wow i keep reading you through the comments as they come in ... this episode has so many levels and it hits hard! if you enjoyed this video remember to hit that subscribe button and help this channel reach 50K subs ❤

"Mom is dead, and now there's all this stuff that makes me wanna die" is such a painful line...

45:39 What makes it scary is that a 2-3 year old baby talks like an adult in the middle of the forest to offer to show the way

I’ve been a big fan of the manga for years. One of my favorite aspects of the entire series is Miyako’s character growth. She went from ready to sell Ai and the children out for a quick yen to growing so attached to the family that she willingly adopted the children after AI’s death.

10:31 Lies are love is a pretty interesting concept It was just illustrated a few seconds ago based on how the doctor had mixed feelings about the whole thing. But lied and kept it to himself. And by doing that, he showed a bit of love and compassion.

finally someone that actually understood the sarina scene at the start so many people had massive problems with that and just assumed the worst

1:00:09 Aqua just gave his prognosis, and given that, he knew that she's done for

I can't even tell you how many times parts of this episode were spoiled for me before I had the chance to watch it, including the end. When I did finally see it, none of what was spoiled mattered because actually seeing it myself with context made all the difference. I knew already what would happen, but throughout the episode I forgot about all of it because I finally knew why. And even now without fail, its not the part when she says "I love you" that gets me its when she says "Ah, I was finally able to say it" because it was one thing for her _to_ say it, but she knew this time that she meant it, and for me every time I hear that line it feels like someone punched me in the chest. The rest of the show so far now too following this has been really good, I might even just find the manga and read it all too

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I wasn't expecting to cry after only watching a character for an hour and a half, but the animation, writing and voice acting by Rie Takahashi just makes the character come to life in the most amazing, but heart-breaking way. Also, fuck man, that "Mama, we're heading out now" always makes me tear up.

5:50 16 is the age of consent in Japan, so, her being pregnant is legally acceptable, just like the doctor saying he'd have to wait until Sarina was 16 to marry her. Too many Westerner reacters freaked out about this facet of this anime, even if 16 feels mighty young to be committing to such serious life choices. 7:15 For a lot of idols, their career is their life, at the time. Him being her agent, and not her family, I imagine he is concerned about what is in his scope of care. 10:30 There would be NO idols if they told the truth. We may all get squeamish at hearing it like it is, but, being an idol is 100% contingent on image. To choose an idol's life is to commit to perfecting a public character. This anime just does a great job at telling that truth. 14:45 The symbolic stars in the kids' eyes are to represent what about them they are because of their mother. 16:00 Never struck me as so much of a conservative. 48:45 If you go back and look again, you can see the stalker approach his body. Must have taken measures to hide it. Btw, "lolicon" is someone attracted to young looking girls, basically, in animes, usually a more humorous jab at people than the more morally intense accusations. Had the doctor positively responded to Sarina's "advances," he would be seen as an actual lolicon.

I just realised that the last words spoken in the idol song Is the words spoken at that scene.

26:20 A quick-and-dirty method of currency conversion is to subtract two zeros to get a rough idea the amount (in USD). In this scene, Ai earned about $2,000 (at current exchange rate: $1,538.22). While her agency wasn't purposefully underpaying her, it's also not much money to get by on for a single mother of two living in Tokyo.

