OSHI NO KO Ep 8 REACTION | 【推しの子】 | PEEEEEEEEAK!!!!!

[@FreshestAnime]

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[@joulian]

Ruby? who's that? This is the story of Aqua's idol group

[@toothpasta8513]

Mushoku Tensei interest me the most, maybe jujutsu kaisen as well, but yeah definitely mushoku tensei

[@dokidoki5850]

mushouku tensei without a doubt. then comes bleach. the glasses girl and horimiya come after that. then come the rest.

[@kallistikaleid]

Ruby saying "Mom." was SO impactful for me.

[@Aan-kun]

Akane: Pick it up. Aqua: "Yes mommy- I mean mom- I mean mom- I mean-"

[@DaReaIJesus]

Nah its Akane’s VA. Just shows how great she is at mimicking

[@madszn]

THESE DAMN UCHIHA

[@ryuhoshigami2424]

@@madszn so,aqua can white starringan

[@JadonF]

@@madszn Tobirama better not catch them lacking.😂

[@jacksonadams9737]

Manaka Iwami is method acting Rie Takahashi

[@vndarkblue]

​@@jacksonadams9737 fr lol

[@gustebv]

Aqua obeying Akane on automatic due to how well she is impersonating Ai was funny

[@anagramhound]

So basically other than Ruby, the other new B-Komachi members are the girls picked by Aqua. It's pretty much A-Quamachi 😂

[@TheAlterer]

So instead of Ruby-Komachi...

[@nurusds3]

Oh no you've been infected by Joepun virus

[@TonyB369]

I loved how they were lowering and raising the saturation to show how Kana was feeling throughout the episode.

[@samfisher6606]

Someone had to point this out to me but Ai always pronounced Aqua with three syllables but everyone else has always done it with two. But since she started channeling AI's charisma, Akane has started pronouncing Aqua's name the same way that Ai did. That's why Aqua noticed the Ai connection at the end of episode 7 just based on Akane's voice.

[@nurusds3]

The spelling of A qu a, not A qua Is that what you meant?

[@grim6392]

​@@nurusds3 a qu a Aq wa

[@nurusds3]

@@grim6392 jheez I didn't notice either way. Nice details tho.

[@samfisher6606]

@@nurusds3 Yes. pronouncing it "Ah-ku-wah" instead of "Ak-wah"

[@manuelneuer5460]

Akane's voice actor is also super talented. She did perfect copy.

[@akumakilla4]

i read what Kana said wayyyy different, hold up. she said "Doing it with you is my first time.". My brain isnt as wholesome and got a completely different messaging, especially giving her reaction when she said it

[@monster-enthusiast]

Fr

[@krishpache7271]

That was definitely intentional man .. lol 😂

[@thewiseasian1]

Manaka Iwami is really talented. Plays the voice of Akane and the Ai persona of Akane. Also voices Euphy from magical revolution and Mahiru from Angel next door for her more recent roles that you probably remember better as its pretty fresh.

[@ApokalipsyS]

So, Aqua created B Komachi new generation by himself.

[@FiragaJJC]

Someone in a different reaction channel said it should be called A-Quamachi

[@colt1903]

​@@FiragaJJC Nah, they're here too, or someone copypastaed it😂

[@yuukirinon]

Ruby watches the stream... "Mama?" I love the scene where she answers ♡ For Ruby, even just for that moment, I love her even more because she looks like a mom♡ ... ルビーが配信を見て... 「ママ？」 って答えているシーンが好き♡ ルビーにとってはその時だけでも、 ママに見えてるってことだから余計に好き♡

[@helenshard80]

Given how Akane is a master at examining someone's character, I think she'll solve the mystery before Aqua does and she'll be more of a partner than he's currently anticipating.

[@nirolf12]

Mini spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . she's indeed the one that figures out the father's identity

[@artygs1]

@@nirolf12 i dont think thats a mini lmao

[@nirolf12]

@@artygs1 Compared to all the wild shit that happens, this is nothing xD

[@justarandomguyonthenet5316]

​@@artygs1 oh trust me it's a mini spoiler

[@artygs1]

@@justarandomguyonthenet5316 i read, so i also know. imo it is not mini

[@temshopping]

These are those few moments when you realize how long 2 weeks actually is

[@ftu2021]

can we take a moment and appreciate Akane's VA. the way she adjusts her voice and tone to match Ai's VA is first rate grade!

