Ed is the embodiment of the broken OP character that goes around breaking everyone's common sense while going "I'm just your average x" when asked wtf just happened.

Aqua: No one can imitate Ai - it's something you're born with Akane: Hold my Stanislavski

Ed: "As long as she doesn't go overboard she'll be fine, I think" Ed 10 seconds later: I'm in this show and I don't like it *takes off Ai pictures from his wall with a terrified look*

Is half of the Oshi no ko cast just Ed? Ed = Akane Evil Ed = Aqua French Ed = Kana Primal Ed = ?Dad? Neko Ed = MEM-cho Even Pieyon Ed is on da way Simply good stuff here

At 52:00 when Kana is talking about the barrage of abuse, and the way it mentally impacts her and others, the camera's on Ruby. And we see her do a slight movement, a reaction to it. And it's made me wonder if it's because Ruby is remembering all the abuse she's done to others online in the past, and what sort of impact she might've had negatively as a result. Because the very first thing Aqua sees her doing is telling people to die online.

2:32:38 This is also one point I feel odd about Akane's deduction. One way I tried to explain to myself is that perhaps Ai expressed herself in a rather open or suggestive way that was often unseen in typical sexually modest Japanese high school girls that Akane often sees around her. I think Akane has access to way higher amount of resources than us viewers do - for example, from episode 01 we only see still frames of Ai doing radio show, promotions and acting beside her idol activities, but we never really know how they went. Akane may actually have watched/listened to all those recordings and picked up more things from them. I can imagine Akane deducing Ai's understanding of sex and relationship through how she behaved during fan meetings and interaction with male colleagues - she's secretive but not completely tight-lipped (she almost slipped about having babies in that NStation TV show back when the twins were a few months old). Anyway it's just my way to make sense of how Akane thinks, it isn't confirmed or supported by either the manga or the anime.

Honestly that final scene was mindblowing in so many ways, not only did Mephisto once again elevate a scene, but also the fact that Manaka Iwami was able to capture Rie's Ai almost perfectly aswell blew me away. Then of course all the narrative implications on what Aqua must have felt in that moment and Akane was just an inch away of figuring out Ai's truth. Man what an Episode and of course Wizard Ed manifested everything right at the start 😂 P.S Team Ruby represent!