really really liked your reaction, a few things that i'd like to bring up & i'll probably just list them in a random order as they come to mind! 1. first of all, i fully get & agree with your objection to the whole "lies are love" topic, and i feel like as an "ordinary" person, many would agree that lies, for whatever reason they may be told, are never actually a "good" thing. in ai's case, being an idol and all, lying is kind of what's expected of her, as she herself & her president pointed out. many fans just want to see purely the good & happy sides of their favorite celebrity, and don't want to acknowledge that those people they admire are just as human as anyone else & have their own struggles, or at the very least, they know but don't want to *see* it, which is just incredibly messed up all around. what she was doing was basically "fake it 'til you make it," which i do think can work in some cases, but obviously it can also be very harmful and dangerous depending. i feel the president kind of gave her two chances there, one to be an idol, and two to get out and try to explore her understanding of love & how to express it, since she'd never really gotten the chance to before. it was basically "fake it 'til you make it," which i do think can work in some cases, but obviously it can also be very harmful and dangerous depending. 2. and speaking of her president, he did care a lot about ai, it was just that he knew ai genuinely wanted to keep being an idol & so he kept reminding her of the risks. that being said, he never actually told her *not* to have her kids, he just kept checking in if she was sure about her decision. and when she said yes, he did what he could to protect her secret, for both of their sakes. 3. you're actually the first person i saw that voiced my exact thoughts on the scene with kana (the redhaired child actor). so many people i've watched react to this just passed her off as an arrogant & stuck up brat, but like. no child *naturally* reacts like that. sure, there was overconfidence too, but her literally begging them to redo the scene because she felt she wasn't as good as aqua & crying that she could do better...dunno where i'm going with that, just found it nice to see someone not immediately go "bitchy kid" without giving it any further thought. aaaand that's it for my rant, hoo boy i can never cut these short somehow...anyway, hope everyone's having a nice day!

You forgot the after credits scene.

Ai's star in her eye going out is the hardest hit to my heart. I cry so much.

6:54 Q: Why are they like all saying they might be reborn? A: "Reborn as my favorite celebrity's child" is a Japanese meme.

The mangaka of this series has taken inspiration from real Life events that happens in Japan Idol Industry From the outside the idol industry looks glamorous but the industry sucks the life out of the people

9:49 I do feel like you're sort of getting pissed about this guy quite a lot. Ai actually does care about her job as an idol. That's why he keeps reminding her. It's not that he's worried about his job

Man this episode still gets the waterworks going.huh. I really enjoyed your reaction and hoping to see you finish the rest of the series someday!

56:50 Basically, what the Pres os saying is apot on. Idol fans require a specific image of worship. All idols are purely playing a part, a character. It wouldn't matter if every single thing the public thought of her was a lie, if it does the job of entertaining the public, and maintaining a picture of beauty and immaculate love, it means they are succeeding. 1:07:29 Nothing about the stalker ever lends credence to the stalker being the father. It's surprising how many reacters latched onto that the whole episode.

god I love your account so so much, you are one of the few people who really understand the pain and the cruel reality in the anime about stuff that really happens in this real world.

fun fact - the director of this anime, spoke to real celenbrities and singers- so these facts about paid etc are all based on true story or of what happened

I was reading the manga when the anime was first announced and I spent so much time convincing friends to just watch it and don't look up anything about it. Go in blind. Brilliant story and this first episode was a masterpiece

Gaz: You can't fake a real smile. Ai literally the first thing she does: Reproduces the exact same smile for the TV drama.

I almost regret seeing this anime get recommended to you, from the first minutes of the anime it was clear how pure of heart you are and how hard it would hit you... but well as brutal as it is, is quite a master piece (at least the first episode).

You have such a big heart, thank you for this reaction :)

And NOW you should see the lyrics of op and ed

_"Life flashing before your eyes??"_ Well the studio made a good decision, make it packed full in 1 episode then begin the "Oshi no Ko" story from ep 2. Oshi no Ko which means Idol's child.

No anime made me feel heavy as this one

Im still heartbroking. Someone plz cheer me up.

You have gained a subscriber, keep up the great content.

For the record since I've seen a lot of misinformation on what a Lolicon is I'll give the direct meaning. 1. In Japanese popular culture, lolicon is a genre of fictional media in which young girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English words "Lolita" and "complex", also refers to desire and affection for such characters, and fans of such characters and works. 2. In Japanese popular culture, lolicon is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. Basically it's just being into "young" or young looking characters or girls. It's not exclusively sexual either as there's various ways to look at it. For example the characters from a old anime named Lucky Star all fall under the "young looking" side because the art style focused on petite cute character designs. Folks who try and exclusively say it's about young kids are wrong simply because it's a general term for either A. Looking young (being a loli) or B. Being into young looking girls (Being a lolicon). Now of course there's people out there who hide behind the term as a excuse for liking actual children but they by and large aren't the norm and are usually equally as hated by actual lolicon's as they are by everyone else. Also the term loli came from Lolita which is a actual type of fashion that's entire purpose is to look cute and younger. It's a very popular fashion style in Japan as well.

