Oshi no Ko Season 2, episode 1
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AHHH LONG HAIR AKANE IS SO GOOD [HER POUT IS PERFECT](https://imgur.com/a/f7tldv7)
I think it was a genius idea for them to introduce the plot of Tokyo Blade exactly like the audience of the 2.5 stage play would experience it when they watch the show.
Also, I hope Aka isn’t foreshadowing Akane and Kana’s endgame with Sayahime and Tsurugi…
Absolutely sobbing at the Ai cameo at the end of the OP. I have the utmost confidence in the Tokyo Blade arc but I’m still not over episode 1. She deserves to be cheering Aqua and Ruby on in person.
Oshi No Peak is back
Abiko-sensei is soo cute! What a precious yet scary cinnamon roll!
Honestly while I like the new OP (of course Idol is stellar) I missed the way Mephisto transitions in the ED. That ending scene could be more interesting had they used that music. The ED is still nice though.
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New OP song makes me miss Idol and I hated Idol.
^Kana ^best ^girl
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This Summer anime season be like:
Megumi Han: *gee I hope this Idol thing plans out and Aqua likes me!*
Also Megumi Han: *HAI, SHIKANOKONOKO DESU*
the POUT! Akane’s pout is here! the Akane that could change her mode in a blink of eye
also Akane reading Sayahime story, being the losing heroine, and conflicting herself about it. I dont know how to feel about this. and I dont know how the theater team feel about when the author want to change the whole story when the production is like halfway finish.
overall the animation on this season is so peak, it’s like movie quality, the motion is fluid, the background is not just stay still. and the soundtrack, the soundtrack is so good, specially for this theater arc.
the new OP and ED is soo good projecting the mood for this arc, it switch from idol anime to theatric anime full with emotion. the ED is specially good, I mean it’s like 2000’s rock emo rock band and there was Ruby.
I’m not sure how interested I am in Tokyo Blade literally, but the BTS is interesting enough to keep me going.
Also this thread is getting downbotted already.
Oshinoko nokonoko Koshitantan
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Kana is the cutest!
I wonder if the mangada would tell us what the anime fans feel about the Hollywood version of manga.
I kinda want to watch Tokyo Blade now. It looks pretty cool for a stage play. Great cast too it seems.
Pouty faced Akane is the cutest thing ever lol. I really like seeing Akane in “actor mode” because she really does her homework when preparing for roles. It’s interesting to see how scriptwriters, directors, and actors approach the same work. Adapting stuff from manga to anime/stage seems to be a complicated process. Rewriting the whole script due to the creator’s dissatisfaction is probably the worst thing to happen to an adaptation.
this author is production’s **worst nightmare**
“What do you want to modify?”
Love how the opening words of the season are so meta regarding the oncoming shipping wars lol.
Amazing direction again all around though, just making even the drier aspects that go into making a production so compelling and engaging and stylistic. Also must be fascinating watching the VAs approach so a work where they have to act out various degrees and layers of acting.
(weird HIDive, putting wrong date)
Whelp, that’s quite the start. Impressive theater effects heh. OP for S2 isn’t really my thing musically, but the animation/imagery is neat.
Giving us such spoilers already about the story, tsk tsk heh. Forgot how good the show looks in general though. Art and animation. Flashy test read of the play heh, fun. Didn’t realize they’d want to play Splatoon in real life. Look at Kana being popular and Aqua being a loner. Also quite blunt to his girlfriend, cute pout.
How dare the screen writer change a character so fundamentally! heh. I get his point, but meh. I say let it have the run time. Still hate the idea of forcing things to a time slot. Hehe Mangaka is cute and shy. Also the Sweet Today’s creator, fun reaction to Melt. Haha that shift in her when she’s serious about her work is fun.
ED is fine, but still like S1’s more too 😛
dat akane pout
New OP is great, but the ED visuals are breathtaking, absolutely love it. Looking forward to this season, did not expect the twist at the end but it will be interesting to see how the cast adapts. Kana matching Himekawa was also cool to see, but I want to see her rivalry with Akane play out as well, more so now that the script may give Akane’s character a chance for her to shine.
New season, new OP. Unfortunately it won’t be as incredibly popular as Idol, but it certainly fits the season more thematically.
Ruby’s jealous.
It’s a means to an end for him. The end of someone that is.
Akane has activated her “Ai mode”.
Seems everyone is actually competent this time.
I’m surprised Kana didn’t try asking Aqua if he wanted to eat with her, then Akane getting jealous or misunderstanding.
Kana seems to be getting along with everyone well.
Lol Aqua asked them directly and to their faces when Akane didn’t want to.
Oh, the writer is here.
What’s she going to change in it?
Huh. That’s going to throw a wrench in the works.
the directional choice in that rehearsal sword fight is so inspired. WOW!
