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[@BrandonRTalks]

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[@lostsauce911]

Glad to see you back Brandon see you in 4 months man

[@TakuyaDelahoya]

And I though you were isakied in another world. At the end of the video: for the ******* love of god he is isakied again😆

[@genybr]

well, would you like to post your x videos? _(generic spartan (300) rabbits stupid joke)_

[@Jacksonisratkai]

i was sad without this channel :((

[@d1anacrystal127]

first time watcher of this channel and i must say...product placement is impeccable LMAO

[@ultranovva]

If I saw two babies suddenly talk to me like full grown adults I'd first wonder if this is some kind of divine intervention, then I'd wonder where and when someone slipped something into my food and/or drink

[@lama7763]

lol that’s why they did it, I haven’t watched the full vid yet but SPOILER (maybe) They act like they were bless by god or something to the CEO’s wife who’s babysitting them to prevent her from revealing Ai being a mother

[@Dr.Plague]

But in all seriousness the entertainment industry here is very dark. I mean one my fav VA / singers is still struggling with death Threats and she has not done any work in 10 years. it is very sad. All because she had a boyfriend it is fucking ridiculous. They are just Human for crying out loud. Let them live their life. what annoys me is that these people call themselves fans but they do shit like this. You are not a fan you are a creep.

[@potatokilr7789]

It's hard for me to be honest about being a casual fan of particular anime series because of how other fans act

[@Mystic2203]

The episode 1 was 9/10 S1 was 7/10

[@Krezmor]

​@@Mystic2203 opinion respected, though i'd raise episode one's to a solid 10/10 and overall season 1 (anime) to 8.7/10. I dont really like the way they make aqua go, though it's one way to get his revenge, it sounds like an excuse to extend the manga and the anime.

[@Ch3eSy_Cheesecake]

Something similar happened to a Japanese figure skater, or so I’ve heard Pretty much the guy got married but divorced his wife pretty quickly because of how many people harassed both of them, all because the man lived his life

[@dani.1170]

i genuinely believe people that send whole DEATH THREATS in general to someone who has done NOTHING are INSANE they're mentally ill, not a disorder.. MENTALLY ILL. And they're even more mentally ill when its over something so incredible small like having a boyfriend, not looking how they wanted you to look(vtubers..) They're always 100% deadass, like genuinely think they are correct, like life isn't real. I just described twitter users who watch anime.

[@jacksaunders386]

31:00 THIS. More people need to hear this because this misunderstanding of the actual story has caused people to think that the story isn’t really moving. It’s not ABOUT revenge, it’s about characters, and the revenge plot serves not as the primary goal of the narrative but as a catalyst to dive deeper into and understand more about the characters. This is honestly why I love your videos so much. It seems in every video you display very good media literacy skills, which is so refreshing among the sea of weird takes from other videos and people online.

[@dunistaygeekin]

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[@javelinmaster2]

Yh saying that OnK is about revenge is like saying that OP is all about finding the One piece. Ppl confuse the vehicle for the entire plot.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@@dunistaygeekinno no no, K-On! Peak

[@MiracleMS]

It feels like the movie long first episode was building up to a massive arc regarding his revenge, which is what 99% of the shows do That didn't happen here. I read the manga to see the revenge. Not know about the entertainment industry. Which is why I say I do not like this story beyond the first episode. I get what Akasaka is trying to do, but he tricked the viewers to get into it. That's how I feel like at the very least

[@jacksaunders386]

@@MiracleMS see I didn’t see the first episode like that at all. It felt more like a tragic completion of Ai’s character, who was finally able to realized she is capable of love, only for her life to end right then. I think the final 20 minutes were adapted almost too well to the point that it made it seem like revenge was the main focus, which is something I didn’t get when I originally read the manga. Aqua’s desire for revenge, at least for me, has always felt tragic as well, because it completely consumes him and makes his supposed second chance at life awful. It shows that even if he completes his revenge, he is going to destroy himself trying, and deep down, he wishes he could just be happy and live his life.

[@Yosh1az]

My favorite part is when the mangaka saw that her blood and sweat were getting decimated by corporate greed. Her work is not being respected and is only being used to promote not the manga but the actors.

[@ronaldtanola2609]

When Brandon explained about Hana Kimura, I couldn't help but almost cried from her situation. When other KZbinrs described what happened, they just give a brief summary of it but, Brandon's explanation just felt more personal especially at the part when she last tweeted before her doing it...

