Review of [Oshi No Ko]

Let’s get one thing straight: Episode 1 of Oshi no Ko is a banger. It had shock value, emotional weight, and a storyline that grabbed you by the throat. For 90 minutes, I thought I was about to witness something truly great. Then the rest of the season happened—and it was an absolute trainwreck. Everything after the premiere is a frustrating mess. The characters are hollow shells, written with all the depth of a kiddie pool. Aqua turns into a brooding edge-lord with zero charisma or consistency. Ruby’s entire existence in the plot feels like filler, and the side characters—Kana, Akane, the entire supporting cast—range from forgettableto downright annoying.

The story nosedives into a dull idol industry soap opera, packed with melodrama and cringe-inducing attempts at “dark” themes that end up feeling more like high school fanfiction. Whatever tension or intrigue Episode 1 created is completely thrown out the window in favor of half-baked love triangles, exposition dumps, and hollow social commentary.

The pacing is glacial, the tone is all over the place, and by the time the season wraps up, it feels like you just wasted hours watching a show that tricked you with a good pilot and then laughed in your face.

Oshi no Ko is the textbook definition of wasted potential. If the rest of the show had even half the quality of the first episode, this could’ve been something special. Instead, it’s just a pretty-looking dumpster fire.