[Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season, episode 1

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    • wjs018@ani.socialMEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I love how the VA delivered that line. She dropped her voice like two whole registers to say “zenbu.”

  • wjs018@ani.socialMEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This episode had a lot of heavy lifting to do. It had to introduce the story of the play they are adapting, a whole lot of new characters, and fill us in on the motivations behind the characters that we already know. Overall, I think it handled all that quite well, though there were times where just too much was happening on screen at any given time with subtitles over subtitles, I had to rewatch certain portions to pick it up. We also didn’t get much Ruby and no Memcho this episode, but I am sure they will be coming soon.

    My favorite sequence through all of this episode is how they depicted Kana’s acting limiter being removed. Her and Himekawa had such a fantastic sequence together in rehearsal. @rikka@ani.social

  • NineSwords@ani.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Some unsorted thoughts I had watching the first episode:

    • I don’t remember Aqua being so edge-lord-y. At least I wasn’t annoyed by him in the first season but here I (slightly) am.
    • How old is this Himekawa character? With the stubble, he looks like 30-somethings are often depicted in anime, and I’m uncomfortable with him trying to get close to Kana.
    • I liked how they conveyed the impact the “good acting” had on others during the rehearsal. I thought that was a visually stunning and elegant way to bring that plot point across. Too bad that they had to go and have the characters talk about it extensively as well. It’s show and tell. But I can excuse it somewhat as it is at least relevant to their motivations, but eh… I just wish they would not spell everything out and trust in the viewer’s emotional intelligence to pick up on it anyway.
    • Not a fan of OP and ED songs. Both were absolute bangers in season 1, so I was hoping season 2 would deliver as well.
    • wjs018@ani.socialMEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Are you me? I agree with basically all of this (though I do have some foresight as I am up to date on the manga). Last season, Aqua was edge-lordy for sure, but he was also quite extroverted when it suited him, like when he was on the dating show. The on-camera vs. off-camera personas of Aqua were quite different. In these rehearsals though, we only ever really see the off-camera version of him where he fashions himself as an avenger of sorts.

      Himekawa is listed as 19 iirc in his intro text when he shows up at first, so it’s not too bad since I think Kana is 17 or so here. He is simply such a good actor you fell for his 30-something year old character!

      Also agreed on the OP and ED. It is just the first episode though. I can’t say I was sold on the ED last season until they started to use it to great effect for dramatic outros. So, time to grow on me yet.