I recognize some structures in oshi no ko I am the author of the original article in gamer blog (巴哈姆特), so this is not plagiarism: The following are my partial translations. TLDR: DSM Cluster B (dramatic) personality traits and Cluster C (anxious) personality traits The story has two cores in the lens of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) --- (I think Akasaka was inspired by DSM, but not strictly following it.) Cluster B (dramatic) personality traits that shines in showbiz. Aqua: antisocial traits Ruby: Narcissistic traits Kana: Histrionic traits Akane: Borderline traits Ai: all four personality traits, which make her invincible. Cluster C (anxious) personality traits that causes pain in relationships. Aqua: Obsessive-compulsive and Avoidant traits Kana: Avoidant and Dependent traits Akane: Dependent and Obsessive-compulsive traits Ai: all three personality traits What’s with the star in the eyes? It symbolizes the tendency to bend the reality (and the tendency is caused by lacking sense of reality). When the star turns black, it symbolizes disdain over the reality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaborations of Cluster B (dramatic) traits Aqua (Antisocial): constant lying, manipulative, lack of remorse, tendency to take risks; switching different façade with ease, capitalize the weakness and blindness of audiences and people in the business --- a sleek entertainer, also a dangerous man. Ruby (Narcissistic): energetic, extremely confident, overwhelming aura --- a super star; supercilious, ruthless, drunk in fantasies. Kana (Histrionic): blends in with situation well, exaggerate emotions to drive the atmosphere --- a contagious show maker; frequently seeking attentions and affections, moody, easy to go with the flow, overestimate intimacy with others. Akane (Borderline): deep empathy, the ability to empty her identity --- a gifted actress; sensitive, prolonged emotions, all-or-nothing thinking, disturbed sense of identity/self-worth. Ai (All): constant lying, manipulative, tendency to take risks, energetic, extremely confident, overwhelming aura, ruthless, drunk in fantasies, blends in with situation well, shallow emotions, easy to go with the flow, the ability to empty her identity, disturbed sense of identity/self-worth, self-injury. Elaborations of Cluster C (dramatic) traits Aqua: try to arrange people and things on his ideal pedestal --- Obsessive-compulsive; hide his feeling under numerous masks --- Avoidant. Kana: pushing people away with her fear of getting hurt --- Avoidant; obey Aqua --- Dependent. Akane: prioritize others’ feeling over her own --- Dependent; set strict standards/obligations for herself --- Obsessive-compulsive. Ai: frugal, perfectionism --- Obsessive-compulsive; nonchalant, unable to express love --- Avoidant; over-attached --- Dependent. The most vulnerable character. What’s with the star in the eyes? It symbolizes the tendency to bend the reality (and the tendency is caused by lacking sense of reality). When the star turns black, it symbolizes disdain over the reality. The star owners have huge potential to cause "cognitive distortions" of other people. Aqua: bend reality with his intelligence and perfectionism; the star manifests in his right eye is govern by his left-brain rationality. Ruby: bend reality with her sensibility and desire for exposure; the star manifests in her left eye is govern by her right-brain sensibility. (As someone who were reborn, the twins lack their sense of reality. Additionally, they constantly deceived people around themselves in their previous lives. That's how they get their "star".) Ai: bend reality with perfectionism and desire for exposure. Akane: by mimicking Ai, she learns some emotional expression and calculated manners to induce "cognitive distortions" of other people, but she doesn't truly lack her sense of reality, thus the star in her eyes is "fake" and temporary. That said, as a person with disturbed sense of identity/self-worth, I think she may have a chance to possess "True star" in her eyes as the story goes on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aqua: developed "Avoidant" and "Obsessive-compulsive" in the previous life (I don't want to spoil you with the reason.); developed "Antisocial" due to witnessing death and attempting vengeance. Kana: as a genius child actor, we can imagine she have been "Histrionic" since young; as she grew up, she went from "attention seeking" to "attention pleading"(start to possess Dependent mindset), and the experience of being abandoned result in her "Avoidant". Akane: sensitive and empathetic, as a child theater actor under great pressure, she developed "Dependent", " Obsessive-compulsive" and "Borderline ".

The look of sheer concern on Ed's face when Akane started breaking down Ai, priceless.😂 What I personally can't wait for is to see how Aqua takes her recreation next episode. He could be just impressed, he could maybe catch some feelings, hell, I could even see him potentially getting angry. Seeing this figure he's always put on a pedestal mimicked by this person he's known just a few weeks, as if she wasn't as special or unique as he felt she was.

Ever since Ed started reacting to this anime i was waiting for his reaction to Akane's analysis of Ai. And it was glorious just as expected!

Let’s goooo! I was here for the live stream and now for the comments! I’m glad he’s joined us in the cult of Akane Supremacy… even if that cult is dedicated to himself…

You know, at first I thought that the way Akane was able to completely break down and understand Ai to such a fundamental level without ever meeting her was super unrealistic and impossible. But after watching Ed, I finally understood. And I’ve been waiting for this episode ever since.

When Akane said I didn't want to worry you to her mom, I saw a part of myself in her

Too many thoughts were went to my brain once they show Akane's Star Eyes (I'd like to call it Theater mode Akane - B Komachi's Ai), my first initial thought is it might be correlated to the person's secondary color of their eye, but when you brought up the topic of it being yellow, something clicked on me and started searching what is the first lightbulb that ever invented. It's Incandescent Lightbulb, and they emit *yellowish light* . Akane's Star Eyes are yellow, just like an incanedscent lightbulb, because she crafted the ideal Ai from basically surface knowledge or at least that's what I think about it

She's just like you frfr. As it turns out, Ed was the best waifu all along.

