With the help of producer Masaya Kaburagi, Aquamarine "Aqua" Hoshino and Kana Arima have landed the roles of Touki and Tsurugi in Lala Lai Theatrical Company's stage adaptation of the popular manga series Tokyo Blade. Co-starring with them is Aqua's girlfriend, Akane Kurokawa, who plays Touki's fiancée, Princess Saya. Due to the fanbase preferring Tsurugi as Touki's love interest, Saya has made fewer and fewer appearances in the manga, making it difficult for Akane to fully immerse herself in the role. Her struggles are compounded by differences between the play's script and the original work—differences that also frustrate Tokyo Blade's author, Abiko Samejima.
Aqua, however, is more concerned with his personal goals than he is with the play. He has only one objective in mind: to grow closer to director Toshirou Kindaichi and find out what he knows about Aqua's mother, Ai.
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eksratu
Season Two continues Oshi no Ko’s two-pronged approach to storytelling, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the Japanese entertainment industry while simultaneously serving up a long-form murder mystery. This season shifts its spotlight onto a fictional theater production, opening in media res with an unusually long static shot of the stage. It’s a fun scene as part of an anime adaptation of a real-world manga, which has an arc about adapting a fictional, in-universe manga into an in-universe stage play that you then get to experience as if you were part of the in-universe audience. As fun as these meta-layers are, though, Oshi no Ko is moreconcerned with exploring the conflicting perspectives of its characters. Many of them are involved with the aforementioned stage play, and their attitudes and creative methods constantly clash throughout the thirteen episodes of this season. Oshi no Ko also features some brilliant animation work that elevates its already-solid source material to new heights. Episode 6 in particular ends with a spectacular, wordless sequence on how a side character’s life changed as a result of his involvement with the play.
For me, the main highlights of this season are the in-depth, humanized exploration of the manga-to-stage-play adaptation process that covered a lot of unexpected perspectives, the compelling narrative arcs of several recurring characters (but not all of them, unfortunately), the much smoother transitions between low-stakes and high-stakes scenes (compared to the first season), and the striking visuals. I was not a huge fan of Ruby’s general absence or the (expected) soapy melodrama.
As a whole, this season was rewarding to dig into. It’s a treat for your eyes and a rollercoaster for your emotions. After seeing what it accomplished, I would highly recommend giving Oshi no Ko a try, as it was one of my favorite shows this year.
MaiDeNaBysS
This is what happens when an artist self-inserts about being an artist. Even worse this is a self-fellationary product placement ad for a Japanese theater. The writing tells the audience what to think about everything through braindead dialogue: "This is cool" "This acting is amazing" "this person is the greatest star ever" it will spend every moment dialogue-dumping exposition for the audience to tell you their feelings and motivations, and literally narrating what is being shown, on top of telling you what to think about everything. It is shamefully braindead. Rather than actually make a good show it just has characters tell you "this is thebest thing ever" about a play that is the most boring unoriginal shonen-action slop ever. The play also doubles as boring self-inserts for each character, adding another layer of uninspired artistic self-fellation to rehash the same braindead artistic melodrama as s1 ("I need to deliberately act poorly to make the performance better just like last season, believe it! I said it so it's true!") The new characters are dumb and further bloat an already bloated cast in a meandering 1-note story.
Unsurprisingly the author shows the play script get shat out overnight just like how it's by an artist who shits out weekly manga slop prioritizing quantity over quality, but this is good because they said so.
They go into detail expositing all about how important it is to properly adapt a work by taking advantage of the different medium and do an entire scene about removing all the dumb exposition dialogue in favor of conveying information through subtle scene writing, while ironically doing nothing of the sort to fix the show itself. The entire play is braindead.
The source material writer character explains that nothing about the adaptation's script matters aside from that her precious OC characters have the same personality as the source material. The adaptor explains that the generic shonen slop needs to be even more dumbed down to spoonfeed to the audience... Braindead.
Story: almost the entire season was wasted on a pointless theater arc that never mattered before finishing with pointless sidetracking with braindead reasoning.
Characters: these aren't even characters anymore, they're just whiney exposition machines the author shoves around to do whatever as needed for the plot/filler melodrama. The author frequently self inserts to tell you that good characters/acting is the opposite of real people and dumbed down spectacle garbage is the best, among many other misguided notions about art.
