#Nagisa Kashiwagi

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NAGISA KASHIWAGI, MAKI SHIJO, and TSUBASA TANUMA from KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR

Justification:

"man. MAN. MANNNNNNNN. those three idiots (affectionate)! they're perhaps one of the most unbelievably frustrating side-plot love triangles I know about, for one singular reason: literally so many of their repetitive problems would easily be resolved if they could just realize that polyamory is an option!!

and don't get me wrong, I could honestly say about the same about a lot of love triangles in media in general to varying extents, but these three in particular are especially ATROCIOUS at this, because for hundreds of chapters they are just stuck in this perpetually stagnant state of "Maki being the jealous sad tragic angry third wheel to the sickening sweet little love-dovey couple Nagisa and Tsubasa, her best friend and the boy she likes respectively", except the moment you look at some of the things between them, you realize that polyam is the only thing that makes sense for them!! if only it would occur to them this is something they can do!!

for context, just look at their freaking relationship:

Tsubasa and Nagisa: As a sickeningly sweet side-character couple, they are always very lovey-dovey, clingy and handsy with each other. Tsubasa is the one who first confessed to Nagisa, with a kabedon to express the crush he has had on her. Nagisa agreed to go out, but wasn't sure that she actually felt any romantic feelings for him except through her possessiveness/jealousy of him when it comes to the idea of Tsubasa being with anyone else. Their relationship continued to develop, with Tsubasa altering himself to suit Nagisa's liking, and they gradually become a very physical couple who can't keep their hands off each other. Maki always watches them in great pain and jealousy, because she is in love with Tsubasa, but her affection and loyalty for her best friend ultimately always prevents her from trying to destroy their relationship.

Nagisa and Maki: Childhood best friends who really care about each other to this day. Ever since they first met, Nagisa has been really admiring of Maki's everything, her intelligence, strength and kindness. Nagisa strongly desires to be like Maki, causing her to imitate her every move and develop interest in things Maki likes. (Maki says it's actually kind of cute in a way, when mentioning it, Nagisa's always going "Maki, Maki, Maki") In fact, it is specifically because Maki likes Tsubasa and Nagisa saw them getting along and Tsubasa being so nice and kind to her beloved friend Maki despite Maki's sometimes difficult personality, that Nagisa even started to become interested in Tsubasa at all to begin with. During the Hearts festival at their school (a festival themed after hearts and everlasting romantic love), Maki is sulking as usual at all the happy dancing couples when Nagisa approaches her, inviting her to dance, saying she wants to dance with her because "you're supposed to dance with the person you like most" in response to Maki telling her to go dance with her boyfriend, and further affirming her love for Maki by giving a clear "of course" to Maki's question as to if Nagisa likes her more than she likes her boyfriend. Internally Maki remarks that Nagisa is the one person she just can't bring herself to hate.

(As a side note, Nagisa is actually generally implied to be attracted to girls as well in some other chapters. Also, Nagisa says that until she finds out Maki likes Tsubasa, she had actually never imagined that Maki had the capacity to fall for anyone. All things considered, it's incredibly easy to interpret her as being in love with Maki all along on top of liking her sweet boyfriend as well, and just never thought she had a chance with her and thus never made any attempt to pursue Maki.)

When Nagisa finally finds out near the end that Maki has been in love with Tsubasa all this time Nagisa was dating him, she is horrified to realize that her "devout admiration" to Maki has ironically ended up hurting "the one she loved so much" (canon narration; referring to Maki), and dumps Tsubasa that day despite being very sad and crying a lot over it; she does love Tsubasa after all. When Maki goes to confront Nagisa about it (as Maki has a good guess as to why she did that), Nagisa explains it's a choice for her between Maki and Tsubasa, and between them she chooses Maki. Maki vehemently goes against Nagisa's decision and yells at her that she would never let Nagisa suffer in her place like that, and swears with her hand cupping Nagisa's cheeks that she wants Nagisa to stay by her side and watch her get over Tsubasa and move and, and Nagisa will be there to see her pull through it all. Nagisa tears up and blushes, thinking that the girl she has admired for so long is still just as smart, strong, and kind as the girl she first looked up to all those years ago (exact words from the narrator; combined with her expression and the glowing background, this panel is very romantic). She concedes and says "in the end, you are still the one I love the most".