2:27:17 "As long as she doesn't go overboard she'll be fine I think" 5 seconds later: ☠ Thank you for streams! Also... I think you need to stop drinking anything while watching. Leave the sips during pauses 😆

1:54:40 Or maybe the alternative is that Yuki think on her feet and realize she have to make a reconciliation scene quickly so Akane don't become a villian, and she went for the hug to make it happen. Of course she had no say in whether the show runner choose to use it or not but at least she gave them the options.

Well I couldn't wait and watched it. One of the things that really gets me is how well Akane's VA imitates the way Ai speaks. Ai has a certain way she says Aqua that stood out to me, and she captures it really well. Also if you weren't aware, next episode is a recap, so it will another week before episode 8 unfortunately.

Some of the things said in chat in response to the Yuki slap actually made me super uncomfortable. It's really like people don't even understand the messages told in these episodes. Yes, the slap is pretty much objectively bad. It can be argued that it doesn't help Akane and it was an emotional response from Yuki. But do people really believe this entire time that Yuki was planning this slap preemptively and did it completely with malicious intent to ease her own feelings. It was simply a response from someone who is 15 and has not had the life experiences to know the best way to approach Akane. She's not immune to feeling bad about herself and people are acting like she is. But then chat said some crazily egregious things. Like it's incredibly ironic that as a result of this slap, I saw people saying Aka Akasaka is ignorant about these topics, I saw people call Yuki names. Like is this literally not the messages that these episodes are trying to advocate against people saying. "But Yuki is a fictional character" But I don't think the people making these comments are thinking oh I am only flaming her because she isn't real, I wouldn't do this to a real person. It really shows how real this stuff is when some people watching the show can't even stop to consider what they're typing themselves.

I saw it during the stream, but I've now replayed the taking down the Ai mind crawl part more than a few times now and I laugh every time. It's almost as hilarious as the Zombieland Saga clip

Just had to comment Ed, I already enjoyed your insightfulness, self-awareness, and sense of humor, but this episode was just on another level. I felt like I watched a show where Ed is going through character development LOL

About the slap. In some cultures it activates the fighting instinct so they relationate that slap with care and adrenaline rushes to a instinct of survival. Japan has a really strong feelings depravation culture so you need to see this acts in a military way of thinking. edit 1: About the drama treatment there are a 3rd option: being yourself the primary source of info and controlling the narrative. edit 2: methodic actors are scary by nature. the stars are the some kind of exposure of real talent. She is performing the perfect idol and even the stars are imitated but on her own color.

Akane straight up imitate Ed and Ai,what a talented girl

I was thinking about it since the stream, and that hand gesture that the "Dark Ai" makes at 6:07 is exactly the one made in the fourth episode by Ruby when she's shocked that Shiranui Frill recognizes Aqua and Minami

2:27:25 This wasn't a coincidence. It was a reference to Ed. XD

Wizards, for some reason, seem to be unknowingly drawn to one another…

Honestly, considering Ai's words in 45510, education probably was used against her, or at least, her lack of it compared even to the other idols in the group. Multiple times she comments about calling her an idiot like they used to or being an idiot or being called such, as if its been completely normalized to her to a point she almost views it in a positive light because its at least attention at all. Coming from her background of both abuse and neglect...even negative attention is still attention unfortunately.

My favourite part was when Mem-Cho said - "🗿"

When I watched this episode I was thinking "I need to see Ed's reaction to this. That will be glorious!" And I was not disappointed. Crazy how this show makes you constantly go WTF... I'm seriously scared of what's about to come.

2:27:17 he went from social engagement "As long as she doesn't go overboard she'll be fine I think", to fight or flight (worry & concern, fear, panic), to freezing up. Then went back to fight or flight, then finally back to social engagement. Perfect example of the polyvagal chart, Ed legitimately felt called out by this 😅

2:54:20 Ya need a new keyboard with water resistance atleast 🤣🤣 That aside, i love how you showed how Akane's 'mind crawl' is valid in reality, and also challenged her thoughts re: imbalance due to sex during puberty. Sadly no episode next week, so see ya in the week after! :D

