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| I rarely find myself as immersed into something as I was watching this. Absolutely fantastic first episode! (first movie??) |
| "Lies will eventually become the truth" Great prologue episode. Every detail fit iin nicely, starting from rebirth of both the babies and both being her loving fans. I loved their dynamics the humor, the serious aspects, how their different personalities gel together well, their past being brought up slowly and how they connect with it in the present. Their thought process really makes you invested. ( on a side note respect aqua, didnt want ai to nurse him to how much he adores and cares about her) Pretty much shed the light on the idol and entertainment industry, how ai fabricated herself on the basis of her version of "lies" and wanting to one day turn them into truth, i loved her character from the moment she had her first talk with aqua when he was still in the previous life as a doctor, her connection with the people around her with her kids, how she shone as a light for others while having a part dark side of her. The last scene her parting words, she really left a big impression for sure. Rie takashi did total justice to her character as expected.  Not only ai i and the babys i found other characters refreshing and interesting too especially the director, i loved how he explains the film industry and his perspective of it. Also his personality is pretty cool. The director as well and his wife too who actually got development surprisingly from being so materialistic to actually caring for the babies legitimately to the point of being their adoptive mother wiillingly. Coming to the plot twist by the time they showed ai calling the "father" and the stalker turning up i pretty much figured out who might be the culprit, still could be wrong in the future with how the writing is which is amazing. Also the disappearence of ai's pupil whiile she passed away, her lifeless face to the personality change in Aqua with that expression in him going up to the director, like great work by the director. top notch and akasaka is a genius first with kaguya sama and now oshi no ko. Now the real story begins to find the "Father" or rather the killer, Doga kobo did an amazing job, from the direction ,character art and design, fluid detailed animation, ost, aethetics and color palette. My favorite shot from the episode for real [font="\"Proxima Nova Regular\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"]https://imgur.com/BaEpYoh[/font] Looking forward to the next episode. this is exciting |
| It's an idol anime but it got a mystery fan like me hooked. I was wondering when the stalker would reappear after he killed Gorou, I was wondering if he was the father at first but that wouldn't make sense after seeing what his room looked like. I can't believe the father is the one that fed the information to the stalker,(hello tantei no tantei plot) like it makes no sense to be wanting to get the person you were in a relationship with to be killed.. |
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| God this anime fills me with rage, not because of the show or content but because of the things it portrays. The below pisses me off Idol culture - cringe inducing garbage Idol fans - in the real world they are the worst. In fact, I hate any kind of pandering to celebrities. Idols - I don't know much about them but celebrities and the entertainment industry are full of posers and toxic bastards. I know people who directly knew some big time celebrities on my country. They are the worst human being on the planet (who don't really commit actual crimes). They have nasty, inflated egos and are just the worst. This show looks like it will showcase this quite well. The plot is okay I guess. The rebirth thing is interesting if they expand it further. I liked the fact the MC is gonna find his/her killer's informant . As an anime first episode, it is an 8/10. And I can think of recommended it to others. But personally I would probably give the show a 4/10 because I detest idol culture, toxic posers, fans who pander to celebrities and these kinds of rich people. I couldn't like the way her reincarnated kids are so infatuated with her (shitty fan culture). I am so angry that they studio/author has done such a good job but the premise is what I have extreme odium towards. . |
| bro wtf lmao i totally don't give a single fuck about the rating + i only watched 3 episodes of fmab and it wasn't that good i rate anime based on how much i liked it and i don't care if any other anime that i love drop from first to fucking 1000 cause that won't effect the quality or anything about the show. |
| Can't say I care about the theme of the idol industry, so I'll give it a few episodes before deciding about the next move Ai was super cute, it's a real shame she got offed lol Ruby's past life was pretty sad ngl. The production was great, I love the different animation style in the whole scene when Ai got knifed Cool pilot episode, although not sure a movie length episode was the way to go. Feels like this is the highest point this anime will reach, or does it get "even" better at some point? |
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| As a manga reader, this 1st episode has most certainly exceeded my expectations and I'm awestruck by how almost perfect this 1st episode was as an adaptation. I'm willing to say that this 1st ep was better than the first 10 chapters of the manga and Doga kobo has definitely surprised me. When I first heard that the adaptation was by Doga kobo, I was a little disappointed and worried as to how well they will be able to adapt this cause I've only seen cutesy romcom anime from the studio, but It seems I underestimated them. I was worried if they would be able adapt the amazing artstyle of the manga by Yokoyari sensei, but this 1st ep was prettier than anything I imagined. They also adapted the story and emotions from the manga perfectly and I genuinely have nothing bad to say about this adaptation. Also the new Yoasobi song bangs. So, in short as a manga to anime adaptation, this is perfect. |
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Confused_100 said: Aw man, I hate when that happens. Can you guess if the anime will possibly stop before it reaches the peak, or the bad parts?MugiwaraJopa said: Can't say I care about the theme of the idol industry, so I'll give it a few episodes before deciding about the next move Ai was super cute, it's a real shame she got offed lol Ruby's past life was pretty sad ngl. The production was great, I love the different animation style in the whole scene when Ai got knifed Cool pilot episode, although not sure a movie length episode was the way to go. Feels like this is the highest point this anime will reach, or does it get "even" better at some point? If you want my answer on this as I read the manga and answer honestly. There are good points afterwards but it does reach a peak and stops progressing afterwards as well as forgetting its own identity. As in there are pointless storyplot points, it’s a writer problem as he was writing Kaguya at the time. |