Art/direction: high budget, however it was almost entirely superficial spectacle adding nothing beyond jingling keys over a baby.
Marinate1016
Oshi no Ko season 2 might have started a little slow, but once it got going, we got episodes that were on par with if not better than anything in season 1. The Tokyo Blade Arc in the manga wasn’t my fave, but the love and attention to detail including anime original scenes that Doga Kobo added in the anime took it to a whole other level and over season 1’s story arc. It’s in this second season, which really feels more like a second cour of one continuous season, that we truly see the story of Oshi no Ko take shape. While the toxicityof the entertainment industry is certainly part of Oshi no Ko, it’s ultimately a revenge story and this season sees things begin to fall into place on that front. It’s a different experience from season 1 since it focuses on the play, characters’ internal struggles and it starts slow, but I promise you if you stick around this season you will be very satisfied with where things go.
So I said it before, but it’s really important to emphasise that this season of Oshi no Ko is a different sort of story from the first. I don’t want people to come into this blind and then the first couple episodes are a little annoying with the director drama and you give up watching it. Yes, she’s annoying, and yes, it gets better. It’s a lot slower at the start than last season was. No 1 hour film-like premiere, no suicide attempts etc. Instead, a lot of the conflict in this season is internal. Akane dealing with her insecurities and achieving her acting goals, Kana dealing with her feelings for Aqua and reconciling with her past, etc., the play is used as a conduit through which a lot of this happens. The characters that the cast portray in the play have many similarities and so they’re able to express themselves through those characters in ways they normally wouldn’t be able to. ESPECIALLY Aqua and Akane who get a ton of development in this season. Aqua can kind of come off as edgy and one dimensional at times, but this season shows there’s a lot more to him. For me, the slow build up to the play was entirely worth it just for the 3-4 episodes that we got of it. Doga Kobo really absorbed me into the story as if I were on the stage during the play.
Let’s face it, ship wars are a big reason for Oshi no Ko’s popularity and anime onlies could be forgiven for being a little confused on why the debate is so strong. Season 1 had Kana firmly in the lead, but this season is where the real best girl, Akane gets some of her big moments and really introduces herself as the best character in this series. This was a massive part of my enjoyment for the season because I am unapologetically a huge Akane stan and my girl delivered this season. So many memorable moments, face serves, you name it she was great. It also helps that Akane is so supportive of Aqua and is the driving force behind a lot of important plot moments. If you weren’t sure why the debates were so heated and passionate before, well you’ll know after this. Even with the staff’s obvious Kana bias, Akane was able to really shine through both in her role as Sayahime in the play and her everyday life.
Production wise Doga Kobo did an even better job in this cour than season 1 in my opinion. The Tokyo Blade play looked incredible with some episodes surpassing season 1’s B Komachi concert debut. “Magical” is the best way I could describe it. But there’s also more subtle improvements that I enjoyed a lot too such as the way episodes bleed into the ED so well. I’m a huge fan of shows ending with a scene that merges into the ED because it preserves a sort of “continuity”. Speaking of which, Burning is an incredible track, as is the OP, Fatal. They might not have the radio power of Mephisto and Idol from last season, but they’re still two very good tracks. Touched on this earlier as well, but it bears repeating. The anime original scenes that DG added really took some parts of the season to another level. They really understand the story and characters so well and know exactly when to interject a new scene to connect things.
Oshi no Ko season 2 is really where things start getting going and where a lot of the hype that you’ve indubitably seen online for this series comes from. It’s a different sort of story from season 1 and takes a minute to get going, but when it does the character development and emotional moments are top tier. If you like Oshi no Ko it’s a no brainer to keep up with s2 and for those potential newcomers, I really encourage you to go in with an open mind and don’t let the ship stuff on social media act as a deterrent. There’s some great stuff in this series and there’s a reason it’s so big.
Oshi no Ko season 2 gets 10 stars, out of 10.
