I think some of the main issues with the ending come from the abrupt nature and how contradictory everything was to the ongoing character development. It doesn't make sense how throughout the series, Aqua is somebody capable of manipulation and leveraging characters into behaving how he wants, yet there was nothing clever about how he decided to take down Hikaru. By stabbing himself prior to initiating the fight, Aqua puts himself in a position were he may not be strong enough to guarantee defeat before dying of blood loss. Hikaru could have potentially survived and Aqua would have died for no reason. What about the knife? If the knife was discovered, it would have confirmed that Aqua stabbed himself, freed Hikaru of blame, and damaged Ruby's image. Along with Nino, there were other former B-komachi members that were unaccounted for. Even with Hikaru and Nino out of the picture, there could have potentially been other people after Ruby. Things may have felt better if they had Aqua try to utilize an intelligent plan that somehow failed and the only other option he came up with in the heat of the moment was physically stopping Hikaru in the same manner that happened in the manga as his last ditch effort to save Ruby's future. With the current ending, it could have worked fine if it had more chapters to flesh things out. Your description of the events sounds nicer than it actually was because it omits most of the flaws and contradictions this end created/left unanswered and adds thoughts/dialogue that wasn't present in the panels. I think the main reason there is so much discussion about this ending is because how poorly written it was and not necessarily because people weren't okay with tragedy. Either way, you did a good job explaining things and covering the topic despite my small critic👍
Yeah, it always seemed like the next chapter was going to be her time to shine, then the next chapter and so on. She was always built up to that moment then forgotten about.
Here's why I think this ending is a slap in the face. Ruby ends up with the same curse Ai had. Ai lied to herself and everyone to keep moving forward, she fell into despair and hated everything, only getting a shred of hope through her children. Ai never cared about her fans (and frankly Ruby doesn't either and neither does the audience). All of it was lies, she was obligated to make people smile, not because she wanted to, but because she had to. Ruby ends up the same, a beacon that is forced to smile because that's what's expected of her, but inside, she lies to herself that everything is okay and that this path is okay because she thinks Ai and Aqua wanted this for her. She'll eventually fall into despair just like Ai did. It doesn't feel like a noble sacrifice Ruby is making to become the beacon the world needs, it feels more like she's doing this because that's what she thinks her family wanted for her. Thus the curse continues with everyone lying to get through it. It's a slap in the face because we got all the way here only for nothing to actually change. Sure, it's bittersweet, but then what was the point of the story? Just to tell us 'there's no escape, give up and keep lying'? Oshi no Ko painted the idol industry as a place of darkness and manipulation, where misplaced love and the lies that spawn that kind of love bring harm to everyone, but never did it really paint these things as a necessary evil. That's why this ending doesn't work. A bittersweet ending to a story that was building towards a resolution leaves everyone unsatisfied.
True, that kind of rubbed me the wrong way as well. I wish Ruby had a short monologue about either understanding why Ai lied and accepting that as part of being an idol, or stating she will lie for a different reason than Ai (who lied because she didn't understand love which Ruby does), instead lying so she can appear as a light that can pull people who watch her out of the darkness, similar to how Ai was a light to Sarina. In both cases you could still have the idea of 'the cycle continuing' but more meaningful.
It really was a bittersweet ending and i wished Aqua survivd but in the end Aka planed the stroy to go that way for a long time maxbe from the beginning and i kinda excepted it after rereading everything again. I just wished Aka made 2 or 3 more chapters for everything that happened after Aqua's death/after Aqua's body was found. We never saw how Ruby got the news about her brothers death or what happened after Miyako, Ichigo, Mem and Kana saw the news of his death on TV. I'm sure Miyako broke down i mean she loves Aqua like her own son and all we got was three panels of them shocked and the lack of dialog is a point too. But i still love Oshi no Ko and i'm looking forward to the Anime (and to go through all the pain again, lol) and maybe i will give Kaguya-sama and Aka's new Manga a chance too. Not everyone can be pleased and it's still his story and it hurts how people on X attack Mengo and Aka
The reason why the majority of the community doesn't like the end has nothing to do with the fact that it's bittersweet or even depressing. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, for example, also has a bittersweet ending. The difference between each series' respective public perception was the execution. Edgerunners was well received despite being tragic because the story unfolded in a such a way that respected what came before it. All of the major plot points introduced in earlier episodes where concluded IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE and each character's actions coincided with their previously established motivations and development over the series. This is something Oshi no Ko failed to do. Take Aqua's character for example. By the time the movie arc is over, he's moved on from revenge and starts living a normal life surrounded by the ones he loves. He even starts studying for medical school, something the manga makes sure to show multiple times. This emphasizes Aqua's newfound purpose and objective. This would lead you, as the reader, to believe Aqua would take a more cautious approach when dealing with Hikaru, possibly with Akane's help (which also another plot point introduced earlier in the story), right? Well, instead stabs himself, before somehow managing to take an unharmed Hikaru down with him... Not only does this come across as a cheap twist, because there was no way to predict this outcome based on Aqua's previous behaviour, but the sheer amount of things that could have gone wrong with the plan make it hard to stay emotionally invested. What if Hikaru simply dodged or overpowered Aqua? He would have dies for nothing. The way that whole scene plays out is so improbable if feels artificial. If the reason Aqua dies was different, like a sacrifice protecting Ruby, I don't think the manga would be getting as much hate. The point is, there's a million different ways the confrontation could've have played out, and we seemingly got the worst one, where Aqua dies for no reason and Hikaru gets off easy by dying, instead of rotting in jail. The later part of the manga as a whole all suffers from similar issues, where the story either feels rushed or doesn't line up with what previously came before it. Reading the last 20 - 30 chapters, I couldn't help but shake the feeling the author was just trying to finish the managa as quickly as possible, with no regard for the story or the reader. It really is a shame, considering the potential this manga had... Hopefully, the anime makes some changes, at least to make this watchable. This series remains as one of my all time favourites, but thanks to this ending, I don't think I'll be revisiting it anytime soon.
Honestly the ending itself is not even that bad, the problem is what comes before that. The biggest L of all is Aqua's suicide, it's dumb. You could kill him off in a number of ways, suicide is the worst of all. The movie arc was rushed, the characters have some kind of off-screened development, a bunch of cheap cliffhangers were added for no real purpose (Akane getting stabbed is an example), Aqua's desire to live is completely ignored and pushed aside for the sake of Ruby's dream (which will end anyway after 5 years or so). Also i personally believe Ruby should not be able to move on like this after losing her sensei twice in this life, you can argue that she moved on from Ai's death but it's not the same at all. When Ai died, Ruby still thought sensei was alive, when she found Goro's corpse she had the revenge to keep her afloat, when she discovered Aqua being Goro she was hopeful again...and now that he died what? We don't see nearly enough strenght of character from Ruby in 160+ chapters to justify her recovery.
I feel like the ending getting ppl to talk about it this much was like when Ai died When Ai died there were a lot of controversy among her fans which is similar to the situation happening now This ending that Aka made in my opinion is quite smart since wut is happening now is like wut had happened in the manga Aka has created a ending that led us fans to react the same way as Ai’s fans in the manga We still have our bonus chapter coming so we should not throw so much backlash yet….and when the anime adapts this there will most likely more to add as filler This is just my personal opinion but I’m actually curious if anyone else has noticed it…
Though it did left me wanting something more, I don't think it's a bad ending by any means, just a deeply upsetting one, and so people can't process it properly. I would have liked to spend some more time with Ruby to know what's going on with her more, I mean she did choose life so there is that to be hopeful, but then again maybe I don't want to know. I'll have to reread to say if his murder self-deletion is in or out of character for Aqua, there was definitely a reversal of his character development once he figured out that his target was still alive. The thing is, Aqua suffers from that very common Japanese MC mental disorder, the belief that he needs to take all the burdens on himself because he knows that's what is best for everyone around him, but of course that's just hubris and self devaluation. Like Akane said in the past chapter they could have planned the perfect crime together, but of course Aqua wouldn't want involve anyone into murder or risk harming Ruby career. I mean of course if given the choice Ruby would have chosen Aqua's life over realizing their mother's Dream, it did not need to end like this and Aqua is just a fool, and I think at his very final moments Aqua realized that too, but then it was too late. In that I'm reminded of Jujutsu Kaisen, how sometimes you can curse a person without meaning to, Aqua self righteous sacrifice becomes a curse onto Ruby, her Dream of realizing her mother lifework becomes the curse of having to live like she did, becoming a beacon of hope by projecting a happiness she herself do not have, and hoping these lies will one day become true to herself as well, I only hope it wont take another 15 years. It's very dark, but I think it's by design.
Oshi no Ko succeeded in conveying the message it was going for from the start. The ending was a perfect fit, the execution is down to each persons interpretation and their demands for more, I personally am more than happy with what Aka did. However, simpletons like Chibireviews don't help at all with their needless negativity. The less people get influenced by others in forming their opinion the better and then it will be an actual genuine reflection on the quality of the work in question.
Yeah exactly. I'm convinced Chibi realized the ending was gonna be controversial so he started pumping and pumping out videos about it to get more views. At the rate he was going, it's pretty obvious he wasn't even genuine about it.
Aqua dies, leaving all the friends and loved ones he's made over the course of the manga behind, but at least he's killed Hikaru and landed Nino in prison, keeping Ruby safe for good. Despite the heartbreak that takes some longer than others to recover from, everyone eventually moves on from his death, and are motivated to work harder than ever to honor his memory. This culminates in Ruby fulfilling the dream Ai never could - performing at the Tokyo Dome. But I still wish Aqua didn't have to sacrifice himself to kill Hikaru. I would've preferred if he and the others could've just exposed Hikaru for all his crimes (Like how Edward Elric was able to expose Father Cornello for being a fraud pretending to be a Messenger of God and like how Marinette Dupain-Cheng exposed Lila Rossi (Or whatever her real name is) for being the evil lying sociopath she truly is) with an Engineered Public Confession or something and bring him to justice? Aqua's death still feels so messed up, especially since it reminds me of what happened to Fred Weasley (Harry Potter series), Pierce Wheels (Ben 10 Series) and Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Not to mention Haruto Tokishima from Valvrave the Liberator. 😥😭🙍💔🌧️🌩️
Aqua dying could have worked... If it made more sense. That muder suicide thing felt dumb af. There were so many things that could have gone wrong, and even in the best case scenario he is still leaving all the people he cares about traumatized... If it might have made sense as a last ditch effort when all other plans have fallen appart, or if he was put into an extreme situation and had to make a snap judment, but... Until that point, everything was going according to plan. He managed to expose his father to the public at least, they predicted and stopped the muder attempt on Ruby, and they even got his accomplice to cooperate in exposing his plans. Why the hell would Aqua just off himself at that point?... It feels like there were so many other things he could have at least TRIED first.
He was destined to sacrifice himself. This was pretty much revealed by the plot itself. He was involved with two girls Akane and Kana. But the story wasn't about one of those Harem comedy slice of life stories. It was cleverly written by the author to provide a distraction so the reader will think that Aqua would choose life. But he didn't at the end. He loved his sister. He wanted her to live her dream and removed any obstacles. Also the fact he couldn't really choose between Akane and Kana. He loved them both. Despite what people may say, Kana loved him. But Akane was there for him. She was with him and helped him to come to terms with the death of his mother in volume 7 of the Manga. And she also helped Kana get out of her slump. People don't give Akane much credit. it is what it is. Glad the author ended the manga way he did. I hope that the Anime ends the same way. It is a great story. Could have added more to the story on how Ruby came to terms with Aqua's death. But it takes time and you never forget. I should know I lost my parents back in 1999. They are always with me. So will Aqua be with all of them especially with his sister. He and his mother Ai Hoshino.
I think the idea of ending is good. However, from the way the story got to that ending, and the lack of chapters after Aqua’s death, the ending feels hollow in my opinion.
Exactly, it feels rushed to the point that its hollow. There wasn't meaning in any of it other than to simply finish the story so the author could move on to something else. It feels like Game of Thrones ending.
I liked the concept for the ending, the problem was it was executed horribly, or more specifically everything just got resolved in barely 2 chapters. Like I refuse to believe these people just moved on that quickly when Aqua was someone so important to their lives :/
From what I've heard after watching people like Chibi give his opinion, it sounds like the ending was too rushed, the focus wasn't always on the right place, & some story elements went nowhere or wernt used enough & just forgotten about. I do like the way evarywan moves on with their lives, how Ruby has 2 ⭐️, implying she's become just like Aai, & the series is a good comanterry on the industry in general. If I were to change anything, I'd have Aqua being found by 🚔 & 🚑 and show him die & it would go something like this... 🚔 🚑: Find Aqua & ask if he's ok. Aqua: asks about the dome concert. 🚔 🚑: tells him everything is fine. Aqua: dies picefully with a smile on his face, knowing Ruby is safe. This would make Aqua feel less selfish & more caring for Ruby's safety & have more of an emoshanal impact & would fit comfortably on only 1 or 2 more pages.