[@y.kal08]

They hated her for taking off a hat from a cast member's head and throwing it agressively which was what she was told to do It's not like she punched him

[@miciso666]

yeap but like the anime intro says. thats what goes on in media. u smile and cheer. even if on the inside you are dead or fans hate you. but ai sings how she wants to change all that. and she is loyal to the fans. even if not all idols do that. also crap i think i watched hana wrestle. this was super horrible to see. i thought she retired. as i never follow the drama stuff. @@y.kal08

[@loriblackangelsnow]

@@y.kal08 the irony is that she was actually told to punch him instead but she was too kind to be able to do it so she threw the hat instead

[@abdulrehmanqureshi6127]

Hana kimura. Who?

[@StarryV3nus]

I completely agree. This video felt really cinematic, and that part in particular was really hard to watch.

[@paulshipper143]

Aqua being like light.. that never cross my mind. And i occasional rewatch death 3 times a year. Light.. when he gets god powers becomes a bad person.. when he doesn't, he's decent. Aqua never lost his conscious. He hides his emotions, but he's generally a loving person to those he loves.

[@RGC_animation]

...except the part when Light thought about killing her sister, and the part where he let his father die, if I'm guessing he definitely loved them.

[@paulshipper143]

@@RGC_animation I think you're confusing what I meant... I was talking about Aqua :)

[@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie]

@@paulshipper143 A more apt comparison is the strange doctor from Stein's Gate because both are about putting on a mask in the hopes of protecting others, just in wildly different ways.

[@KebusuNiisan]

And some "fans" seemingly didn't watch EP6 at all as they shat on Hana's mother when she expressed her outrage over that episode. Also, ironically, they also did the same to Akane's English VA

[@humourlessjester3584]

I actually didn't know it was a common thought in Japan to think about reincarnating as a celebrity's child. It kinda makes sense, I also had day dreams of being adopted by a famous person when I was a kid, mix that subconscious thought with the belief of reincarnation that's mostly in east asian cultures and I can see why this would be a common shower thought there.

[@HitsugiHime]

Considering Buddhism believes in reincarnation often times artists like to make what if scenarios based off that belief

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

yes

[@user-om3pk8ts4j]

As an Oshi no ko manga reader before the anime even announce, it's a masterpiece that cured my depression of lacking Kaguya-sama: Love is war, now that Kaguya-sama has ended, luckily Oshi no ko is still ongoing to fill that gap. Anime adaptation is godly.

[@DraptorRonin]

The fact that Ai remembered her stalker, his name, his gift, how he attended many of her concerts, and still offered a hand out for him kind of broke me. You could just see how Ai snapped him back to reality, out of his delusional rage, and into “oh god, what have I done?! I just killed my favorite person, my favorite human-being!”

[@nathanmom1045]

ur 100% right, later after that the killer commited su!cide, most likely bc he realised what he did

[@vicantirasumovski4375]

We do not know for sure but I think there is a good chance that she offered him hand not for his sake but to manipulate him so he would not harm her kids. She's a lie incarnate after all.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

​@@vicantirasumovski4375she legit guilt-tripped her own murderer into committing suicide Aqua don't need to do shit she already got her revenge😂

[@LooneyClipse]

​@@therandomcommenter6629not really tho :D

[@kuronitsuj]

guy who stabbed ai.. immediately kills himself after that because of what ai did or rather what ai made him feel.. he made the wrong decisiob

[@notationmusical]

How could you forget Memcho? The person that resembles you most: being a KZbinr. Jokes aside, I find Aqua an interesting character. The way I interpreted him was that he was influenced by Ai's words, "lies are love." And so, after her death, he puts on a mask. He wants to get revenge on Ai's murderer while also making sure Ruby's idol group is successful. Because, just like Ai, he's greedy. Also, I would argue that Ruby still has an important role in the anime, even after episode one. Because she hasn't experienced life beyond her years as Sarina, now's her change to live her life the way she wants. She takes up Ai's "innocence," except now it's literal. She doesn't want any lies and kind of has a hard time lying herself. This makes her the glue that holds the new idol group together. Sure, she may not have as much of a presence as Kana or Akane, but that doesn't make her role less important.

[@cphotenhauer4153]

only an idol would name their children after GEMSTONES

[@elbolainas4174]

Very idol-ish from her, ngl

[@PixeIated]

Steven universe did it first Su had music because...steven was raised by people named after gemstones...

[@thunderdog1710]

@@PixeIated they are not people? they are literal gemstones with the gemstones that fit their color scheme as their names? thats completely different then naming ur human child after a gemstone...

