Chapter 8

**Kaguya-sama Wants to be Guessed**「かぐや様は当てられたい, *Kaguya sama wa ate raretai*?」 is the eight chapter of the Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai manga series.

## Summary

A game of 20 questions where 20 questions is used to guess what a player thinks. Kaguya lets Miyuki to guess hers within 10 questions.

## Plot

It was night time, and only Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane is left on the student council room, as Chika Fujiwara left earlier to take her dog Pes on a walk, and their treasurer Ishigami comes and goes at any time. Miyuki laments about being busy preparing for the student assembly, and Kaguya noticed and pointed out that it means it has been one year since they first met, during last year's student assembly.

Miyuki remembered the disastrous assembly, but also Kaguya's old personality being "as cold as ice". He remarked to Kaguya that she became well-rounded for the past year, and Miyuki recognized how hard she tried to get along with others recently. He also felt like he understand Kaguya better now, and Kaguya decided to test him with the game of twenty questions, but with half the questions, to really see if he understand her.

Miyuki's first question is "Is it something you can touch?", which Kaguya answered "yes", establishing that it's not a concept or idea. His second and third question are "Is it an electronic device?" and "Can it be warm or cold?", which Kaguya answered "no" and "yes" respectively. Miyuki began to deduce the answer, thinking that it might be related to Kaguya herself, and began asking the next three questions, focusing on things Kaguya owned, touched today, or something she has in her house. Kaguya answered "no" to all of the questions.

Miyuki then asked if it's something that Kaguya likes, and she answered "yes" with a blush on her face. This surprises Miyuki, who didn't expect her to answer in such way, and he asked a follow up question to confirm if it's something that is alive, which Kaguya confirmed with another "yes". Miyuki then began suspecting that the answer is him and this is her roundabout way to confess to him, and asked the penultimate question, asking in what way does Kaguya like it. Kaguya pointed out that it was not a "yes or no" question, and refused to answer.

This caused Miyuki to panic, since he just wasted a question, and he used his final question to confirm details about the appearances of the answer, and Kaguya confirms it with a silent nod. Miyuki was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the answer was him, and this is Kaguya confessing to him, and he finally understand her after all. But as he think about Kaguya again, he finally able to understand what Kaguya would do at times like this, and answered the question as Pes, Chika's dog, who also fit the description that Shirogane has been asking about.

Kaguya reveals that the answer is correct, reluctantly. Result of today's battle: Pass, as Miyuki was able to understand how Kaguya's mind work perfectly.

## Characters

* Miyuki Shirogane
* Kaguya Shinomiya
* Chika Fujiwara (cameo)
* Pes (cameo)

## Trivia

* This is the first time in the series where the treasurer Ishigami is mentioned.
* Miyuki briefly alludes to the two third year students who hold the position of General Affairs and Auditor (mistranslated as second years in the Viz release). This is the only time they are directly referenced in the story.