TL;DR: Nagisa has always loved Maki more than anyone, and she also clearly loves Tsubasa; and for her, both affections are intertwined very deeply. Maki is hopelessly in love with Tsubasa and also deeply loves Nagisa, and is burdened by these conflicting emotions (she can't bring herself to hate Nagisa and she wants to love her friend without jealousy over the crush getting in her way). Tsubasa is just head over heels for Nagisa as before, even after dating her passionately for a year, and he also loves Maki at least as a good friend. Polyamory won't solve all their problems immediately and some issues with jealousy might remain, but it'd be a wonderful start and an immense improvement from all the stagnation and pain!! ahh save them polyamory save them" - Anonymous

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All Volume Covers (1-28) of Kaguya-sama: Love is War [ordered left to right]

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Happy Birthday

Nagisa Kashiwagi (25th June)

Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War

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Graduation invitation ft the baby third wheel

well there must be a good reason by Kashiwagi to name the child after her...

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[fictional-birthdays]

Happy Birthday! (June 25th)

Yuno Terase (Tsukiuta.)

Nagisa Kashiwagi (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

Rosario Rossallini (Anonymous;Code)

Bubbles (Pop’n Music)

Drake (Animal Crossing)

Ai Hidaka (THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars)

Minami Obuchi (School Days)

Lapis (Pop'n Music)

Yuho Mutsu (Prince of Tennis)

Sana Miyoshi (THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)

Zennosuke Kurumadani (Bleach)

Arisu Fujisaki (Angelic Layer)

Roeg (Attack on Titan)

Vivian (Seven Deadly Sins)

Kaya Miyoshi (Bakuman)

Kurinon (Log Horizon)

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Hey Guys! Here are all the members of AKB48!

Team A 入山杏奈 [Anna Iriyama], 加藤玲奈 [Rena Kato], 佐藤美波 [Minami Sato], 篠崎彩奈 [Ayana Shinozaki], 鈴木くるみ [Kurumi Suzuki], 田口愛佳 [Manaka Taguchi], 千葉恵里 [Erii Chiba], 西川怜 [Rei Nishikawa], 古川夏凪 [Nazuna Furukawa], 道枝咲 [Saki Michieda], 宮崎美穂 [Miho Miyazaki], 向井地美音 [Mion Mukaichi], 山根涼羽 [Suzuha Yamane], 横山由依 [Yui Yokoyama]

Team K 市川愛美 [Manami Ichikawa], 岡田梨奈 [Rina Okada], 小林蘭 [Ran Kobayashi], 込山榛香 [Haruka Komiyama], 下口ひなな [Hinana Shimoguchi], 長友彩海 [Ayami Nagatomo], 永野恵 [Megumi Nagano], 武藤小麟 [Orin Muto], 武藤十夢 [Tomu Muto], 茂木忍 [Shinobu Mogi], 安田叶 [Kana Yasuda], 湯本亜美 [Ami Yumoto]

Team B 岩立沙穂 [Saho Iwatate], 大竹ひとみ [Hitomi Otake], 大盛真歩 [Maho Omori], 大家志津香 [Shizuka Oya], 柏木由紀 [Yuki Kashiwagi], 北澤早紀 [Saki Kitazawa], 久保怜音 [Satone Kubo], 齋藤陽菜 [Haruna Saito], 佐々木優佳里 [Yukari Sasaki], 田北香世子 [Kayoko Takita], 谷口めぐ [Megu Taniguchi], 中西智代梨 [Chiyori Nakanishi], 福岡聖菜 [Seina Fukuoka], 山邊歩夢 [Ayu Yamabe]

Team 4 浅井七海 [Nanami Asai], 石綿星南 [Sena Ishiwata], 稲垣香織 [Kaori Inagaki], 大森美優 [Miyuu Omori], 岡田奈々 [Nana Okada], 蔵本美結 [Miyuu Kuramoto], 黒須遥香 [Haruka Kurosu], 佐藤妃星 [Kiara Sato], 多田京加 [Kyoka Tada], 馬嘉伶 [Chia-Ling Ma], 村山彩希 [Yuiri Murayama], 山内瑞葵 [Mizuki Yamauchi], 吉橋柚花 [Yuzuka Yoshihashi]

