#Ishigami Yu

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’m a few chapters into DanDaDan. Based on what I read so far, this series feels like the “Kaguya-sama: Love is War” of shonen anime. What I mean is that it feels like the author is taking familiar tropes of the genre and trolling the audience with them.

Momo, the tough-looking tomboy, is actually a silly weirdo who keeps being made a fool of.

Okarun, the weird nerd who keeps to himself, has that familiar trope where women start falling for him. The funny thing is that the story turns the trope on its head since it reveals more about the girls than Okarun himself. What I mean is that in stories like this, the harem trope usually tries to make the protagonist seem cooler than how they are in the story. In DanDaDan, it’s reversed.

Aira falling for Okarun was to show that Aira is completely delusional and a complete weirdo herself. Momo falling for Okarun also makes sense since she’s also a weirdo nerd. Just to emphasize how weird Momo is, Momo literally can’t even hear Okarun’s real name since he has the name of a famous heartthrob actor who she has a crush on.

Aira, the girl who has the characteristics of a typical protagonist, turns out to be someone with main character syndrome.

Jiji, the handsome, cool boy who you think will be the love rival for Momo’s affections, turns out to be a complete drama queen weirdo who ends up annoying the other characters.

(Side note: since I brought up kaguya-sama, Momo and Okarun are really making me miss Miko and Ishigami)

[7kahart]

My beloved cute college couple

[katyon2020]

I like to think Junpei is actually an alternate version of Ishigami where Shirogane never sought him out so he was eventually put under probation and tried taking on a new name but his past was still discovered.

[intheticklecloset]

Lighten the Load (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

Summary: Shirogane and Shinomiya walk in on Fujiwara tickling Ishigami and decide they want in on the fun.

A/N: Love Is War is one of those animes that I could only watch in spurts of an episode or two at a time because of how hard they made me laugh! I'm pretty sure I literally almost passed out laughing at one point in Season 3 - *ahem* But all that to say, I LOVED Love Is War and absolutely HAD to write for lee!Ishigami! He's such a sweetheart with the best backstory and he deserves all the love and tickles in the world! Idk if I'll write any more for this fandom of this will just be a one off, but either way, I hope you enjoy! ^^

Word Count: 1363

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Shirogane entered the room first.

At first, it didn’t register with him that the high-pitched giggles he was hearing weren’t coming from Fujiwara. Instead he blinked as his eyes roamed over her body where she was looming over their treasurer, who had his back pressed into the couch cushions, a giant smile on his normally downcast face.

Those noises were coming from Ishigami.

“Heya, prez! Look,” Fujiwara giggled, continuing to pinch and prod the boy’s ribs and sides. “He’s super ticklish! He’s been holding out on us, haven’t you, Ishigami~?”

“Plehehehehehehehease, Fujiwahahahahahara!” Ishigami squealed, giggles becoming more frantic as she clawed her way up his ribs toward his underarms, which he clamped to his sides protectively. “No, not thehehehehehehere!”

“Aww, are you a little ticklish up here? Huh? Cootchie coo!” she teased, giggling along with him as he whined and squirmed on the couch, admittedly adorable giggles spilling from his lips out of his control.

Shirogane just stared for a long moment, then found himself beginning to smile. He’d never given much thought to whether any of his fellow student council members were ticklish, but he had to admit, it was nice seeing their gloomy treasurer smiling and laughing for a change. He wondered briefly what had brought about this turn of events, but just as quickly decided it didn’t matter right now. The urge to join in was becoming stronger by the second, heightened even more when Fujiwara turned to him again, grinning from ear to ear.

“Well, are you gonna help me or not?” she asked.

Ishigami let out a shriek when he noticed that his friend was starting to move toward him. “Nohohohohohoho, no! Not yohohohohohohou, too!”

And then Kaguya walked in.

“Oh, my, what is all this?” she asked in that refined tone of hers that always made Shirogane’s heart flutter. He turned, watching her watch the scene before them, analyzing her features. Does she think it’s cute? Is she upset? Does she want to help or make it stop? Give me a sign, Shinomiya!

