Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll be exploring the megasized first episode of a fresh production, as we check out the premiere of last spring’s Oshi no Ko. To be honest…
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Oshi No Ko – Episode 1
My feelings veered wildly between “Love this!” and “oh NO!”, settling on love. Powerfully explores women's emotional labour in the idol industry.
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Don't judge this manga based on its back cover copy; it has more in common with Perfect Blue than idol fare like Love Live!
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I’ve gone on about Oshi no Ko being amazing before and its basically one of the few manga I read on a weekly basis, so hearing the new…
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“Oshi no Ko” Episode 1 [First Impressions]
Shadow's Impressions: I AM IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION. I knew this was going to be a heavy hitting series, but I didn't expect to get hit…
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A manga about a mega popular 16 year-old idol who becomes pregnant with twins. When her mega-fan obstetrician is suddenly murdered, he finds himself reborn as one of…
Oshi no Ko
The initial premise is admittedly pretty wild, but surprisingly the reincarnation stuff doesn't come up as often as you would think. 2:27 - Oshi no Ko 50:19 - Undead Unluck…
Oshi no Ko
Oshi no Ko is currently streaming on HIDIVE....
Oshi no Ko episode 8
Rating: A- One of the things I love about this series is about how it plays all sorts of different angles, and yet all of it is, to…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 9
The idol industry is just so wild to me. The fact that they consider someone in their twenties to be old is just… I don't even know. Especially…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 5
Despite this being a fairly serious and emotional series, they sure don't pull any punches with the comedy because this episode was a RIOT. I already loved the…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 3
I knew it. At this rate, Kana is going to end up as my favorite character in this series. From the previous episode, you could tell that she…
Oshi no Ko episode 2
Oshi no Ko delivered one of the best and most impactful opening episodes in years (though admittedly its extra-long length gave it an unfair advantage!), but because of…
Oshi no Ko episode 5
Rating: 4 (of 5) In a recently posted interview on ANN, the writer for the source manga, Aka Akasaka, explains how he came up with the idea for…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 6
Crap hit the fan HARD in this episode. I honestly can't believe that they essentially called out cancel culture and I'm glad that they did because it is…
Oshi no Ko episode 7
Rating: A After producing one hell of a hard-hitting ending last time around, the series faced a difficult assignment: find a way to follow through and resolve the…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 8
Finally after two weeks, we're back with this brilliance of an anime and boy did I have to resist having to look up what happens next in the…
Episode 254 - Oshi no Ko
This week, in a shocking change to our normal format, Shaun is having us watch only a single (feature-length) episode of 2023’s smash hit Oshi no Ko Meanwhile, Remington…
Oshi no Ko episode 4
Rating: B+ The writer for the source manga, Aka Akasaka, is probably even better-known as the creator of the acclaimed Kaguya-sama: Love is War source manga. That manga…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 4
It's official. I absolutely love Kana and she deserves all of the happiness in the world. She really learned from her mistakes in the past and came into…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 2
A lot of things have happened between the span of the previous episode and this episode. Namely how Ichigo basically went MIA after Ai's death. Which essentially left…
Oshi no Ko episode 9
Rating: B+ Though setting Ruby into the footsteps that her mother followed has been a plot element since episode 2, she has largely remained on the back burner…
Oshi no Ko episode 6
Rating: A- “Egosurfing” (the apt title for this episode) is the act of looking one’s self up on social media to see what others are saying about you.…
Oshi no Ko episode 3
Rating: B+ Since episode 2 aired, news has broken that the first episode of Oshi no Ko was HIDIVE’s biggest debut ever, and also that opening theme “Idol”…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 10
Sorry for the late post but life in general has been very busy. But here we are and I have quite a bit of feels to spill. If…
“Oshi no Ko” Episode 7
Alright… so this is definitely not where I expected this episode to go. We come back from an incredibly emotional episode where Aqua reveals that MEM-cho was the…
Oshi no Ko episode 10
Rating: B+ Aqua and Ruby are the centers of this series, and that’s not going to change. As much as character development might focus on other characters, these…
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I have to say that upon first hearing that the opening episode of Oshi no Ko was to be a 90-minute-long one, I wasn’t totally sure what to…
Oshi No Ko Episode 1 — Turning my Oshi into my Mommy!
I don’t typically like using the word “rollercoaster” to refer to media as I think it’s such a cliche (and no, don’t fact-check that by looking at my…
Oshi no Ko – 05
「恋愛リアリティショー」 (Ren`ai Reality Show) "Reality Dating Show" "Let's go to Costco… with everyone!"
Oshi no Ko Review
The entertainment industry, where a plethora of hopeful and starry eyed individuals enter to make it big. Hidden behind it, a sinister side of ruthless competition and a…
Oshi no Ko – 08
「初めて」 (Hajimete) "First Time" Touched for the very first time.
“Oshi no Ko” Review
"Oshi no Ko" is a drama anime about the dark side of the entertainment industry based on the manga by Aka Akasaka.
Oshi no Ko – 06
「エゴサーチ」 (Egosearch) "Egosurfing" Content Warning: This post will be discussing self-harm and mental health struggles.
Oshi no Ko – 07
「バズ」 (Buzz) "Buzz" The content warning will still be in check for this episode's impression as well because we're still dealing with heavy subjects on mental health.
Oshi no Ko – 03
「漫画原作ドラマ」 (Manga Gensaku Drama) "Manga-Based TV Drama " Coming soon on Netflix is the hit J-Drama I'll Go With Sweet Today. Professional model Melt Narushima stars in this heart-pounding rom-com…
Oshi no Ko – 05
I guess it's good to know that Oshi no Ko can still crank up the "what the hell did I just watch?" factor. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 04
So far so good, but damn, is the road ahead a minefield. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 06
This was one of those days where the internet was a real minefield. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 10
「B小町」 (B Komachi) "B Komachi" “What if you win, wouldn't it be weird?" Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here?
Oshi no Ko – 02
「三つ目の選択肢」 (Mitsume no Sentakushi) "Third Option" “My motto is if you want to win the lottery you have to make the money to buy a ticket. O_O”
Oshi no Ko – 09
「B小町」 (B Komachi) "B Komachi" MEM-cho and Aqua were the only two Love Now participants who were alive to see the Dreamcast’s launch.
Oshi no Ko – 10
"Water always seeks its own level", they say. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 01
「Mother and Children」 "This story is a work of fiction. Actually, most everything in this world is fiction."
Oshi no Ko – 03
This is not a show that's easy for me to appraise with detach. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 07
Oshi no Ko kind of falls under the bloody trainwreck you can't look away from umbrella this week. Read more
Oshi no Ko – 04
「役者」 (Yakusha) "Actors" You are NOT the father!
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