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| Very good first episode, making it about 90 min long was the right choice, week to week episodes wouldn't have had this impact. |
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| You can't mentally be fully prepared for death like that even with time in advance. In this case, spoilers from months ago. |
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| As a manga reader, this episode absolutely destroyed me. I was really surprised that this was an hour and twenty minute episode, but I think it was perfect, getting to see all of the events of the 'prologue' play out, without any cuts. Rie Takahashi was just incredible as Ai, honestly she was everything I had in head, as I was reading the manga. You really saw and felt her sparkle, she was absolutely magnetic and I adored her performance. Also her death scene was just... god, the manga made me cry and made it hurt but this was just... a lot. And by a lot I mean I ended up watching the scene twice because the first time I literally couldn't see the screen through my tears lmao. Her talent is really something else. And Yurie Igoma was so so good as Ruby, I can't believe the emotions she was able to pull out when it really mattered, during her rant after Ai's death. It totally floored me. It just makes me so nervous and excited, for everything to come in Ruby and Aqua's future. And there's so much else I could talk about, the music, the pacing, the feeling- it all captured the manga so perfectly. If it keeps up at this level... I hate to hype up anime, but it really could be my anime of the year. It's always scary seeing a manga you love get adapted, so this really made me so happy. They absolutely nailed it! And I know manga readers always say things like this, but really... if you're anime-only, you're in for such a treat; the storytelling of "Oshi no Ko" is really something special. Really can't wait for next week, it's going to be difficult, having to be so patient. In the meantime, I'll be missing Ai, all over again. ♡ |
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| Man the first episode was an emotional rollercoaster. The stab seen was too much for me. Overall, they did anime good with animation, VA and sounds. 10/10 I never did went past few chapters ahead of what was here so I am quite eager to see what is up next. I wanna know how they kill him, the informator. I hope it's painful. |
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| Great first episode. Because it had so much to it than your regular 24 min first eps, it's one of the best first episodes I've ever watched. Good execution of an already well written prologue. All I'm hoping for is that the story continues to carry forward the momentum built by a monster of a first episode. |
| Loved it, I can't wait to see more Akane |
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Mariiooo22 said: I was one of the doubters when doga kobo was announced as studio but man, they did deliver so god damn well! Details on eyes, directing, pacing, animations, music I liked all of it. Seriously? I thought Doga Kobo was the perfect studio for this. I'm mean 99% of their anime feature cute girls |
billybubApr 12, 2023 12:49 PM
| A feature-length first episode is something that I'm not used to seeing from a T.V anime, but that extended length was needed to make this first episode one hell of a rollercoaster of emotions. From the writer that created the fantastic Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War, the way that the characters interacted, from the comedic moments to the more serious ones, it had that familiar quality to it that I enjoyed from Akasaka's other work, which I enjoyed a lot. Ai Hoshino having two kids who're actually two characters from earlier, Sarina and the Doctor, reincarnated intwo ker kids, does make for an interesting concept, as was seeing them grow up as the years go by, seeing how tough the entertainment industry can be and how they would deal with it. Sadly, when things were looking pretty comfortable, that's where the moment that Ai got fatally stabbed really hit hard. She's not the kindest or smartest character out there, but I was liking how Ai was doing her best and improving on herself as the episode went on. So when she uttered the words "I love you" to her kids before she died, it got me tearing up easily. :'( I'm impressed with Doga Kobo with the production values. When they go for it, the results look tremendous and this episode was proof of how much care was put into the visuals and animation, the highlight being Aqua declaring his revenge on the one he thinks his responsible for leaking info of Ai's address for the psycho fan to go and kill her, where the animation went further beyond, resulting in something truly spectacular. This season has some heavy hitters, as does the rest of the year to be frank, but in terms of opening episodes, this one is probably the best so far this entire year. I hope that the rest of this series can maintain this quality as much as it can, both in terms of story and production vales. =) |
K_Ram said: are all the episodes going to be this long or only the first one? I think those will have the normal length after this episode (20-25 min), the premiere being really long was a good choice but the rest of the series should be fine with the regular length episodes. |
| A masterpiece, I don't have too many words. |
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Aika said: Fr. At least we got 2 seconds of her greatness this episode! Can't wait to see anime watchers reactions to the next few arcsLoved it, I can't wait to see more Akane |
| the whole "idol industry bad, idol fans bad" shtick has been done a million times so its nothing new but this really presented an interesting mystery if this is gonna be more of a mystery thriller than an industry critique, im all up for it also, proselytizing? belaboring? force majeure? who the fuck subbed this, discord? lmao |
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| That was the best first episode of anything I have seen in years. |
| This was amazing cant wait for the next episode |
| welp, you know you've seen way too many anime when it became obvious both he and the girl in the hospital were gonna be reborn as the kids, i mean, as soon as my man was at the cliff edge, i was like "he's gonna get pushed off" lol also that Ai was eventually gonna be killed by the stalker, and as soon as that door bell rang, i was like (425) ah shit here we go again - YouTube regardless, nice to see an idol anime with a darker tone, super interested to see where this one goes definitely didnt see them talking like that as babies coming though LMAO, that shit was cute af |
EcchiGodMamsterApr 12, 2023 12:59 PM
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| That death scene was one of the most beatiful and sad scenes in anime that i had watched in a good while. What an absurd start, not only movie lenght it was movie quality too. |
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Miryuo said: Family can do that to yousomehow i almost cried watching this even though i have a strong heart lmao |
| What a masterful start to the anime. I so look forward to seeing more. It has everything for me. Bring on the next episode as I am curious where this mystery will lead them all to |
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| Holy shit! I started to think that they had compiled 11 shorter episodes into a movie or something and that it was coming to an end... But it was an hour long prologue for a murder mystery! |
| I know it's not really fair to say this considering the length of the episode, but that was genuinely the best pilot episode I've ever seen. |
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| Uwaaaaah that post ending scene! Stop it hurts, I have to relive this tragedy in color and now it's voiced. The YOASOBI opening theme song as the premie episodes ending song has such a vibe that it worked. Dam whoever was on the marketing team promoting this anime with Ai themed videos and illustrations just to drop the bomb of her death really got me again. This is one of my favorite recent seinen manga I was reading and wow the Author of Love is War really knows how to cook. We got a peek of what kind of narratives he can write in the non-comedic parts of Love is War, glad to see we got a series where he can focus on this aspect. |
| I love it if not for her being pregnant at 16 and a oldman being reincarnated as her baby. Atleast he isn't a creepy pervert or that stalker thats one good thing |
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| that was a crazy good adaptation of the prologue chapters what the actual fuck |
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| I don’t care what others will say, Oshi no Ko ep 1 is my episode of the season now. |
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| If I'm honest, I can't remember the last time something made such an impact on me. I didn't expect this adaptation to be so perfectly done. Admittedly, I've only read one volume of the manga so far, and it ends almost exactly where the opening episode did, but if I'm honest, the anime struck me even more, and that's despite the fact that I knew what was going to happen. By the way, as if anyone wants to read it, I recommend the Yen Press release, superb translation and very comprehensive notes section at the end. Oh, and also Takahashi Rie. Hands down, this is her best role. The way she played Ai.... I can't even find the words to describe it. Ronninn said: this show can't decide if it wants to be melodramatic or funny (which most of the jokes just feels so out of fucking place) or not You finished almost 800 series and you still didn't get the Japanese storytelling? Wow. It was always like this. In anime, manga, games and dramas. One of the reasons why I'm so madly in Love in Japanese entertainment for 2 decades already. |
rsc-plApr 12, 2023 2:58 PM
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