Team 8 坂口渚沙 [Nagisa Sakaguchi], 横山結衣 [Yui Yokoyama], 御供茉白 [Mashiro Mitomo], 岡部麟 [Rin Okabe], 本田仁美 [Honda Hitomi], 清水麻璃亜 [Maria Shimizu], 髙橋彩音 [Ayane Takahashi], 吉川七瀬 [Nanase Yoshikawa], 小栗有以 [Yui Oguri], 小田えりな [Erina Oda], 左伴彩佳 [Ayaka Hidaritomo], 歌田初夏 [Hatsuka Utada], 服部有菜 [Yuna Hattori], 橋本陽菜 [Haruna Hashimoto], 平野ひかる [Hikaru Hirano], 坂川陽香 [Hiyuka Sakagawa], 髙橋彩香 [Sayaka Takahashi], 永野芹佳 [Serika Nagano], 福留光帆 [Mitsuho Fukutome], 大西桃香 [Momoka Onishi], 濵咲友菜 [Sayuna Hama], 徳永羚海 [Remi Tokunaga], 奥原妃奈子 [Hinako Okuhara], 奥本陽菜 [Hinano Okumoto], 下尾みう [Miu Shitao], 春本ゆき [Yuki Harumoto], 行天優莉奈 [Yurina Gyoten], 高岡薫 [Kaoru Takaoka], 吉田華恋 [Karen Yoshida], 川原美咲 [Misaki Kawahara], 倉野尾成美 [Narumi Kuranoo], 山田杏華 [Kyoka Yamada], 上見天乃 [Sorano Uemi], 藤園麗 [Rei Fujizono]

Wow! That's a lot of members!

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My favorite HK VAs

Eddie Li Chun-yin (李鎮然)

My favorite roles from him: Sakuma Rei | Ran Nagisa (Enstars, double roles), Hanamiya Makoto (KnB), Z (Semi and the Magic Cube), Dune (Heartcatch Precure)

Timothy Chan Yiu-nam (陳耀楠)

My favorite roles from him: Sena Izumi | Kanzaki Souma (Enstars, double roles), Kamiya Tazuki (Miira no Kaikata), Tsunashi Ryunosuke (IDOLiSH 7)

Gil Kwan Ning-kiu (關令翹)

My favorite roles from him: Oogami Kouga | Morisawa Chiaki (Enstars, double roles), Red/Deep Mirror (Happiness Charge Precure), Black Stone (Semi and the Magic Cube), Kuro-chan (Mewkledreamy)

Christopher Chan Hao-wai (陳灝瑋)

My favorite roles from him: Akehoshi Subaru (Enstars), Emilio Baretti (Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie), Kashiwagi Sora (Miira no Kaikata), Olive (Rilu Rilu Fairilu)

Jackie Wong Chik-kuen (黃積權)

My favorite roles from him: Yuuki Makoto (Enstars), Phantom/PhanPhan (Happiness Charge Precure), Falsetto (Suite Precure), Akiakane (Rilu Rilu Fairilu)

Kevin So Keung-man (蘇強文)

My favorite roles from him: Hibiki Wataru (Enstars), Kars (JJBA: Battle Tendency), Akashi Seijuuro (KnB), Aru-sensei (Rilu Rilu Fairilu)

Chak Yiu-fai (翟耀輝)

My favorite roles from him: Hidaka Seiya (Enstars), Takato Yoichi (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (classic)), Nyanko-sensei/Madara (Natsume Yuujinchou)

Ricky Lau Yik-hei (劉奕希)

My favorite roles from him: Otogari Adonis | Saegusa Ibara (Enstars, double roles), Takao Kazunari (KnB), Akaoni/Brute (Smile Precure/Glitter Force)

Ngai Wai-ngo (魏惠娥)

My favorite roles from her: Shino Hajime (Enstars), Glasan (Happiness Charge Precure), Sumire (Rilu Rilu Fairilu)

Kate Cheng Lai-lai (鄭麗麗)

My favorite roles from her: Momoi Satsuki (KnB), Aino Minako/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon (classic)), Tsukikage Yuri (Heartcatch Precure)

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All Volume Covers (1-28) of Kaguya-sama: Love is War [ordered left to right]

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Kaguya-Sama: Love is War 22

Shinomiya e Shirogane si sono finalmente messi insieme e con l’inizio del terzo anno sono finiti persino nella stessa classe. Con loro ci sono anche Chika Fujiwara, Ai Hayasaka, Nagisa Kashiwagi e Maki Shijo. Sembra procedere tutto per il meglio, quando arriva un nuovo studente, Mikado Shijo, il ragazzo che ha battuto Shirogane nelle simulazioni nazionali degli esami. Si preannuncia un anno ricco…

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it’s funnier to say kashiwagi’s/nagisa’s boyfriend even if i remembered his name before hers

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