The ending was fine for me, the only complain I have was that the last 3 chapters felt like a recap, it was entirely in Akane’s POV while she was mostly narrating everything during the grieving period and after that. I was hoping for different character perspectives and how they were coping with Aqua’s death. Kinda how bnha ended, it was a bittersweet end as well but the last 5 chapters had different character POVs, like how they were dealing with their own issues and how they were coping. It wasn’t perfect, but at least you got a lot of people’s thoughts and feelings. I was hoping more on that, but we’ll see on the extra chapters, there might be more about the different characters.
With MHA people hated the ending because they either was predisposed to hating it, fake leaks and mistranslations along with the fact that a lot of actual fans were mad their head canon was wrong. JJK straight up just has an objectively bad ending and nothing makes sense, feels satisfying or earned at all. Hearing the ending to Oshi no ko...I struggle to understand why people are mad. Everything seems to have wrapped up and plots have come to their conclusion in a way that(to me at least) makes sense.
It left me unsatisfied, disappointed, and confused tbh. It was jarring how much of a 180 it just pulled by reintroducing Hikaru like that and Aqua's "plan" to do murder-suicide believing it to be his only option. 9:31 that post is true af I feel really bad for Ruby the most, girl went through so much and it just glosses over her grief in 3 pages and then goes "she moved on" like, what? Not to mention shes been pretty much relegated to a plot device for most of the series with how little character development and focus she received even though shes the co-protagonist
Does anyone think both Yukine Hayakawa and Mero Setō from Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night deserve to get complete comeuppance for their actions like Hikaru Kamiki and Fuyuko Niino? But not the kind of comeuppance the gets them killed like Hikaru.
I’ll just copy my comment from another video: I think people didn’t like it because it wasn’t an entirely happy ending and was more bittersweet , but I think that’s fine. I never really went to this story expecting a truly happy end. I thought the ending was actually good and it was a solid culmination of the over all theme: that this is a world covered in fakes and lies, but through said lies we can inspire and love others. People also criticized that the ending didn’t “feel” like a finale and that the status quo wasn’t changed but I feel like that’s more realistic for this story. In the end, you can’t truly change everything (I mean look how things are in real life) but it’s entirely up to you to try to make it better for others and I think that’s what Aka was trying to do with Ruby for the ending. I also saw the story being about second chances, and how Aqua was able to give a lot of characters a second chance to improve themselves and live on (even if he had to be a martyr for that to work). But yeah, it’s not a perfect ending (and that’s fine) but I think it’s a good ending overall and I was left satisfied.
I'm fine with bittersweet or sad endings. I just felt like the writing dropped in quality and too many loose ends were left, as well as plot holes. But I've already mentioned that elsewhere in some other places, and this will be long enough without my getting into the details of all of them. I won't get into all my issue with it, but I wanted to say that the sad ending isn't necessarily the cause of the issues peopke have (not on its own, anyway). Not for me and not for some others. It's the drop in writing quality & the execution of the story between 135 and 165 - with real interest of Akasaka seeming to completely leave around 143 other 144. As for the drop of quality (and the execution) that I mentioned above: Akasaka has a history of loosing interest in his stories (from what I have heard/read of his past works - he's apparently stated this in (at least) 1 interview) and ending them as soon as he looses that interest. Regardless of where he is in the story when he looses that interest. It feels like around 144 he completely lost interest in the series . He's also already had 1 or 2 works refused for publication in (I think) the last year, while Oshi was running full steam ahead and he's already got his next series planned with a release set for January or Febuary. This indicates that he's likely been growing more and more disinterested in this series since he had those other 2 refused and likely ended Oshi as soon as he got the go ahead for this new series. I've read things that state that this is what has happened with Kaguya Sama's manga (never watched or read it, because it never interested me much) and 1 or 2 other series. It seems like he crashes the landing of his series often because he becomes disinterested. I'm a fine artist under my real name and also write. I get that being bored or burnt out is human nature at times. As well as loosing interest in things. In those cases, rather than rushing to end your stories, you should take a long hiatus (longer than the one they took before the ending). Meanwhile Mengo has stated that she was putting all of her attention into Oshi No Ko, and as a result has nothing planned right now. Though I assume after spending time with her family over the holidays and the holidays are over, she will likely connect with another author or start her own series. But the contrast between them is glaring. She put everything into it and Akasaka CLEARLY didn't put his all into it or even care to tie up any of the loose ends or plot holes. My issue is with that, rather than the sad or bittersweet ending. I didn't like Aqua's death, but it was more that it was badly executed rather than him being dead. There are loose ends with almost all of the important characters. But aside from how his death was executed from a writing standpoint, I have serious issues with Hikaru's writing as a character as well as the inclusion of the Crow girl at all, when she was never fully explained. And did nothing other characters could't have done. She seems to only be there to talk to him as he was dying and Ai's spirit could have filled that roll. She could have at least visited Ruby one last time to give her some closure and understanding since he did not leave a note. That would have felt more in character for Ruby, if she was in a bad mental state until it was fully or even somewhat explained to her by the crow girl. Take that girl out and virtually nothing changes other characters or good plot devices could have filled her roll. Aside from the crow girl, the way Ruby coped feels out of character for her. Specifically to pull herself up and bounce back the way she did (even though she was broken inside). This is considering her reaction to Gorou's death, and now she's essentially lost him a second time. The 1st time she was ready to end herself over it. Now she isnt? Almost nothing has changed with her between finding Gorou's body, then.... and now: when she knows she's lost him a second time. Again, with nothing like a note or anything fully stating his feelings to anyone at all: He's just gone. Again. The crow girl was mostly useless and not explained. She could have been used to help Ruby understand things better. There could have been so many uses for her with this ending that would have made it good. The last chapter would have been fine with me, if Akasaka had built it up and it had been a properly executed plot line. As an artist, I just don't like how Akasaka treated his story or his characters. And yes, he's not the visual artists, but writers/creators are also artists in my opinion. If an artist/writer doesn't care about their story or characters, then how are others supposed to do that? Especially when his disinterest shows through his writing? I can't respect that kind of artist: be they author/creator or a visual mangaka.
LMAO, performing at the Dome was NEVER Ai's dream. In chatper 8/9, when Ichigo says B-Komachi got a spot at the Dome, Ai literally says she has no idea what that is but will just pretend to be excited because everyone else seems to be
Well he already got with Akane and he stopped having feelings for her. As for Kana it was stated by Aqua himself that he would most likely end up with her (even Akane wanted him to get together with Kana in the end). You could also argue that he would end up with his sister but I don't really think that would go well in the long run. At least now Akane fans can rub to our faces that he never got together with Kana so there's that.
Two of the original B-Komachi members Takamine and Nino made their appearance in chapter 132. But the other four members (Meimei, Watanabe, Ari & Kyun) did not. I still wonder what happened to them and what their currently doing after they quit being Idols. I also hope maybe someday there will be an Oshi No Ko spin-off Manga that focuses on other Oshi No Ko characters including Minami Kotobuki. Heck a What If Manga would've been great too. Fans should definitely request for Manga's like these.
The ending's issue can be summed up in one word: RUSHED. I can see how aka is filling each plot and arc beat by beat, but how do you make it feeling meaningful if you're going at lightning pace? That's why the epilogue felt empty and there's so much loose ends untied. It's genuinely saddening for those who really loved this series.
With only 2-3 more chapters it could be a perfect Ending. But the Ending we got is Not Bad but i Hope It will get better with the new novel with Kana And akane + the new Bonus chapter in vol 16
Ppl made cyz they think akasaka rushed it and needed more reactions to aquas death but rlly for me it was perfect i think akasaka showed enough reactions and created a masterpiece
Everyone is asking the reason for Aqua's Suicide. I would like to share anonymous comments which try to explain his death.( Credit:FoxbytheSea) Aqua had deep issues, even with his life as Gorou, he was already scarred. His first mother died giving birth to him, and his father I can’t remember but I think he dies shortly afterwards too, and was raised by his grandmother. He decided to study medicine and become a gynecologist/obstetrician in order to save other women, or rather save other children from suffering his same fate. That had left him already with some guilt feelings and sense of abandonment. In his second life his mother, his idol, his “love”, in case you could consider he was in love with Ai, was also taken from him as a child, in an even more traumatic way. His second father was a psychopath manipulative snake. He tried playing hero for all and being altruistic and careless about himself, but at the end he was just a child, a scarred and afraid child. He was always being a kind of patch adams in his first life, behaving almost childlike in the hospital, even a nurse called him out like that. In his second life he was more closed and mysterious, composed and cold, calculating. Can’t blame him, first the trauma of Sarina, then being killed by a random guy trying to protect the privacy and career of Ai at the hospital. I can remember at least 4 times where he openly talked about ending his life, or mentioning his life was worthless or meaningless, that’s why he never thought further after his revenge. But that’s the thing, at first all his life as Aqua was about revenge, but then at the end it was about protecting Ruby. He finally found out his real purpose in life. Or rather shifted it for him to be able to go in peace. He always thought he was just like Ai, unable to love, and not worth loving because of his abandonment issues, daddy issues, and mommy issues. He felt he wasn’t worthy of love, worthy of life. This manga is very deep, and Aquas character is very well depicted with a LOT of mental issues. He didn’t want an escape goat. He wanted it all to end, and he knew he would have to go if he was gonna take out Kamiki. He wanted it this way. That’s what Akane’s narrative is about the past two chapters. It’s a sad manga. It’s about trauma and moving on. You literally have the two sides of the coin with Aqua and Ruby. Sarina embraced her new chance in life, tried her best to follow her dreams and chase after them. Live it to the fullest, even now at the end, she is depicted as the one that wants to move on, live on, hang on to her dreams. Aqua embraced death. It is actually well written in an almost poetic way. It’s written in a very “magical realism” way, in a very in-depth psychological way. Aqua was an “Oedipus”. Was in “love” with his mom, killed his father, commuted suicide. Anyone which have other opinion please share your thoughts
Wow the copium of this video. You literally ignored almost all of the written text explaining what was actually going on and just came up with a alternate ending based on nothing but the artwork. An alternative ending that completely contradicts what Aka actually wrote.
Im fine with Aqua dying, just that im pissed that got we dont get much closer for other charactersz like it was too short after that. Especially for Kana, she kept on taking Ls
Its just the execution was poor and it feels like lessons weren't learned. Ruby wanted her brother to be with her. Why would we want we want Ruby to be like her mother? Also the police would have figured the knife/figure print which why Aqua is poorly thought through for most of us.😊
Its been a year of horrible endings. Aqua was never shown to be the type to commit suicide. The whole end was rushed so much that basically disregards the whole story before it. I can accept Aqua dying, but the way it was done and how all the other characters are treated really seems like it got the Games of Thrones treatment for the ending.
“It’s been a year of horrible endings” what are you taking about? MHA and OnK had good endings. The only one I didn’t really like was JJK. I swear the internet exaggerates so much.
@@Isukiri544 for real, people are exaggerting some much it is insane, the ending was great, not perfect but it was actually good, I really don't get all the hate it is crazy
@@Light-qm9gv I think some fans lost sight of the nature of the story being told. The way i saw it was Oshi no ko was always tragedy, just with themes about hope. Aqua ran out of both time and options to find a way of dealing with Hikaru and come back alive. Had he given Hikaru more time there is no telling the level of further danger Hikaru would pose to Aqua's friends and family.
Honestly, i can understand Aqua's decision as him being a flawed character, and in the end giving up on his future life in a moment of weakness and uncertainty. However, i would have liked for the author to at least pay a bit of respect to the rest of the characters. Ruby's hope that the doctor she loved came back, was briefly shattered, and lost a lover and a brother at the same time. Akane who wanted to be useful to Aqua in solving his problems ended up being pushed aside. And last but not the least, perhaps the saddest development of all, Kana's feelings were never answered in the end, instead she could only confess her love to his lifeless body. I was fine with Kana not getting together with Aqua, but after having all that built up only for her to be forgotten like that it hurt a lot, he could at least have him answer to her feelings ffs. It would have been fine even with him saying a "sorry" or have a farewell with any of them in his dying moments, but we didn't get any of that unfortunately. If not for that, it would certainly help having some kind of conclusion in what really happened to the lives of all the characters, perhaps a chapter or 2 extra would be fine, but it all abruptly ended. I still love oshi no ko story as a whole, and i will try to keep the things i liked from it.
