Review of [Oshi No Ko]

aaah... I really wanted to enjoy this anime as much as it was hyped and God knows how I really waited for that to happen but in the end, it just felt flat and I was a little disappointed. I will not go into an in-depth review but I will touch on the main key points that stood out to me without trying to spoil anything. I will start by saying despite a few comments I saw later online the first episode was by far the best episode of the whole season which now, looking at the whole picture is a little sad. Despite being the bestepisode of the season it had a few issues starting with the pacing, In an hour and a half we felt like we knew something but at the same time also nothing bout the characters. Ai who seemed to be an airhead but also a loving person has an almost complete change of character in the last five minutes of the episode.

Bringing me to my next point, the complete disregard for the "show, don't tell" rule. The show seemed to compensate for its lack of emotional impact or sufficient world-building with the dumping of information (which in my opinion does not seem relevant) to somehow make us sympathetic towards the characters. The best way for us to relate to a character in a way is to be able to go through whatever pain they went through. Instead of being spoon-fed. A show who succeeded perfectly in doing so will be fruits basket (well at least in the first two seasons) PS: I don't want to talk about the third season. Anyway... by bringing us into this character's world, by drawing us into his mind we are able to understand why he feels the way he feels. Are his actions warranted? and even if they are stupid do they make sense to him? A very good example is Thorfinn in Vinland Saga seasons 1 and 2.
His way of acting is triggered by the internal conflict happening inside of him so whether he acts out of revenge or decides he has no enemies we can feel empathetic towards him even though we do not fully agree on one decision or the other. The point is he feels painfully real. And yes every anime will still be an anime in its own delusional way but the point here is, in attempting to make a deep plot and character-based anime the character should at least have some depth.

The most disappointing point of this whole show was the lack of direction in this story. The story hooked me up with the premise of a revenge-murder mystery. Which I was expecting after watching the first episode but then it turns into a slice of life but not really but also a dive into the dark side of the entertainment industry but not so deep to see some real substance and since there is a lack of proper direction the main point plot (which was getting revenge) gets relayed to the second plan. We see less and less of the main character and get distracted with futilities wondering if they are relevant to the whole picture

The whole story nevertheless has some potential and just needs to be well executed.

Aside from that, the story is watchable but do not expect it to be as awesome as it was depicted on Tiktok(which seems to be extremely biased for some reason). Matter of fact I think if you intend to watch it start with the second episode and end with the first.

Aside from all the above the animation and sound is quite decent and it can be quite enjoyable without a high expectation.