[@sagew1312]

@@thunderdog1710 yup you're absolutely right

[@bored_peanut]

I know so many ppl named Ruby what are u talking about?

[@hellothere8208]

I still think Ai is the main character. Even after her death, the story and plot still revolves around her. From the character motivations such as Ruby wanting to become an idol Aqua wanting avenge Ai's death and Akane imitating Ai's persona to grab the attention of Aqua, to her songs, photos and videos still present showing that she still has presence in the story despite being dead. Long after her death we still learn more about her character through the people that worked with her before. Oshi no ko subverted expectations from other anime with "the main character dying". Unlike AOT or JJK the main character of this show stays dead and ironically she was not reincarnated unlike her children. Ai never being reincarnated just proves the point that no one can replicate her and that she is one of a kind. Kana and Ruby have the challenge of living up to the legacy that Ai left.

[@MarioGlock-kl6nf]

I totally agree with you. But I have the feeling that she (maybe) is reincarnated somewhere without knowing or so. It’s just something in my mind that in the end they reunited. But I think that it’s not happening and that I just talk bullshit

[@hellothere8208]

@@MarioGlock-kl6nf in my opinion this lyrics in Yoasobi Idol "Cause you are perfect, the most ultimate idol Unrivaled, will not appear again" could be a hint that Ai wasn't reincarnated

[@zikbro45]

Didnt manga said that she died forever?

[@ghoulchan7525]

@@zikbro45 no idea. but if she reincarnated. maybe she just wouldn't go on the path of an idol again.

[@odinlindeberg4624]

@@hellothere8208 I wouldn't rule out that she could be reincarnated somewhere else, just not as an idol.

[@gortis_thegreat]

The Hana Kimura incident genuinely made me cry. It just reminds me of how much cancel culture really screws things up for people. It's just how fucked up this world is for people over the little things that makes me cry.

[@Gibmeprimogemss]

I’ll admit, the part about Aqua kinda made tears well up in my eyes, especially with that music. I just want someone to make an entire video about Aqua. About his emotions and what’s underneath that edgy edge-lord mask of his.

[@neerajoshi5473]

Fun fact, love is war and Oshi no ko are in the same universe aka cinematic universe

[@Fixti0n]

As someone who once were in the entertainment business, this show hit home. I know how some of these characters feel, and the fallout of dangers of the field, especially Akane.

[@yuuichi4356]

In my opinion, Oshi on Ko was very amazing, especially in terms of character writing. Frankly, I was attached to all the characters, especially Ai and Aquam. Also, the story was really good, although there are some expected and repetitive things in it, but it also contains many new and innovative things. (But this is natural from the author of Kaguya-sama) Even the production was very good, whether in terms of drawing, animation or music. In the end, I consider Oshi no Ko one of the best new anime in 2023, and my rating for the first season is 8.5/10.

[@mastername5373]

The Akane situation and with the Real life person, I see a lot of people talk about the mob group but barely any about how evil the team behind that was to intentionally fuel the fire.

[@sleeplessdev7204]

They aren't evil, they're just regular people. The entertainment industry just has perverse incentives.

[@mastername5373]

@@sleeplessdev7204 I kinda get what you're saying, but that doesn't mean what they did wasn't evil, I think doing something bad to someone knowing what's going to happen is evil, we call evil villains evil even if they had a sympathetic way they got there.

[@sleeplessdev7204]

​@@mastername5373 I just think that the word "evil" should be reserved for the truly heinous, consciously and knowingly committed acts of intentional harm. There's no way that the production team could have predicted that the online mob would lambast her for knocking someone's hat off. And they certainly couldn't have predicted that she would internalize the hate so deeply that she would commit suicide. I think you're expecting too much of people. I'm sure from their perspective, they're just doing their jobs - until one day it becomes very real. They may have been negligent, but that's a far cry from evil, in my opinion.

[@Darkgun231]

@@sleeplessdev7204 At what point does negligence cross over into maliciousness? Same with ignorance. There are degrees and levels to evil, same with good. Tripping somebody? Evil. Murder somebody? Also evil. But there's a difference between the two actions. One is asshole-evil. The other is primordial sin-evil. As such, the production team were in the wrong, and as such, what they did can be called malicious.

[@mastername5373]

@@sleeplessdev7204 Didn't they edit it in a way that just showed Akane hurt the other girl who was the fan favorite at that time and cutting off the part they apologize and makeup, not just knocking off a hat, It's pretty easy to predict if a person hurt someone who was liked by a lot and not show they had no resentment between them, they will get hated.