I was very much anticipating your reaction to Akane. Literally thought of your analysis the moment she said her own analysis on Ai. 😂😂😂

I totally agree with the way you think the star eyes work! Some people think its got to do with lying, but Rubys eyes even glowed very brightly when she said that she doesnt want any lies (when talking about doing fake pranks)

Afaik season 2 has only been confirmed by leaks, not by any official sources

Here we go again 🎉🎉 And akane's breakdown of ai reminded me of a certain wizard😂

This right here 2:27:24, this right here is PEAK KZfaq. I HAVEN'T LAUGHED SO HARD IN YEARS, MY GOD. I WAS SCREAMING, I LOST IT People should record their reactions to your reaction, it's pure gold. Hope we get to have more Ed-Akane showdowns! Great video as always!

I have a grinning smile watching you explain concepts and learning from it in shows I also enjoy.

Guys, imagine the Manga was like, 20 chapters in the past. This would genuinely count as spoil. I love you Ed

I literally just finished watching the other videos a few minutes ago and was wondering about this episode. The timing!

in the topic of "using levels of educations as a weapon" : my art teacher always told me to talk to your clients' level of understanding, maybe even lower so they can understand what you're going for and you can create that key communication to get the vision right.

Why did this take so long to appear on my feed. Also I loved the part where AkanED said "It's wizardin' time" and wizardED all over the place

6:35 "something's up and this is like another version of Ai, short of like a recreation of Ai Akane : yeah about that..

If Aqua is an Evil Ed then Akane is definitely our normal Ed XD

I don't know why everyone says Ed is a wizard. He's simply psychic. He just invades the minds of the characters and reads their thoughts out loud.

Aka Akasaka started another manga recently and there is an even larger focus on psychology in it

Did Ed ever point out that Aqua has never called Ai, Mom or mother? He has always called her Ai. Aqua doesn't accept Ai as his mom.

you're now my favorite cooking youtube. constantly cooking up a storm every episode

damn good thing freud wasn't alive to see this, man would have single handedly seen to the inflation of underwhere prices, due to the amount of NUT HE BUSTED at this episode. I shudder to think at what might come next.

new style of chat display, nice. thank for the free therapy. i love some more oshi no ko.

Apparently rn Ai is second place as Japan’s best mom, and to that i simply said: “Ai wasnt the BEST milf anime mom, but she definitely was a good mom. She spent much more time with her kids than most celebrities and, hell, even most average joes do; made even more impressive by the fact that she herself is the product of a broken home. She loved them; she showed that she cared about them; even told her kids and Miyako about how much she wants to do for them; prioritized her kids when others wouldnt have; etc etc. Ofc, she can never be the BEST mom cuz at the end of the day: She was an extremely flawed person, being two face af. She was lying pretty much 90% of the time. Her ideology not only would lead to her eventual downfall, but would also rub off on her kids, leading to Aqua’s impulsive lying and manipulation. And, She couldnt tell her kids that she loved them until she already had both feet out the door, which would leave them both horrifically traumatized and scarred from the experience. She was def a great mom, but she was by no means the best lol”

Man, I really wish I could watch these videos in their entirety. But I just don't have enough time in the day. Your reactions are really good, and your analysis and thoughts are very interesting

Nana sen yon hyaku is 7400. Mistranslation in the subs, but 7400 retweets is hella impressive regardless. My worry about Akane is that she doesn’t have a really grounded sense of self. She doesn’t know who she really is, but give her a role to bury herself in, and…. Wow. I never thought method acting was healthy when I studied acting in college, but I only dabbled in it. I did discover I’m pretty good at improv though and it helped my portrayals of NPCs at the TTRPG tables. And I think that was the issue with Akane early on in the show. She’s a method actor without a clearly defined self but couldn’t find a role to be. “How do you know about Ai?” It’s the same reason why people in Texas still wear Selena t-shirts (Tejano idol killed by her fan in the 90’s) or other people still wear John Lennon tees even though they’re 2, 3, or even 4 generations removed from the performer.