NiQ1
Note - This review does not contain spoilers of this season, but does contain spoilers of the previous one! I love Oshi no Ko, but I feel like this season is a bit of a letdown compared to the last. What makes Oshi no Ko so different than the typical idol / showbiz anime is that it's anything but lighthearted. It has a strong dark side, about murder and vengeance. The first season ended with Aqua joining a stage play for the sole purpose of identifying his father, who is presumably the person behind the killing of his mother Ai, as well as himself in his pastlife. This season picks up from there.
The main issue with this season is that the vast majority of it is the preparation for the stage play and the play itself, which really feels like an average showbiz anime, one of those that you've seen one you've seen them all. The season only picks up around the 9th episode, and only then it becomes as enjoyable as the first season.
I understand that they probably wanted to stick to the source material as much as possible, which I generally consider a good thing - I don't like it when anime cuts a lot of things, but I still wander whether arc that doesn't seem very important had to take two thirds of the season.
Anyway, a 3rd season has already been announced, and at the very least the last five episodes of this season are very much worth watching and will definitely be needed to understand it. Go ahead and watch, but keep in mind that the first eight episodes might feel somewhat boring.
Chief_AJ
Oshi no ko is fantastic. It will most definitely become an anime classic, and as I've said hundreds of times, it does a fantastic job telling stories and events about the Japanese entertainment industry, good or bad. This season extends on that as it focused on how mangakas feel when their project gets an adaptation, which yes while it is an honor, can be a huge headache. The direction and theme of that entire arc was excellent and the anime did a great job telling that story. However, I love aka akasaka and this was my same issue with the manga, the revenge plot doesfeel forced. The first entire arc had me me on the edge of my seat, but once the playwright arc ended it falls a little flat. Unfortunately at this point and time it feels like they are forcing the revenge aspect of the show onto us and it doesn't feel very consistent. Great anime overall and i really believe we have a classic on our hands here. I just thought season 1 was slightly better. I give this a solid 8/10.
Legolaspt
I think this season was much better. The first few episodes were great; the setting of the entertainment industry was explored very well, besides a few oversimplifications, and I could really grasp the potential of Oshi no Ko. The pacing was good for the most part, and the production was decent. Also some of the drama was great. That being said, the dialogue and most of the characters are not great. I think Akane is the only character of the main cast that I find believable and enjoyable to watch; the others are too cartoonish and annoying. The plot isn't great neither, it is frequently dumb. Inparticular, I dislike how the characters act so competitive towards each other during the play, I don't think it's believable, nor does it make a good story. It appears like the show is trying to appeal to teenagers with cheap emotional bits, meanwhile throwing logic out of the window.
Overall, a good season from a mediocre series.
Gortysx
The Good: - Art direction is spectacular with many experiments that elevate the show to another level - Cinematic frame compositions are on top of the medium - Beautiful Character development of main and supporting roles exposing full range of emotions within the characters - Opening and Ending (especially ending) OST just fits exceptionally well (love that guitar in the endlast episode.
The Ugly:
- nil
Conclusion:
2nd Season of Oshi No Ko is a great follow up after first one. Anime is meticulously crafted. From presentation, art direction to character development it demonstrates high creative potential and passion of the studio. Story develops with each next episode and beautifully closes the arc of Tokyo Blade show. That said, ending felt somewhat puzzling and disjointed from the whole story, but sets good grounds for the 3rd Season.
Flacion
We keep digging deeper into the entertainment industry with all its drama, issues and its dark secrets behind the scenes. While we try to figure out the truth behind Aqua’ and Ruby’s past and future. In this season we first follow the Tokyo Blade arc, where Aqua stars in a theatrical show together with Akane and Kana. Where we later in the season then start to focus more on Ruby as the idol world is calling once again. For the plot of the season it is mostly structured around one major arc and then introduces a new arc. Through the major arc is the plot focused aroundthe Tokyo Blade play, and is very much focused around acting. But the plot is not just focused on their acting skill, but their reason for how they act, what drives their style of acting. This gives an in-depth feeling to the plot where it is not just a play, but a media that shows who they are as people and how they show themselves. We also get an in depth perspective to how the adaptation of a story from one media to another can be a struggle and involves many elements.
For the later arc it is somewhat a build up, it is leading up to the future and what is to come. But this is not done with small plotlines being hinted at and is instead done with bold scenes that really draws in the viewer.