[@kuronitsuj]

forgot about memcho.. an aspiring idol but went as a youtuber until she got old and got shy to even continuing her idol dream..because she got certain circumstances.. its just sad

[@evanb.529]

OnK has quickly risen to one of my favorite anime of all time, and while episode one certainly helped cement that idea quickly, it was, as you said, the characters and their growth that really set the bar of quality. All of them have varying levels of development that all build over time and through their interactions with one another, all distinct and all highlighting various aspects of the entertainment industry, not to mention that they're all so lovable (especially Kana, I believe in Kana supremacy). The visuals and music are also both impeccable, it truly feels like a passion project. I've unfortunately been hit with spoiler after spoiler for a lot of manga events from later in the story, but even so, I'm very very excited to see what season two has to offer

[@catduck2112]

I was absolutely obsessed with this anime and it's story until recently after chapter 143 of the manga dropped. I have never felt so betrayed and disgusted and will now go watch Love is War to remind myself the mangaka can actually make good things.

[@Alphaismyname]

What what’s in chapter 143? Is that the sweet home Alabama chapter I heard about?

[@siyaamissack8788]

@@Alphaismyname yes, sadly

[@Luigimaestro]

chapter 150 obliterates this rumor

[@CherrieBoard]

Someone didnt keep reading

[@spekulatiu]

i will never understand people crying at fictional incest. like, just ignore it, and dont be stupid enough to hate the entire manga now because of that

[@kiiturii]

just wanna say, I fucking love your character analysies, I've heard a lot of criticism on characters specifically and never understood that.. Akasaka is an amazing character writer and OnK just further proves that. Also love your take on Akane's story.. Too many people were way too quick to criticize it based on surface level information, and dismissing the entire premise by saying stuff like "it happened too fast, not realistic" which is just ridiculous.

[@apostleofninomaeinais3578]

Even tho the rest of the video isn't about the first episode anymore, you're right, no one's gonna complain. The way you presented the real life stories is really really great. Keep it up

[@nayush2648]

I still cant help but cry, seeng the scene of Ai dying, i never cried so much in the first 50 minutes of an anime. Oshi no ko is truly a masterpiece.

[@viviansarabia2071]

That's crazy that they put incest in a masterpiece

[@kamiwriterleonardo6345]

To be honest, coming back to Oshi no Ko, the thing that made me drop it was exactly the revenge plot. I don't like it. It was super jarring for me when I've read the manga, to reach the part where Aqua was almost in peace with himself, that he didn't have to go through with his pointless revenge anymore... Only for the freaking killer father guy to make an appearance again. I hated it. It felt like a slap in the face. I never read anything beyond that point in Oshi no Ko, and I doubt I'll ever come back to it.

[@TakuyaDelahoya]

This video deserves more recognition. Our boy Brandon went full-on detective mode just to make a video about an idol anime ❤❤❤❤❤ your work mate🥰

[@gripoufromdiscord]

Everytime i see Ai's death scene, I cry SO HARD INSIDE and I almost cry outside too... it shows how much that scene hits hard.

[@DetSep]

Turned out to be an incest story ☹️ so sad. It had so much potential and the start was so good.

[@drewkogiga]

@@DetSep WHAT care to elaborate??

[@dothogs28]

@@drewkogiga Manga spoilers, Ruby finds out that Aqua is the doctor that cared for her in her past life, and subsequently falls in love with him

[@drewkogiga]

​@@dothogs28 oh hell nah 😨

[@Jon-Sen]

​@@drewkogigadon't worry bro aqua ain't that fucked up. Also it's back to kana again

[@somegrill7561]

It’s not an incest story, stop spreading misinformation

[@Darkenroblox1]

most people forget the she had twins at 16 YEARS OLD and they act like it is a normal thing 💀

[@junglekxngtalksanime]

Ngl I forgot she was 16 at that time☠️

[@TheAric95]

Ah, I see. You are a fellow Kana enjoyer. Proving yourself to be a true man of culture once more. Cheers mate!

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

I knew about the Akane controversy (the irony is unreal) but didn't know how much others parallels to reality are in it. I think that makes Oshi no Ko even better and sad knowing it's not that unreal minus the reincarnation.