I really liked the introduction for this arc and I do hope that they are going to show the whole stage and how the play is performed (obviously not the whole two hours, but still). I also hope we get a few more of the actual rehearsals. That was some of the more interesting aspects. Not only the fact that Akane’s different portrayals were shown side by side and how this affected the time needed, but also that they show that her second version was using a lot more greater gestures than the first one where she acts mostly through facial expression. Also love the Kana moment by using the main colors for the characters.
However, what I would hope for a bit more in the future is that we reduce inner monologues to character motivations and especially emotions. For example, Akane explaining different details of such an event is interesting, but most of this could have been shown. Furthermore, it detracts a bit from her more emotional moments when most of it is used for explanation. Of course, it’ll take a bit more time which they might have not had for this episode, but I would really love it if they took the opportunity and get away from these heavy exposition scenes (and yes, I know, they exist in the manga as well, but I think the anime doesn’t need them).
lmao which part “the whole thing”
It’s so fucking good, I don’t even know how to express how fucking god tier this show is. Holy shit.
Melt getting shat on by the Sweet Today creator was great.
Nice callback to how Kana adapts to the people she’s acting with, if she’s with mediocrity her acting is toned down to match the level but when she’s with highly skilled and talented actors, she can shine as good as anyone.
I enjoyed Akane’s problems with her character, first that the character while being in a relationship with a main character is generally overshadowed by another more popular pairing in the fandom (a bit on the nose meta-commentary there but still entertaining nonetheless).
I particularly however quite like the discussion of character motivation and depth and how that can be sacrificed or simplified when adapting a long running manga to a 2 hour play, it’s not something that people like doing but it’s necessary for things to work.
371 days since Season 1, And now the goat is back.
Didn’t think they’d go 2 for 2 with the Op n Ed combos but did they overdeliver
why did i get so hyped from
> zenbu
I love the OP, the ED is a bit meh for me tbh.
Kichijoji-sensei be having a well-seasoned beef with Melt & his shitty performance in Sweet Today 😂
Oh, we’re so back!
The OP/ED visuals are incredible.
That brief sequence between Himekawa and Kana was incredible; I have high hopes for the visuals as a whole. Even the more subdued scenes have a minor tick up in quality.
The opening scene for the play itself was such an artisitic choice to introduce the characters for the play.
Very excited for the rest of this season.
Looks like its Doga Kobo Wednesdays for Summer 2024.
Oshi No Ko 2 and Roshidere back to back.
This series picks up right after season 1 left off.
The fictional manga stage adaptation is sick af. Sure makes me want to watch it.
Pouting Akane is so cute when Aqua remarked she might lose to Kana in acting performance for this play.
Yet how to properly bring out the true essence of a character who had little screen time in the original source work, that is the challenge Akane must face.
Good thing the cute timid author Abiko becomes quite assertive when it comes to the interpretation of her work.
PS Star-studded cast for the new characters. We have Ono Daisuke (the screenwriter GOA), Suzumura Kenichi (show producer Raida), Uchiyama Koki (Lalalai Troupe star actor Himekawa), Sakura Ayane (Abiko-sensei) and Ito Shizuka (Yoriko-sensei, the manga author for the crappy TV drama adaptation which Aqua and Kana were in previously)
Maybe a hot take but the opening goes fucking crazy, I genuinely think it’s just as good as Idol.
welcome back ONK
also sensei immediately saying, yeah, lets change the whole thing, LOL
Ok, I’m doing live reactions for Ep1 again!
* That stageplay looked absolutely fire, would watch!
* Oh OP from Katsuya Kitan? Sounds good [](#seasonallisten)
* Ah right, Aqua and Akane are the main characters… I forgot that Bellpeper girl was also there lol
* AI [](#spacetears)
* Oh ok, Aqua and Akane are more like the main villains
* I love Aquas darkstar eyes
episode direction went crazy hard, holy shit. OnK s2 begins my Summer Anime season and I’m glad the first episode was this incredible
Oshi no Ko never misses with their OPs and EDs.
KANA SUPREMACY
Oshi no ko fans are eating good today, a new chapter and the premiere of season 2
Super pumped for my favorite arc! Can’t wait to see more as the season progresses!
Damn kinda love this already ngl. I feel like I’m really gonna love this arc and season as a whole. good op and ed too.
THE RETURN OF THE KING
I really like the new OP. I knew Tatsuya Kitani was involved but listening to the OP, I could tell he did not do the arrangement. I could recognise the style but I couldn’t point out who exactly. Hate how I couldn’t recognise Giga (he did Ado’s – Show & Odo).
Man, what an episode… is what I’d say if fucking HiDive was available in non-english speaking countries.
Wow, I sure missed the days were both manga and anime of Oshi No Ko happened the same day.