For the characters, they are as amazing as the first season, where we keep getting highly detailed characters with great character progression. The characters are very consistent with the first season, where we now see them continue through new dilemmas and conflicts. We see how the characters are put in situations where they show their true side or are forced to face their problems, where they have to get through it or give up. This is not only done for the major characters, but is also shown for the side characters which helps build up the main characters, but also gives the whole show a really detailed feel to it. Overall the characters are just done right, they have their own personality, they show progress and feel like real people struggling with their own problems.
The show is also very well known for its high quality animation, which continues in this season. The animation keeps a high quality in both fast paced scenes and more intimate scenes. Both types of scenes are also supported by its artistic styles, used as symbolism to help viewers get a visual understanding for complex emotions or situations that the characters find themselves in. They also show great detail in their animation when it comes to both big and small movements, which overall helps keep the viewer invested in every second of the show.
Music has also been a big part of Oshi no Ko, for this season the music is still great but have taken a turn to songs that feel more aligned to the arcs we follow this season. This means the songs are more focused on the hard feelings characters have to go through, and less focused on the glorified idol world.
To conclude it all, can i without a doubt say it's a great season, where we get to see the plot continue, characters evolve and experience both the beautiful animation and the powerful music. So if you liked the first season can i without a doubt recommend you watch this season too.
Eleot
Absolute Cinema In Oshi no Ko Season 2, the story deepens and retains its unique charm while continuing to explore themes of reincarnation, revenge, and the complexities of the entertainment industry. Although the core plot still revolves around the twins, Aqua and Ruby, their personal journeys evolve, delving into more mature and darker territory. The season introduces more mystery, especially around the death of their mother, Ai, and hints at further supernatural elements that enhance the drama. Realism of Reactions: The emotional responses of the characters are grounded in their past experiences. Aqua’s burdened demeanor and Ruby’s eventual emotional breakdown feel natural given the weight of theirpast traumas and the overwhelming situations they face in their current lives. This psychological depth helps ground the more fantastical elements of the show
SiriusStarlight
It speaks volumes about Oshi no Ko that the story arc that has by far the best character work, most engaging storytelling and least active problems with its writing also has the absolute least to do with its fundamentals. The Tokyo Blade storyline is the best its in-depth exploration of industry mechanics gets, Kana and Akane's dynamic gets explored with so much more depth, and even Aqua has some more interesting internal conflicts to deal with. Melt's highlight episode is even one of my strongest contenders for episode of the year. And once this arc ends it immediately goes back to being as shallow, pretentiousand condescending as it was in season 1 like it never stopped. My highest praises I can sing for season 2 is that the first two thirds where it stops being Oshi no Ko are also by far the best that it has to offer.
noruffle
Honestly, I'm not usually a fan of the drama genre, but this work of art has completely blown me away. It's the most beautiful, intriguing, and masterful thing I’ve seen in years outside of the action and isekai genres. The theater arc did an amazing job of helping us understand and explore both new and returning characters in Oshi No Ko. The dialogues are filled with emotion and depth, making every interaction incredibly impactful. I had chills almost every episode, which only increased my anticipation for the next one. I have no regrets about watching the second season—I’m a fan of the first season, and Ienjoyed both the first and second seasons immensely. I’m eagerly awaiting the third season, hoping it won’t be the last, as there’s so much more to learn about the Oshi No Ko universe.
The soundtrack, opening, and ending themes are simply spectacular. I enjoyed them so much that I even added the tracks to my playlist.
My verdict: 10/10.
GrandioseHD
Oshi no Ko season 2 is a major step up from season 1. The quality of season 1 dropped after the first episode, in my opinion. This season provided real intrigue, rather than by the numbers "here's how the industry works" and "being an idol is hard" stuff that's been done to death (just watch Perfect Blue for that). There was still some, but it was properly balanced with more gritty bits. My only major complaint is that the theater arc took too many episodes to wrap up. I wasn't interested in the side plot involving the mangaka, and I'm sure that character will never appearagain.
Ruby's character development was much needed in this season. She had very little in the first season, and the first half of the second. Oshi no Ko is at its best when it delves into its horror elements, so please keep it coming! Unlike with season 1, the second half of season 2 had me wanting more, now!