[@alamrasyidi4097]

gosh...how i love Oshi no Ko... i only watched the first episode (will definitely continue the rest) and id wished you didnt spoil the rest of the series, but its been a ride of a video, and seeing the first episode, i know i'll watch the rest anyway so it was worth it. also, that sponsor transition was hilarious lol

[@frantic_]

This series would have been much better without the reincarnation plot. Not only does a confirmed supernatural aspect in the world dilute the serious attempts at delving into real world issues, but if it didn't exist (or at least the twins were unrelated people in their previous lives) we would have avoided the incestuous bits, not to mention the 12 year old girl in love with a 35ish doctor. I don't know, I feel like it's a plotline that has no reason to be this central and could've just remained a veiled hint that the twins were once other people and they both loved Ai, if it had to be anything at all. Edit: Akane is the best and deserves so much better.

[@jadenthakur5440]

I get your point I just think a lot of the plot would be diluted if not for getting to know ai before she dies through the lense of aqua and getting to know the disillusioned tired view of life that aqua has before dying and even after coming back if there’s no reincarnation then the borderline psychopathic tendencies of aqua would be a little out of nowhere Edit: Anddd BROOOOO akane is best girl

[@frantic_]

@@jadenthakur5440 Yes, it would require some rewriting to be sure, and maybe in the end it would change too much of the story, which is probably not a fair critique from a reader. I guess it just does not click with some people, because I know I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Oh well, at least you guys like it, so in my eyes, it's a good thing it exists.

[@jadenthakur5440]

@@frantic_ to clarify the incest was a lil out of pocket I didn’t like that AT ALL there were so many ways to go about their relationship and brother-sister made a lot of sense incest route was just yeah nah

[@another1118]

If doesn't have isekai I(we) wouldn't watch it. You how many Isekai trash enyoyer exist and how trend it is. If its just a normal revenge/idolish Anime Only fan of those genre would watch it. Even tho i've got felt betrayed on how things ended on ep1 but that got me hook to watch another episode. I am expecting OP edgelord mc but the Story actually deep that made me read even its manga. I dont even like idol anime but here i am

[@MatrixAMch]

That Atlas VPN transition was so smooth lol. Also, great video as always! Glad to hear your perspective on one of the best shows to come out recently.

[@nathankeel6667]

I went into this show needing a pick me up for the day because of my father passing the day it came out knowing it was the same author has kaguya i knew it had some darker elements but I expected I lot more of a light hearted story especially with me thinking that the doctor died not at the very beginning so I expected the episode to end on Goros death instead of was hit with a death that said no your not sleeping tonight

[@625hateslife3]

Brandon is touching grass?!?!?!?! I cant believe he would do such an inconsevable feat

[@aihoshinoirl]

I KNOW RIGHT?!?!

[@BrandonRTalks]

🤣🤣

[@Nuriawall555]

INCONCEIVABLE!

[@Funay31]

I would like to personally thank you for making this video because after watching your "spoiler free" part, I went on to watch the long first episode and I instantly fell in love with this anime. I wasn't really into anime until last winter so I didn't really heard about Oshi No Ko when the first season came out, but now it's probably in my personal top 3 anime of all time/all genres. Cheers

[@iyzhami3511]

Dang bro you really made me cry at the end a bit, nice video it was awesome!

[@Sylenced1]

Ending of video was best part - though I did cry at the stabbing scene as you portrayed it w/ your words. How dare you. I was heartbroken to see the 22 year old girl end her own life and its important to bring attention to these things because we live in an age where online bullying/harassment can ruin lives. Lastly, I think I will pick this series back up from the beginning as I think I dropped it due to the Revenge stuff. You have opened a gateway of things I can now pay attention to and enjoy - thanks for the vid : )

[@dubstepilluminati1823]

just fyi the siblings do a incest

[@shlflfe-cedprqul1891]

First time watching a video on this channel and I gotta give you big ups for spitting bars about this show as an actual writer. This story is special and the plot and character writing of it deserves a proper critical analysis and praise for many things it does so well. The statement about the show being a character drama and not a murder mystery is an extremely significant point that I've seen some people miss. The story works because of how the characters interact with each other and how their relationships develop. The revenge plot was only set in stone to give Aqua more interesting character motivation and a far more complex character. Just because he's edgy and witty doesn't mean he's immediately just Light. That's just a baseless comparison of character and I think it does the writing a disservice to both stories because their characters serve different purposes in their own respective shows. Frankly, I hate this comparison. Though aside from the inspiration of Akane's character, I still have a few issues with the show. I haven't read the manga but I hope it doesn't turn into a formulaic story of the cast working in a certain part of the industry each arc and Aqua finds a clue to the mystery at the end of every arc. Obviously its how that formula is taken, interpreted, put into practice, and applied which determine the quality of each arc but it would be monotonous. Its would be good but repetitive, like only being able to eat Korean fried chicken for every meal for a month. Another thing is just a personal pet peeve of mine but I wish they explained how Aqua got a hold of Akane's location first because it just seemed like a Deus Ex Machina moment for me and I despise that trope. It's sacrifices the addition of a plot hole just to cut the need of writing an explanation of how the Deus Ex Machina moment happens. Like yeah they knew she was going to a combini but which one. It's either he stalked her house location and calculated where the nearest convenience stores are to her house and checked each one and got lucky with the timing, which would have been an ok explanation imo but it was just not explained. But yeah man great job on this video. Absolutely love your work and I look forward to watching your other vids. I salute you, fellow writer.

