SPOILERS WARNING
This is after reading chapter 164(and knowing what happens with chapter 165).
Oshi no Ko had a strong introduction with its prologue that got my interest in its anime adaptation and started reading the manga till I catch up to chapter 110 or something where is the start from the "Movie Arc" a.k.a. the start of the downfall and mess of Oshi no Ko till it ended.
The story focused in two plots. "The Revenge Plot" the main one and "The Japanese Entertainment" as a secondary plot but the recurring plot since the main one would remember you after every 20 chapters or so as an
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attempt to "hype" the reader that the father of the twins was the killer of the beloved Ai Hoshino, giving crumbs of Aqua finding new information or eventually seeing who was the father.
For me the manga was pretty good when it focused its characters in the Entertainment World but every character would become worse and worse when it focused the Revenge Plot.
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REVENGE PLOT:
This plot focused on the big bad guy Hikaru Kamiki the father of the twins who "killed" the mother of the twins Ai Hoshino and I kid you not, this guy was hyped so much from the mangaka and the community as a mastermind of sort, but in reality he literally appears probably in 6 to 8 fully chapters(where he appeared more than half of the chapter) at best in a 166 manga chapter lmao.
This is what Hikaru did in this whole manga:
* He manipulated a stalker who was the boyfriend of an ex-member of B-Komachi and ex-collegue of Ai, who both were obsessive with Ai, he doesn't appear in a single chapter in the prologue.
* Then he finally debuts in CHAPTER 72! but only appears in like 1 ou 2 pages.
* Wait he finally does something in CHAPTER 109 where he killed a famous actress ... and the story never talks about it, literally just a reminder to the reader that this guy is bad.
* My guy then FINALLY GETS INTRODUCED TO THE ACTUAL STORY IN CHAPTER 152!!! where he interviews Aqua and then starts to appear there and there till he gets killed by Aqua in chapter 162.
Also the fraud mangaka tries to create some kind of sympathy for Hikaru because he got molested by another woman when he was young ... but in reallity it never worked since he never truly focused on the actual character but in assumptions from flashbacks and then potrayed in the movie from Aqua, then he tries again when he finally gets introducted fully to the story but does in such a rushed and a mess kind of way because the story was ending in like 10-12 chapters lmao.
Characters like Aqua, Akane and kind of Ruby were severly badly written thanks to this plot.
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JAPANESE ENTERTAINMENT PLOT:
Not much to talk about it honestly but when the story focused on this solely the manga was at its best, it focused the struggles of each character from OnK, their success etc, the behind the scenes were great and the manga should've stayed that way instead of a Revenge Plot that just never got my interest because it always felt such a edgy-fest from Aqua.
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CHARACTERS:
* AQUA HOSHINO - Hes a big example why this Revenge Plot was terrible(on pair with Hikaru). When the plot focused in his struggles of PTSD from Ai Hoshinos murder it was really great and gave great sympathy for the reader to like more Aqua, the same goes with his relationships with Ruby, Miyako(really love this one, Miyamon deserved a lot more love), Kana, Akane, Mem, etc. But the second Aqua would go edgelord with Hikaru, anything else didn't matter, REALLY HATED THE FACT HE JUST DIED HAVING A LOT OF HEAVILY DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY RUBY CONSIDERING HER PAST LIFE AND HER STRUGGLES WITH AI AND GOROU(seriously, the Dark Ruby arc). Never truly understand why everyone in this manga is just ok with murder lmao, Aqua doesn't even consider of trying to stop Hikaru without making him or anyone important for him to suffer but in the end he did. Just terrible.
* RUBY HOSHINO - Impossible not to like Ruby considering her past life as Sarina and then the murder of Ai but after that her character grew older felt like she was always the 14 year old(dont remember the age she died) Sarina and not Ruby(comparing with Aqua who had this struggle of Aqua or Gorou), she always was stuck in this "Goofy Ai from Wish" type of character but then the Dark Ruby arc happens where I love it, she had true struggles and development of how truly hard is this entertainment world ... BUT NEVERMIND SHE GOES BACK TO 14 YEAR OLD SARINA THE SECOND SHE FINDS THE DOCTOR IS ALIVE ... jfc.