The animation, music, and sound were great as per usual with Oshi no Ko. I particularly appreciated the abstract animation sequences with Ruby and Akane's inner thoughts.
I liked this season's OP a bit more than the first, but that's likely an unpopular take. The ED was great as well.
Overall, I'm feeling a strong 7 for this season. Had the last arc been a bit longer, it could have touched a light 8. I'm liking what I'm seeing, please keep it up for season 3!
_Maria_chan_
As a manga reader I knew everything about this season from the start. But if you haven't read the manga, you're going to get a lot of twists in this season. Many new faces are seen in this season. I never thought I'd enjoy it so much despite getting the spoiler. Talking about the animation quality, Doga Kobo has done a great job. Speaking of characters, I found some of the characters here to be pretty stupid, but you might like them. Because this is my personal opinion. But as always my favorite character Arima Kana's character has developed a lot. Also now you will seesomething new in Ruby.
Here at the beginning, the anime starts with an extraordinary theatrical production (Tokyo Blade). Also along with the main character's revenge mindset, some romantic moments and the plot twist made the whole anime a lot more awesome than last season.
Maybe not everyone likes this type of anime. Because everyone likes different genre. I'm an action genre lover. But despite that, I really enjoyed this season. For me 9/10
FrierenSimpKing
So I have to be honest, while I *loved* the first season - and I really did love it, my rating for it is a 10 (which is a rating I am very reserved with), I also loved it because of the "gimmick". What I am trying to say is that it was a season where I felt there were a few incredible, top tier episodes that rank as among the best episodes I have ever seen across all of TV, but then the rest of the season could often feel a lot more average in comparison. There was sloppiness to it, some amazing highsthat hit fantastically well, but the rest of it wasn't coming together quite that well.
So I was not sure whether I'd be able to love the second season too. Obviously the gimmick, the element of surprise, was gone. You can only do that once. Now the second season would have to stand on the basis of its story, plotting, pacing, characterization and interactions, theming, and I simply wasn't sure if it would be able to do that as well. And for the first couple of episodes, it honestly felt like it wouldn't be able to. The first couple of episodes feel very flaccid and sloppy, and it felt like my worst fears regarding this season would be coming true.
But this season really hits its strides from there on out. The theatre arc is used to do some fantastic psychological deep dives into a lot of characters, new characters are introduced, and new dynamics and interactions are seen, new harsh realities about the entertainment world are learnt, new relationships are formed while existing ones grow and evolve. Oshi no Ko is often at its best when it turns a lens to the realities of the entertainment world, and season 2 is another unflinching look at how uncompromising and brutal on the very creatives that fuel it the world of Japanese entertainment truly can be. Oshi no Ko is often at its best when it delves into the psyches of its characters - and season 2 does this repeatedly, multiple times, with multiple characters.
And obviously there is the larger story. It takes its time to get to it, but Oshi no Ko's second season does finally start to move things along as far as the bigger plot line goes. I don't want to delve into any specifics, but there are multiple holy shit moments, multiple scenes and reveals that gave me goosebumps, as the narrative context, the visual framing, the animation, and the music all swelled to a crescendo of realization and the weight of the moment upon me.
And yes, like the first season, this is a beautifully drawn and animated show, with multiple frames that are works of art in their own right, and a lethally effective use of music that could positively be weaponized into a form of emotional warfare. The new opening and ending hold up their ends of the bargain, bringing a fantastic new flavour to set the stage and close things out respectively. Opinions will be divided on whether or not these are better than the first season's now iconic ones (personally, I think Season 1's Idol is a better opening than this season's Fatale, and I think this season's Burning is a better ending than Season 1's Mephisto), but that doesn't really matter, the broader point is they're fantastic nonetheless.
And really, that's what it comes down to. Do I like this second season more than the first season? To me it is - it is comprehensively better executed on every single front across the board, it addresses the first season's weaknesses while building on its many strengths, it is far more consistent, with far fewer lulls than the first season (and the lower points being better than the lower points in the first season were), and it has its own incredibly high highs - they don't match the impact of season 1's highs, but they are *very* great regardless, and it all balances out to me preferring the second season overall. But I can very well understand why someone might prefer the first season - the first season at its best is *amazing*, and if it resonates with you in those moments, few other things can measure up to that.