[@smallpiper2]

I like you pointed out how weird it is for aqua. He is really trying to grapple with his situation which is seriously fucked up for anyone to go through. Everyone saying he has an oedipal complex is annoying.

[@MisterNive]

Yeah, it's not like he chose to turn from fan to son. When he grew up as Ai's son, he did everything he could to avoid being perverted too. In episode 1, it was avoiding getting breastfed and there's a moment in the manga where he kept his eyes closed when Ai was washing his hair while naked(she thought he was just scared of shampoo getting into his eyes).

[@jjpark98]

It really is a hard situation for him. What are you supposed feel? I do think a lot of people don't put too much thought into it and just chock it up as an oedipus or crazy fan thing but if the person you were a fan of (whom you also attached some meanting towards because of another person), potentially had some form of romantic feelings for AND also somehow became their biological child; raised by them. WHAT in the WORLD are you supposed to feel in that scenario? Motherly love? A potential lover? A celebrity? All of them? None of them?

[@Clocken_Lorn]

13:10 I can't. I almost broke out laughing in the middle of night watching this. You're the best man lmao.

[@orihusutat1976]

AI’s voice actor and Akane’s voice actor is different person.that acting is amazing.

[@だーちゃんぐ]

I come from Japan .Your reaction always make me feel happy.I enjoy your movies every time thank you.

[@FreshestAnime]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@kev19949a]

It’s crazy that Akane’s VA Manaka Iwami, who can keep Akane’s characteristics and also imitate Takahashi Rie(Ai’s VA)’s Voice 🔥

[@KUNIGOROU-FUJINO]

Miss Akane's profiling ability is at the level of an FBI scout!!!

[@dhamtom9]

It's Akane VA, Manaka Iwami. She is the voice actor of Mahiru, the angel of last season and she really copy the voice of Rie Takahashi as Ai. It's hard to believe how amazing is her range.

[@subham.biswas]

Aqua thinking he'll be using akane but she took the W as aqua can't leave her alone now xD

[@moses.-_-.]

Love your reactions! And I was realy glad that instead of leading Akane, Aqua just straight on said their relationship isn't genuine.. Its sad but its for the best..

[@uiriamuu]

If u guys dont know why the close up shot of the characters stand out so much as pretty as they do, is prob because Kape, the character designer for the show asked the production team to keep the lineart of the characters as pure black color (it's normally used a not to dark bronwish/redish tone with a bit of line "blur" in the lineart of anime), but as they went with the pure black colour for the lineart, the details, even in really dark shots, get a whole lot more defined, and pairing it with the rim light they do in a lot of shots, makes it just even more appealing...

[@nox_tech_]

some notes and updates: - The official Oshi no Ko youtube channel released an IRL Pieyon Boot Dance with actual bodybuilder Naotaka Yokokawa and Ruby's seiyuu, Yurie Igoma: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqPZXp-tptOmh9E - Here's a solo reel with only Gomachan: kzbin.infowGuXfHbpJEM - They also released a short special (with subtitles) going over the voice acting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJjdaqOFjt-hp8U - Regarding Manaka Iwami, Akane's character, that's all her. Ai's seiyuu Rie Takahashi was already a fan of the manga, and initially wanted to play Akane, her favorite (and also the actress character gets to act) but found her own vocal qualities suited Ai more - being a bit "greedy" like Ai, as she likened it, Rieri sent in audition tapes for both, but got called back for in-person auditions for ai, and did her all to win that part. the reason i mention that is because when rieri saw episode 7, she tweeted that it was her favorite scene, that she was left with out words and with her heart pounding. Rieri knows both Ai and Akane, and that approval expressed hereshould be a clear enough testament to the quality of Iwami's acting. - I feel like calling it method acting is overstating things. with method acting, they live as the person even off camera for the duration of the production. But with Akane's technique (IIRC people citing Stanislavski), she develops a profile, a theory of the inner workings of the character that she steps into - she breaks out of it _very_ easily, and she's shown in this episode more often out of character rather than in. People cite Heath Ledger's joker as an example, but even his was an example of Akane's technique (staying cooped up in a room fleshing out a character) rather than method acting. There's a pop culture myth that Jack Nicholson warned Ledger about something vague - speculation gave way to myth that the Joker is a character whose mindset could kill the unaware by driving them to insanity - but soon enough, Nicholson clarified he was warning Ledger about taking Ambien. Ambien wasn't among the prescribed pills ledger took - his death was due to mixing prescription pills when he shouldn't have. next to that, he was already working on another film, the imaginarium of doctor parnassus - i've seen some fanatics ignore that and say ledger died after finishing dark knight. But the reality that his family and coworkers told was that if anything he was enjoying creating the character, he said himself it was the most fun he ever had acting. bit much for me to ramble about, but that same kind of blind mythologizing about a human being is the kind of idolization that oshi no ko's been trying to dispel.