Looking at the comment section and the official onk manga server I've noticed that many people don't even understand the story or even basic stuff, people are saying stuff like aqua suicide wasn't revealed earlier but they literally hinted it early on and aqua himself said in an chapter something about him dying and ruby managing without being depressed, another question is that people are asking why aqua didn't report Hikaru to the police? That's such a stupid question, aqua had no proof whatover and hikaru is a big figure, he's not easy to take down at all. There are still many questions manga readers are asking that have already been revealed, istg many manga readers are just ignorant.
As someone who did not invest in the series but watched the premier of the Anime, I have to say that this is kind of what I expected of how the series would end At the beginning, Aqua was out for revenge and it was only natural that one would believe it would be the cause of his death. Ruby was out to be an beloved Idol just like her mother and that was how it ended for her. Yes, I know a great matter of events happened between the beginning and the end of the series, but at its heart, we had two different goals each sibling set out to have; thus I kind of see why the author chose this ending
Yea of course no one understood the ending! Ngl this will probably show in the anime and live action ,so get ready!!! Also....since they have one last thing to show us in December which is the special edition and regular edition...coming in December 18,i hope its a final good ending which will make us forget everything that was ever bad!❤
Honestly, even though I quit reading around incest arc (Ruby asking Aqua to marry him) bc I find that topic deeply uncomfortable, I heard bits and pieces from videos. It was pretty clear to me that this show isn't gonna have a happy ending and is taking an almost too realistic twist. It's no happy show, it has deeply problematic characters and handles deeply problematic themes (not a bad thing). If this show had a happy "everyone lives, ships happen" ending I would be disappointed. It's a good finish to the series, just a unhappy/tragic ending.
I actually 150% agree with Chibi on this one, What was the point of all this? What was the point of spending 4 god damn years and making an anime about a 16 year old ldol mother who dies in front of her children and having one of her children die in the most LAUGHABLE way imaginable, and the other one be forever DOOMED to be just another carbon Copy of her mother, the one thing she said she’d never become!!! Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a literal stalker at that door Pointing a GUN at Ruby’s face while she has her head turned around. I know at first glance it may SEEM like Aqua and Ruby “accomplished”their goals, but they Accomplished them in the most BULLSH!T WAY POSSIBLE!!! AAAAAAAND let’s be real, the Dialogue in this final arc was absolutely ATROCIOUS!!! Another thing, even IF I go back to the 1st and 6th episode of the anime, i wouldn’t feel the least bit sad cause I don’t CARE anymore. And if we’re being honest, Akane should’ve died right then and there at the end of Ep 6, at least THEN Aka would’ve had something to SAY!!! Aka: Eh, just want to let ya’ll know that this stuff can actually happen in real life, so you Should probably, you know, not do it anymore. Thanks😊. And about that crow girl, can we ALL agree that her personality COMPLETELY takes a massive shift after the first half of the movie arc, because before she was pretty much a Bully to Aqua and Ruby, and she teased them every chance she got. But after we get the flashback of her interacting with Serena in the past she straight up becomes a Nice Girl out of nowhere. She then has the audacity to Glaze the Hell out of Aqua (INEXPLICABLY) and literally watch’s as his body fade into absolutely nothing!!! And I never actually watched or read the Tokyo Blade Arc in the anime or manga, but now I care about it even less now because WHATS THE DAMN POINT ANYMORE!!! And on that note, you can straight up count me out on continuing the anime. Cause who the hells gonna even care about Oshi No Ko by the time the anime gets a S3 and/or a S4 if THAT even happens!!! And even IF the anime changes the ending, it’s Already Too Late cause the damage has already been freaking done!!! All those animators and voice actors are just wasting their Blood Sweat and Tears for NOTHING now, and I just feel SAD for them right now!!! And now that his latest series got the Ax, Aka is now working on a Manga about and I Quote “a fairy-tale world, where princesses and princes are always guided by fate..." and apparently the artwork is being done by the guy who did Record of Ragnarok. But after this Atrocity of a Manga about Idols, I wouldn’t be surprised if that series gets Axed too, along with all of his Other future projects. Cause let’s be real, who the hell is gonna SUPPORT him after this!!!
I think we should have got more chapters. Showing one-two panels of characters, I feel like is not enough. Theres´s still some unresolved things. For example, what was Akane´s conclusion who were the other four members along with Ai etc..., Though it was a bad ending,It was for the plot itself. Alot of people think that he had to live, because he had to choose between Akane, Kana or caring about Ruby. But no, this is what i call "gaslighthing". Because Aka wanted for us to think "Aqua has to live,because he needs to choose one" Until they realized this is not a romance story. This goes the same for Ai "She has to live for the sake of Aqua and Ruby "It was all about Ruby representing and going beyond AI. Let´s be real tho, we all wanted the romance ending, especially ending up with Akane. I don´t really see a reason why there would be a reason,why Aqua would choose Akane over Kana. I don´t feel like Akane´s getting enough credits from people. She literally was with Aqua all the time,even saying she would go to hell with him, while Kana wanting Aqua to be in her concert. Like for real? Itw would be so abrupt to see Kana with Aqua. Going into the ending. I don´t see a reason why Aqua should´ve died. Well let´s take into prespective. There´s no such reason why Aqua should´ve died. Let´s take into account, that iff Aqua was a "good brother" he wouldn´t just stab himself, knowing the risks of him dying is undeniable. And I don´t agree when he said "for the sake of ruby" That´s just not true. As a "smart" person, he should be aware that sacrificing is just not the best option. He should be aware that, giving Ruby, Akane, Kana etc.., Especially Ruby depression. Especially Ruby, because that time when she found Goro´s dead body, it lookes like she was about to suicide, but after finding out about that Aqua was Goro. She regained her happiness,but then Aqua strikes her with his death, all I can say is, she was not happy. Despite the risks Aqua took by unaliving himself to basically eliminate Hikaru, that guy still said for the sake of everyone... What if Ruby did a suicide, well yeah she shouldn´t because Aqua´s efforts would be useless, well let´s imagine a case scenario where for example Ruby was just devastated or perhaps went insane, and unalived herself. Like Aqua dying was so pointless. Just for killing hikaru, which could´ve been done countless ways. He unalives himself. The cycle starts again. "If you have an enemy, start digging a grave fro yourself at your enemy" Akane supermacy forever. Overall I loved the series, just the ending. defenitelly top 1-3.
When this ending finally gets adopted in the anime anime only will have a full on mental breakdown. Manga readers are already having a mental breakdown I can’t even imagine how anime only will react Man, the final episode does get released the whole Internet and the world will be in chaos. It’s gonna be a bloodbath and I can’t wait to see it. I can’t wait to see people lose their minds after seeing this ending in the anime 😂🤣
I'm ok with the ending. I read it more as a tragic one, but that's not bad: not every story needs a happy ending, just one that makes sense. And I think this ending makes sense. I don't think Aqua needed to die, but it does "work". Maybe we could've gotten a bit more of an epilogue but that final chapter was sufficient. And I think it's a tragic ending because our heroine is sacrificing herself for the ideal instead of actually confronting her grief. I can't think living a perpetual lie is a way to be happy. But this 100% makes sense in OnK.
the ending on a scale of Tokyo revengers to cowboy bebop I'd say it's in the middle it a least didn't revive every character and chalk it up to being a Miracal like Tokyo revengers did and honestly, I can't think of a way for it to be as good of an ending like cowboy bebop all in all even though some parts of the ending were kind of rushed I still think it's a decent ending and people are being way to rude to Aka Akasaka there's a good chance he was burned out because of the series and was tired
I'm just glad aqua didn't mysteriously get revived..one thing I don't like is suddenly unexplained revives. Hard to pull it off and not be frustrating imo.
This is a copy paste of a message i left for someone else. But i wanted to leave it here as well. Mostly this is to say that not everyone is upset by a sad or bittersweet ending. Like me, I'm ok with those, as long as they are written and/or executed well. This. Was. Not. Executed. Well. The copy/pasted part of my message: I'm fine with bittersweet or sad endings. I just felt like the writing dropped in quality and too many loose ends were left, as well as plot holes. But I've already mentioned that elsewhere in some other places, and this will be long enough without my getting into the details of all of them. I won't get into all my issue with it, but I wanted to say that the sad ending isn't necessarily the cause of the issues peopke have (not on its own, anyway). Not for me and not for some others. It's the drop in writing quality & the execution of the story between 135 and 165 - with real interest of Akasaka seeming to completely leave around 143 other 144. As for the drop of quality (and the execution) that I mentioned above: Akasaka has a history of loosing interest in his stories (from what I have heard/read of his past works - he's apparently stated this in (at least) 1 interview) and ending them as soon as he looses that interest. Regardless of where he is in the story when he looses that interest. It feels like around 144 he completely lost interest in the series . He's also already had 1 or 2 works refused for publication in (I think) the last year, while Oshi was running full steam ahead and he's already got his next series planned with a release set for January or Febuary. This indicates that he's likely been growing more and more disinterested in this series since he had those other 2 refused and likely ended Oshi as soon as he got the go ahead for this new series. I've read things that state that this is what has happened with Kaguya Sama's manga (never watched or read it, because it never interested me much) and 1 or 2 other series. It seems like he crashes the landing of his series often because he becomes disinterested. I'm a fine artist under my real name and also write. I get that being bored or burnt out is human nature at times. As well as loosing interest in things. In those cases, rather than rushing to end your stories, you should take a long hiatus (longer than the one they took before the ending). Meanwhile Mengo has stated that she was putting all of her attention into Oshi No Ko, and as a result has nothing planned right now. Though I assume after spending time with her family over the holidays and the holidays are over, she will likely connect with another author or start her own series. But the contrast between them is glaring. She put everything into it and Akasaka CLEARLY didn't put his all into it or even care to tie up any of the loose ends or plot holes. My issue is with that, rather than the sad or bittersweet ending. I didn't like Aqua's death, but it was more that it was badly executed rather than him being dead. There are loose ends with almost all of the important characters. But aside from how his death was executed from a writing standpoint, I have serious issues with Hikaru's writing as a character as well as the inclusion of the Crow girl at all, when she was never fully explained. And did nothing other characters could't have done. She seems to only be there to talk to him as he was dying and Ai's spirit could have filled that roll. She could have at least visited Ruby one last time to give her some closure and understanding since he did not leave a note. That would have felt more in character for Ruby, if she was in a bad mental state until it was fully or even somewhat explained to her by the crow girl. Take that girl out and virtually nothing changes other characters or good plot devices could have filled her roll. Aside from the crow girl, the way Ruby coped feels out of character for her. Specifically to pull herself up and bounce back the way she did (even though she was broken inside). This is considering her reaction to Gorou's death, and now she's essentially lost him a second time. The 1st time she was ready to end herself over it. Now she isnt? Almost nothing has changed with her between finding Gorou's body, then.... and now: when she knows she's lost him a second time. Again, with nothing like a note or anything fully stating his feelings to anyone at all: He's just gone. Again. The crow girl was mostly useless and not explained. She could have been used to help Ruby understand things better. There could have been so many uses for her with this ending that would have made it good. The last chapter would have been fine with me, if Akasaka had built it up and it had been a properly executed plot line. As an artist, I just don't like how Akasaka treated his story or his characters. And yes, he's not the visual artists, but writers/creators are also artists in my opinion. If an artist/writer doesn't care about their story or characters, then how are others supposed to do that? Especially when his disinterest shows through his writing? I can't respect that kind of artist: be they author/creator or a visual mangaka.
The ending was a disgrace. Total disrespect for the readers. "I'm bored so I'll screw all the people that gave me their time and money." I will never read this author again.
Looks like 2024 really is the year of rushed bad endings for us it was MHA then it was JJK and now it is Oshi no ko truly, there are so many bad endings this year so far only romance Mangas have best endings, but other among us not so much what a year man what a year of disappointing endings 😔
I appreciate that extra information, but a story is alive on its own even if it was their intention to get people to talk about it...The story was still murdered too many stories have been murdered for the sake of shock factor and drama. There are many aspects of the lack of message behind the series now, and all the foreshadowing/symbolism fell on the wayside as if it never mattered. Alas I will watch the anime (if they even get another season after 3, highly doubtful with this ending) and see where that goes.
Imma be real, I love and hate this ending First piece of fiction that had made me cry is oshi no ko. The ending was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too rushed and I wouldve been fine with aqua dying if given more panels/chpaters talking about his death or why he died or just basically dragging the ending out. But I did see where aka was coming from though I disliked it Cuz it had the pacing that made it feel like a half tragedy I dislike the coming back in full circle theme as this shows that between ai and ruby there was no improvement even after a decade and a half Aqua suiciding even though his motive is to protect ruby is stupid because he couldve thought off a better plan Akane and kana had unfinished business with aqua as a whole. But in my opinion I accept the ending as canon as this couldve 100% happened in my opinion and this manga also holds an extremely special place in my heart.
