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Shay Guy
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Neat detail I saw pointed out on Twitter: After Aqua finishes his line, it's exactly ten seconds until Kana's tears start.
I think Akasaka's only ever had positive things to say publicly about the live-action Kaguya movies, but yeah, you kinda have to wonder. I've seen color illustrations of Minami, including a recent volume cover, so her color scheme didn't surprise me. Frill's did, a little -- looking at the color illustration posted on Jump+, there is a tinge of green to the hair, but it's subtler than in the anime.
Hey, it's been a long time since her Hinagiku-era peak, but Shizuka Itou's no slouch either.
Must've been added sometime after I watched it. |
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laureninspace
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Thank you so much for looking into this! The lore goes so deep in this show, I love it! |
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MFrontier
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Not to mention Megumi Han as Kana. |
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tintor2
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Gotta say the first episode broke me like To Your Eternity. Previews seem to focus on Ai but she dies in the climax. I didn't cry or anything like with the unnamed child from To Your Eternity but when YAOSOBI started singing "Idol" I was like "Oh my god...." as there I felt the actual death of the character who we wil remember her every time the opening begins.
While I understand Aqua's character, I really fear that he could do bad actions. Still, I'm kinda confused about how his desire to protect his from acting can go when he already decided to use Kana as an assistant for Ruby. |
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PonSquared
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When it was revealed that aqua was going to be in a reality TV dating show. I had to pause the episode. I actually screamed out loud. Wtf and laughed. I just can't with the show sometimes. It's so amazing! I love it!
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Helix91
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I think Episode 4 buys into the idea that acting isn't about faking emotion, but about getting yourself to feel strong emotions even though you're not actually in the situations that the characters are. It's about lying to yourself as much as it is about lying to the audience.
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jdnation
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Late to the party here, but I wanted to chime and just to mention that it is rare for any media to get me this invested. The production here is firing on all cylinders, everything from direction and boarding to pacing and story and animation and sound and VA is idol-pitch-perfect. The English dub has a high water mark to reach up to.
The main attraction for me is definitely the insight into the various entertainment industries, which not only form a Japanese perspective, but even from a worldwide and Hollywood perspective, still holds true to various extents. Very well presented stuff, worked well into the situation, story and dialogue. Absolutely stellar stuff! Will the anime be a complete story? Or is the manga still ongoing? I'm prematurely ready to put money down for the blu-ray collection with confidence that this entire thing will be good. But I prefer to buy series when the story is 'complete.' |
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Covnam
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Great episode.
I usually don't think anything of the variety of colors in anime, but the lime green of Frill's eyes are a bit off putting. I also instantly thought it looked reptilian and then later she had those pronounced vertical irises reinforcing that thought. Glad I'm not the only one who thought of reptiles when seeing her! |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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blahmoomoo
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The manga is ongoing, released weekly or biweekly, with 116 chapters right now. I don't think it will be ending soon. You can read all of it on Manga Plus. |
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Johan Eriksson 9003
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Really? Seems to me like it is gearing up for the finale. |
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blahmoomoo
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Final arc maybe, but I feel like that will take at least a year to get through. |
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GhostStalkerSA
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Same. Looks to be setting up for the last arc right now, if not in it already. Just depends on how long this last arc will be. Also, Asasaka-sensei just started a new manga last week, so his attention will be split. |
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Azure Chrysanthemum
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Honestly I'm not terribly worried about that, he was physically drawing Kaguya-sama himself for most of Oshi no Ko's early run. I know the later chapters of Kaguya-sama are a bit divisive but I personally enjoyed them and didn't see any particular major drop in quality. Now that he's just focused on writing I think it should be pretty manageable for him. |
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Shay Guy
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Episode 5:
Apparently there's a fan theory I hadn't seen that Pieyon is secretly a minor Kaguya character -- which got some big support with this episode, because the same VA voices both. I appreciate Doga Koba extending a tacit invitation to meme the hell out of the Pieyon Boot Dance by showing it as long shots in front of a green screen. Ruby makes an audacious choice for the new group’s name, but one very fitting for her character.
Note, of course, that he says he never lied to Kana… including about her being cuter than most idols.
Yuki understood the assignment, and she is damn savvy.
I’ve also seen commentary comparing it to “Kyou, Suki ni Narimashita”.
Is that what it is? I thought it was for oxygen. |
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