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I don't think, but I'm not very certain, that this spoils the anime/manga past
s2, but here goes:

I got the following 3 images out of 4 images from reddit, but the 4th image I
think spoils the manga past s2. Source:
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/g3sz7j/art_kaguyasama_love_is_war_relationship_charts/).

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VRj2t.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VRj2t.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DC3LC.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DC3LC.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4MasL.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4MasL.jpg)

For some reason, the Kaguya finds Yu 'surprisingly cute'. An explanation
[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/kaguya_memes/comments/tw6nu0/art_kaguyasama_love_is_war_relationship_charts/)
is

> She always thought he was a moody silent guy but she got to know him better
> through helping him study and the sports festival and found out he's a
> softie. Therefore "surprisingly cute"

Is that really it?


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Relationship between Kaguya and Yu Ishigami?


**Update** : If I could point to a singular instance that might've made Kaguya
think Ishigami was "surprisingly cute", it might be in Season 2 episode 5,
particularly in the _Kashiwagi wants to Console_ part. Ishigami gives Kaguya
some romantic advice with regards to true love and Kaguya is quite receptive
to it, and appreciative towards Ishigami's insight. This scene is a bit
reminiscent of how Kaguya thinks Miko Iino is a "good girl" because she
misunderstands Iino when she says Kaguya and Shirogane are "a match made in
heaven".

None of the images you've shown are from the official English translation of
the manga. They've never used the term "gator panic", as far as I know,
instead using "Gat● Panic". The 1.3 chart of the diagram looks like this in
the manga:

[![English
Diagram](https://i.stack.imgur.com/slHZE.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/slHZE.png)

A quick internet reveals this Japanese version of the chart. In this version,
it says "かわいがっとる". Google Translate translates this as "cute". This is the 1.5
version of the chart.

> [![Japanese
> Diagram](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTuNQ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTuNQ.png)

If I go to Japanese Amazon and check the preview for volume 10, I get this
chart:

[![Official
Japanese](https://i.stack.imgur.com/26enk.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/26enk.png)

Hopefully I've got the Kanji right, but it comes out to "案外かわいがっとる", which
Google Translate indeed translates as "unexpectedly cute".

Translating from Japanese can be tricky, as there are a lot of nuances in both
English and Japanese to consider. I don't know much about Japanese, so I don't
really know what to make of the Japanese version, but to be honest, I trust
the official translation more than the fan ones. There's probably some nuance
in the story or the language that led them to translate it as "looks out for
him" rather than "unexpectedly cute". As you've seen, the direct translation
has caused you confusion, whereas the official one more accurately describes
the relationship between Kaguya and Ishigami. In English, if we see "cute"
used to describe the relationship between two people, we might think there's
some kind of romantic feelings there, but that might not be the case in
Japanese for this text.

As for what their relationship is, I think it is pretty straightforward.
Kaguya's relationship with Ishigami is similar to Fujiwara's relationship with
Shirogane. Kaguya tutors Ishigami and tries to get his grades up, often
deterred and frustrated by Ishigami's lack of motivation. Due to this, the two
of them have gotten closer and now Kaguya looks out for him, just as the
official translation says.


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