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May 7, 2023 4:22 AM
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He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.
May 7, 2023 4:32 AM
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I think that he's just too self-conscious
May 7, 2023 4:34 AM
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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

It not lack of self confidence it’s the fact he doesn’t think he needs to be an actor to reach he goal.
May 7, 2023 4:47 AM
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JoltieRL said:
I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.


I mean, low self-esteem is a pretty common trait, and does not always line up with reality. As for why might have low self-esteem? It might be because he has high standards, and he compares himself to the other people he sees in the industry who typically have far greater experience or are even more prodigious than he is. Though it is likely much of it stems from his past trauma that he experienced as a child, and how he wasn't able to save his mother Ai. His overall sense of self-worth was diminished as a result of him feeling like he failed to save Ai.

All revenge is driven in no small part by feelings of inadequacy, that one was unable to stop the original crime from taking place, so they seek retribution as recompense. The difference between vengeance and justice becomes a bit more apparent once your drive for retribution becomes so great that it is more self-serving than out of any duty to the harmed or deceased.
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May 7, 2023 5:25 AM
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I don't think that Aqua lacks self-confidence as long he is scared of showbussines world due to what happened to Ai and what all goods and bad that world can give.
May 7, 2023 5:53 AM
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let's say he's a milder Eren
May 7, 2023 6:39 AM
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CreepHazard said:
let's say he's a milder Eren

dumbest thing ive read today lol
May 7, 2023 6:57 AM
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SparCy said:
JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

It not lack of self confidence it’s the fact he doesn’t think he needs to be an actor to reach he goal.

no...the reason he is acting is different it's not what u think.... there is a goal for why his is acting ..
May 7, 2023 6:57 AM
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crackdaddy said:
CreepHazard said:
let's say he's a milder Eren

dumbest thing ive read today lol

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power
May 7, 2023 7:00 AM
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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

btw it's not because he is not a great actor it's just that he is comparing himself to Ai and he has taken all the blame of her death on him so that the reason Ruby moved on and he couldn't .....so due to that he wants to become an actor cause Ai said it in her last words but he is not able to enjoy it due to his revenge plan directly conned with the industry
May 7, 2023 7:17 AM
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he's an edge lord, lol
May 7, 2023 7:33 AM
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I think he lacks iq points
May 7, 2023 7:40 AM

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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

Oh u know. Bcuz his idol/mother died in front of his eyes. Not only that.
It also made him stop progressing his acting career bcuz Ai was the one who mentioned that he’s good at acting. Now that she’s gone, he’s basically left with nothing, but a mission to kill the father.
May 7, 2023 8:24 AM
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i think his IQ is too high
May 7, 2023 8:29 AM
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animeIs4Children said:
I think he lacks iq points
he does not. u do. his iq is 345234242353465465456346
May 7, 2023 8:38 AM

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CreepHazard said:
crackdaddy said:

dumbest thing ive read today lol

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power
They are similar in the context of the plot given how their character arc is set up in the beginning of the story but not in characterisation...
May 7, 2023 8:40 AM
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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

So like. Part of me wants to say one thing. But I think this is probably the best answer:
Aqua’s character is so prominent that (atleast for me) I wouldn’t blame you to forget that he’s a reincarnated person. In his past life he was a doctor in the middle of nowhere loner. So as Aqua he might not really have a care or fear of other peoples opinions because it doesn’t effect his end goal or something and that’s why he doesn’t feel shy talking to people, but he may still not have self esteem stemming from his past life’s experiences. Yeah he may be smart and now handsome, but he may not really feel that way.
May 7, 2023 10:29 AM
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When he was talking about his acting he gave himself credit about how he was great at understanding the author's intentions and emotions behind a scene,
I think someone with low self-esteem would have said something along the lines of:
"this is useless" or "it was easy but nobody other than me actually cared enough to try", and start trying to diminish their intuition/talent.
So I don't think it's low self-esteem but I think he put Ai on a pedestal and his image of her now is too perfect and has unrealistically high expectations to the point that whenever he compares himself to these expectations/pedestal/image of Ai he thinks he is a fraud
May 7, 2023 10:47 AM

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DoruCatana said:
CreepHazard said:

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power
They are similar in the context of the plot given how their character arc is set up in the beginning of the story but not in characterisation...

well aqua doesn't particularly get much development throughout the series so that's still kind of accurate ig? Anyways I just took that example because everyone knows the edgelord that is Eren and it's somewhat similar to aqua, would make it easy to understand.
May 7, 2023 11:53 AM
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i guess he does but idk
May 7, 2023 12:09 PM

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Its not exactly lack confidence or self-conscious. Otherwise, he wouldnt be able to improvise an act or pull off what he did in episode 3. It's self-deprecation. Because he blames himself for Ai's death and puts her on such a high pedestal thinking what could have been if Ai was still alive. Or something like that.
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May 7, 2023 12:41 PM
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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

self confidence he has it's self esteem that he lacks.
self confidence is knowing your ability (hence aqua's ability to use his environment to shine the spotlight on himself, he knows this is effective), self esteem is believing in your ability (aqua does not think his acting ability is good). One can have self-confidence but not have self esteem
May 8, 2023 4:41 AM
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I think Aqua just think that the acting he did as a kid was bc he had the mind set of an adult