THE SPIT TAKE RETURNS LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Might wanna start putting up those akane posters on that wall of yours

5 minutes in and bro is already a wizard calling shit again

Your analysis is so incredible, I'm learning so much from your videos! I'm a new viewer on your channel and your in-depth breakdown of this show has been so entertaining and spot-on. I've only watched the Oshi no Ko stuff but I'll definitely check out the other stuff as well when I have time! As a person in the medical field as well I appreciate how approachable you are, how engaged you are with your community and how passionate you are at educating us about your field of work. My field is urology but I've always had interest in psychology, so watching you has been very eye-opening about stuff that's even happening in my own life. I'm currently going to therapy about some stuff like anxiety and self-doubt, so your content is very relatable and real. It's difficult for me to watch you live because of my work schedule and me living in Europe but I'll be following you from KZfaq and try and tune in some time on Twitch if I'm free. Keep up the good work, you're amazing!

1:18:41 the chat from her onwards. Hypocrisy at its finest. Really shows the true nature of netizens.

I found it kinda funny how chat was like defending Akane when you were breaking down her process. Of course it is anime so not every detail will be reached in the proccess, only the key ones so that Akane’s intelligence is highlighted with maybe a bit of process skipping to cutdown on time as well. Yes i understand the irony of my comment.

I so genuinely love these Oshi no Ko analysis videos as they always make my week so much better. Thank you Ed for taking the time to make these and I hope to have the time to watch one live some time.

When Aqua first said he trace the way to convenient store is because Aqua probably got the Akane address, because he is literally in front of the house with the family name sign in front call Kurokawa is which Kurokawa Akane Full name, and realistically speaking to trace the closest or the path with the most possibilities that Akane will take to convenient store is likely to be only one or two place, so i would firmly think that Aqua have no bad intent. Anyway if there are more psychological aspect underlying I would want to learn more

You need to make an edit of the Akane reveal with your comments about 'girl 3' in the OP analyses.

33:19 the real Ai Hoshino is the friends we've made along the way

Akane was cooking 🍳🍳🍳

Ayy finally caught up with the analysis

40:55 Aqua knows what route she takes to the convenience store because he creepily micromanages anything adjacent to him emotionally so as to prevent anything from traumatizing him ever again. Also, because he is a weirdo. 1:52:50 Mem literally came onto Aqua last episode saying she was taking it easy, but that it would be a different story if he wanted to pursue a relationship with her.

For the slap scene. I mean, if you were to translate it directly that's what it says. "why did you worry us like that". But the Japanese language is full of sayings that are just "expected" or "usual" to be said in certain situations. To make my point I'll use a thing that happened to me recently. I've been studying Japanese for 3 years now, and I attempted to thank the co-worker who helped me a lot with annoying cross team issues. The following exchange happened: Me: いつもありがとうございます. (I am always grateful for your help.) Him: どういたしまして、お役に立てて光栄です. (You're welcome, it's an honor to help you) NGL, I was a bit taken aback by that honor part. That's a really strong feeling. My teacher didn't seem at all surprised when I told her. So I'm guessing that the part about "why'd you worry is like that" kind of falls in that things you say in these sort of situations, and shouldn't be taken literally. I'll give you another example from Romanian. It's customary when someone is talking about their kid and you don't know the age, to ask how old the kid is. The exchange would go something like this: Person: Ah, desi e asa mic, deja a inceput sa mearga. (Ah, despite being so young, he already started walking) Me: Oh, cati ani are? (Oh, how old are they?) Person: Are un an jumatate acum. (He's one and a half years old) In this situation, the usual answers are as follows: 1) Sa-ti traiasca (May he live) 2) Multi inainte (Many [years - implied not said] ahead)) 1 is more common than 2. If you take it literally that's some real freaky ass shit implied if you don't say either of them. So I'm inclined to believe that "why'd you worry us like that" in this situation is the expected "saying" in this setting, and not Yuki literally saying "why'd you inconvenience us with your attempt". It might also be that it's a "what about us" situation, but considering the outreach that Yuki had with Akane during both the last episode (noticing her panic attack during the shoot and immediately pulling her back to "reality" and having a conversation about what just happened in which they grounded and reaffirmed their relationship, keeping in contact with her afterwards) and this one (being the first through the door at the police station, being the one going for the hug) I'm having a hard time picturing her saying "what about us" and meaning it. Edit after watching a bit more of what you said: Yea, the slap was out of place, I was only going for the language used :D I can see myself slapping someone but I'd have to be pushed beyond the edge to do it.

