Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya agree on one thing: admitting their feelings first would mean defeat. Both are attracted to the other, yet each sees a confession as surrendering status and inviting the other's condescension. Neither is prepared to put pride aside for romance.
To their fellow students at the prestigious Shuchiin Academy, they already seem like an ideal couple. Miyuki, the student council president, holds the nation's highest academic ranking and commands the respect of students and teachers. His vice president, Kaguya, is the eldest daughter of the wealthy Shinomiya family and excels across a remarkable range of fields. Their impressive reputations make them widely admired, but neither will concede in the one contest their accomplishments cannot settle: who will acknowledge their love first.
