[Oshi No Ko]
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| So now that it can't pull a "NOT!" on us, bit surprised we actually got Kamiki and Aqua dying. Don't really feel much about this ending one way or the other, but it definitely needed more build up. |
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| im just grateful that this series is why akane exists. she's easily the best part of the series and deserved better. her dynamic with aqua was the best and even after she got sidelined, their relationship is still the most developed one in the series. she ended the series with the one who understood aqua the most and knows the truth. the romance in the series would've been significantly better if aka simply focused on akane as the only love interest instead of doing harem bait. a tragic romance would've been better than doing harem that led to no winners. the series sucks though, it went downhill after the private arc. it had a lot of potential to be great but it's been 4 bad arcs in a row plus a bad ending. the anime should've ended with S2 since that is the last time its good |
| i am conflicted with ending. it's interesting and memorable for sure, but also unsatisfying in lot of ways, also pretty rushed. the journey tho, very fun. the twist, the thrill, the gag, the drama, the dark insight of entertainment industry, i liked it very much. 8/10. looking forward for next works. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| The series had several good moments, but this last chapter was as cool as reading a medicine leaflet. ¯\_㋡_/¯ |
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| Well it was underwhelming. The last arc wasn't really bad, but I was expecting a more impactful chapter as the last one of the series. A bad ending or a good ending, just an ending that makes you feel something instead of a "welp and that's it!". I liked the series! just the final chapter feel pretty boring. |
Reply to skyjirai
Seeing so many people completely missing the point of the manga is frustrating. It was never supposed to have a happy ending. It has and always will be a psychological manga. There is no satisfying ties to the character arcs, there is no “it was all okay in the end” thats the point. Its supposed to be ambiguous, a study on human behavior. “Underwhelming” was the perfect way to end the manga. Aqua dying was intentional and needed, everything was purposeful.
This is all just my ramblings. I never leave comments, but the community feedback to this chapter was disappointing to me. I also dislike how many people mention Aka, that “oh he got tired of it”
Have you never read any of Mengo’s works? The ending was not lackluster, it was Aka and Mengo’s hardwork combined. Mengo’s works are much more similar to onk than Aka’s works are. This is a beautiful Mengo influenced ending and I love how her and Aka worked together to create onk.
Randomly throwing this in here but if the tokyo blade arc was your favorite, this manga was never for you.
This is all just my ramblings. I never leave comments, but the community feedback to this chapter was disappointing to me. I also dislike how many people mention Aka, that “oh he got tired of it”
Have you never read any of Mengo’s works? The ending was not lackluster, it was Aka and Mengo’s hardwork combined. Mengo’s works are much more similar to onk than Aka’s works are. This is a beautiful Mengo influenced ending and I love how her and Aka worked together to create onk.
Randomly throwing this in here but if the tokyo blade arc was your favorite, this manga was never for you.