[@yurisei6732]

To this day I still have absolutely no idea how an anime with the premise "dude gets reincarnated as the baby of his favourite celebrity" got popular. People read that and, with no other information, thought "that sounds like the kind of thing I would like".

[@theunkn0wn1104]

James stabbing him with an ice cream spoon gave him PTSD

[@callingcolleen]

As a mother, those last 20 minutes absolutely killed me. What she says to her children before she dies always makes me cry. Also it was completely unexpected so it made me cry even harder 😭

[@MiraTheWarlock]

You know for all the people claiming they needed to punish Hana because of her 'horrid overreaction', they sure don't notice the hypocrisy that even if it wasn't staged, she threw a goddamn hat, but they act like she blended puppies on camera

[@Fredomnom]

18:27 HE IS LITTERALLY LIGHT YAGAMI STOP YAPPING PLS 😭😭😭😭

[@PeruvianPotato]

Nah fr. Like guy is pretty much hellbent on murder like Light and also constantly manipulates people

[@Fredomnom]

@@PeruvianPotato thank you 🗿

[@mrlost470]

Brandon, i love how this video almost parallels oshi no ko.

[@sundaymyhusband]

Ai's death scene was so well made it makes me cry every time i see it. Im the kind of person that usually doesnt give a shit.

[@StarryV3nus]

I really enjoyed this video! I adore this show so much, and I'm so happy to see someone look at it like I did. Most of the tie I just get "Isekai" "Internet" "Incest" But no one ever seems so mention all the amazing things Oshi no Ko has done. I just really loved this video! Keep it up!

[@tangangsta]

This show holds the record for most times I've cried within an episode. The answer is 3 and it was all in the last 20 minutes.

[@zoebrennan799]

You’re the first KZbinr that has like tricked me into watching your ads. Normally I skip through them but I don’t wanna miss the jokes you’re pretty funny.

[@XDwasGone]

I like how brandon goes outside, so we know that he indeed does touch grass.

[@rythmgamer2918]

Dosen't... Dosent ruby try to kiss her brother later in the manga? Thats kinda weird. Like I know they have their memories of their past lives... but they still grew up with one another and ARE RELATED.

[@neerajoshi5473]

I am a manga reader, so I don’t have to worry about spoilers. I read this manga 3 years ago, so I basically know the whole story. The next season is gonna be God tier I can promise you that.

[@andriuwu4037]

I didnt even notice the first episode was an hour long, I just kept hearing good things about it, as an artist, the animation and style were astounding and got me interested. After watching the first episode and the next one started playing, my reaction was "That was just the first episode...?!"

[@Newest-hoomans]

Im surprised bro did not mention the twin romance 😭

[@TheDoRoBouNeko]

Before I watched the episode 1, I already heard that Ai was deliberately taken out because she would've overshadowed the real MC, her twins. Talk about suffering from success, others once said. Also been blasting off IDOL by yoasobi, and the last lines really hit something in me. After the episode, I took a pause and realised, oh, so that's why she died. She already fulfilled her character arc. She learned how to genuinely love and be loved.

[@xa447]

6:00 no it's still weird even then

[@MisaMisaIsOnTop]

I’m still pissed about how people think oshi no ko is about incest. People with no reading comprehension skills piss me off

[@anthonyhughes1108]

Ohhhh this aged like milk

[@PeruvianPotato]

How

[@Alphaismyname]

Wdym?

[@princessunattainable7775]

@@Alphaismyname incest in the manga

[@anthonyhughes1108]

The recent chapters

[@DeathKitta]

@@anthonyhughes1108 Small spoiler?🙏

[@b_s_productions4405]

So glad to see you back and better than ever. Man the production quality skyrocketed!