[@zeedeva1092]

Did it ever come up to you guys that the way Akane mimicked Ai not only influence Aqua's attraction to Akane but also Akane's attraction to Aqua because Aqua is the copy of the type of guy that Ai was attracted to, his father.

[@emirukitty]

Kana will be there at Opening ceremony of baseball game on 30th June

[@nenap7984]

I was totally with you emotionally in this episode. I was just so giddy!! I don't know what I am gonna do on Wednesdays when this show ends!!

[@douglasaccat]

One thing I liked which you didn’t respond to much was his explanation of his mind being affected by his body and losing a bit of the sense of his old life. He has that knowledge still but he’s not so much an older person in a younger shell anymore but feeling like his new age, which I think makes it possible eventually for him to have genuine feelings for someone closer to that age without it seeming like a violation. So I don’t think romance is off the table, when he fully aligns with Aqua, though of course his revenge obsession is another barrier.

[@babytacprimo]

Team kana here....

[@Rishav7417]

yes sirr

[@JadonF]

I was about to comment peak but I saw Peak in the title.😂 Anyway this ep was goated as heck. I feel bad for Kana,but what can I say Akane ftw.

[@Clocken_Lorn]

Akane and Kana war is waging fiercely with this eps. Kana might have better chance. But as character Akane is the best for me, genius, hardworker, sweet, even understanding. Akane ftw.

[@YesImRamil]

8:28 Eren was whispering in this man's ear 😂

[@brody590]

5:55 "no ulterior motives" if you know you know

[@kallistikaleid]

Yeah...I had to screenshot that last scene of MEMcho being overwhelmed. It was far too beautiful to pass up. Btw, I have not heard a single reacter remark on how MEM is clearly the third B Komachi member in the OP. Eh? O know I wasn't the only one to see her on the left, walking next to Ruby, right?

[@iteststuff1197]

Our reactions to this episode were identical it's uncanny 😂

[@君の瞳に恋してる-f4d]

Some of Akane's abilities were unlocked.

[@Wryvan]

Aqua: All according to keikaku

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

The show finally showing the dynamics of the 2 ship The ship war officially begins ❤😂 #kanasupremacy

[@williamzhang153]

I just want everybody to be happy man :(

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

@@williamzhang153 well there is a side that thinks they somehow win 😂

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@williamzhang153 well sadly that isn't going to happen.

[@colt1903]

I mean, he low-key needs both to be happy.

[@deadline6149]

i won't give up till the end, Aqua can definetely be saved from his hell hole

[@moomo1111]

goodが1500を超えている! green dress👗🫑🎵をぞうぞ！

[@Vivid_Fable]

Bro I Love Aqua's Dark Staringan 😂😂😂

[@arafatmuktho]

At like 13:10-13:15 he looked like such a nerd.LOL🤣🤣🤣

[@FreshestAnime]

😐 so it's like that? 😆

[@arafatmuktho]

@@FreshestAnime Yeah... It is like that😆 (Still love your reactions. Keep up the good work. Will probably watch you since either the end my or your life. LOVE YOU❤)

[@SkyeLimelight]

If Kana isn’t best girl then the Sky is no longer Blue

[@Fuko0139]

Akane memcho and ruby better

[@tsuki_m6619]

Hey idk know if you watched the recap episode but if you havent you should bc they have the VAs on there talking about how they interpreted the material and it's pretty interesting.

[@MakBonez]

I can't wait for Horimiya Piece coming out in July, I've been starving for Horimiya content.

[@maamekonaduamankwah-awuah4969]

Akane aqua best fake couple and fav ship 💍❤❤❤

[@playerboy3529]

The Smug at 13:10 😂😂😂

[@nazstarz]

Cant wait for MEM-Cho (18?) debut as an idol

[@estebansan1270]

great episode .....waiting for mushoku in july ....the hype ....read teh novel and cant wait !!