At the briefest flicker of unease in her eyes, his mind was made up.

He cleared his throat and assumed the role of student council president, closing the rest of the distance between him and his friends and placing a hand on Fujiwara’s shoulder. “I think he’s had enough for now, don’t you, Fujiwara?”

“Awww, fiiiiiine,” Fujiwara relented, removing her tickling fingers from Ishigami with a pout. The poor boy collapsed against the cushions, gasping for breath and still giggling slightly, crossing his arms over his stomach.

“On the contrary, president,” Kaguya spoke up at last, turning all of their attention towards her. She was smiling slightly, in that mysterious way Shirogane was still trying to unravel. “I rather think he could use a little more.”

“Oh?” Shirogane asked.

“Yeah!” Fujiwara exclaimed.

“Why?!” Ishigami cried.

“If you’ll look closely, I think you’ll notice that Ishigami doesn’t seem truly distressed at all,” she explained reasonably, eyeing their friend with a sparkle in her eyes. “I never heard him asking her to stop. I rather think he enjoyed it.”

“I did not!” Ishigami screeched, his face turning a bright pink even as he made no move to try and run away while he had the chance.

Shirogane considered for a moment. Even though she’d walked in a few seconds after him, he also hadn’t heard him asking Fujiwara to stop. Could Kaguya be correct in her assumptions?

Fujiwara bounced excitedly. “I knew it! You like being tickled, don’t you, Ishigami? You little grump, all you wanted were some tickles!”

Ishigami could not be more flustered. He shrunk under their intense gazes, stammering, “O-Of course I don’t! What – why would you think—?!”

“President, perhaps you should hold his arms for us,” Kaguya suggested sweetly, giving Ishigami a wink that Shirogane was willing to pretend he hadn’t seen.

“Good idea. Don’t want him accidentally hurting you two,” Shirogane agreed, moving in to help for real this time.

Ishigami looked panicked, but not in an “I want out of here” kind of way. If anything, he looked so excited he didn’t know what to do with himself. Shirogane hummed as he gently took his friend’s wrists. Could Kaguya be right about him after all? If so, how did she know? What was that wink about?

It didn’t matter.

Shirogane whispered, “If you really want out, say ‘mercy,’ all right?”

Ishigami blushed furiously but nodded once, averting his eyes.

Soon the usually gloomy treasurer was lying back on the couch with his arms pinned above his head, both Fujiwara and Kaguya tickling all over his torso and even pinching his hips, making him squeal and giggle hysterically, unable to hide his face anymore now.

“Plehehehehehehehease, nohohohohohohoho!”

Shirogane listened closely for their code word, but after a few minutes of not hearing it, he decided he wanted in in on the fun, too. He shifted so he was pinning Ishigami’s arms with his knees, then reached down to gently scribble in his friend’s armpits.

The yell that broke free from Ishigami startled all three of them.

“NOHOHOHOHOHO NOT THEHEHEHEHEHERE!!” he cried, giggles shifting into real laughter, his light writhing becoming full-on struggling. “PREHEHEHEHEZ, DOHOHOHOHON’T!!”

“Ooooh,” both of the girls cooed, and Ishigami’s eyes went wide.

“No, no!” he cried, giggling helplessly. “Please, I can’t – don’t do this to mehehehehehehehehe! AHAHAHAHAHAHA NOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!”

At this point, even Shirogane couldn’t help but chuckle. “You’re pretty bad, huh? But I have to wonder if Shinomiya is right, Ishigami. You haven’t actually asked us to stop even once.”

“Shut up!” Ishigami cried, twisting his head to hide in his bangs as much as possible with three sets of fingers all over him, tickling his armpits, ribs, sides, belly – anywhere they could reach. “Plehehehehehease, I cahahahahahan’t! It reheheheheheally tihihihihihihickles – NO, FOHOHOHOR THE LOHOHOHOHOVE OF – DOHOHOHOHOHOHOHON’T!!”