[@4anky]

I am very disappointed in where the manga is headed/went

[@comfibee]

29:22 didn't expect to have tears well up in my eyes until the end of this

[@benadrylcabbagepatch2527]

The last 30 seconds of this video are literally the peak of all cinema. Better than even the entire first episode of oshi no ko, dare I say even more masterful than ozymandias, the best episode in breaking bad. You should be proud of yourself

[@YCA95]

the problem with "atlas-vpn" is that ai herself was the one who told her location to her former boyfriend, who in turn sent the stalker to her hospital, so i doubt any kind of vpn would have helped...

[@SoundHomee]

My friend actually recommended me this around when it finished airing the first season, I tried watching it, got bored in the first episode 30 minutes in. When the second season was announced, I decided to force myself to go through the first 70 minutes of the first episode. Then I finished the entire season in one sitting

[@literallymp9811]

19:14 ‘especially Kana, means so much to him’ you just get it sir 🫡

[@honeyybutter]

I love how the eyes show characters passion and how them lighting up is the character being passionate or in awe.

[@cedricmichaud552]

This OST alone brings back my tears. Also if you haven't watched it, there is this other romcom anime by the same author than Toradora that is called Golden Time, and you should really watch and possibly make a review. I think you will like it if you don't already do, because you have watched it.

[@romysjostrand4751]

I really appreciate you how you lied and tried to kept it as spoiler free in the synopsis I’ve seen so much people just ruining other experiences like my friend I ended up safe but not them also reason why I don’t like or watch shorts

[@junglekxngtalksanime]

That first episode shocked and broke me...I just had to see more after that. Now a whole year later (HOW TF HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG), I'm caught up with the manga, watching season 2 as it airs and enjoying (almost) every bit of it🔥🍿

[@NGEvangeliman]

I dont need an anime to tell me the obvious. You can tell the industry sucks by just seeing idols be idols.

[@jmrivera_piro]

Oshi no Ko has an excellent premise. But it has too much anime bullshit to work. I dropped the anime at like the fourth episode because I got sick of it being about how cool Aqua is and every girl wants to fuck him. Also because of some manga spoilers. I think this story could have been a fuck ton more effective if 1, it actually focused on the dark side of the industry, and 2 focused less on how special and cool Aqua is. I would have loved a story about Ai raising her kids in secret. But I also like that Ai dies and becomes an hyper idealized figure by her kids and fans, it could have been an excellent commentary on how she wasn't seen as a real person by anyone, just a concept, a goddess incapable of imperfection, both as an idol and as a mother. And the story being about the dark side of the industry and discovering who Ai really was as a person. but noooooooo they had to include incest and their weird-ass age gap.

[@filipeoliveiraladislau4533]

this gota be the best sponsor ad that i had ever see in a oshi no ko review

[@sleepylady2723]

I remember it took exactly three days to make my friend finish the very frst episode of Oshi no Ko. He was like "tf you shownig me" and I was trying with all of my forces to keep him on the chair to see the good things happening, but thankfully he is now a big fan of the series and he even watched all the episodes before me after that lol

[@theparadoxicaltouristtrave9320]

The fact that I could translate the last of Akane's hate posts without knowing a single character of Japanese says how powerful it was. A bit triggering, but powerful.

[@shreyasssing]

the segway is better than most anime vids

[@Wolfeson28]

That first episode is so brilliant, in part, because it takes the audience on an emotional journey that mirrors the in-universe characters. We're introduced to Ai as a fake deceptive performer for whom everything is an act. But as we learn more about her throughout the episode, we learn to truly love her right alongside her growing legion of fans, and for similar reasons. We see Ai's genuine love for her children begin to shine through, and it's that same switch from her fake practiced smile to a genuine one which her fans respond to and helps her career take off. At the point where we learn more of her backstory and her fear that she is incapable of truly feeling love for others, we already know from what we've seen that she can and has, even if she hasn't realized it yet. The classic lines for a situation like Ai's of "she was taken too soon" and "think of everything she had yet to achieve" really hit home for us at the end, because we've seen everything that could have been. A bright happy future for Ai as both a truly successful performer and as a loving mother is dangled in the air before us, and we're all excited to see her find both professional success and personal fulfillment...and then in an instant it's all snatched away. That sudden and heart-rending loss lets the audience feel some of the pain that Aqua and Ruby do in that moment, and helps us understand their mental states throughout the rest of the series.

[@chronicCid1]

Trauma the anime

[@gregantus595]

By far one of the best ways I've seen someone include a sponsor.

[@MJftggjgjjgjfhxdh]

i quit watching when uh the sister and brother shit.....