If you ignore narrators, and think of it as a Serina/ Aqua through story, it makes sense. If you look at Noh theater, it is common to have a plot start the story to get the characters to a spot where the real story begins. Then at the end the original conflict is never addressed. Spirited Away does something similar. The family takes a short cut because they are very concerned with meeting the movers at the house. They absolutely do not make it in time to see the movers. I may not be stringing these thoughts together well, as I am thinking about your video and shooting from the hip. I was just thinking, if you think of Ai as there for Ruby’s initial inspiration, and Aqua there as narrative device/ supporting character, then maybe the story has a through-line based on that. Also, bonus! All the people that would have been angry if Aqua shipped with the wrong girl..Problem solved!
Feels like Ak a got tired or bore and just wanted to end the series. Either that he wanted to do a certain route or things way and the publisher would not let him or just simply wanted to be done with it and passion ran out. Since he beings writing another series in April of next year and another previous work got axed while he was working on Oshi no ko and perhaps that way he was bit salty and ended Oshi no ko the way he did since Oshi no ko was way more popular then the manga that got axed.
This is the reason why I'm hoping the anime adaptation flushes a lot of this stuff out and maybe even does kind of like an anime original ending that flushes a lot of stuff out which is part of the reason why people hated this chapter
I know fans that wanted to see Aqua, and Ruby shipping at the end, and even having kids. The manga author did planned this divided fan reaction on purpose. Ps. I guess that the Idol industry will get more support in Japan thanks to this manga's popularity.
This was a great ride. Endings are one of the most difficult parts of a story. I trully believe that is unfair to judge the whole series by the ending, this was trully a great manga. Hope there will be more in the future from Aka Akasaka.
Aqua served his purpose in the story. He took that crazy psychopath with him, his mission was complete. The other things that fans wanted were more personal with the shipping and other stuff. I see the ending as very realistic especially with anyone who can relate to losing someone and their life cut short or near death experiences, having the strength to continue forward as life goes on. The author could wrap things up with the supporting cast 🤷🏿♂️.
It's a bittersweet end to a truly special and radiant era :(~☆ But, I can't wait to watch another wonderful video from you, mate~♡ You are da beeesht, and long live the wonder of the stars, Oshi no Ko~!♡
@414Anime Of course~!☆ Keep up the great work, and I hope to see you grow even more and receive tremendous amounts of support because you truly deserve it~♡
Movie arc didn’t build up and match to Toward The Dreams and Stars arc. Here’s the problems: MeiMei didn’t appear along side with Takamine and Nino for approval of using her name Kana was the only one to know Nino want to be friend with Ai. It didn’t match what Akane said plus Ruby didn’t know about this. MeiMei should be the hidden villain and reveal to be the sister of Hikaru due to her Chinese name Frill supposed to be the daughter of Airi and Hikaru. There’s should be more to the story. Aqua should learn that he was acting as Ryosuke and Hikaru that knowing Kana reminds him of Ai and act as Nino. To build up the relationship together. Aqua ask to reshoot his movie by having Kana replace Ruby as Ai to understand how Kana and AI’s life is related. No one ask about Kana’s parent. That would be the main key for 15 years lie Crow said two people: the college student which is Ryosuke and the middle student which is Hikaru. Where did Nino come from? Kana should learn about 45510 and knowing Nino’s view of Ai which make her a better Ai than Ruby Kana knows who’s the traitor of B-Komachi which turn out to be MeiMei MeiMei is connected to the Panda which is Nino MeiMei frame Nino with blackmail and threatens Nino’s hair looks similar to Kana The whole center should be Kana, not Ruby The real problem is the THEME. Never replace the original stars with false stars. Ai and Ruby replace Nino and Kana. The lies hide the truth. The morning star turn out to be Venus. The yellow hide the red. That is why Kana is the center while Ruby and Memcho are by her side. The ending that should have been: Aqua was preparing to kill Hikaru but suddenly Kana appear in front of him, stopping him. Ai demand Kana to move away. Kana slap Aqua and call him “Idiot.” Kana explains that everything you wish for won’t come true. Aqua told Kana that Hikaru need to die and willing to sacrifice to protect Ruby. Kana grab Aqua’s hands and force to herself to get stab. Aqua and Hikaru are shocked what Kana did. Kana told Aqua, “you got your revenge. I’m Nino.” Aqua realized that Kana was acting as Nino in the movie. Aqua felt guilty for Kana and the reason to fail protecting Ai. Aqua grab Kana and rush to the hospital. Everyone came and learn Kana’s selfish action. Aqua blame himself for hurting Kana. Aqua request to drop Nino charges and have Hikaru take the blame for attempting murder of Kana. Aqua give the knife to the police and lies that Hikaru and Aqua fight until Hikaru stab Kana. Aqua apologize to Nino how she was mistreated for Ai replacing her. Kana awake up. Aqua apologize to Kana for using her to get his revenge. Ruby understand the original star cannot be replace. Ruby decided to not play as Ai and let someone else play as Ai which she ask Kana. Kana accept her role as both Ai and Nino. Hikaru was on the news as everyone boo at him for trying to murder Kana. Kana became a rising star since her child star debut. Nino made Kana and her mother reconciled themselves. Kana and Nino acting like mother and daughter perform at the dome. Old and new B-Komachi together. Kana see the white glow sticks. Nino finally realized that Kana was Amaterasu that she prayed for and the star she made a wish to surpass Ai. Shima promise to make a movie about Kana play as Nino’s child turn out to be Oshi no ko.
Most people are entitled to their own opinions. I'm a bit annoyed with the ending. Some will agree with me, while others will disagree with me. In my opinion, the story should have a reimagining, but from the perspective of a different protagonist. In my mind, in this reimagining of the story, the protagonist would be Aqua and Ruby's kouhai Ren Niino, the son of physicist professor who happens to be Fuyuko Niino's older brother, making Fuyuko a teenage aunt. Ren's father, Akihiko, is married to Shizuka, Ren's mother who also happens to be a Reincarnation Searcher. In the case of Shizuka's idea involving reincarnation, the process for one's soul to reincarnate into a new body actually takes 18 months. The first nine months is actually the process of the soul of a recently deceased person or someone who's been dead for a very long time to inhabit a new body for them to be reborn into, through a ritual of some sort which involves removing their memories of their past lives, in order to prepare them for their reincarnation. The second nine months is simply the process of a baby with the now adjusted soul wiped of the memories of its previous life developing inside its mother. Shizuka also experimented on herself to test out her theory. The result, while successful, left Shizuka in a coma after she gave birth to Ren. As out turns out, similar Aqua and Ruby, Ren happens to be the reincarnation of someone who died a long time ago. The only difference is that Ren's past self is someone who was warned at a very young age about the dark side of the entertainment industry, which resulted in his…or rather her fear of exploited. Yes, Ren's past self was actually a girl. In the past, Ren's past self was girl by the name of Ayame Danzaki, the daughter of an ordinary middle class family, who were friends with a Politician and his wife who was an opera singer, and their daughter Fumino. The opera singer was the aunt of an Idol nicked named Angel, who was tricked by a shady group who was part of mob conglomerate to switch from her old company to their company. This was due to the fact Angel's father, the opera singer's brother, owed the company a huge sum of money. Angel agreed to join them in order to repay the company in her father's place. Not only that, she joined them in order to help her father, who recently suffered a medical collapse. Unaware to Angel, the company she switched to was also worked in the flesh peddling business. Under the guise of giving her a “new image”, they have Angel trained through public humiliation and risqué outfits. Once her training has culminated, auctioned off at “one of those” auctions for a hundred million yen. Only Angel's aunt knew what was going on after learning that her brother died during Angel's training. And after a humiliating event at a comeback stage performance, the opera singer and a detective she hired exposed the shady company. To celebrate her victory of exposing the company, the opera singer and her family invited Ayame and her parents to recital performance. The company, on the other hand, was not happy about being exposed, sent their personal hitman to eliminate the opera singer during the performance. Ayame caught wind of what was going on when she overheard the hitman calling their boss on the phone while she was on her way back to her parents after a trip to the bathroom. She attempted to warn her parents, even going to bathroom again to hide from the hitman until the coast was clear. Unfortunately, the hitman's ear were sharp as nails, and they strangled Ayame to death. Ayame's last thoughts were wanting to see her family safe again and wishing she were born as a boy. Ayame did get her wish, and she was reincarnated as the boy Ren Niino. The unfortunate part is that shortly after being killed, the hitman ended up killing Angel when she jumped in the way to save her aunt. Ayame's body was later discovered after everyone evacuated from the theater. Her parents and siblings mourned Ayame's death, and the opera singer, her husband and their daughter mourned Angel's death. An unexpected benefit is when Ayame was reincarnated as Ren, he gained the power of retro cognition. Now reincarnated as a boy, Ren decides to investigate circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Angel's death. The same events involving Ai would occur. Except in this case, Ai would survive thanks to being saved by fellow female guitarist from Canada, who ends up in a coma after being stabbed by Ryousuke. Don't worry, she recovers. Ai would be able to perform at the Dome and eventually go into retirement years later. The same events with Aqua, Ruby, Kana, Akane and Memcho would occur. Except this time, Ren and his younger sister Haruno would assist them. All the while, Ren gets further assistance from Fuminori, an assassin and an expert in stealth and espionage who also happens to be Shizuka's uncle. The crow girl would also appear from time to time, but would be interrupted by the mysterious boy who is accompanied by foxes. So…any thoughts? What do you think of my version of the reimagined story?
I thought the story as a whole, including the ending, was absolutely amazing. As someone who's lost people dare to them, Including quite recently, I know how devastating it is and how big a hole that person can leave in your life. so I can definitely relate to the message of you've got a push through, and eventually things will be okay and you continue doing things in memory of that person. I say, because of this, I'm going to remember Oshinoco quite fondly and look forward to when the anime finishes. And I specially can't wait for the other Oshi no ko Projects to come out like the upcoming Liveaction adaptation and even the alternate reality story.
By any chance has anyone heard of any Japanese Idol-related anime that have been or have yet to be released like Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (Anime), Love Live! Superstar!! (Anime), The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149 (Anime), THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! (Anime), Himitsu no AiPri, THE iDOLM@STER Shiny Color (Anime), Trapezium (anime film), Iris the Movie: Full Energy!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Final Chapter-Part 1 (upcoming film), and/or Project SEKAI the Movie: Kowareta SEKAI to Utaenai MIKU (upcoming film)" by any chance? Just being curious that's all, but check them out if you ever get a chance. Also, it seems like the last one is based on the rhythm game Hatsune Miku: COLORFUL STAGE! Project Sekai.
I think some of the main issues with the ending come from the abrupt nature and how contradictory everything was to the ongoing character development. It doesn't make sense how throughout the series, Aqua is somebody capable of manipulation and leveraging characters into behaving how he wants, yet there was nothing clever about how he decided to take down Hikaru. By stabbing himself prior to initiating the fight, Aqua puts himself in a position were he may not be strong enough to guarantee defeat before dying of blood loss. Hikaru could have potentially survived and Aqua would have died for no reason. What about the knife? If the knife was discovered, it would have confirmed that Aqua stabbed himself, freed Hikaru of blame, and damaged Ruby's image. Along with Nino, there were other former B-komachi members that were unaccounted for. Even with Hikaru and Nino out of the picture, there could have potentially been other people after Ruby. Things may have felt better if they had Aqua try to utilize an intelligent plan that somehow failed and the only other option he came up with in the heat of the moment was physically stopping Hikaru in the same manner that happened in the manga as his last ditch effort to save Ruby's future. With the current ending, it could have worked fine if it had more chapters to flesh things out. Your description of the events sounds nicer than it actually was because it omits most of the flaws and contradictions this end created/left unanswered and adds thoughts/dialogue that wasn't present in the panels. I think the main reason there is so much discussion about this ending is because how poorly written it was and not necessarily because people weren't okay with tragedy. Either way, you did a good job explaining things and covering the topic despite my small critic👍
my exact thoughts
Bro the ending is so unnecessary he took a dumb decision for how smart he is
And I also think that Kana was kind of pushed aside
Yeah, it always seemed like the next chapter was going to be her time to shine, then the next chapter and so on. She was always built up to that moment then forgotten about.
