears whenever Kashiwagi gets too detailed about [[spoiler:her sex life with Tsubasa]].

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Chapter 216 has Maki covering her ears whenever Kashiwagi gets too detailed about [[spoiler:her sex life with Tsubasa]].Tsubasa]].
** In Chapter 222, after Kaguya admits to Fujiwara that [[spoiler:she's dating Shirogane, the latter wants to know how far they've gone, only to backpedal when Kaguya confesses that they just had TheirFirstTime.]]
** In Chapter 263, Maki tries to shame Kaguya for [[spoiler:having a "commoner" as a boyfriend, only for Kaguya to drive her to tears by flaunting that she at least ''has'' a boyfriend. She further rubs in that she's planning to sleep over at his house and even share a bath with him... whereupon the other Council members (except Shirogane) intervene and express shock at just how intimate their relationship is.]]
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* PitySex: Deconstructed.[[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession (due to some poor advice from one of her friends), but Ishigami storms out when he learns the truth. He then runs into Miko, who points out that Tsubame was probably hurt by him leaving. Ishigami answers that he doesn't want it with someone who doesn't love him back. While leaving down the stairs, he's so depressed that [[DrivenToSuicide he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips.]] Miko fortunately breaks his fall, but breaks her arm in the process.]]

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* PitySex: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession (due to some poor advice from one of her friends), but Ishigami storms out when he learns the truth. He then runs into Miko, who points out that Tsubame was probably hurt by him leaving. Ishigami answers that he doesn't want it with someone who doesn't love him back. While leaving down the stairs, he's so depressed that [[DrivenToSuicide he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips.]] Miko fortunately breaks his fall, but breaks her arm in the process.]]
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* PitySex: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession, but he just storms out because he doesn't want his first time to be with someone who doesn't love him the same way he loves them. When Iino rightfully points out that doing so probably hurt Tsubame just as badly as she hurt him, he's so depressed that he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips down the stairs. The only reason he's not dead is because Iino realized he might try to do something stupid and caught him (breaking her arm in the process).]]

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* PitySex: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Tsubame offers to sleep with Ishigami after the Christmas party in order to soften the blow of her turning down his LoveConfession, LoveConfession (due to some poor advice from one of her friends), but he just Ishigami storms out because when he learns the truth. He then runs into Miko, who points out that Tsubame was probably hurt by him leaving. Ishigami answers that he doesn't want his first time to be it with someone who doesn't love him back. While leaving down the same way he loves them. When Iino rightfully points out that doing so probably hurt Tsubame just as badly as she hurt him, stairs, he's so depressed that [[DrivenToSuicide he doesn't bother trying to break his fall when he trips down the stairs. The only reason he's not dead is because Iino realized he might try to do something stupid and caught him (breaking trips.]] Miko fortunately breaks his fall, but breaks her arm in the process).process.]]
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[[TitleDrop LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR!]]''
-->-- '''Love Dramatic (by Masayuki Suzuki)'''

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[[TitleDrop LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR!]]''
WAR!''
-->-- '''Love Dramatic (by '''''Love Dramatic" by Masayuki Suzuki)'''
Suzuki (the anime's first opening theme)'''
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* FireWaterJuxtaposition: The series uses this to contrast the birth of two primary couples in the series. [[spoiler:Shirogane fell in love with Kaguya when he saw her rescue Asahi from drowning, while Iino fell in love with Ishigami when he showed her video of everyone enjoying the bonfire she worked to get approved.]]
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Just the two of us in a dangerous game!\\
LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR!''

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Just the two of us in a dangerous game!\\
GAME!\\
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LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR!''WAR!]]''
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Just the two of us in a dangerous GAME!\\

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Just the two of us in a dangerous GAME!\\game!\\

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Love is war... and the one who falls in love loses!'']]



->''Love is war... and the one who falls in love loses!''