[@magnussvendsen9250]

It was genius to make that lie in the spoiler free intruduction. It made it so that the ending of the first episode would hit even harder

[@ryanfitzgerald9833]

The hana thing broke my heart. That was one of the cutest girls ive ever seen and barely more than a child. To have such a thankless difficult job that hurts your body while flaying you alive mentally made me want to cry. And I honestly feel that japan needs a healthier relationship to the internet and self love. I hope the idol industry burns for its abuse of children. Cause honestly in korea it might be as bad for boys as japan is for girls.

[@danielschield5788]

I watched this anime and... I fell in love with it. I binge watched all in one day and I'm about to rewatch it again. I hope a season two comes out.

[@julianr8544]

29:23 and on. Man, I honestly was not expecting to tear up but it really hits every time.

[@julezzzshep]

1:34 omg!! I did notice a resemblance between Hanabi Yasuraoka from Scum's Wish and Akane Kurokawa... It all makes sense after that lol

[@chrisheartman9263]

I'm so glad I haven't watched this anime. I have a fucking terrible fear of pregnancies and having a MC going through one in such a terrible state would've probably crumpled my brain in fucking utter trauma.

[@frozenlotus3563]

I picked up the manga for this on a whim. Walmart (of all places) had it at a discount and I had heard some mixed reviews, none of which really gave me details as to what it actually was. I was expecting an insanely different story than what I got and it’s not a bad thing. It is definitely weird but I liked it so far. I will return to this video after I read a few more volumes as I don’t know how far the first episode goes and I think spoilers would ruin the enjoyment of this series for me.

[@saturn_in_blue]

I love this show so much, but can't even watch the first episode again. It's just too painful.

[@lsoleroktl2990]

After seeing the intro to this vid I went to check out the anime with low expectations and now this is one of my favorite anime’s

[@fewerpuppet6423]

I will never be ok after witnessing ais death. I truly went in to this anime blind. And was sobbing by the end of the first episode. And cuz I watched it like right after it was released I got impatient and read the manga almost right away. I haven’t encountered an anime that hooked me w just the first episode. I was so emotionally invested

[@IzAmKat]

Such a cheery mood after the saddest part of the anime all over again

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

There has never been any law prohibiting singing in public while wearing a swimsuit in Florida (or any other state). The “weird law” in question is the broadening of two separate actual laws: 1) disturbing the peace and 2) public indecency. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, certain bathing suits were considered indecent if they showed a woman’s midsection. In addition, deliberately engaging in excessive noise (including singing) that cause a ruckus are still illegal. At some point, a women gets arrested and charged with both public indecency (for wearing a bikini) and for disturbing the peace (for singing so loudly that it disturbed the enjoyment of the area by others), leading to the mistaken idea that it is illegal to sing in public while wearing a bathing suit. Other examples of this are trying to give a public performance without a permit (singing for money) with the public indecency charge added on for good measure if the person’s midsection was exposed. So basically all of this is because of overcharging people and conflating specifics of cases that seem weird with the actual laws that exist.

[@thisperson345]

I don't think I'll ever be able to watch the last bit of the first ep without crying, I was tearing up just watching it in this video and that didn't even contain the voice acting that made me cry like a little bitch when I first watched it.

[@Thewalllistener]

Wait till he realized the direction the manga was taking ( wincest )

[@BrandonRTalks]

🙂 I know

[@Ajsobrainsalot]

huh

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@AjsobrainsalotBasicsally Chapter 143 had Aqua and Ruby kiss... Allegedly the subpslot was dropped but the damage has already been done for most fans

[@Ajsobrainsalot]

@@PeruvianPotato so basically like the Mei Mei and Ui Ui situation (which I WILL NEVER COUNT HAS PART OF THE CANON)

[@ivorydragon]

yeap that title is very right, its impossible to recommend without spoiling it lmao I am still extremely glad I didn't get spoiled by anything about this anime. we just watched it when it first dropped, didnt even realize it was basically a movie. It was great. a lot more anime really needs to do a long episode like they did.

[@ThalonRamacorn]

Im only at 6:30, and I dont understand why perople think its a bad premise. For me it was an interesting twist which I did not expect, and that is why I started to like it, because it was something new and actually interesting :D The reason why I never continued after a certain point is only because I got a bit busy and never went back to it, but the "reincarnation", and the fake protagonist part was just genius in my opinion. Never expected that :)

[@Roman_the_black_cat]

4:36 I have that exact green wayer bortle at home