1:02:20 That line is giving me hope that Ai might be reincarnated. I seriously love how the first episode is so emotional! I'm Your new subscriber from Poland 🇵🇱! Great reaction!😊

It’s crazy how dark the show got and how uncomfortable the topics explored are. I didn’t expect it either, I thought it was gonna be an idol rom-com considering the author wrote kaguya sama

so sad and i love this reaction

This show was straight fire it was so good. Another one I recommend that has gorgeous art and it's really fun is kakegurui. (The intros and outtros are great too)

great reaction man. this is a good vid.

9:54 chill man,thats the truth of idol industri

I wanna see him react to the other episodes. Edit: Please, please, please react to the other episodes!

Gaz you're so innocent about Japanese idol culture

Yo también lloré otra vez 😭

Now that's a title I can agree with. This is the best anime of the season, even as the Konosuba meatmuncher I am I can say it's better than the Megumin show. Hell, I'll say it, this damn deserved that number one spot on MAL.

This show is so good! Each week it continues to deliver! Don't worry about Kana she redeems herself later on.

just a heads up there is a after credits so you can watch that in your own time now if you like i would recommend

Did anyone notice that during the performance where both aqua ad ruby attend, teir was a fan their whi also was at the dome waiting for eye but realized she had died.

Lesgoooooooo dude

The whole age system are WAY different there than in most other countries. I looked it up because it sounded strange and found that since like 1907 the age of consent was 13 or something like that and was recently raised to 16 if I understood it right. It's still a very young age tho. Even the legal adult age was different. It was 20 for years but again, it recently got lowered to 18. If I misunderstood any of these informations, anyone feel free to corrent me.

In Japan, the age of consent is 16 and if Ai was to announce that she have kids, the public/fan wont see a point of love and stan etc. the stalker like what the person said at 6:55 and her job as an idol is basically done.

Nice reaction

I just... I just really miss Ai. 😢😢

ah seems like he missed the after credit scene

Lolicon In simple terms is someone into little or petite girls

It was actually pretty entertaining watching you very visibly bothered for almost the entire episode not gonna lie. I particularly liked how you think Aqua got blackmailed into acting when he had nothing to lose by refusing the offer. The whole lies fall in the black there's no white or in-between perspective is really cute too.

Welcome to the club of broken people

"Lies are love" and the entire first episode is lying to the viewers. It's lying about who is the main character and about the actual plot of the anime. Ai was *THE* poster child for the anime. There weren't any ads without her. There are 2 separate plot lines in the anime itself. One is the "dark side of Japanese entertainment industry", showcasing how rotten it is. Like in the 1st episode, the TV people shit talking B-Komachi literally in front of them, Ai being cut out of the drama and the whole fact that she has to lie to keep her job. There will be more moments like these, even more grim than Ai's death. We'll get to see a really good manga adapted heartlessly and the mangaka watching it with a broken heart, we'll see a misunderstanding causing someone to get cancelled and push themself to the edge because of that. We will also see a certain stage artist not being recognised by fans and overall doing something they don't enjoy. We might also see how cutting content affects adaptations in the stage play arc if it gets adapted in the first season. On the other hand we have the revenge plot. Aqua's schemes to finding out who his father is. He will use whatever means or people necessary to achieve that goal. I don't want to spoil too much here. Some facts about the show: - Ai's death resembles the real-life stabbing of Mayu Tomita, a 20-year-old Japanese singer and actress, in May 2016. Tomita originally became famous by playing a fictional idol named Ai Takano in the web drama Secret Girls. - Arima Kana (the red head girl) is based on a real life child actress Ashida Mano who was kind of forced into the industry by her mother and her career was destroyed by that. (more on it in the next episode) - Takahashi Rie - the voice behind Ai actually went and met various medical specialists and asked them about how a person bleeding out talks so she could deliver the most accurate performance just like the manga accurately showcases its events. Oshi no Ko (probably, idk I don't monitor it) was the first *NEW* anime to reach the #1 spot on My Anime List and *_STAY THERE for 3 weeks straight_* Some other animes did that but they were either a well established title - _Kaguya season 3 and Attack on Titan,_ or a meme event caused by streamers - _Ishuzoku Reviewers_ and I don't count _Your Name_ because its story concluded at the end.