Honestly i cant tell which of my masks has more power over me i know at my core im kind, soft, timid and generous. But the moment I became aware of my emotions, I started wanting to cut them out at the same time politics, psychology and sociology started to interst me and in that i started to form a mask of obsession, and a craving for power. I always have this mask on even around my own family. And yes i am isolating myself have been for years now. I could give every excuse for why but truthfully i am hurting and thats because I recognized the true world I live in was not some golden age like I belived it to be and all my ambitions for a peaceful relaxed life as a marine biologist or artist ended.

This is what I've been waiting for

Момент ,когда ЭД опять выплёвывает воду на клавиатуру в конце прекрасен.

~2:02:40 The line "It's her abdominal aorta. Shit!" was supposed to tip us off that there was nothing even an adult Aqua could have done for Ai at that point. Google says the chances of dying from penetration of the abdominal aorta are 50-70%, and that's under ideal conditions where the stabbing instrument is still in place, preventing blood from flooding out freely. In Ai's case, the stalker sliced it with the knife, which he pulled back out again, leaving the blood to flow freely out of a possibly very large wound. At that point, Ai's fate was sealed and Aqua knew it, which is why, after realizing the nature of her injury, he just gives up and lets her hold him. Obviously, that knowledge doesn't make his survivor guilt any less, but he wouldn't have been under any illusions that he could have done more if he'd been an adult.

Oh I see we begun with another OP analysis 😂😂😂

Lmao came for your reaction of Akane becoming AI Did not get disappointed. Bro fr i choked on air idk how when i heard Akane. Damn some of the phycological stuff you use like Maslow hierarchical structure and Hertzberg etc I've learnt some of it in Business Studies. Anyhows this show took me a while to watch these unedited streams are very long but i enjoy them hope next time i can tune into the livestream. Didn't expect more theories about the music video ig English language really helped

I found your channel when I was watching a clip from the previous episode, and in the comments someone said "Psyculturists is gonna have a field day with this one" or something along those lines. So I looked you up, and started watching your Re: Zero reaction, because it is one of my favorite anime, and I think it was your first reaction as well, so I got to see the beginning of this channel, and the evolution all the way to season 2. And man, those 50 videos, I've loved every single minute. Some of them I haven't watched so much as listened to while I work, since I know both seasons by heart, and it's been amazing. So yeah, I found you through a random comment, I know a lot of reaction channels but I'd never heard of you, and that's a crying shame, because your analysis of the characters makes rewatching the show that much better I've pretty much binge watched your Re: Zero reaction, it's been like, what, 6 days? And I've watched/listened to 50 of your videos already? I've only known about you for a week and I already feel like I've been following you for years. And those were your first videos, with the bad quality camera and clunky background (godly mic tho), looking forward to watching your other reactions! Much love!