Well this is what happens with most of the side chracters in the end I wasn't surprised one bit
Its dissapointing really, Kana didnt win once in this story
Here's why I think this ending is a slap in the face. Ruby ends up with the same curse Ai had. Ai lied to herself and everyone to keep moving forward, she fell into despair and hated everything, only getting a shred of hope through her children. Ai never cared about her fans (and frankly Ruby doesn't either and neither does the audience). All of it was lies, she was obligated to make people smile, not because she wanted to, but because she had to. Ruby ends up the same, a beacon that is forced to smile because that's what's expected of her, but inside, she lies to herself that everything is okay and that this path is okay because she thinks Ai and Aqua wanted this for her. She'll eventually fall into despair just like Ai did. It doesn't feel like a noble sacrifice Ruby is making to become the beacon the world needs, it feels more like she's doing this because that's what she thinks her family wanted for her. Thus the curse continues with everyone lying to get through it. It's a slap in the face because we got all the way here only for nothing to actually change. Sure, it's bittersweet, but then what was the point of the story? Just to tell us 'there's no escape, give up and keep lying'? Oshi no Ko painted the idol industry as a place of darkness and manipulation, where misplaced love and the lies that spawn that kind of love bring harm to everyone, but never did it really paint these things as a necessary evil. That's why this ending doesn't work. A bittersweet ending to a story that was building towards a resolution leaves everyone unsatisfied.
True, that kind of rubbed me the wrong way as well. I wish Ruby had a short monologue about either understanding why Ai lied and accepting that as part of being an idol, or stating she will lie for a different reason than Ai (who lied because she didn't understand love which Ruby does), instead lying so she can appear as a light that can pull people who watch her out of the darkness, similar to how Ai was a light to Sarina. In both cases you could still have the idea of 'the cycle continuing' but more meaningful.
It really was a bittersweet ending and i wished Aqua survivd but in the end Aka planed the stroy to go that way for a long time maxbe from the beginning and i kinda excepted it after rereading everything again. I just wished Aka made 2 or 3 more chapters for everything that happened after Aqua's death/after Aqua's body was found. We never saw how Ruby got the news about her brothers death or what happened after Miyako, Ichigo, Mem and Kana saw the news of his death on TV.
I'm sure Miyako broke down i mean she loves Aqua like her own son and all we got was three panels of them shocked and the lack of dialog is a point too. But i still love Oshi no Ko and i'm looking forward to the Anime (and to go through all the pain again, lol) and maybe i will give Kaguya-sama and Aka's new Manga a chance too.
Not everyone can be pleased and it's still his story and it hurts how people on X attack Mengo and Aka
Indeed
The reason why the majority of the community doesn't like the end has nothing to do with the fact that it's bittersweet or even depressing. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, for example, also has a bittersweet ending. The difference between each series' respective public perception was the execution. Edgerunners was well received despite being tragic because the story unfolded in a such a way that respected what came before it. All of the major plot points introduced in earlier episodes where concluded IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE and each character's actions coincided with their previously established motivations and development over the series. This is something Oshi no Ko failed to do.
Take Aqua's character for example. By the time the movie arc is over, he's moved on from revenge and starts living a normal life surrounded by the ones he loves. He even starts studying for medical school, something the manga makes sure to show multiple times. This emphasizes Aqua's newfound purpose and objective. This would lead you, as the reader, to believe Aqua would take a more cautious approach when dealing with Hikaru, possibly with Akane's help (which also another plot point introduced earlier in the story), right? Well, instead stabs himself, before somehow managing to take an unharmed Hikaru down with him...
Not only does this come across as a cheap twist, because there was no way to predict this outcome based on Aqua's previous behaviour, but the sheer amount of things that could have gone wrong with the plan make it hard to stay emotionally invested. What if Hikaru simply dodged or overpowered Aqua? He would have dies for nothing. The way that whole scene plays out is so improbable if feels artificial. If the reason Aqua dies was different, like a sacrifice protecting Ruby, I don't think the manga would be getting as much hate.
The point is, there's a million different ways the confrontation could've have played out, and we seemingly got the worst one, where Aqua dies for no reason and Hikaru gets off easy by dying, instead of rotting in jail.
The later part of the manga as a whole all suffers from similar issues, where the story either feels rushed or doesn't line up with what previously came before it. Reading the last 20 - 30 chapters, I couldn't help but shake the feeling the author was just trying to finish the managa as quickly as possible, with no regard for the story or the reader. It really is a shame, considering the potential this manga had... Hopefully, the anime makes some changes, at least to make this watchable.
This series remains as one of my all time favourites, but thanks to this ending, I don't think I'll be revisiting it anytime soon.
Honestly the ending itself is not even that bad, the problem is what comes before that.
The biggest L of all is Aqua's suicide, it's dumb. You could kill him off in a number of ways, suicide is the worst of all.
The movie arc was rushed, the characters have some kind of off-screened development, a bunch of cheap cliffhangers were added for no real purpose (Akane getting stabbed is an example), Aqua's desire to live is completely ignored and pushed aside for the sake of Ruby's dream (which will end anyway after 5 years or so).
Also i personally believe Ruby should not be able to move on like this after losing her sensei twice in this life, you can argue that she moved on from Ai's death but it's not the same at all.
When Ai died, Ruby still thought sensei was alive, when she found Goro's corpse she had the revenge to keep her afloat, when she discovered Aqua being Goro she was hopeful again...and now that he died what?
We don't see nearly enough strenght of character from Ruby in 160+ chapters to justify her recovery.
I feel like the ending getting ppl to talk about it this much was like when Ai died
When Ai died there were a lot of controversy among her fans which is similar to the situation happening now
This ending that Aka made in my opinion is quite smart since wut is happening now is like wut had happened in the manga Aka has created a ending that led us fans to react the same way as Ai’s fans in the manga
We still have our bonus chapter coming so we should not throw so much backlash yet….and when the anime adapts this there will most likely more to add as filler
This is just my personal opinion but I’m actually curious if anyone else has noticed it…
Though it did left me wanting something more, I don't think it's a bad ending by any means, just a deeply upsetting one, and so people can't process it properly. I would have liked to spend some more time with Ruby to know what's going on with her more, I mean she did choose life so there is that to be hopeful, but then again maybe I don't want to know.
I'll have to reread to say if his murder self-deletion is in or out of character for Aqua, there was definitely a reversal of his character development once he figured out that his target was still alive.
The thing is, Aqua suffers from that very common Japanese MC mental disorder, the belief that he needs to take all the burdens on himself because he knows that's what is best for everyone around him, but of course that's just hubris and self devaluation.
Like Akane said in the past chapter they could have planned the perfect crime together, but of course Aqua wouldn't want involve anyone into murder or risk harming Ruby career. I mean of course if given the choice Ruby would have chosen Aqua's life over realizing their mother's Dream, it did not need to end like this and Aqua is just a fool, and I think at his very final moments Aqua realized that too, but then it was too late.
In that I'm reminded of Jujutsu Kaisen, how sometimes you can curse a person without meaning to, Aqua self righteous sacrifice becomes a curse onto Ruby, her Dream of realizing her mother lifework becomes the curse of having to live like she did, becoming a beacon of hope by projecting a happiness she herself do not have, and hoping these lies will one day become true to herself as well, I only hope it wont take another 15 years. It's very dark, but I think it's by design.
Oshi no Ko succeeded in conveying the message it was going for from the start. The ending was a perfect fit, the execution is down to each persons interpretation and their demands for more, I personally am more than happy with what Aka did. However, simpletons like Chibireviews don't help at all with their needless negativity. The less people get influenced by others in forming their opinion the better and then it will be an actual genuine reflection on the quality of the work in question.
Yeah exactly. I'm convinced Chibi realized the ending was gonna be controversial so he started pumping and pumping out videos about it to get more views. At the rate he was going, it's pretty obvious he wasn't even genuine about it.
Aqua dies, leaving all the friends and loved ones he's made over the course of the manga behind, but at least he's killed Hikaru and landed Nino in prison, keeping Ruby safe for good. Despite the heartbreak that takes some longer than others to recover from, everyone eventually moves on from his death, and are motivated to work harder than ever to honor his memory. This culminates in Ruby fulfilling the dream Ai never could - performing at the Tokyo Dome. But I still wish Aqua didn't have to sacrifice himself to kill Hikaru. I would've preferred if he and the others could've just exposed Hikaru for all his crimes (Like how Edward Elric was able to expose Father Cornello for being a fraud pretending to be a Messenger of God and like how Marinette Dupain-Cheng exposed Lila Rossi (Or whatever her real name is) for being the evil lying sociopath she truly is) with an Engineered Public Confession or something and bring him to justice? Aqua's death still feels so messed up, especially since it reminds me of what happened to Fred Weasley (Harry Potter series), Pierce Wheels (Ben 10 Series) and Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Not to mention Haruto Tokishima from Valvrave the Liberator. 😥😭🙍💔🌧️🌩️
Facts 💯
That's exactly how I viewed the story ending but I didn't want to go in full detail.
What would happen if he stab him and kick him out of the railing?
Miraculous mentioned ‼️🐞🐈⬛
There is an extra chapter coming up for the final volume and a kana and Akane novel about their past and futures
Aqua dying could have worked... If it made more sense.
That muder suicide thing felt dumb af. There were so many things that could have gone wrong, and even in the best case scenario he is still leaving all the people he cares about traumatized... If it might have made sense as a last ditch effort when all other plans have fallen appart, or if he was put into an extreme situation and had to make a snap judment, but... Until that point, everything was going according to plan. He managed to expose his father to the public at least, they predicted and stopped the muder attempt on Ruby, and they even got his accomplice to cooperate in exposing his plans.
Why the hell would Aqua just off himself at that point?... It feels like there were so many other things he could have at least TRIED first.
He was destined to sacrifice himself. This was pretty much revealed by the plot itself. He was involved with two girls Akane and Kana. But the story wasn't about one of those Harem comedy slice of life stories. It was cleverly written by the author to provide a distraction so the reader will think that Aqua would choose life. But he didn't at the end. He loved his sister. He wanted her to live her dream and removed any obstacles. Also the fact he couldn't really choose between Akane and Kana. He loved them both. Despite what people may say, Kana loved him. But Akane was there for him. She was with him and helped him to come to terms with the death of his mother in volume 7 of the Manga. And she also helped Kana get out of her slump. People don't give Akane much credit. it is what it is. Glad the author ended the manga way he did. I hope that the Anime ends the same way. It is a great story. Could have added more to the story on how Ruby came to terms with Aqua's death. But it takes time and you never forget. I should know I lost my parents back in 1999. They are always with me. So will Aqua be with all of them especially with his sister. He and his mother Ai Hoshino.
I think the idea of ending is good. However, from the way the story got to that ending, and the lack of chapters after Aqua’s death, the ending feels hollow in my opinion.
Exactly, it feels rushed to the point that its hollow. There wasn't meaning in any of it other than to simply finish the story so the author could move on to something else. It feels like Game of Thrones ending.
I liked the concept for the ending, the problem was it was executed horribly, or more specifically everything just got resolved in barely 2 chapters. Like I refuse to believe these people just moved on that quickly when Aqua was someone so important to their lives :/
Well, that's also what it feels like in real life. It's hollow and abrupt when someone suddenly dies, but then again we'll be getting extra chapters
There are so many ways that she could have done it A expose his crimes or B killing him without getting himself killed ong
expose his crimes without evidence?
Stupid
@davilboy5355 DNA get wash up after 72 hour anyway so even if he kill his father the evidence will be erase
From what I've heard after watching people like Chibi give his opinion, it sounds like the ending was too rushed, the focus wasn't always on the right place, & some story elements went nowhere or wernt used enough & just forgotten about.
I do like the way evarywan moves on with their lives, how Ruby has 2 ⭐️, implying she's become just like Aai, & the series is a good comanterry on the industry in general.
If I were to change anything, I'd have Aqua being found by 🚔 & 🚑 and show him die & it would go something like this...
🚔 🚑: Find Aqua & ask if he's ok.
Aqua: asks about the dome concert.
🚔 🚑: tells him everything is fine.
Aqua: dies picefully with a smile on his face, knowing Ruby is safe.
This would make Aqua feel less selfish & more caring for Ruby's safety & have more of an emoshanal impact & would fit comfortably on only 1 or 2 more pages.
The ending was fine for me, the only complain I have was that the last 3 chapters felt like a recap, it was entirely in Akane’s POV while she was mostly narrating everything during the grieving period and after that. I was hoping for different character perspectives and how they were coping with Aqua’s death. Kinda how bnha ended, it was a bittersweet end as well but the last 5 chapters had different character POVs, like how they were dealing with their own issues and how they were coping. It wasn’t perfect, but at least you got a lot of people’s thoughts and feelings. I was hoping more on that, but we’ll see on the extra chapters, there might be more about the different characters.