[@jasonsekiguchi458]

I mean, it was pretty obvious who was gonna be in the new B Komachi just from watching the opening. The one actual spoiler in the op is that.

[@NeneChanne]

3:54 this always hurts-

[@Pigraider268]

Best girls in thumbnail :D ❤💛❤💛

[@祖-g8o]

当てたときのﾄﾞﾔ顔ツボる😂😂😂

[@scelto]

The anime i'm excited for for next season is Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2 ..but i don't know if i'll be able to watch summer animes because of internet issue where i will be this summer

[@aoriiyes]

guys i can’t watch on netflix for some reason? it doesn’t have an english dub on netflix for episode 8

[@antonioluissantos3902]

The dark starringan terrified me this episode. I was so scared for Akane cuz she might get so much more hurt than when she tried to commit suic*de.

[@vojtechvavra9452]

3 episonde left, i think we will wait for second seasson.

[@TRak598]

8:58 Akane: *I'll do you one better* SPOILERS She tracks down Hikaru by herself in order to stop Aqua from doing it first and having to face the consequences of murdering his deranged father. Unfortunately, Hikaru caught wind of her actions and bolted away after giving her a little jumpscare (by the way, it didn't work, Akane is fearless). At least he didn't kill her as well. Oh, there's that. Aqua's and Ruby's father is a serial killer.

[@afiqul]

I don't know the eye is called Starringan 😂

[@FreshestAnime]

I heard someone say it once and it stuck.

[@afiqul]

@@FreshestAnime I like it

[@ShineiNouzen86]

PEEEEEEK!!!!!!

[@cedricmichaud552]

7:36 Did you understand what she implied with this line?

[@plsbanhackers9031]

Bruh crazy fast uploads, I haven’t even seen the episode yet 😂 is that the power of starringan?

[@Aco2Draco]

your sister calls me mommy too 2:41

[@doodlegame8704]

For summer it’s Mushoku and JJK, that’s it, and that’s all I need! 😊

[@yoruichi_feet_lover]

Can't sleep on Bleach or Fate

[@doodlegame8704]

@@yoruichi_feet_lover I can because 600 episodes is too many for me.

[@FreshestAnime]

ehh, I just read the manga for Bleach up to TYBW. It takes like 20 minutes per volume times 50 volumes. TYBW has definitely been worth it. Mushoku and JJK definitely gonna be 🔥🔥 though

[@yoruichi_feet_lover]

@@doodlegame8704 Bleach is a little over 200 canon episodes to get to TYBW not 600 episodes and the manga is a super quick read for 479 chapters til TYBW

[@gimpxors3]

I'm hype for Temple. I've kept up with the manga and it is hilarious. The manga is like a meme generator. While I haven't watched it, it's from the same person who made Grand Blue.

[@brianhall23]

Aqua is a master at manipulation.

[@blazedj]

Like I’ve been saying, Akane for Criminal Minds. She’ll get you your suspect.

[@saarsayag8235]

8:36 "Dark staringun" excuse me?

[@FreshestAnime]

Yeah. Its his Kekkei Genkai... The Staringan...

[@saarsayag8235]

@@FreshestAnime that is coolest thing i have ever read

[@doriejames7650]

Can't wait for his reaction about Aqua's true motive.

[@shouko-osu]

peak 👍

[@Forbidden_Chocolate]

Aqua x Therapist is my ship

[@redmustangredmustang]

Akane knows everything.

[@iLunafreya]

00:40 JJK2 mostly

[@wivyYA]

13:32 she is wife

[@tomwang7469]

Thus, Arima Kana's long road of Ls begins.

[@kaiju115]

I didn’t think I would love Akane more than I did the previous episodes, but damn she has done so much research on Ai that she’s literally become Ai reincarnated, to where even Ruby said, “Momma”. Please don’t let anymore bad stuff happen to Akane, let the bad stuff stay in the past. 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Risedown67]

Animation this episode out blew the rest vibrant and smooth🎉

[@maamekonaduamankwah-awuah4969]

Akane best girl

[@GeraldWalls]

Summer 2023 That I Am Looking Forward To: * The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses - Should be really innocent and cute. I like the manga. Horimiya: The Missing Pieces - I am looking forward to the Sports Festival arc, the 20 Years Ago arc, and the 10 Years from Now arc. * My Tiny Senpai - I just want another cute Office (vs School) Rom Com. (The King of these was Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.)