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->''Love is war... and ->''OH! LOVE ME, MISTER! OH, MISTER!\\
It's so sad how I want it so desperately!\\
Just
the one who falls two of us in love loses!''
a dangerous GAME!\\
LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR! LOVE IS WAR!''
-->-- '''Love Dramatic (by Masayuki Suzuki)'''
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** The Shinomiya family creed states (emphasis added), "If you are a Shinomiya, do not rely on anyone. Instead, use them. Do not receive anything. Instead, take. Do not love anyone. ''There is no instead.''"
** The chapters showing the lead-up to exams have various characters lying through their teeth about how hard they're trying and/or how much they care about their results, with the narrator repeatedly saying, "[[RunningGag That was a lie]]." Only the final person listed will actually be telling the truth.
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* UnnecessarilyCruelRejection: Discussed in Chapter 130 when Tsubame comes to Kaguya for advice regarding a love confession she recieved and Kaguya (acting as Ishigami's RomanticWingman and attempting to crush any of his potential rivals) tells her that the best thing to do is to turn down the boy as harshly as possible so as not to give them false hope. [[spoiler:Then she learns that the boy in question was actually Ishigami, causing her to make a very panicked 180 in her advice.]]
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* LimitedSocialCircle:
** In general, this is subverted. While the student council is by definition an exclusive clique and most chapter only show them with each other, all five of them are shown to either already be a part of or join separate friend groups (in particular, Ishigami joining the Cheer Team marks a major turning point in his character arc). Even most of the major secondary characters have two or three different sets of friends that they hang out with.
** Deconstructed with Ishigami back in middle school. His teammates when he was on the soccer team were the only friends he had, so when he quit and it became too awkward to keep hanging around with them, and thus was left with basically nobody who would speak on his behalf when the whole incident with Otomo happened (barring Iino, but saying that they were friends back then would be a bit of a stretch).
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* DiscardedNotDelivered: Shirogane is shown trying to send Kaguya a text in Chapter 41, only to delete it because he doesn't want to look desperate. His ensuing outburst over how dumb he's being makes it clear that he's been repetedly doing this for a while.
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* LoveTheme: While it's heard under a variety of circumstances, "Kokuhaku" is most commonly played in the anime whenever Kaguya and Shirogane are having a particularly romantic moment.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: Played with. Episode 37 shows a montage of all the most romantic moments between Kaguya and Shirogane over the past 3 seasons as a way to remind the audience of just how far they've come [[spoiler:as they share their first kiss.]]
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* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: Discuessed, but ultimately averted. There isn't any snowfall during the Christmas arc, something which is lampshaded by Shirogane [[spoiler:when pointing out just how non-romantic the circumstances of his and Kaguya's OfficialKiss was]]. Kaguya herself on the other hand is actually happy [[IJustWantToBeNormal since such things are normal]]. Maki's trip to New Delhi is equally devoid of snow.


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* SnowySleighBells: This shows up in several songs of the movie's soundtrack in the final quarter of the runtime given that it takes place during and shortly after Christmas Eve (though it's also worth pointing out that there isn't actually any snow).
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* RomanticRideSharing: One of the earliest romantic moments between Kaguya and Shirogane happens in Chapter 9 when he has her ride on the back of his bike on the way to school so they won't be late. Even if Shirogane didn't intend it as a romantic act ([[YouWereTryingTooHard and almost certainly wouldn't have been able to go through with it if he realized the implications]]), Kaguya is shown to look back on it quite fondly the next day.
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* DistressedDrinkJitters: In episode 6, after Ishigami asks Kaguya if she's in love with Shirogane, [[SpitTake she spews her tea out]] and then asks why he would say that, her shaking hands now rattling the teacup against the saucer.
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* MinorLivingAlone: Parodied in the harem bonus chapter, where Shirogane considers the fact that he and Kei are living at home without adult supervision while their parents work overseas to be a major red flag and is curious why child protective services haven't intervened. As for the series proper, everyone either lives with their families, in the school dorms, or in Kaguya and Hayasaka's case has a mansion full of adult servants. [[spoiler:And while Hayasaka might be living by herself following her quitting her job (it's never specified if she bought an apartment or moved in with her parents), she was only 2 months away from turning 18 at the time anyway.]]
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* BleachedUnderpants: The mangaka of ''Doujin Edition'', Shinta Sakayama, was an h-doujin artist before this project. He even did some doujins of ''Kaguya-sama'' as well! After getting ApprovalOfGod and an official publication on the condition that the Rule34 gets removed, the Doujin evolved into becoming a series of alternate universe takes featuring the main cast.
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* LieDetector: Fujiwara pulls one out while the student council is playing the 10 Yen game to make sure that everyone gives truthful answers, though it never ends up being used.
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* WildTeenParty: Subverted. Despite Iino's initial concerns about it being an orgy, Tsubame's Christmas party is perfectly normal with narry an alcoholic beverage in sight. Iino is ironically the only one who gets drunk, since she was bingeing on the whiskey chocolates Tsubame provided (which are legal for minors due to the law only covering drinks). [[spoiler:Tsubame also tries to have sex with Ishigami, but that was only after the party was over and everyone had left.]]