| @skyjirai You're literally just glossing over WHY people were upset. You were mad at something people never complained about, all while never actually addressing what people are actually upset about. It's not underwhelming because Aqua died, it's underwhelming because everything is so half-assed and shit on the whole journey (if you can even call it that) to get here. They didn't even have the courtesy to at least try and make it more believable even though this series was supposedly rooted in the reality of the entertainment industry. If this was the brainchild of Aka and Mengo's hardwork, they should stick to what they're actually good at: drawing and playing Apex. Funny how you talked about this being psychological even though they clearly have no understanding what "psychological" means. Truly, very typical of blinded fandom. |
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| An unbelievably nothing ending for a manga that had potential with the start, but was just so inconsistent for a good chunk and absolutely terrible for the rest of it. Aka Akasaka just can't pull off satisfying final arcs and payoffs properly and this might be the worst of the bunch. It's a different approach for sure in some ways, but I just felt... nothing from all of this. |
| The ending was somewhat anticlimactic. I didn't really like the direction the manga went when the 15-year lie arc started. There was potential to do a lot of interesting things especially involving Akane and Kana, or perhaps even delve deeper into the reincarnation mystery with the small girl. Instead, it went down a very boring route and finished about how I expected (except I was sure there was gonna be a title drop by Ruby in the last panel but even that didn't happen). Aqua's plan also still leaves me going "But...why??? Why would you do that?". Also I love Akane so much and I refuse to think her character is finished with this manga. Please give us a 'Detective Akane' spinoff. |
| well the leaks were right sorry I doubted 😬. I hope no one reads a other of akas works again jesus. love is war now this. ppl weren't kidding. the year of bad manga endings. Jjk etc |
| Haha, ass ending tbh. But that's relative to endings of manga that I was keeping up with week by week before they ended, which was jjk and tokyo revengers... So this still clears. I do believe killing Aqua was the right choice, death was written over his face from the beginning, but this nothing of a conclusion makes it really hard to say that. If there was more, perhaps this problem could be alleviated. Nevertheless, |
| I have read 2 perfect chapters of manga; They are Usogui Chapter 203 and Onani Master Kurosawa Chapter 23. |
| The ending is unironically one of the worst endings I've ever seen in fiction. Yes, worse than AoT's and JJK's. While those two endings are still dogshit and I will forever die on that hill, at least those two still wrap up everything, even if they're directed horribly. This one? OnK "wraps up" things by making assumptions and theories that probably have nothing to do with what the story is about. It doesn't even bother addressing some of the more important parts. It just ends there without knowing whatever the hell happened. It not only creates an alternative that butchers the whole writing but it also fundamentally disrespects the basic concept of what an ending is. |
| Man, that was kind of boring. Feels like Ruby's grief should have been more...explored, because it seems like she got less panels than Kana. Like she lost her mother, her brother, and her lover as a brother, during her life, and she died in a pretty short and lonely childhood. It felt like it hopped straight to "she is better now, and her is this life-affirming message of coping with loss". It feels shallow, and I don't quite feel as much as I would want to. Of course part of this is Aqua's poorly thought out death, but it also seems Akasaka is not too interested in really selling Ruby's grief. Maybe Kana's, but Ruby felt underplayed in what is a visual medium. |
PeripheralVisionNov 13, 2024 8:55 PM
| Auroraloose's Aurorasimp |
| Poster no Ko of a mid ending. At least I enjoyed Mengo's art and the guts of Aka to put chapters like 123, 143, and to keep Aqua dead. The last arc could have been much MUCH better. |
| I don't care what the haters say; this was a great ending and chapter. I loved the focus on Ruby, her conviction, and her parallels with Ai that kept going strong and being shown. Genuinely, she is one of the best characters of all time. Overall, Oshi no Ko was a great and unforgettable experience, including the ending, and I hope people will come to realize it. |
CielordNov 13, 2024 11:24 PM
| I ended liking this series more than expected. The start was a little rough because the reincarnation drama was far fetched compared to the otherwise very realistic story and how the main two hid their identities for so long was nonsensical. Beyond that is a series full of great very memorable characters and a great look at the modern entertainment industry. The evolving mystery of the series was engaging and had some great twists that kept me engaged until the final turn of the knife. Some people are mad about Aqua’s fate but it works as tragedy. He never truly could live with the trauma of his death and understanding how painful it is to die so horribly and would do anything to protect the people in his life from suffering the fate of him and his “mother”. I enjoyed reading this entertaining lie. |
| Some people say this was a soft ending but I enjoyed it. It was a fitting way for the conclusion and this was more of an experience than a story. |
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| it's an ok ending but it really makes you wonder if Aqua was reborn |
 Hello! i'm not done with changing this but. uhhh |
Reply to curvedtree
I'm crying from how bad this was, well, at least I was able to end reading this, unlike Kaguya-sama.