By now, all four of them were laughing. It was impossible not to, the way Ishigami tossed his head back and cackled so openly, writhing beneath their touches as if his life depended on it. His face was cherry blossom pink, his eyes shining with mirthful tears that had yet to spill over. Shirogane was just beginning to wonder if he should call it when their friend finally gave in.

“STOHOHOHOHOP, STOP, PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE!! MEHEHEHEHEHERCY!!”

“He’s had enough,” Shirogane said authoritatively, letting him go and waving at the girls to do the same. “Let him up, he’s had enough.”

Fujiwara and Kaguya followed his lead easily, getting to their feet and letting Ishigami catch his breath, curling up and letting his leftover giggles spill out. Shirogane helped him sit up while Kaguya got him a glass of water. Fujiwara took over the task of gushing about how cute he’d been and how fun it was to tickle him.

Ishigami didn’t say anything for a long time – just sipped his water and let Shirogane pat his back in a friendly, supportive manner. Finally, after a few minutes, he ducked his head. “Um.” He coughed. “Thanks, guys.”

Shirogane chuckled, slapping his back one final time before getting to his feet, sensing that his friend didn’t want to linger on what had just happened or talk about it anymore. “Well, that was certainly a good way to lighten the mood for today’s workload, wouldn’t you say?”

Kaguya – also understanding Ishigami’s reservations – nodded and began a casual walk around the room. “I agree. But we’d best get to work now; we have a lot to do. Fujiwara, would you mind helping me with this?”

As the room settled back into its usual routine, Ishigami set his water glass down and reached for his headphones, Shirogane took his place behind the desk, and Fujiwara got to work helping Kaguya sort through some papers.

Kaguya, meanwhile, was distracted. She glanced fleetingly up at the president, darting her eyes away when he did the same to her. She felt a blush coming on, but she willed it away, clenching her fists in her lap under the table. Now that she’d seen how ticklish Ishigami was, there was one burning question in her mind that she absolutely had to have answered by any means necessary.

Was the president ticklish, too?

[nevermoredragon-main]

Honestly one of the biggest pieces of proof that jjk characters were born to shoujo forced to shonen(at least for me), is how last year I watched kaguya sama: love is war for the first time, right after watching jujutsu kaisen for the first time. After what happened to Junpei, Ishigami was basically my therapy character for a while there.

Like he had the character arc I wish Junpei had gotten. (And this isn't to say I'm salty about that. Just, rahhh I love Ishigami.)

[ohcitron]

happy bday to the chika and ishigami that exist in my head

[morevnamorya]

Something from 2023

[would-they-be-good-at-asmr]

[coderiderr]

been watching love is war and this is all i can think everytime the s3 op plays

[multitrackdrifting]

My latest video is a summary & analysis of two of my favourite [character] arcs in Kaguya-sama: Love is War which focus on Ishigami Yu, the treasurer of the student council.

This video is about his journey from a lonely, self-deprecating gag character with an inferiority complex, to someone that feels proud of himself as he works through his personal development.

It's a fairly long video, but if you would give it a watch, like & comment I'd appreciate it!

[cantheywinthehungergames]

From Kaguya-Sama: Love is War - Yu Ishigami (he is 16)

Tribute Name: Yu Ishigami

Age: 16

Restrictions: None

If you would like to see a character aged 12-18 enter the Hunger Games, please submit them through my asks. 19+ aged character submissions are currently closed.

Please also look at my pinned post for submission rules as well as a list of previously submitted characters prior to submitting your character.

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Chika Fujiwara & Yu Ishigami (3rd March)

Kaguya-Sama: Love is War

[7kahart]

Talking about her day

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

would yu ishigami from kaguya-sama love is war become an Avatar of the web?

[ultrakart]

Kaguya: Ishigami-kun, I’d like to speak with you.

Ishigami: Ooooooooh someone’s in trouble.

Ishigami: ...that someone is me.

Ishigami: Why did I just say that.

[d-bolt44]

We need IshiMiko:Love is an oddly protracted battle