With MHA people hated the ending because they either was predisposed to hating it, fake leaks and mistranslations along with the fact that a lot of actual fans were mad their head canon was wrong.
JJK straight up just has an objectively bad ending and nothing makes sense, feels satisfying or earned at all.
Hearing the ending to Oshi no ko...I struggle to understand why people are mad. Everything seems to have wrapped up and plots have come to their conclusion in a way that(to me at least) makes sense.
It left me unsatisfied, disappointed, and confused tbh. It was jarring how much of a 180 it just pulled by reintroducing Hikaru like that and Aqua's "plan" to do murder-suicide believing it to be his only option.
9:31 that post is true af
I feel really bad for Ruby the most, girl went through so much and it just glosses over her grief in 3 pages and then goes "she moved on" like, what? Not to mention shes been pretty much relegated to a plot device for most of the series with how little character development and focus she received even though shes the co-protagonist
Does anyone think both Yukine Hayakawa and Mero Setō from Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night deserve to get complete comeuppance for their actions like Hikaru Kamiki and Fuyuko Niino? But not the kind of comeuppance the gets them killed like Hikaru.
I’ll just copy my comment from another video:
I think people didn’t like it because it wasn’t an entirely happy ending and was more bittersweet , but I think that’s fine.
I never really went to this story expecting a truly happy end. I thought the ending was actually good and it was a solid culmination of the over all theme: that this is a world covered in fakes and lies, but through said lies we can inspire and love others. People also criticized that the ending didn’t “feel” like a finale and that the status quo wasn’t changed but I feel like that’s more realistic for this story.
In the end, you can’t truly change everything (I mean look how things are in real life) but it’s entirely up to you to try to make it better for others and I think that’s what Aka was trying to do with Ruby for the ending.
I also saw the story being about second chances, and how Aqua was able to give a lot of characters a second chance to improve themselves and live on (even if he had to be a martyr for that to work).
But yeah, it’s not a perfect ending (and that’s fine) but I think it’s a good ending overall and I was left satisfied.
I'm fine with bittersweet or sad endings. I just felt like the writing dropped in quality and too many loose ends were left, as well as plot holes. But I've already mentioned that elsewhere in some other places, and this will be long enough without my getting into the details of all of them.
I won't get into all my issue with it, but I wanted to say that the sad ending isn't necessarily the cause of the issues peopke have (not on its own, anyway).
Not for me and not for some others. It's the drop in writing quality & the execution of the story between 135 and 165 - with real interest of Akasaka seeming to completely leave around 143 other 144.
As for the drop of quality (and the execution) that I mentioned above:
Akasaka has a history of loosing interest in his stories (from what I have heard/read of his past works - he's apparently stated this in (at least) 1 interview) and ending them as soon as he looses that interest.
Regardless of where he is in the story when he looses that interest.
It feels like around 144 he completely lost interest in the series
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He's also already had 1 or 2 works refused for publication in (I think) the last year, while Oshi was running full steam ahead and he's already got his next series planned with a release set for January or Febuary.
This indicates that he's likely been growing more and more disinterested in this series since he had those other 2 refused and likely ended Oshi as soon as he got the go ahead for this new series.
I've read things that state that this is what has happened with Kaguya Sama's manga (never watched or read it, because it never interested me much) and 1 or 2 other series.
It seems like he crashes the landing of his series often because he becomes disinterested.
I'm a fine artist under my real name and also write.
I get that being bored or burnt out is human nature at times. As well as loosing interest in things.
In those cases, rather than rushing to end your stories, you should take a long hiatus (longer than the one they took before the ending).
Meanwhile Mengo has stated that she was putting all of her attention into Oshi No Ko, and as a result has nothing planned right now.
Though I assume after spending time with her family over the holidays and the holidays are over, she will likely connect with another author or start her own series.
But the contrast between them is glaring. She put everything into it and Akasaka CLEARLY didn't put his all into it or even care to tie up any of the loose ends or plot holes.
My issue is with that, rather than the sad or bittersweet ending.
I didn't like Aqua's death, but it was more that it was badly executed rather than him being dead.
There are loose ends with almost all of the important characters. But aside from how his death was executed from a writing standpoint, I have serious issues with Hikaru's writing as a character as well as the inclusion of the Crow girl at all, when she was never fully explained. And did nothing other characters could't have done.
She seems to only be there to talk to him as he was dying and Ai's spirit could have filled that roll.
She could have at least visited Ruby one last time to give her some closure and understanding since he did not leave a note.
That would have felt more in character for Ruby, if she was in a bad mental state until it was fully or even somewhat explained to her by the crow girl. Take that girl out and virtually nothing changes other characters or good plot devices could have filled her roll.
Aside from the crow girl, the way Ruby coped feels out of character for her.
Specifically to pull herself up and bounce back the way she did (even though she was broken inside).
This is considering her reaction to Gorou's death, and now she's essentially lost him a second time.
The 1st time she was ready to end herself over it. Now she isnt? Almost nothing has changed with her between finding Gorou's body, then.... and now: when she knows she's lost him a second time.
Again, with nothing like a note or anything fully stating his feelings to anyone at all:
He's just gone. Again.
The crow girl was mostly useless and not explained. She could have been used to help Ruby understand things better.
There could have been so many uses for her with this ending that would have made it good.
The last chapter would have been fine with me, if Akasaka had built it up and it had been a properly executed plot line.
As an artist, I just don't like how Akasaka treated his story or his characters.
And yes, he's not the visual artists, but writers/creators are also artists in my opinion.
If an artist/writer doesn't care about their story or characters, then how are others supposed to do that?
Especially when his disinterest shows through his writing?
I can't respect that kind of artist: be they author/creator or a visual mangaka.
LMAO, performing at the Dome was NEVER Ai's dream.
In chatper 8/9, when Ichigo says B-Komachi got a spot at the Dome, Ai literally says she has no idea what that is but will just pretend to be excited because everyone else seems to be
well at least we dont see who mc gets with because its no one people will not fight over it now
Ikr
@@Yurinkin ok
Well he already got with Akane and he stopped having feelings for her. As for Kana it was stated by Aqua himself that he would most likely end up with her (even Akane wanted him to get together with Kana in the end). You could also argue that he would end up with his sister but I don't really think that would go well in the long run. At least now Akane fans can rub to our faces that he never got together with Kana so there's that.
the ending was bittersweet but it wasn't that bad as some people say it is (but it is my opinion )
Agreed 👍🏿
Yeah I agree. The writing since 120 could have been better, but its not as bad as others are saying for me
Two of the original B-Komachi members Takamine and Nino made their appearance in chapter 132. But the other four members (Meimei, Watanabe, Ari & Kyun) did not. I still wonder what happened to them and what their currently doing after they quit being Idols. I also hope maybe someday there will be an Oshi No Ko spin-off Manga that focuses on other Oshi No Ko characters including Minami Kotobuki. Heck a What If Manga would've been great too. Fans should definitely request for Manga's like these.
The ending's issue can be summed up in one word: RUSHED.
I can see how aka is filling each plot and arc beat by beat, but how do you make it feeling meaningful if you're going at lightning pace? That's why the epilogue felt empty and there's so much loose ends untied. It's genuinely saddening for those who really loved this series.
we all understand everything. We just don't love it
With only 2-3 more chapters it could be a perfect Ending. But the Ending we got is Not Bad but i Hope It will get better with the new novel with Kana And akane + the new Bonus chapter in vol 16
Ppl made cyz they think akasaka rushed it and needed more reactions to aquas death but rlly for me it was perfect i think akasaka showed enough reactions and created a masterpiece
Everyone is asking the reason for Aqua's Suicide. I would like to share anonymous comments which try to explain his death.( Credit:FoxbytheSea)
Aqua had deep issues, even with his life as Gorou, he was already scarred. His first mother died giving birth to him, and his father I can’t remember but I think he dies shortly afterwards too, and was raised by his grandmother. He decided to study medicine and become a gynecologist/obstetrician in order to save other women, or rather save other children from suffering his same fate. That had left him already with some guilt feelings and sense of abandonment. In his second life his mother, his idol, his “love”, in case you could consider he was in love with Ai, was also taken from him as a child, in an even more traumatic way. His second father was a psychopath manipulative snake. He tried playing hero for all and being altruistic and careless about himself, but at the end he was just a child, a scarred and afraid child. He was always being a kind of patch adams in his first life, behaving almost childlike in the hospital, even a nurse called him out like that. In his second life he was more closed and mysterious, composed and cold, calculating. Can’t blame him, first the trauma of Sarina, then being killed by a random guy trying to protect the privacy and career of Ai at the hospital. I can remember at least 4 times where he openly talked about ending his life, or mentioning his life was worthless or meaningless, that’s why he never thought further after his revenge. But that’s the thing, at first all his life as Aqua was about revenge, but then at the end it was about protecting Ruby. He finally found out his real purpose in life. Or rather shifted it for him to be able to go in peace. He always thought he was just like Ai, unable to love, and not worth loving because of his abandonment issues, daddy issues, and mommy issues. He felt he wasn’t worthy of love, worthy of life. This manga is very deep, and Aquas character is very well depicted with a LOT of mental issues. He didn’t want an escape goat. He wanted it all to end, and he knew he would have to go if he was gonna take out Kamiki. He wanted it this way. That’s what Akane’s narrative is about the past two chapters. It’s a sad manga. It’s about trauma and moving on. You literally have the two sides of the coin with Aqua and Ruby. Sarina embraced her new chance in life, tried her best to follow her dreams and chase after them. Live it to the fullest, even now at the end, she is depicted as the one that wants to move on, live on, hang on to her dreams. Aqua embraced death. It is actually well written in an almost poetic way. It’s written in a very “magical realism” way, in a very in-depth psychological way. Aqua was an “Oedipus”. Was in “love” with his mom, killed his father, commuted suicide.
Anyone which have other opinion please share your thoughts
Wow the copium of this video. You literally ignored almost all of the written text explaining what was actually going on and just came up with a alternate ending based on nothing but the artwork. An alternative ending that completely contradicts what Aka actually wrote.
Thanks For this! Love your content . The ending was bittersweet but i loved it. Thanks For all your videos on this series 😊😊❤❤
I didn't hate it. I feel like it was a satisfying enough conclusion given the amount of chapters they had to work with.
This ending is way too rushed. Legitimately needed another arc or 2. Ruby became Ai 2.0 after saying she wouldn’t…
Im fine with Aqua dying, just that im pissed that got we dont get much closer for other charactersz like it was too short after that. Especially for Kana, she kept on taking Ls
Its just the execution was poor and it feels like lessons weren't learned. Ruby wanted her brother to be with her. Why would we want we want Ruby to be like her mother? Also the police would have figured the knife/figure print which why Aqua is poorly thought through for most of us.😊
Its been a year of horrible endings.
Aqua was never shown to be the type to commit suicide. The whole end was rushed so much that basically disregards the whole story before it.
I can accept Aqua dying, but the way it was done and how all the other characters are treated really seems like it got the Games of Thrones treatment for the ending.
Indeed. Whole year
Aqua said that he wanted to die (or least having autodestructive toughts) in a Lot of chapters
“It’s been a year of horrible endings” what are you taking about? MHA and OnK had good endings. The only one I didn’t really like was JJK. I swear the internet exaggerates so much.
@@Isukiri544 for real, people are exaggerting some much it is insane, the ending was great, not perfect but it was actually good, I really don't get all the hate it is crazy
@@Light-qm9gv I think some fans lost sight of the nature of the story being told. The way i saw it was Oshi no ko was always tragedy, just with themes about hope. Aqua ran out of both time and options to find a way of dealing with Hikaru and come back alive. Had he given Hikaru more time there is no telling the level of further danger Hikaru would pose to Aqua's friends and family.
The final chapter is telling us that any kind of suicides is dumb and unnecessary and life goes on although tragedy happened.
Aqua and ruby forever ❤❤❤
Honestly, i can understand Aqua's decision as him being a flawed character, and in the end giving up on his future life in a moment of weakness and uncertainty. However, i would have liked for the author to at least pay a bit of respect to the rest of the characters. Ruby's hope that the doctor she loved came back, was briefly shattered, and lost a lover and a brother at the same time. Akane who wanted to be useful to Aqua in solving his problems ended up being pushed aside. And last but not the least, perhaps the saddest development of all, Kana's feelings were never answered in the end, instead she could only confess her love to his lifeless body. I was fine with Kana not getting together with Aqua, but after having all that built up only for her to be forgotten like that it hurt a lot, he could at least have him answer to her feelings ffs. It would have been fine even with him saying a "sorry" or have a farewell with any of them in his dying moments, but we didn't get any of that unfortunately. If not for that, it would certainly help having some kind of conclusion in what really happened to the lives of all the characters, perhaps a chapter or 2 extra would be fine, but it all abruptly ended. I still love oshi no ko story as a whole, and i will try to keep the things i liked from it.