I think people use the word “abuse” too loosely nowadays. There are parents who even think that something like a child crying during wrestling stance conditioning exercises is abusive when abuse is not that black and white. Normally, hitting someone happens for one of 2 reasons: Either the attacker is angry at the target and wants to hurt them, which is abuse; Or the target is doing something that they know is wrong, yet they still dont care, so the attacker disciplines them. In both situations, there is aggressive physical contact, but the context is what changes the meaning. Outside of those usual 2 situations, there is another less common reason: The attacker has such a wild mix of emotions that they cant find a sound way to express them; or in other words, passion. The line that separates ‘Abuse’ and ‘Discipline’ is razor thin, but is noticeable if youre paying close attention. Meanwhile, ‘Passion’ can be a double edge sword, as its neither confined to the ‘Abuse’ or ‘Discipline’ side. But in this case, Yuki’s slapping Akane was done out of passion that leans towards Discipline, as she’s frustrated, worried, confused, and sad that Akane would even consider taking her own life as a solution; so out of the heat of passion, she slapped her. As someone who grew up with abuse and mental health issues, i know very well that hitting someone “for disciplines sake” isnt always a viable option. My belief is: Some kids learn through listening and advice. Some kids learn through sight and experience. Some kids learn through pain and hardships. And some kids, even through everything, just never learn at all. When Yuki slapped Akane, it took me aback. Cuz when i was 8 years old and felt suicidal, i talked to a counselor i was friends with at a club i used to go. When i told her how i felt, she looked me dead in the eyes with the most serious face and told me, “You better not even think of killing yourself. Cuz if you kill yourself, I’ll find a way to bring you back to life just so i can kick your ass.” As bad as that sounds being said to an 8 year old, those words stuck with me hard, and it made me realize a little of how people on the outside of these situations feel. I hate pain. I grew up being hit so damn much, i cant stand any amount of pain at all. Nothing on this planet makes me see more red and hear more static than being forcibly touched by another person. Even today, I’m friends with this girl i used to crush on in HS, and now we’re both aware and certain that we wouldve been an awful couple, as shes into BDSM(especially S and M), and you already know what i think about that stuff. But theres something completely different about the sentiment in knowing that, if you were to make rash decisions, your loved ones would be there to ‘beat some sense into you*(99% figuratively) “Abuse” caused by ‘Passion’ in order to ‘Discipline’ a loved one communicates volumes about someone’s feelings of confusion and desperation even more than words ever could. I know for a fact that if i attempted like that, my friends would be the first people to kick my ass for pulling that stupid shit. And knowing that my friends would be absolutely livid if i killed myself helps my heart feel a little lighter. Overall, i think hitting is no bueno, period. And growing up, im 100% certain i wouldve been better off without it. But, i cant deny that there are some times where it WAS effective, like when i used to steal from people and places all the time.

u might want to avoid drinking anything while watching this show🤣. on another note stop the wizardry its too much to handle at this point cooking a michelin star dish every oshi no ko stream

I just noticed: in the "Ruby hidden under my eyelids" line, "Ai" is hiding her right eye, the one where Ruby does not have a star.

2:54:16 your powers are so over the top that you unconsciously take a slip just to spil it 10 seconds later 😂

Spoiler anime: Ruby is the OP half of Ai. All colors are inverted, because, Ruby is the opposite to her mother. At least in the first season, Ruby has refused even telling the slightest lie to her fan, and she genuinely loves it all. She is the inversion of Ai while still following her path. Really interesting

I know this is 7 months later but still. You were on to something at the start in the opening. I just want to say, Ed, you COOKED. I won't say what exactly. That's manga spoilers and all but you were on to something. You're really scary Ed how good you're at reading shows. That's a whole new level of skill you've got.

So he’s a psychologist magic martial master This guy might as well be a god amongst men

One comment speculated Akane's yellow eyes reflect stagelights compared to the real light of Ai's eyes. I loved that thought since it brings it back to the entertainment industry especially theater - Akane's specialty.

When Akane mentions "Developmental Disorder," the phrase she uses in Japanese is used to refer to stuff like ADHD and Autism, and while it's not _explicitly_ called out, it's made clear, I think, that Ai was written to be on the Spectrum.

🗿🗿🗿🗿 Metrics by MEM 🗿🗿🗿🗿

1:20:20 Honestly as someone from India, I am going to be realistic, if a loved one did something like that, I'd probably slap and hug them too. I didn't know, it was controversial in the english crowd.

Amazing song and Great episode

Wow you guess it right ed The star is a symbol, if someone have determination, will, passion, etc about something they do, they will get the star. Other people will see the eye like usual eye but there's something that attract them to the person with this eye (thats why we as watcher can see the star clearly) And depends on the intention of his goal, the eye can be bright and dark, like aqua whenever ai was involved, his eyes goes to dark star. Anyway..... FINALLY AKANED IS REAL Now you owe us akane mind crawl lmao Good vids as alwayss thanks ed!

