Episode 3 for Oshi no Ko just came out and yes, Iâm still in love!
We all guessed it would happen after the first episode, but the pacing for the story is on the slower side. That being said, I appreciate it because it really gives us time to get to know and love these characters better!
To begin with, letâs just look at Arima Kana this episode! Can I just begin by saying that this girl is such a sweetheart??? Like, episode 1 she was such a brat, but this episode? We could see that not only did she have to deal with the consequences of being self-absorbed, but sheâs also learned from them and is now such a sweetheart! If that werenât enough, sheâs giving Aqua the chance to get back into acting and I am nothing if not an Aqua Stan, so I support this whole-heartedly.
On top of all of that, though, sheâs also so funny and light-hearted(for the most part)! Like, so many of her comments are just so dang funny! From following Aqua after he leaves the school and asking what middle school heâs from to calling out the director for living with his mother to assuming Aqua is gay sheâs just such a lighthearted, fun character right now.
That being said, the details!!!! We know Kana lives alone, that sheâs struggled with the acting business, that even though sheâs doing her best she doesnât even have an agency and the producer is looking down on her. All of these make it so Kanaâs lightheartedness isnât tasteless in a story that shows the darker side of the entertainment industryâinstead it fits beautifully with everything else. Kana hasnât seen the darkness the way the Hoshinos have so sheâs allowed to be more lighthearted and have it make sense, but she isnât oblivious to it, either. And man oh man I canât wait for Aqua to bring it next episode!
Which brings us to my boy, Aqua!
Before we get to the fact that heâs acting again(which, whoa, I didnât expect that to happen so early in the story, but I am in no way upset by it either), can we talk about the cute twin moments with Ruby in this episode???? Just watch that entire beginning scene where the two of them are talking to Kana! The way they both understand each other so well and arenât ashamed of it, the whispering to each other, the way Aqua shows and feels no shame in admitting that heâs only going to that high school for his sister and she, in turn, feels no awkwardness or embarrassment in casually calling him a siscon? Man, this sibling relationship is just so dang funny and sweet! I love it!
On top of that, Ruby gets so excited about Aqua going into acting! Somehow, the one thing that seems to make Aqua bashful is acting(likely because itâs something that he wants to do for himself, but doesnât know how to let himself live for himself) so itâs so important that his family is supporting him in this! But, like, the matching Twin sweatshirts they were wearing during that scene? Love it! Gotta say, all the matching outfits for these two give me life!!!! I love it when the twins are together and I canât wait to see more of them!
That being said, Aqua and obsessive go together like peanut butter and jelly. Because the whole phone sequence? Where the boy continued trying passcodes for four entire years(and yes, I did look up how to do italics on tumblr just to be able to give four entire years the emphasis that it truly and honestly needs)??? That is absolutely insane and obsessive to the nth degree! Anybody who doubts the fervency of Aquaâs desire for revenge is so off-point itâs not even funny. The boy took four years to break into a phone and then memorized all the names of the contacts to help him have some idea of where to even begin looking for his father.
But enough about that, letâs talk about the fact that heâs acting!!!!! Boy oh boy am I excited for Aqua to be acting again! But, like, did you all see his eye sparkle when he heard what the show was??? He wanted to be in it from that exact moment, none of you can convince me otherwise! He didnât agree until he heard who the producer was, yes, but in some ways I canât help but feel like that was almost an excuse he was giving himself to allow himself to act again. My evidence? The end of the episode!
Aqua has the DNA, by all means he doesnât especially need to do anything special, and yet you all saw that closing image, yeah? Aqua is about to make at least that episode worth watching! Heâs gonna go all out in acting and I donât care what Aqua says about his own talents in acting, I believe in that boy enough for the two of us! And you know what, the fact that heâs also doing it in defense of Kana???? This boy has a heart of gold and will do literally anything to protect the people he loves. We know this just by looking at everything heâs done/is doing for Ai and Ruby, but it looks like Kana might be added to the list of his people soon if things continue, and I am all for this!
All of this being said, Aqua right now doesnât know how to let himself live for himself or even really value himself. This has been an underlying issue the entire series, but itâs definitely something to keep an eye on as the story progresses. He never got angry at the stalker for killing him(in fact, in episode 1 Aqua says that he felt almost grateful to the stalker), Aqua never lets himself enjoy things for himself(he always credited Sarina for his love of Ai/says he was Aiâs fan for Sarina rather than admitting it was for himself and, now, he wonât even let himself admit that he enjoys acting), and even which high school he went to was solely decided by which Ruby went to. From the very beginning he was called somebody with no dreams(refer to the conversation in Episode 1 between the doctor and Sarina when theyâre discussing what it would be like to be an idolâs child) and even though he was a doctor, a profession thatâs usually very ambitious, Aqua never truly showed any love for the profession in either lifeâbeing something of a layabout while he actually was a doctor and never even considering being a doctor again in this life. It honestly makes me wonder why he was ever a doctor and wonder more about his past life in general, because, when you think about it, we donât actually know all that much about his past life, do we?
Anyway, another great episode of Oshi no Ko with another cliff hanger ending! I cannot wait for next weekâs episode to come!
