Review of [Oshi No Ko]

To follow non-idol fans... I don't like idol anime, and to be honest I despise the the idol culture in general, but I did really enjoy the Oshi no Ko despites it being an idol anime because Oshi no Ko is not about idol (season one at least)… To non-idol funs unfortunately Oshi no Ko still is an idol anime that heavily influenced and based on idol culture, BUT fortunately the 'idol story' is really minimum that it doesn't play a big part in the story happened so far. To me the explanation of the mystery and the nature of the entertoyment industry is the center ofthe season, in fact I think the the Reality-TV show section has more screen time than the idol parts combine.

So for follow non-idol fans give it a chance try to watch it for 5 minutes see if this show interested you (true story I was cringed out and dropped this anime months ago without 2 minutes in by the 'idol talk' at the beginning of the anime, but now I have picked it up and benched the whole season in one day).

The story telling/writing is top tier and the 1hr+ long first episode is a breath of fresh air a very bold decision but it gets the job done, it introduced and explained the mystery, the background, the main protagonists, and set the overall tone of the story all at once. And the way stories are presented, the angle of the approach, the focus the the camera, the switching between point of views translates the information to the audience very well and connects the stories and keeps them in a consistent flow. Even as someone who despises the idol show as for the only 'idol event/show' the protagonists actually on the stage by how the show is portrayed that I still feel the cringe but I didn't hate it as much. This is a good anime despites if you like idol anime or not, it is just good, a good anime.

I only gave this season an 8/10 (pretty high score by itself), however I feel it could be higher because this season feels like a 'Part 1' this season merely introduced the story and characters, a set up for potentially what will coming in the future. I will probably coming back to bump the score to a 9/10 after watching the season 2 but for now as for what it is just this 11 episodes by themselves an 8/10 to me definitely worth a watch will recommend to all non-idol fans.