All of which is to say, both of these are amazing seasons. You aren't guaranteed to like season 2 more than season 1 (I do, sure, but that doesn't mean you will). But even if you don't, you're going to love it a lot regardless. Oshi no Ko is 2/2 now with two top tier peak seasons of television. I can't wait to see what Season 3 brings to the table.
Guthem
If you saw the first season, you obviously waited to see the second. The facts are now denser, the sagas are a little long, but the show holds up The story continues to delve into feelings, and also focuses on work and daily routine. Details of the work, I thought that was out of the ordinary, It's really good, because it talks about things that we like, and some may not know about. Seriously, watch the information closely I'm a designer, and one of the sagas presents details that I really liked having covered. While in the same saga, facts happen that make the saga a little long,tiring, but, knowing that the plot is good, This is normal, and for me it is one of the facts that makes me give it a 9
I highly recommend it
luxray978
Oshi no Ko season 2 massively builds upon the foundation set in its first season. The already amazing animation comes back stronger than ever, character arcs feel more integrated and deeper. The slightly odd aspects to the show have massively reduced screen time and previously sidelined concepts find themselves thoroughly explored. I debated a lot on rating but my feeling heading out of it is a 9/10, the greatest season to season improvement I’ve seen yet. To start with the animation here is gorgeous, the previous season had made good use of light shadow and color but still had some generic looking scenes. In thesecond season every single shot is jam packed with color and emotion. If they cannot come up with something for a shot the frequent cut aways to amazing unique animation to explain concepts serve to fill the void. Multiple color palettes are used depending on the context but all of them are amazing. The animations of the now required dynamic fights in the theater sections were also extremely well done and would’ve easily been the best in a normal season if not for strong competition from Elusive Samurai.
Continuing with visuals the character designs continue to be very strong with the returning star motif and the stage outfits being great stand outs. In my opinion the star motif in particular felt even more strongly used this season and it was a great way to convey someone’s state changing without needing to spell it out for viewers. The outfit choices for everyday wear were also great and I really enjoyed looking at them for my own style inspiration. It’s very refreshing to see women dressed normally (or normal for their social status in a few cases) instead of what we often see in anime. Akane’s outfits in particular are very similar to the types of things I like to wear.
I’m not a musician so I usually refrain from commentary on soundtracks as I don’t understand the dynamics at play but I wanted to call out the strong showing here. The piano themes they use for backing in tense scenes are really good and the insert songs, OPs and EDs remain great as well.
My strongest criticism of Oshi No Ko in the past has been it’s treatment of women. Especially in the first season the way women hoard around aqua and fawn over him was extremely annoying and while it might be something funny or interesting for me really takes things away from me. This aspect is still present in the second season but finds itself massively diminished in favor of an arc that focuses on two women's dreams to the exclusion of their affections. This is a massively beneficial change that saves the show from what could’ve been a disaster. This is not to say they completely ignore this dynamic but I’m very happy with the direction they are going and found myself far less annoyed.
Similarly I found the treatment of the Idol aspects in the first season to be a bit pedestrian and uninteresting, serving to somewhat glorify the industry in something I think should showcase why it’s terrible for young women. The second season while having a bit of this massively cleans up it’s act in this regard. The focus away from these aspects into other portions of the show I find more interesting certainly went a long way in improving my opinion of this season.
Continuing on this I’m very happy with the way the show has been treating women as human beings with their own dreams. Even women with romantic attraction have other things going on in their life that they consider important. They aren’t one dimensional and can coexist on multiple fronts like real people, especially highlighted by a sound off your dreams moment in the last episode. I touched upon this earlier but this decision massively improves the stage play arc by making it about their career goals instead of something to do with possession of Aqua. The largest exception to this behavior is probably R
uby and to a lesser degree Kana. In Ruby’s case I do find her brocon cutaways to be grating, unfunny, and uninteresting however it does also seem like the show portrays this as a character failing. With Kana I find the situation to be less distasteful, sometimes funny, and still a little bit annoying and once again it does seem like future development is in store for this.