| @curvedtree lol. |
| Hello! i'm not done with changing this but. uhhh |
| Oshi no Ko needs to have an anime original ending or at least add more dialogue or something because the final arc of the manga was a big rushed mess imo. |
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| Fucking shit of ending, everything rushed. Im so disappointed right now |
| The ending is so underwhelming. I understand that Aka wants to have Kamiki and Aqua die in the end and I'm totally fine with that but Kamiki's arc was so short for me to feel satisfied with that end. I also feel sorry for Kana's character, she wasn't able to confess her love to Aqua. I'm not even a big Kana fan and that still feels painfull. Still all the love to Mengo-sensei, her art is just amazing and is one of main reason why I endured and continued reading this manga. |
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Reply to skyjirai
Seeing so many people completely missing the point of the manga is frustrating. It was never supposed to have a happy ending. It has and always will be a psychological manga. There is no satisfying ties to the character arcs, there is no “it was all okay in the end” thats the point. Its supposed to be ambiguous, a study on human behavior. “Underwhelming” was the perfect way to end the manga. Aqua dying was intentional and needed, everything was purposeful.
This is all just my ramblings. I never leave comments, but the community feedback to this chapter was disappointing to me. I also dislike how many people mention Aka, that “oh he got tired of it”
Have you never read any of Mengo’s works? The ending was not lackluster, it was Aka and Mengo’s hardwork combined. Mengo’s works are much more similar to onk than Aka’s works are. This is a beautiful Mengo influenced ending and I love how her and Aka worked together to create onk.
Randomly throwing this in here but if the tokyo blade arc was your favorite, this manga was never for you.
This is all just my ramblings. I never leave comments, but the community feedback to this chapter was disappointing to me. I also dislike how many people mention Aka, that “oh he got tired of it”
Have you never read any of Mengo’s works? The ending was not lackluster, it was Aka and Mengo’s hardwork combined. Mengo’s works are much more similar to onk than Aka’s works are. This is a beautiful Mengo influenced ending and I love how her and Aka worked together to create onk.
Randomly throwing this in here but if the tokyo blade arc was your favorite, this manga was never for you.
| @skyjirai Aqua dying was needed, no sir, his death was pointless or used as an emergency plot device. His death literally contributed nothing after that, other than a grief of others which could’ve been fully avoided. Even ruby, where she has all the reason to be depressed for few chapters has been cut to 3 panels of getting through that showing how lazy aka went. |
| If that's the end then dang, felt like a mehh ending tbh. Didn't get the cliché moment where the ghosts appear from somewhere watching on (for example, Ai and Aqua would be it for this) lmao. I guess those two shining stars are referring to Ruby's two beloved though. Ending does make me sadge too :T. I wish Aqua had gotten the happiness he deserved rather than diededing rip. |
 Never ending plan to watch list... |
| Sigh, it started with the incest and was pretty much downhill from there. |
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| Worst ending ever even Tokyo Revengers and Demon slayers are better than this personally for me |
DemonDarknight said: Worst ending ever even Tokyo Revengers and Demon slayers are better than this personally for me i couldn't agree more fr |
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| The epitome of rushed endings. So many things you could've done w the Kamiki arc. Kana's affection, chapter after chapter shown to us, got chucked in the bin. Ruby could've done so much more! Kamiki could've been so much more! The ending is a whole load of nothingness. I really really hope they change the ending. Cross fingers for the Anime. |
PsychedeliosNov 14, 2024 3:53 PM
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| Rushed Mid Shit is so ass I don't mind a tragic ending, but it just wasn't satisfying |
| well, what a hellish road to avoid wincest route... |
| Started from an awesome start, just to end it with a mid as hell ending. What a nosedive. This author can't write a satisfactory ending for shit since Ib. Anyway, this is now a lesson for me and from now on, I will avoid any future works from this author like a plague. |
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| What a disappointment, the manga world has been plagued with bad endings recently, whatever the reason, it's quite tragic for the fans. |
| So pretty much moral of the story is revenge is good, die if you have to for that get back and even if your life is fake and full of lies as long as you love your job f-it. Great stuff can't wait to read Aka's next manga /s |
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