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* WildTeenParty: Subverted. Despite Iino's initial concerns about it being an orgy, Tsubame's Christmas party is perfectly normal with narry nary an alcoholic beverage in sight. Iino is ironically the only one who gets drunk, since she was bingeing on the whiskey chocolates Tsubame provided (which are legal for minors due to the law only covering drinks). [[spoiler:Tsubame also tries to have sex with Ishigami, but that was only after the party was over and everyone had left.]]

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** Another one occurs in Volume 9: When Otomo shows up at the sports festival to berate Ishigami, he ends up telling her off by responding "Shut up, stupid." This leads to a follow-up joke where one of Otomo's friends admits that she IS kind of an idiot, and Otomo herself reluctantly agrees on the basis that she failed the advancement exam to get into Shuchi'in's high school. The English translation changes Ishigami's retort to "Go to hell, jerk," but retains the follow-up jokes, making it sound like Otomo's friend agrees that she's a jerk, and that Otomo failed her exams because she's a jerk, effectively ruining the whole bit. To make it even worse, the line was a MeaningfulEcho of something he had said back in Volume 4 (a line they ''had'' properly translated), so that extra meaning is also lost.

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** In the English localization of the first chapter of the manga, the narrator says that Kaguya is "Born to the '''son of''' Ganan Shinomiya, leader of the conglomerate." In actuality, Kaguya is Gan'an's daughter, not his granddaughter.
** Another one occurs in Volume 9: When Otomo shows up at the sports festival to berate Ishigami, he ends up telling her off by responding "Shut up, stupid." This leads to a follow-up joke where one of Otomo's friends admits that she IS kind of an idiot, and Otomo herself reluctantly agrees on the basis that she failed the advancement exam to get into Shuchi'in's high school. The English translation changes Ishigami's retort to "Go to hell, jerk," jerk,"[[note]]The phrase in Japanese is "Urusai baka." The most common interpretation of "baka" is "idiot," it can sometimes be translated as "jerk."[[/note]] but retains the follow-up jokes, making it sound like Otomo's friend agrees that she's a jerk, and that Otomo failed her exams because she's a jerk, effectively ruining the whole bit. To make it even worse, the line was a MeaningfulEcho of something he had said back in Volume 4 (a line they ''had'' properly translated), so that extra meaning is also lost.
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* HighSchoolDance: The second French exchange event held near the tail end of the series is a ball (unlike the first one, where there is no mention of dancing). [[spoiler:It ends up serving as a BreatherEpisode before the start of the ArrangedMarriage arc.]]
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* WildTeenParty: Subverted. Despite Iino's initial concerns about it being an orgy, Tsubame's Christmas party is perfectly normal with narry an alcoholic beverage in sight. Iino is ironically the only one who gets drunk, since she was bingeing on the whiskey chocolates Tsubame provided (which are legal for minors due to the law only covering drinks). [[spoiler:Tsubame also tries to have sex with Ishigami, but that was only after the party was over and everyone had left.]]

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