The characterization of the cast outside of romance is just generally extremely good. You get a great idea of *why* people do things and it refuses to play into the idea that people do things for no reason. People have convictions behind their actions which can be explored and deconstructed if you take the time to understand them. The depictions of despair are also really great and I was happy to see one of my favorite motifs portrayed so well. There’s a few blunders present, most notably an extremely simple scene involving a musician but these are stand outs in part because of their length and are easy to let fly you by.
The last episode served as a capstone integrating best in the series with its otherworldly visuals, well placed insert, and deepening mystery. They’ve managed to transform me from someone who was debating watching season 2 at all to someone who is quite excited to see where DogaKobo goes next.
Aku30
Oshi No Ko is by far the best modern anime about the entertainment industry. You'll see a lot of happy faces and good/bad acting mixed with the dark sides the viewers don't usually see on screen. While you get to experience a strong and solid build-up in season 1 things will slow down quite a bit for season 2 (or do they...?) Judging season 2 by itself I have to give my personal experience which was mostly thinking about how much they talk things through to a point where I couldn't follow as much as wanted. You're slowly drifting away from the twins' story towards a fantasyland of Hollywood where your dreams come true only to wake up from that tiny bit of information needed to progress or have the next mental breakdown. When you jump up and down on your seat while tearing up from excitement about what just happened - that's when you know you are more than invested into the story and characters.
There are a few examples of perfect music like Bleach where goosebumps are basically included in the fight scenes only with sound. Then there's Re:Zero to sometimes not even have an ending playing for a specific episode because someone knew it would instantly break your immersion. Oshi No Ko has a simple yet complex answer to that: Start an episode with opening, end the episode with ending. Complex for this means each episode you will be greeted with an overall opening that makes sense throughout the season but also the ending that somehow fits to every episode. Sound and ambience are not really noticeable but that's exactly what the viewer needs. Small helpers for powerful scenes to have an even stronger impact.
Kenzu_
The second season of Oshi no Ko really surprised me. At first, it was hard to motivate myself to watch it because of the not-so-interesting theater preparations, but as more and more plot twists appeared, I was pleasantly surprised. The second season doesn’t focus much on idols but rather on advancing the storyline, which initially put me off, but I grew to really like it. Thanks to the second season, I felt even more connected to the story, and it has become one of my favorite anime. The animation is excellent; the anime is both shocking and humorous, and the characters are really well-written. As I mentioned, thesecond season doesn’t resemble the first at all and focuses more on storyline development, but in my opinion, that’s a plus.
bearsealfactory
I'll admit, I underestimated this anime. By the end of the season, I found it was akin to Shakespeare's works. Never underestimate the capacity of modern artists. People praise the past because we can't touch it anymore, but he present makes a strong showing. Take heart fellow humans! We move forward into the future. It may be bleak, and the rich continue to torment those who weren't lucky since birth, but we are the ones who carry our species into the future. Let the artists and writers of this anime be proof of that. Please ignore this. I have said what I need to say. Ihave watched many anime as I think the websites history can attest. I am 31 and am an expert by sheer hours watched. Yet as I sit here drunk, the AI that maybe? governs the site demands more words from me before I can publish a review? I will write more, but what I put above should be sufficient and if anyone disagrees it only proves they haven't watched this anime. Let's see:
"Is the story unique? If it was predictable, did you enjoy it anyway because you like this genre/set-up?"
Fuck off. Nothing is unique. I am an isekai slut. Therefoere maybe the Shakesperian tragedy destroyed my braincell.
"Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?"
An abstract question that makes itself stupid. The artists are amazing.
"Were the characters well-rounded? Did they have flaws and strengths, or were they unusually strong/smart/stupid?"
Yes.
"Did the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way?"
Revenge driven narative. Oh yeah, baby!
"Do you think others will enjoy/dislike this series, even if you didn't? Why?"
Yes, because human...
Can I post my review now? What in the hell was the first paragraph blocked for? If this gets posted, it is an interesting dichotomy. I gush because this anime shows me what english teachers expected me to feel for the classics. I decide to watch an animated show, and I experience the pinnacle of human artistry. I say so plainly and AI or something is like answer these specific questions. I don't know if human driven art is more impressive or if human driven autism is. Let me post after all this typing or fucking kill me you bastard.