And in his recent acting,he thinks that "it just making use of background than actual talent",while knowing how to use background is a talent on its own,just Aqua not acknowledging it as one
May 8, 2023 6:23 AM
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CreepHazard said:
crackdaddy said:

dumbest thing ive read today lol

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power

Yeah he was right, this is the dumbest thing I have read…

Edit: Aqua just feels like he came from classroom of the elite, while Eren came from code geass (except for that AOT ending…). Both totally different as characters, motivations and personalities, and as you said in another comment one develops (except for the ending lol, i won’t let that one go), while the other mostly doesn’t.
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animeis5children said:
animeIs4Children said:
I think he lacks iq points
he does not. u do. his iq is 345234242353465465456346

Way too much 346 and 2s in there lol
May 8, 2023 7:48 AM

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Confused_100 said:
CreepHazard said:

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power

Yeah he was right, this is the dumbest thing I have read…

Edit: Aqua just feels like he came from classroom of the elite, while Eren came from code geass (except for that AOT ending…). Both totally different as characters, motivations and personalities, and as you said in another comment one develops (except for the ending lol, i won’t let that one go), while the other mostly doesn’t.

I mean sure, I just wanted a pretty well known example that people could compare to.
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CreepHazard said:
DoruCatana said:
They are similar in the context of the plot given how their character arc is set up in the beginning of the story but not in characterisation...

well aqua doesn't particularly get much development throughout the series so that's still kind of accurate ig? Anyways I just took that example because everyone knows the edgelord that is Eren and it's somewhat similar to aqua, would make it easy to understand.
I can't disagree that much regarding the "edgelord part" :))....Similar in the set up for the plot, different in the way they are at that moment and going forward...Aqua being much more self aware and self concious, at the end of the day, using revenge to cope, while Eren actively seeking payback as the end goal, for the most part....
May 8, 2023 12:31 PM
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JoltieRL said:
He quitted acting because he thinks he's not talented, but he showed great prowess while acting as the stalker in ep 4, he was ad-libbing, using his surroundings to his advantage, purposely made Narushima mad at him to get him to show more emotions, and most importantly, his performance as the stalker brought chills down to my spine. Plus he has good looks, I personally don't understand how he could have such lack of self-confidence, he has such huge potential as an actor.

that is so true he is so self conscious and he also trying to protect ruby from going through the same thing Ai went through
May 8, 2023 1:20 PM
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he probably spent all his time of his old life watching actors/idols (wich includes ai) and he's probably just comparing himself to that standard

or he's does think he's talented but tries to put himself down to not let himself stray from his initial goal
May 14, 2023 2:59 PM
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crackdaddy said:

dumbest thing ive read today lol

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power

Spoilers- fk you, seriously
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zaza1234 said:
CreepHazard said:

by mentality they both are kind of similar tbh. In a lot of ways.
both of them want revenge for their mother's death
both of them are confused beings
both of them take dark paths down the line
Eren just brings these to a whole another level because he has the power

Spoilers- fk you, seriously

don't know how you'd even understand anything from what I said
also it was a pretty bad comparison anyway
May 16, 2023 9:03 AM

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yeah as he is still in his revenge-pilled edgy phase
May 17, 2023 12:15 PM
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Im the only one!!!!!!!!
May 17, 2023 12:25 PM
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He doesn't lack self confidence.
He is self aware.

Remember, he is an old man.

Why does he not stand out? He doesn't want to, unless it's part of his plan.
May 17, 2023 1:47 PM
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He compares himself to his mother too much. It's like he placed Ai on some kind of divine pedestal in his mind, that he could never hope to reach. As her son he feels if can't match her greatness he needs to stay out of the picture.

But the issue is, in reality, Ai wasn't that perfect/flawless person. She had weak areas that needed to overcome or make up for. Aqua thinks just because he couldn't match her ability instantly that he should just give up, but he forgets how hard she worked to get there. I do agree that he gave up to easily at first
May 17, 2023 2:22 PM
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imo hes not comparing himself to AI if anything there is something deeper, the dude was obsessed with her, he is a simp and you know what simps do? simps worship their goddess, u could tell from his eyes in the pilot that he is a psycho simping for her. , thats pretty reallistic shiz,
the dude life purpose was to be npc for AI, the whole idea is to see his despair in finding the last thing he can do to attach to his goddess, to have a purpose in this lonely and emptiness that the perfect character left. its normal that some people cant move on in life, that people must find purpose in life. i believe that even if he wasnt murdered this is what he wouldve done.


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May 17, 2023 3:41 PM

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could u blame him tho?
man had his mother and idol killed right in front of him
every step he takes is very calculated
he is ANYTHING but lacking in confidence cuz, he is aware of ever single thing he does

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