[@Timmycoo]

I know it's not reasonable but I wish Kana saw how much Aqua trusts her and relies on her. To ask and talk to her in such a moment about a thing is indicative to how he sees their relationship. She is special in a way. Albeit she has romantic feels and he is indifferent. MEM-Cho is the best. Love her!

[@angelaorion3666]

AquaKane Supremacy ❤❤❤

[@martinjoster3282]

Looking forward to Mushoku Tensei season 2 this summer, I've been waiting on it and it's my current favorite show frfr

[@lonegamer3222]

Aqua is actually became ayanokouji 😅

[@teo8446]

Eyy first. Jokic jersey and now. Jimmy Butler jersey. You sir (and your gf) have good taste in teams/players Idk who to root for this finals

[@nezumi7030]

自分の考えは。あかねがアクアの真実を知ってしまうんじゃないかと🤔 色々妄想してしまいます😅 アクアがどんな風にあかねを使うのか、それともあかねがアクアを分析して真実を知ってしまうのか楽しみですね😊

[@FuHaruka2545]

Welcome Mem_Cho to B Komachi Idol Group

[@batsume]

Peak anime season

[@kuromaruTV]

あかねの声優さんがアイの声真似してるので日本でも似てるって話題です

[@FreshestAnime]

It was VERY similar. Almost sounded like Ai's VA.

[@doriejames7650]

Does she really broke down Ai's true personality? I mean, she only knew her idol side. But we never really did knew Ai's personality. We did see a small glimpse of it but that's only surface level. She's the perfect liar

[@clip3513]

idk what excited more the investigation of Ai or recruit more cute member to a better Ai group 😆

[@cedricmichaud552]

This anime season is PEEEEEEEEAK!!!!!

[@narutoUzumaki-et8ux]

Yeah this is we got some goated anime like Oshi no ko, vinland saga, heavenly delusion, demon slayer we eating good this season but next season also gonna be fire

[@moonshine7682]

Finally Kana ❤ and MEM 💛 thumbnail

[@FreshestAnime]

😬 kind of want to change it to include the kiss tomorrow after most everyone has seen it...

[@ironcrossproduction9280]

Aqua is stuck between being seeing Ai as his idol and seeing Ai as his mother, some people might think he had romantic feekungs for his mom/idol but actually not, he's just stuck in between and really had mixed emotions, which is not really helping to the guy who just go reinacarnated with memories of past life, then seeing the person you adore die in front of you when you were a child. And nope, Akane VA still voices her no switches happened. Besides Japanese seiyuus/voice actress in some cases really sounds so similar to one another despite being different due to most voice actress has wide range of voices they can do. Most of them can do Ara-Ara while they can voice a loli the same time lol

[@glurppuffloid9796]

Nah, there's definately some Oedipus complex too. the original Doctor only started liking Ai due to his patient :fatherly/elder brotherly care taker love He then started liking Ai on her own as fan(which includes some minor love feelings/attraction too), fans may not neccesarily lust after thei muse, but there is almost always atleast a minor amount of parasocial attraction, especially when it's about male fans of a female idol/youtuber/actress, etc. when the attraction/fan-ness is as high as the doctor's was. the attraction he has for Ai ( the attraction any dude would have for a female muse in such a parasocial situation) is always atleast a little bit romantic in nature. it's different from the sort of attraction you'd have towards just liking someone purely as a respected indivdual due to their status in the industry. Eg. the attraction a person may feel to be a fan for Ai would be different from the guy's respect for say Leonardo Di Caprio or Meryl Streep. it is romantic to atleast a smudge. *evidence*: the throwaway line in Episode 1 where the nurse asks the OPif he'd date Ai, if he could and calls him out on it. Then obviously the whole mother aspect post re-incarnation, he spent many years being raised as her son. so his emotions/feelings Ai are a mixture of threefold 1) As an older person invested in a younger person's future 2) The attraction and infatuation of a fan 3) The love of a child for his mom 1 is due to 1st his patient and later his role as a doctor when he becomes her OBGYN 2 is due to him becoming her fan, it's not full blown lustful romance, more akin to a crush 3 starts soon after his rebirth