0:00 English full OP analysis 39:49 Episode analysis

Yuki slap: Making things more dramatic than they need to be is on-brand for Yuki, for better or for worse.

bro is spoiling the author with what he cooks🔥🔥🔥

It is the way of method actors to interpret their characters. Robert De Niro prepared and built his character of Travis Bickle for the 1976 movie Taxi Driver being a taxi driver for a while in order to collect anecdotes and experiences between passengers and other fellow taxi drivers as well as visiting and meeting Vietnam vets to see how they behaved and what their thoughts were.

2:31:44 " Signs of a developmental disorder unbalanced in a way characteristic of a kid who had sex during puberty" I think this is a slight subtitle error as in the manga these two sentences were different . Akane says "Signs of developmental disorder" And after that "Emotionally unbalanced typical of kids who had sex during puberty" So these two sentences were not one in the manga and it didn't specify unbalanced in what way? Although i have no idea how akane came to the conclusion that Ai had sex maybe because of her affection bias as she desires love? So maybe she assumes AI seeked sex to know what "love" is?

This was a wild stream! XD

I think it's funny how people who are supposed to understand people can't understand how Yuki is caring about Akane. She slapped her because she cares and she is not 30+ guy with psychological PhD and she slapped Akane who is also not 30+ guy. Akane opened her eyes after that, it was literal. Yuki also made that their hug was good-looking, not because she is selfish, it's because she knew how this situation will be considered by audience and she made effort so staff could use even fixed camera shots. She did a lot for Akane's sake. I can't belive how people don't see that.

I think I finally narrowed down the translation of the series name to either "The Star's Children" or "Children of the Star" poll?

Ed, cuando miras a Akane, ten cuidado, Akane podría devolverte la mirada. Ed, be careful, when you look at the void, the void could look back at you.

I like seeing you split out water man ! 🤣

The chat constantly confirming his theories or guesses is getting real damn tiring. Oh yeah everyone is spamming either "..." or "Bro..." what could they possibly mean? It's a mystery I will probably never figure out.

Judging by your reaction at 2:19:10 I would guess that's not a good thing and I will be curious to found out what implications that could create XD, but I've been wondering: could an Oedipe complex really be applied in this case? I do not know much on the subject, and I have no psychology background (only NLP), so I'm not trying to diagnose or something the like so if I'm using words or concepts in the wrong way, having false assumption on something or going ahead of myself, just let me know, I'm open to learning :D . This is mostly how I imagine things on Aqua's situation here :) Here is the question that had comes to mind: if this complex is "built up" through the life of the kid would it really work with a reincarnate person that doesn't take his/her reincarnation as a reset? Here's my train of thought, since Aqua still see himself as his old self (or at least some part of him) instead of who he actually his, looking through the eyes of his past life for most of his beliefs and experience instead of what is in front of him. Could it be possible that the image he have of his mother is most likely the one in his past life instead of the new one? That his "true" mother is still the one in his past life. In contrast of Ruby, who seems to have taken her reincarnation as a new start, resetting old beliefs, and viewing things from the present point of view. Where Ai has become her "true" mother, replacing the old one. Does it somewhat make sense? Yes biologically speaking Ai is his mother in this life, but would this still count as an Oedipe complex since he already gone through life (even beyond where he is currently at) once and doesn't seems to have reset some of his old beliefs/perceptions like Ruby seems to have done? I would be curious to see people's thoughts about this :) By the way, first time here, and I am here to stay. I really love the contents and it is really interesting! Edit: syntaxe

2:22:30 I also found it weird that MEM managed to understand that Aqua was talking about Ai whe he gave such a vague description. Perhaps MEM heard about Ruby and Kana assembling B-Komachi again and that's why she remembered about Ai? Either way, kinda sus that she remembered about Ai so conviniently. I think she has more secrets than just her age.

Dont worry, mostly everything is discussed in upcoming episodes so most questions will be answered