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| Somehow they managed to make this shot even more traumatizing compared to the manga omg |
| It was pretty awesome episode. I loved it so much and I didn't get enough from it. I'm pretty excited for watching the other episodes and to see what'll happen next and how it's going to end. I wished that Ai will have a happy ending with her children, but not everything we wish for can get😭 |
| What an absolutely fantastic premiere. As a manga reader, I was a bit scared regarding the movie format as I felt some scenes would not hit as hard due to a faster pace. But in the end, I still ended up crying. The VA work was so amazing, especially Rieri knocked it out of the park as Ai. The music was also excellent as expected from an "idol" show. And damn, while I never had any doubts about Doga Kobo, they really came out swinging for this. I remember people being worried that they only made SoL shows and were not a good fit for the material. Well, I hope they are satisfied now. All in all, one of the best 1st episode I have seen, if you can call it an episode. 10/10 |
| AOTY. I'm blown away. This is one of the most original premises I've ever seen. A perfect one-shot honestly. |
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| damn that hit hard |
| Doga Kobo will finally get the respect it deserves after adaptation that amazing. Beautiful episode that somehow surpassed the manga a little. |
| mlem Also read Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru (Bless Botan) |
| It was a great "movie", very clever on the part of the producers to turn the prologue into a film, very emotional and that's the highlight of Oshi no Ko, unfortunately we reached the peak right at the beginning, from here on the level will decline. Let's enjoy it while we can. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
| An amazingly wonderful show, 11/10. But God damn if it ain't a bad idea to watch it if you're in a dark place. If this doesn't make you cry then you have no heart. |
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| I've been following the series for a while since I discovered it was made by Aka Akasaka, the creator of Kaguya-Sama, probably one of my favorite anime/manga ever (as if my profile didn't hint at that already), and I came in with some concern when it came to how they would adapt the manga, and after watching the almost feature-length episode (goddamn), I can say that it was worth it. It's been a while since I read the manga so my memory is a bit blurry when it comes to the events, but at least the benefit of that is that I got to reexperience the start of this great story all over again, and while I was worried that the adaptation would be another average anime, it just kept on kicking me in the face with great shot after great shot, so much that I even had to pause at some moments and rewatch... Every other aspect aside from the animation was also really great. While at first I had some whiplash from the color choices compared to how I imagined the characters in the manga, all that dissapeared completely once I actually got well invested in the episode. The music was also pretty good, although I'm not too big into idol culture, the music in the episode did it's job, as well as some of the non-idol tracks. Overall, I am incredibly happy with how this episode turned out (so much in fact that I already gave the series a 9/10, which is something I pretty much never do with anime that haven't finished airing). I'm glad that this adaptation and the wonderful duo behind the original manga (Akasaka and Mengo) are getting all the love they deserve. The anime is probably gonna plummet in ratings sooner or later because that's just how things roll, but I'm at least happy that Akasaka is on the path of going from "the kaguya guy" to a well respected writer/artist in the animanga community, and even if he doesn't, he's getting plenty of love from the people adapting his works. Can't wait for the next episode! |
| I'm totally speechless, crying out loud, memorable moments,and lastly magnificent for the Episode 1.. |
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| I was going into this thinking "How could they make Ai's death more impactful for me...a manga reader?" God damn. That Music...that voice acting...perfection. One my biggest things I loved was the color transitioning in the eyes when something was happening whether good or bad. So fucking good. Loved the direction of this. WELL deserved 10/10 |
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| Absolutely perfect first episode. The manga prologue was already stunning and this adaptation has just lifted it up to new levels of awesomeness. Beautiful animation, great soundtrack (including insert songs and OP) and an even more impressive story and characters. This is definitely the new series to watch this season. |
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| throughout the episode didnt really paint ai in a good light, for someone whose been abandoned as a parent and wants to be a "good parent" and give as much love to her kids, why she choose to be a single mother almost didnt pity her but that death face she made was really fucking sad to see, both disturbing and sad. once it got to the revenge part then the show piqued my interests more |
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| I didn't know anything about this going into the first episode and I would say its one of the best first episodes in an anime period. |
| i am speechless. i kinda dreaded watching a 1.5 hour long first episode but i take that back as i wasn't bored even once. damn |
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| ................ .................... I went this super blind and Y'know what i'm too speechless to think abt my opinion on this first 1 hour+ episode cause err this episode mentally broke me thanks a lot Oshi no Ko ^_^ Overall this is already peakest fiction of peak fiction other than that yeh but holy hell wth is the score on this anime overarching 9.36 ranking 1st as of rn that's ridiculous asf xd |
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