[@ironcrossproduction9280]

@@glurppuffloid9796 Yeah could be by judging his actions pre Episode 1 but his feelings for Ai that he sees her as romantic interest is kind of not that strong (at least as what I see and interpret) because if it does, he would have been one of the creeps that "I LOVE AI WHY SHE GET PREGNANT I WON'T ALLOW IT SHE GAVE BIRTH" like that stalker but instead he helped her and took care of her (where we can argue maybe this is how he showed his love for Ai) I mean if I happened to not read the manga and the type of person not liking this type of Anime genre, I would think Aqua is similar to that some anime that features incestry bullshittery where the MC is too lovey dovey with their mom and sister to the point that it looks very Sus that mostly Isekai lol (Good thing he's not that down bad)

[@glurppuffloid9796]

@@ironcrossproduction9280 We both agree with some nuanced differences We both agree his love for Ai was like a crush, but not stalker/yandere level, he was still shocked when he found out she was pregnant and mildly dispondent for a second or so. he was a typical fan with a mild parasocial relationship. but when he actually met her and became her doctor, that changedto gain and also enforce his patristic feelings towards her, which overtook his fan like infatuation (which was not a yandere level love, more like a crush of sorts... he thinks Ai is pretty and loves her personality) I've read the manga too, and I agree with you, he isn't infatuated with Ai, and unlike Rudi, didn't get aroused frm suckling ( he thought it wasinappropriate unlike his sister.) I chalk this difference and lack of obsession to him being a doctor and caretaker. His feelings as her OBGYN changed his behavior, such that he didn't lust after Ai like the psycho stalker dude. but nevertheless, he did still feel romantic attatchment to her. his feelings a combination of 3 types of love 1)Romantic (fandom) 2)Patristic (Doctor + rub off from caring for Ruby in her past life) 3)Filial (he was her baby) Ruby's feelings for Ai are fangirl+daughter, but not romantic, hence why she was able to move on more (like a guy's appreciation for a male idol) than Aqua (when she started fangirling over the famous girl in her class... I think maybe episode 3 or 4?)

[@ironcrossproduction9280]

@@glurppuffloid9796 I get now what you mean, and I agree with it. Yes he might not like those type of reincarnated MCs who are sexually aroused to their mothers or such people or relatives post-reincarnation like Rudeus but the way he acted even if we ignore the latest chapters of the manga is still indication of having a slight romantic feelings of Aqua to Ai as the result of him being a fan in previous life and a son in his current life. Well other people aside from us might interpret Aqua's mental state differently or would have different views on how Aqua sees Ai, is he in love with his mother fore real real like incestry lust type shit or in love meaning admiration or something else. Or others might just call the show mid, go watch *insert anime here*, refuses to elaborate and leaves lmao

[@glurppuffloid9796]

@@ironcrossproduction9280 Glad we came to an agreement and have managed to synchronize our views P.S. can you suggest any good anime for me, this season?

[@rillzy9637]

Aqua X Therapy is my preferred ship

[@bazar2673]

The only ship that will never happen. Even though he need it.

[@Hammadkhan-zi9gb]

If you want to watch some other romance anime i recommend Horimiya An additional part horimiya: missing piece is going to air too

[@akumakilla4]

Aqua is legit too OP

[@dekozagudesu9802]

AH is so GOOD

[@brezals]

The only fault i can really say about this episode, and as a manga reader, it was quite noticably. The moment where Aqua gets embarressed by Akane and the girls pushing him towards Akane portrayal of Ai, wasn't as good portrayed in the anime as in the manga tbh. Rare to say that about this anime tbh. They haven't really missed.

[@curioppyty]

why do you think that? I saw that part in the manga and I thought it was pretty accurate in the anime, maybe even better due to aqua's va's acting

[@brezals]

@@curioppyty It's probably just me. When I saw the panel, I felt it was such a moment. I stopped reading. Sighed a bit. And told myself what a genius the mangaka is. Most other big moments, I have gotten a even stronger reaction after watching the anime, compared to reading the same manga pages. But what will top of that kinda reaction? It's probably why I noticed it felt a bit off.

[@JRSA85]

And here begin the war between Kanas fans and Akane fans. The Akanes VA is the same they didn't change her.