Manga is a masterpiece,
end is a complete trash...
WHAT ABOUT CROW GIRL?!?!?!!?!?!?!
Looking at the comment section and the official onk manga server I've noticed that many people don't even understand the story or even basic stuff, people are saying stuff like aqua suicide wasn't revealed earlier but they literally hinted it early on and aqua himself said in an chapter something about him dying and ruby managing without being depressed, another question is that people are asking why aqua didn't report Hikaru to the police? That's such a stupid question, aqua had no proof whatover and hikaru is a big figure, he's not easy to take down at all. There are still many questions manga readers are asking that have already been revealed, istg many manga readers are just ignorant.
I say give it a few more chapter would elevate the ending. The idea behind it is good just move to fast
As someone who did not invest in the series but watched the premier of the Anime, I have to say that this is kind of what I expected of how the series would end
At the beginning, Aqua was out for revenge and it was only natural that one would believe it would be the cause of his death.
Ruby was out to be an beloved Idol just like her mother and that was how it ended for her.
Yes, I know a great matter of events happened between the beginning and the end of the series, but at its heart, we had two different goals each sibling set out to have; thus I kind of see why the author chose this ending
Yea of course no one understood the ending! Ngl this will probably show in the anime and live action ,so get ready!!! Also....since they have one last thing to show us in December which is the special edition and regular edition...coming in December 18,i hope its a final good ending which will make us forget everything that was ever bad!❤
Honestly, even though I quit reading around incest arc (Ruby asking Aqua to marry him) bc I find that topic deeply uncomfortable, I heard bits and pieces from videos. It was pretty clear to me that this show isn't gonna have a happy ending and is taking an almost too realistic twist. It's no happy show, it has deeply problematic characters and handles deeply problematic themes (not a bad thing). If this show had a happy "everyone lives, ships happen" ending I would be disappointed. It's a good finish to the series, just a unhappy/tragic ending.
I actually 150% agree with Chibi on this one, What was the point of all this? What was the point of spending 4 god damn years and making an anime about a 16 year old ldol mother who dies in front of her children and having one of her children die in the most LAUGHABLE way imaginable, and the other one be forever DOOMED to be just another carbon Copy of her mother, the one thing she said she’d never become!!! Hell I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a literal stalker at that door Pointing a GUN at Ruby’s face while she has her head turned around. I know at first glance it may SEEM like Aqua and Ruby “accomplished”their goals, but they Accomplished them in the most BULLSH!T WAY POSSIBLE!!! AAAAAAAND let’s be real, the Dialogue in this final arc was absolutely ATROCIOUS!!! Another thing, even IF I go back to the 1st and 6th episode of the anime, i wouldn’t feel the least bit sad cause I don’t CARE anymore. And if we’re being honest, Akane should’ve died right then and there at the end of Ep 6, at least THEN Aka would’ve had something to SAY!!!
Aka: Eh, just want to let ya’ll know that this stuff can actually happen in real life, so you Should probably, you know, not do it anymore. Thanks😊.
And about that crow girl, can we ALL agree that her personality COMPLETELY takes a massive shift after the first half of the movie arc, because before she was pretty much a Bully to Aqua and Ruby, and she teased them every chance she got. But after we get the flashback of her interacting with Serena in the past she straight up becomes a Nice Girl out of nowhere. She then has the audacity to Glaze the Hell out of Aqua (INEXPLICABLY) and literally watch’s as his body fade into absolutely nothing!!!
And I never actually watched or read the Tokyo Blade Arc in the anime or manga, but now I care about it even less now because WHATS THE DAMN POINT ANYMORE!!! And on that note, you can straight up count me out on continuing the anime. Cause who the hells gonna even care about Oshi No Ko by the time the anime gets a S3 and/or a S4 if THAT even happens!!! And even IF the anime changes the ending, it’s Already Too Late cause the damage has already been freaking done!!! All those animators and voice actors are just wasting their Blood Sweat and Tears for NOTHING now, and I just feel SAD for them right now!!! And now that his latest series got the Ax, Aka is now working on a Manga about and I Quote “a fairy-tale world, where princesses and princes are always guided by fate..." and apparently the artwork is being done by the guy who did Record of Ragnarok. But after this Atrocity of a Manga about Idols, I wouldn’t be surprised if that series gets Axed too, along with all of his Other future projects. Cause let’s be real, who the hell is gonna SUPPORT him after this!!!
It's a life for a life, for Ruby to live and have her dream, Aqua must pay for it with his own life and dream
I think we should have got more chapters. Showing one-two panels of characters, I feel like is not enough. Theres´s still some unresolved things. For example, what was Akane´s conclusion who were the other four members along with Ai etc..., Though it was a bad ending,It was for the plot itself. Alot of people think that he had to live, because he had to choose between Akane, Kana or caring about Ruby. But no, this is what i call "gaslighthing". Because Aka wanted for us to think "Aqua has to live,because he needs to choose one" Until they realized this is not a romance story. This goes the same for Ai "She has to live for the sake of Aqua and Ruby "It was all about Ruby representing and going beyond AI. Let´s be real tho, we all wanted the romance ending, especially ending up with Akane. I don´t really see a reason why there would be a reason,why Aqua would choose Akane over Kana. I don´t feel like Akane´s getting enough credits from people. She literally was with Aqua all the time,even saying she would go to hell with him, while Kana wanting Aqua to be in her concert. Like for real? Itw would be so abrupt to see Kana with Aqua. Going into the ending. I don´t see a reason why Aqua should´ve died. Well let´s take into prespective. There´s no such reason why Aqua should´ve died. Let´s take into account, that iff Aqua was a "good brother" he wouldn´t just stab himself, knowing the risks of him dying is undeniable. And I don´t agree when he said "for the sake of ruby" That´s just not true. As a "smart" person, he should be aware that sacrificing is just not the best option. He should be aware that, giving Ruby, Akane, Kana etc.., Especially Ruby depression. Especially Ruby, because that time when she found Goro´s dead body, it lookes like she was about to suicide, but after finding out about that Aqua was Goro. She regained her happiness,but then Aqua strikes her with his death, all I can say is, she was not happy. Despite the risks Aqua took by unaliving himself to basically eliminate Hikaru, that guy still said for the sake of everyone... What if Ruby did a suicide, well yeah she shouldn´t because Aqua´s efforts would be useless, well let´s imagine a case scenario where for example Ruby was just devastated or perhaps went insane, and unalived herself. Like Aqua dying was so pointless. Just for killing hikaru, which could´ve been done countless ways. He unalives himself. The cycle starts again. "If you have an enemy, start digging a grave fro yourself at your enemy"
Akane supermacy forever.
Overall I loved the series, just the ending. defenitelly top 1-3.
When this ending finally gets adopted in the anime anime only will have a full on mental breakdown. Manga readers are already having a mental breakdown I can’t even imagine how anime only will react Man, the final episode does get released the whole Internet and the world will be in chaos. It’s gonna be a bloodbath and I can’t wait to see it. I can’t wait to see people lose their minds after seeing this ending in the anime 😂🤣
I'm ok with the ending. I read it more as a tragic one, but that's not bad: not every story needs a happy ending, just one that makes sense. And I think this ending makes sense.
I don't think Aqua needed to die, but it does "work". Maybe we could've gotten a bit more of an epilogue but that final chapter was sufficient.
And I think it's a tragic ending because our heroine is sacrificing herself for the ideal instead of actually confronting her grief. I can't think living a perpetual lie is a way to be happy. But this 100% makes sense in OnK.
the ending on a scale of Tokyo revengers to cowboy bebop I'd say it's in the middle it a least didn't revive every character and chalk it up to being a Miracal like Tokyo revengers did and honestly, I can't think of a way for it to be as good of an ending like cowboy bebop all in all even though some parts of the ending were kind of rushed I still think it's a decent ending and people are being way to rude to Aka Akasaka there's a good chance he was burned out because of the series and was tired
After the ending of MHA,JJK and Boy’s abyss nothing can faze me. I wasn’t mad about Oshi no ko ending , just board.
I see
I'm just glad aqua didn't mysteriously get revived..one thing I don't like is suddenly unexplained revives. Hard to pull it off and not be frustrating imo.
Indeed
The last chapter was OK but the previous ones felt rushed.
This is a copy paste of a message i left for someone else. But i wanted to leave it here as well.
Mostly this is to say that not everyone is upset by a sad or bittersweet ending.
Like me, I'm ok with those, as long as they are written and/or executed well.
This. Was. Not. Executed. Well.
The copy/pasted part of my message:
I'm fine with bittersweet or sad endings. I just felt like the writing dropped in quality and too many loose ends were left, as well as plot holes. But I've already mentioned that elsewhere in some other places, and this will be long enough without my getting into the details of all of them.
I won't get into all my issue with it, but I wanted to say that the sad ending isn't necessarily the cause of the issues peopke have (not on its own, anyway).
Not for me and not for some others. It's the drop in writing quality & the execution of the story between 135 and 165 - with real interest of Akasaka seeming to completely leave around 143 other 144.
As for the drop of quality (and the execution) that I mentioned above:
Akasaka has a history of loosing interest in his stories (from what I have heard/read of his past works - he's apparently stated this in (at least) 1 interview) and ending them as soon as he looses that interest.
Regardless of where he is in the story when he looses that interest.
It feels like around 144 he completely lost interest in the series
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He's also already had 1 or 2 works refused for publication in (I think) the last year, while Oshi was running full steam ahead and he's already got his next series planned with a release set for January or Febuary.
This indicates that he's likely been growing more and more disinterested in this series since he had those other 2 refused and likely ended Oshi as soon as he got the go ahead for this new series.
I've read things that state that this is what has happened with Kaguya Sama's manga (never watched or read it, because it never interested me much) and 1 or 2 other series.
It seems like he crashes the landing of his series often because he becomes disinterested.
I'm a fine artist under my real name and also write.
I get that being bored or burnt out is human nature at times. As well as loosing interest in things.
In those cases, rather than rushing to end your stories, you should take a long hiatus (longer than the one they took before the ending).
Meanwhile Mengo has stated that she was putting all of her attention into Oshi No Ko, and as a result has nothing planned right now.
Though I assume after spending time with her family over the holidays and the holidays are over, she will likely connect with another author or start her own series.
But the contrast between them is glaring. She put everything into it and Akasaka CLEARLY didn't put his all into it or even care to tie up any of the loose ends or plot holes.
My issue is with that, rather than the sad or bittersweet ending.
I didn't like Aqua's death, but it was more that it was badly executed rather than him being dead.
There are loose ends with almost all of the important characters. But aside from how his death was executed from a writing standpoint, I have serious issues with Hikaru's writing as a character as well as the inclusion of the Crow girl at all, when she was never fully explained. And did nothing other characters could't have done.
She seems to only be there to talk to him as he was dying and Ai's spirit could have filled that roll.
She could have at least visited Ruby one last time to give her some closure and understanding since he did not leave a note.
That would have felt more in character for Ruby, if she was in a bad mental state until it was fully or even somewhat explained to her by the crow girl. Take that girl out and virtually nothing changes other characters or good plot devices could have filled her roll.
Aside from the crow girl, the way Ruby coped feels out of character for her.
Specifically to pull herself up and bounce back the way she did (even though she was broken inside).
This is considering her reaction to Gorou's death, and now she's essentially lost him a second time.
The 1st time she was ready to end herself over it. Now she isnt? Almost nothing has changed with her between finding Gorou's body, then.... and now: when she knows she's lost him a second time.
Again, with nothing like a note or anything fully stating his feelings to anyone at all:
He's just gone. Again.
The crow girl was mostly useless and not explained. She could have been used to help Ruby understand things better.
There could have been so many uses for her with this ending that would have made it good.
The last chapter would have been fine with me, if Akasaka had built it up and it had been a properly executed plot line.
As an artist, I just don't like how Akasaka treated his story or his characters.
And yes, he's not the visual artists, but writers/creators are also artists in my opinion.
If an artist/writer doesn't care about their story or characters, then how are others supposed to do that?
Especially when his disinterest shows through his writing?
I can't respect that kind of artist: be they author/creator or a visual mangaka.
The ending was a disgrace. Total disrespect for the readers. "I'm bored so I'll screw all the people that gave me their time and money." I will never read this author again.
I also heard that My hero academia is getting an extended ending for the manga
Looks like 2024 really is the year of rushed bad endings for us it was MHA then it was JJK and now it is Oshi no ko truly, there are so many bad endings this year so far only romance Mangas have best endings, but other among us not so much what a year man what a year of disappointing endings 😔
The ending was so bad... hopefully the ending of My Arika (a near identical manga) will feel more satisfying.
