KEY POINTS

  • "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic" Season 3, Episode 9 is airing Friday
  • The episode will stream on Crunchyroll
  • The anime is based on Aka Akasaka's original story

A week after enrolling in Shuchiin Academy as a scholarship student, Shirogane realizes he is out of place in "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic" Season 3, Episode 9. The new episode is titled "1st Grade Spring, Kaguya-sama Cultural Festival and Yu Ishigami Cultural Festival."

The official website has unveiled a series of spoiler stills and the summary of Episode 9. Shirogane seems to be regretting joining the academy. He is surrounded by students from elite families and he feels like an outsider.

In "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-" Season 3, Episode 9, Shirogane struggles to find someone to eat with and during the lunch break, he is quietly killing time away in the dining room.

Later, a senior student appears before him. He is the student council president and he is looking for people to join the council.

"Kaguya learns about the romantic legend that giving a heart-shaped gift at the Culture Festival brings eternal love. She wonders if there is a way she can give Shirogane a heart-shaped gift without getting caught. But her plans are full of errors, and she panics," read the synopsis of Episode 8, as per Crunchyroll.

"She becomes sick of herself as a cowardly person who can only come up with negative ideas. There, Shirogane, exhausted from preparing for the Culture Festival, shows up. As Kaguya sees Shirogane doing his best for everyone as the student council president, she...," it continued.

The cast of the anime includes Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya, Makoto Furukawa as Miyuki Shirogane, Miyu Tomita as Miko Iino, Konomi Kohara as Chika Fujiwara, Yutaka Aoyama as narrator, Rina Hidaka as Kobachi Osaragi, Ryōta Suzuki as Yū Ishigami, Takehito Koyasu as Shirogane's father and Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka.

"Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic" Season 3 is based on the original story by Aka Akasaka.

Episode 9 of the anime is airing Friday at 12.30 p.m. ET. Fans in the U.S. can watch the episode online on Crunchyroll. The episode will stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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