Oshi no Ko Episodes 1~7

 

Finally got around to watching Oshi no Ko on Prime, the live action adaptation of the super popular manga. I knew nothing of Oshi no Ko except having seen the main character Hoshino Ai everywhere and judging from the name I thought it was about a fan's relationship with his oshi. I had seen the trailer of the Oshi no Ko movie in cinema in Japan and I thought bloody hell, they have just showed me the end of the tv series where Hoshino Ai dies.

Well, turns out Hoshino Ai dies in the beginning of the dorama anyway and Oshi no Ko is about her two children, Aqua and Ruby and Aqua's quest to find out who the dad is. Oh yeah, did I mention that both children are reincarnated fans Hoshino Ai? Yes, two fans who died when Oshino Ai gave birth to her twins. This part of the plot completely lost me in the beginning.

Oshi no Ko is a harem dorama set in the entertainment industry. Aqua is an actor and Ruby wants to be an idoru like her mom. Aqua is so bloody talented that acting role drop on his lap without him having to work hard. Such an amazing character.

My favourite character in Oshi no Ko is probably Kaname Jun as the producer who speaks the truth like when he says jdoramas are not about acting, they are about appealing to women and children which is so true. Somehow men don't really matter as a jdorama audience. 

I also enjoyed the story about the mangaka not being happy with the dorama script. It got me thinking about Amazon's Ryu ga Gotoku and how there is no way RGG Studio could have been happy with that piece of crap adaptation.

I like that Oshi no Ko talks about the entertainment industry but I feel it is skin deep. The comedy is ok and the budget is very big. Amazon spent a lot of money and it shows on the screen especially with the movie sets.

I enjoyed Oshi no Ko up to episode 7 which is about the two twins and their reincarnated selves and the show really lost me there. Probably because I can't see where this reincarnation storyline is going and do not give a crap about the characters. Aqua looking for his dad has this murder mystery vibe and his dad did not kill Hoshino Ai. 

Even the big twist of someone we though was dead being a famous Johnny did not make me want to watch the next episode. And the story is going with the killer actually had accomplices. It just feels so tacked on and killed whatever little interest I had. Meh from me.