I appreciate that extra information, but a story is alive on its own even if it was their intention to get people to talk about it...The story was still murdered too many stories have been murdered for the sake of shock factor and drama. There are many aspects of the lack of message behind the series now, and all the foreshadowing/symbolism fell on the wayside as if it never mattered. Alas I will watch the anime (if they even get another season after 3, highly doubtful with this ending) and see where that goes.
Hi, 414Anime. You should definitely cover 5 facts about Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½ in a future video. Pretty please?
Imma be real, I love and hate this ending
First piece of fiction that had made me cry is oshi no ko.
The ending was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too rushed and I wouldve been fine with aqua dying if given more panels/chpaters talking about his death or why he died or just basically dragging the ending out.
But I did see where aka was coming from though I disliked it Cuz it had the pacing that made it feel like a half tragedy
I dislike the coming back in full circle theme as this shows that between ai and ruby there was no improvement even after a decade and a half
Aqua suiciding even though his motive is to protect ruby is stupid because he couldve thought off a better plan
Akane and kana had unfinished business with aqua as a whole.
But in my opinion I accept the ending as canon as this couldve 100% happened in my opinion and this manga also holds an extremely special place in my heart.
I understood the ending I just didn’t like it cause Aqua was my favorite character and I just wanted to see him live
If you ignore narrators, and think of it as a Serina/ Aqua through story, it makes sense. If you look at Noh theater, it is common to have a plot start the story to get the characters to a spot where the real story begins. Then at the end the original conflict is never addressed.
Spirited Away does something similar. The family takes a short cut because they are very concerned with meeting the movers at the house. They absolutely do not make it in time to see the movers.
I may not be stringing these thoughts together well, as I am thinking about your video and shooting from the hip.
I was just thinking, if you think of Ai as there for Ruby’s initial inspiration, and Aqua there as narrative device/ supporting character, then maybe the story has a through-line based on that.
Also, bonus! All the people that would have been angry if Aqua shipped with the wrong girl..Problem solved!
Feels like Ak a got tired or bore and just wanted to end the series. Either that he wanted to do a certain route or things way and the publisher would not let him or just simply wanted to be done with it and passion ran out. Since he beings writing another series in April of next year and another previous work got axed while he was working on Oshi no ko and perhaps that way he was bit salty and ended Oshi no ko the way he did since Oshi no ko was way more popular then the manga that got axed.
yeah, the ending is flop
This is the reason why I'm hoping the anime adaptation flushes a lot of this stuff out and maybe even does kind of like an anime original ending that flushes a lot of stuff out which is part of the reason why people hated this chapter
It was a trash ending, pretty much told the audience to jump off a cliff.
Lets just not feed the slop.
I know fans that wanted to see Aqua, and Ruby shipping at the end, and even having kids. The manga author did planned this divided fan reaction on purpose.
Ps. I guess that the Idol industry will get more support in Japan thanks to this manga's popularity.
A star fell into the ocean so that the other would rise to the sky
This was a great ride. Endings are one of the most difficult parts of a story. I trully believe that is unfair to judge the whole series by the ending, this was trully a great manga. Hope there will be more in the future from Aka Akasaka.
Still coping huh...
Insane🍷
Aqua served his purpose in the story.
He took that crazy psychopath with him, his mission was complete.
The other things that fans wanted were more personal with the shipping and other stuff.
I see the ending as very realistic especially with anyone who can relate to losing someone and their life cut short or near death experiences, having the strength to continue forward as life goes on.
The author could wrap things up with the supporting cast 🤷🏿♂️.
It ended in my birthday moth my going to be 15 and ohis no ko ended looks like this is going to be my worst birthday ever
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It's a bittersweet end to a truly special and radiant era :(~☆ But, I can't wait to watch another wonderful video from you, mate~♡ You are da beeesht, and long live the wonder of the stars, Oshi no Ko~!♡
Thank you so much!
@414Anime Of course~!☆ Keep up the great work, and I hope to see you grow even more and receive tremendous amounts of support because you truly deserve it~♡
Movie arc didn’t build up and match to Toward The Dreams and Stars arc. Here’s the problems:
MeiMei didn’t appear along side with Takamine and Nino for approval of using her name
Kana was the only one to know Nino want to be friend with Ai. It didn’t match what Akane said plus Ruby didn’t know about this.
MeiMei should be the hidden villain and reveal to be the sister of Hikaru due to her Chinese name
Frill supposed to be the daughter of Airi and Hikaru. There’s should be more to the story.
Aqua should learn that he was acting as Ryosuke and Hikaru that knowing Kana reminds him of Ai and act as Nino. To build up the relationship together.
Aqua ask to reshoot his movie by having Kana replace Ruby as Ai to understand how Kana and AI’s life is related.
No one ask about Kana’s parent. That would be the main key for 15 years lie
Crow said two people: the college student which is Ryosuke and the middle student which is Hikaru. Where did Nino come from?
Kana should learn about 45510 and knowing Nino’s view of Ai which make her a better Ai than Ruby
Kana knows who’s the traitor of B-Komachi which turn out to be MeiMei
MeiMei is connected to the Panda which is Nino
MeiMei frame Nino with blackmail and threatens
Nino’s hair looks similar to Kana
The whole center should be Kana, not Ruby
The real problem is the THEME.
Never replace the original stars with false stars.
Ai and Ruby replace Nino and Kana. The lies hide the truth.
The morning star turn out to be Venus.
The yellow hide the red. That is why Kana is the center while Ruby and Memcho are by her side.
The ending that should have been:
Aqua was preparing to kill Hikaru but suddenly Kana appear in front of him, stopping him. Ai demand Kana to move away. Kana slap Aqua and call him “Idiot.”
Kana explains that everything you wish for won’t come true. Aqua told Kana that Hikaru need to die and willing to sacrifice to protect Ruby. Kana grab Aqua’s hands and force to herself to get stab. Aqua and Hikaru are shocked what Kana did. Kana told Aqua, “you got your revenge. I’m Nino.” Aqua realized that Kana was acting as Nino in the movie. Aqua felt guilty for Kana and the reason to fail protecting Ai. Aqua grab Kana and rush to the hospital. Everyone came and learn Kana’s selfish action. Aqua blame himself for hurting Kana. Aqua request to drop Nino charges and have Hikaru take the blame for attempting murder of Kana. Aqua give the knife to the police and lies that Hikaru and Aqua fight until Hikaru stab Kana. Aqua apologize to Nino how she was mistreated for Ai replacing her. Kana awake up. Aqua apologize to Kana for using her to get his revenge. Ruby understand the original star cannot be replace. Ruby decided to not play as Ai and let someone else play as Ai which she ask Kana. Kana accept her role as both Ai and Nino. Hikaru was on the news as everyone boo at him for trying to murder Kana. Kana became a rising star since her child star debut. Nino made Kana and her mother reconciled themselves.
Kana and Nino acting like mother and daughter perform at the dome. Old and new B-Komachi together. Kana see the white glow sticks. Nino finally realized that Kana was Amaterasu that she prayed for and the star she made a wish to surpass Ai. Shima promise to make a movie about Kana play as Nino’s child turn out to be Oshi no ko.
I think we need more than this at the end to see how each character handled it in depth
Most people are entitled to their own opinions. I'm a bit annoyed with the ending. Some will agree with me, while others will disagree with me. In my opinion, the story should have a reimagining, but from the perspective of a different protagonist.
In my mind, in this reimagining of the story, the protagonist would be Aqua and Ruby's kouhai Ren Niino, the son of physicist professor who happens to be Fuyuko Niino's older brother, making Fuyuko a teenage aunt.
Ren's father, Akihiko, is married to Shizuka, Ren's mother who also happens to be a Reincarnation Searcher. In the case of Shizuka's idea involving reincarnation, the process for one's soul to reincarnate into a new body actually takes 18 months. The first nine months is actually the process of the soul of a recently deceased person or someone who's been dead for a very long time to inhabit a new body for them to be reborn into, through a ritual of some sort which involves removing their memories of their past lives, in order to prepare them for their reincarnation. The second nine months is simply the process of a baby with the now adjusted soul wiped of the memories of its previous life developing inside its mother.
Shizuka also experimented on herself to test out her theory. The result, while successful, left Shizuka in a coma after she gave birth to Ren. As out turns out, similar Aqua and Ruby, Ren happens to be the reincarnation of someone who died a long time ago. The only difference is that Ren's past self is someone who was warned at a very young age about the dark side of the entertainment industry, which resulted in his…or rather her fear of exploited. Yes, Ren's past self was actually a girl.
In the past, Ren's past self was girl by the name of Ayame Danzaki, the daughter of an ordinary middle class family, who were friends with a Politician and his wife who was an opera singer, and their daughter Fumino. The opera singer was the aunt of an Idol nicked named Angel, who was tricked by a shady group who was part of mob conglomerate to switch from her old company to their company. This was due to the fact Angel's father, the opera singer's brother, owed the company a huge sum of money. Angel agreed to join them in order to repay the company in her father's place. Not only that, she joined them in order to help her father, who recently suffered a medical collapse.
Unaware to Angel, the company she switched to was also worked in the flesh peddling business. Under the guise of giving her a “new image”, they have Angel trained through public humiliation and risqué outfits. Once her training has culminated, auctioned off at “one of those” auctions for a hundred million yen.
Only Angel's aunt knew what was going on after learning that her brother died during Angel's training. And after a humiliating event at a comeback stage performance, the opera singer and a detective she hired exposed the shady company. To celebrate her victory of exposing the company, the opera singer and her family invited Ayame and her parents to recital performance.
The company, on the other hand, was not happy about being exposed, sent their personal hitman to eliminate the opera singer during the performance. Ayame caught wind of what was going on when she overheard the hitman calling their boss on the phone while she was on her way back to her parents after a trip to the bathroom. She attempted to warn her parents, even going to bathroom again to hide from the hitman until the coast was clear. Unfortunately, the hitman's ear were sharp as nails, and they strangled Ayame to death. Ayame's last thoughts were wanting to see her family safe again and wishing she were born as a boy.
Ayame did get her wish, and she was reincarnated as the boy Ren Niino. The unfortunate part is that shortly after being killed, the hitman ended up killing Angel when she jumped in the way to save her aunt. Ayame's body was later discovered after everyone evacuated from the theater. Her parents and siblings mourned Ayame's death, and the opera singer, her husband and their daughter mourned Angel's death. An unexpected benefit is when Ayame was reincarnated as Ren, he gained the power of retro cognition.
Now reincarnated as a boy, Ren decides to investigate circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Angel's death. The same events involving Ai would occur. Except in this case, Ai would survive thanks to being saved by fellow female guitarist from Canada, who ends up in a coma after being stabbed by Ryousuke. Don't worry, she recovers. Ai would be able to perform at the Dome and eventually go into retirement years later. The same events with Aqua, Ruby, Kana, Akane and Memcho would occur. Except this time, Ren and his younger sister Haruno would assist them. All the while, Ren gets further assistance from Fuminori, an assassin and an expert in stealth and espionage who also happens to be Shizuka's uncle. The crow girl would also appear from time to time, but would be interrupted by the mysterious boy who is accompanied by foxes.
So…any thoughts? What do you think of my version of the reimagined story?
I love the ending to be honest
I'm sick of the sweet home Alabama trope in anime didn't read the manga heard about that not going to watch s2 or s3 of this
I thought the story as a whole, including the ending, was absolutely amazing. As someone who's lost people dare to them, Including quite recently, I know how devastating it is and how big a hole that person can leave in your life. so I can definitely relate to the message of you've got a push through, and eventually things will be okay and you continue doing things in memory of that person. I say, because of this, I'm going to remember Oshinoco quite fondly and look forward to when the anime finishes. And I specially can't wait for the other Oshi no ko Projects to come out like the upcoming Liveaction adaptation and even the alternate reality story.
By any chance has anyone heard of any Japanese Idol-related anime that have been or have yet to be released like Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (Anime), Love Live! Superstar!! (Anime), The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149 (Anime), THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! (Anime), Himitsu no AiPri, THE iDOLM@STER Shiny Color (Anime), Trapezium (anime film), Iris the Movie: Full Energy!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Final Chapter-Part 1 (upcoming film), and/or Project SEKAI the Movie: Kowareta SEKAI to Utaenai MIKU (upcoming film)" by any chance? Just being curious that's all, but check them out if you ever get a chance. Also, it seems like the last one is based on the rhythm game Hatsune Miku: COLORFUL STAGE! Project Sekai.