The incest plot needed to happen considering of who the characters were and what Sarina felt BUT WE NEED TO MILK THIS SHIT FOR BULLSHIT SHIPPING SHIT LMAO, Legit you could feel this shit was from a degen view bait from Mengo and Aka just needed to milk more bullshit Romance. In the end Ruby gets her character ruined from this incest plot and reverts back being the same character she was after the prologue ended.
* ARIMA KANA - My favorite (Ruby and Miyako are after), easy to like considering her past struggles, hard-working and etc but unfortunately gets her character ruined by being dependent on Aqua. My girl legit try to move on from Aqua like 3 times but Aka needs to milk more shipping bullshit, creating love triangles and whatever. Seriously everytime she gets focused in her Idol/Acting stuff absolutely loved it, her relationships with Ruby and Mem were great and the rivalry(IN THE ACTING WORLD) with Akane was getting better. BUT since she never was apart from this bullshit Revenge Plot Mr. Fraudlent Aka needed to force her being in this shipping bullshit to milk more and more. Felt bad for her, Ruby and Miyako from the way this manga was written.
* AKANE KUROKAWA - Gonna be honest here but shes just a yandere plot device lmao. She basically a cheat code, anytime Aqua is stuck with something, here comes Miss Plot Device to solve so we can move the plot. So to avoid her being called that, we need to make her as "perfect" as possible and include her in this romance, having this "ride or die" type of girl trope that every 14-18 year old teenager wish to have a girl that can die for him/her lmao. Her character outside of the Revenge was fine, impossible not to feel bad for her during the Reality TV Show arc but unfortunately her character resolved in being obsessed with Aqua because "I kNoW wHo YoU TrUlY ArE". Just like Ruby and Kana, shes gets fucked over by having a huge dependency on Aqua and the most of out the 3 since without Aqua she would be just like Mem-cho is in this story(no shade, love Mem).
* HIKARU KAMIKI - Its a shame because he never got a true focus in his character, gets hyped to the point feels like hes the second coming of Sukuna from JJK or something lmao, if this manga actually focused in the Revenge Plot, gave him more than 10 chapters of relevancy then the story would make more sense, but legit he just stand in the shadows ... menacingly.
* MIYAKO SAITOU - Deserved better, Best MOM.
* Mem-Cho - Shes great, wished she got more focused but NOPE U ARENT PART OF THE REVENGE PLOT.
* Crow Girl - Legit another plot device lmaoooo, she doesn't do anything. The twins didn't need "guidance" of their wrath of killing Hikaru. Literally doesn't do anything fucking hell lmao.
CONCLUSION:
Story failed of what it wanted to be. Focused way to much in the secondary plot to the reader actually care about the Revenge Plot imo. But Aka made the Entertainment plot really great to the reader follow the story till the end.
Legit hated that Aka was self-aware of what mangakas and editors would do in terms of Romance(force love triangles, shipping non-stop characters) in the Tokyo Blade arc ... and does the same fucking thing lmao, the lack of a spine from this guy. Also you can see a lot of Mengo touch the story(the illustrator) she eventually started giving advice and act like the second mangaka(this is confirmed from interviews with both of them) and if you don't know her past works, she basically does the most degen shit ever so the incest plot wasn't a surprise considering she started giving advice.
It's a shame, the secondary plot was good, characters were good, art was amazing ... but yeah.
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Nov 2, 2024
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SPOILERS WARNING
This is after reading chapter 164(and knowing what happens with chapter 165). Oshi no Ko had a strong introduction with its prologue that got my interest in its anime adaptation and started reading the manga till I catch up to chapter 110 or something where is the start from the "Movie Arc" a.k.a. the start of the downfall and mess of Oshi no Ko till it ended. The story focused in two plots. "The Revenge Plot" the main one and "The Japanese Entertainment" as a secondary plot but the recurring plot since the main one would remember you after every 20 chapters or so as an ... |