it definetly felt somewhat weird in the start but i also feel like the story really couldnt have worked as effective as it did at the end if it didnt start like it did.

Late but the star is not really in their eyes is visual representation of their talent they got from their mother

wait, where is the ending reaction...mephisto is on first take, highly recommend

So has anyone noticed that Oshi no ko is written tiwce in the title?

why do you hate the manager so much? he's only trying to protect her career, and his as well.

the first impression about this anime is normal, there are indeed strange things like a 16 year old child being pregnant, but the rest is fine for me. maybe it could be because I've watched a lot of anime, I also know very well how the world of idols is

the father is simply a psychopath

37:18 The director knows Aqua is not an ordinary child, because a 1 year old child can speak that fluently, besides Aqua is actually old, right?

57:20 THATS HAPPENS TO AI

Will you watch the other episodes aswell?

Loli is a body type in anime. Young girls and 4000 year old vampires alike. Petite and young looking. Lolicon is someone who likes lolis. Often sexual, but not necessarily

to answer your question about if she was being underpaid or not. 200,000 Yen is equal to a little above 1,400 USD. its a little over what you would need to make per month to live comfortably by yourself. If the company wasnt helping her with the kids she probably wouldnt be making enough to raise them. They probably take those babysitting fees and stuff out of her paychecks. The Idol Industry is horrible about pay, the Number 1 Idol in the world would only make the equivilant to about 200,000 USD per YEAR. So yeah she is being underpaid for the amount of work she does, by a large margin. Compare that to what a actor in Tokyo makes being a average of 77,000 USD per year not counting bonuses or big pay days and you see just how bad the Showbiz scene in japan is. Its still enough to live a comfortable life on, but not nearly as much as the celebrities in America do.

The opening heavily telegraphed the ending due to her pushing them on and fading away. It's a typical ghost/memory image. Many other story points were also predictable. The stalker was Chekov's gun, set up for return in the end. I expected a more shattered or mentally split difference between her stage and private persona, considering the dark mirror image in the opening. In the end it was a bit overdramatized (the opening that is). It's a good story and thankfully avoids needless fanservice - or you cut it out. I think with an extended cut and more details, this could have been a short 1.2 to 1.5 hour proper pilot film. It still felt a bit too aggressive in the timejumps.

You're the 5th person I've seen to get hung up on the time difference of death and rebirth. Why are people so focused on that when reincarnation in itself is a supernatural concept?

31:02 btw that the stalker

Good to see someone who fully understands the series

This ep didn't good to whatch. Because is bad to heart. :( Epic

You look like Triple H

Depending on where ur watching ur anime at, whoever has translated it will sometimes put the lyrics on the top of the screen idk where ur watching this at but yikes to whoever put the lyrics right under the speaking subtitles this is a terrible starter anime for people new to anime cuz there's a lot of tropes in here most wont get cuz its just so funny how u think this is weird and i'm just sat here with 600 anime under my belt like _yeah idk man this is normal_ but at least Aqua didn't pull a Rudeus from Jobless Reincarnation and continued being a perv

Just a couple of grown men here crying over an anime here

You didn't see the first episode of Oshi no Ko, so you didn't understand more than half of what the music video was about. Please react to the music video again. I'm sure you'll have a completely different reaction.

The story of this anime does not think while you are watching it literally, there is nothing logical in it, in which there is stupid criticism

I dont think this guy really understand what the movie about.

Lolicon=kids lover

bum