Oshi no Ko is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. Produced by Doga Kobo, the anime series is directed by Daisuke Hiramaki, with character designs by Kanna Hirayama. The music is composed by Takurō Iga. The first season, consisting of 11 episodes and adapting the first four volumes (chapters 1–40) of the manga series, aired from 12 April to 28 June 2023. The 90-minute first episode also premiered in select Japanese theatres beginning on 17 March 2023.
The series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and has been available for streaming on Hidive. An English dub premiered on 24 May 2023. The first season was released on Blu-ray on 25 June 2024. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and streamed it on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel. It premiered on Animax Asia on 30 October 2024.
A second season was announced after the airing of the eleventh episode of the first season. It adapted volumes 5 to 8 (chapters 41–80; additionally 109 in the season finale) of the manga series and aired from 3 July to 6 October 2024.
A third season was announced after the airing of the thirteenth episode of the second season.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 11 | 12 April 2023 (2023-04-12) | 28 June 2023 (2023-06-28) | |
| 2 | 13 | 3 July 2024 (2024-07-03) | 6 October 2024 (2024-10-06) | |
Episodes
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Chief animation directed by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Mother and Children" | Daisuke Hiramaki, Chao Nekotomi, Asami Nakatani, Ryōta Itō & Sung Min Kim | Daisuke Hiramaki, Chao Nekotomi & Asami Nakatani | Kanna Hirayama | 12 April 2023 (2023-04-12) | |
| Dr. Gorou Amamiya is an avid fan of the idol Ai Hoshino, spurred on partly due to her being the favorite idol of a deceased patient of his named Sarina Tendouji. Gorou is shocked when Ai quietly arrives at his rural hospital twenty weeks pregnant with twins. On her due date, Gorou is pushed off a cliff by Ai's stalker, Ryosuke. He then wakes up and discovers he has been reborn as Ai's son Aquamarine and lives together with her and his twin sister Ruby, who herself is the reincarnation of Sarina. As time passes, the twins steadily learn more and more about the entertainment industry. One year later, Aqua becomes acquainted with both a film director and a child actress named Kana Arima. Two years later, on the day of her first major Tokyo Dome performance, Ryosuke ends up fatally stabbing Ai, who realizes her love for the twins before dying. The twins are later formally adopted by the Saitous. Ruby decides she wants to follow in Ai's footsteps as an idol, while Aqua deduces that their biological father leaked Ai's address to Ryosuke, who committed suicide. Many years later, Aqua sets his revenge plan in motion. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Third Option" Transliteration: "Mittsume no Sentakushi" (Japanese: 三つ目の選択肢) | Sung Min Kim | Koji Masunari | Maho Yoshikawa & Kanna Hirayama | 19 April 2023 (2023-04-19) | |
| In the twelve years since Ai's death, Ichigo has fallen out of contact, Ai's idol group B-Komachi was disbanded, and Miyako closed down Strawberry Productions' idol unit. Ruby has been auditioning to become an idol, unaware that Aqua has been using his acting skills to secretly sabotage her applications and give her false rejection notices. However, he cannot stop Ruby from being scouted by an underground idol group. Not trusting the management of said group and wanting to support Ruby's dream, Miyako decides to finally reopen Strawberry Productions' idol unit with Ruby as its first member. Meanwhile, Aqua works as director Taichi Gotanda's apprentice, but has given up on trying to be an actor and is content working behind the scenes to find his father. Gotanda advises Aqua not to give up on his dreams so easily, causing him to recall Ai's last words to him. Aqua and Ruby are later admitted into the prestigious Youtou High School, which has a performing arts department. While visiting the school, the twins encounter Kana again, who is glad to see Aqua again but is shocked that he is enrolled in the general education department instead of performing arts. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Manga-Based TV Drama" Transliteration: "Manga Gensaku Dorama" (Japanese: 漫画原作ドラマ) | Kōki Uchinomiya | Takudai Kakuchi & Kenta Ōnishi | Tomoya Atsumi | 26 April 2023 (2023-04-26) | |
| Kana is eager to reconnect with Aqua and tries to talk him into getting back into acting, offering a role in a live action adaptation of the manga series Sweet Today. She mentions she has connections to famed producer Masaya Kaburagi, who Aqua recognizes as one of names on Ai's secret contact list he found on her personal phone. Aqua agrees to take a role as an excuse to get close to Kaburagi. Kana secures a role as the show's villain for Aqua, but he discovers it is a very low-quality production. Kana admits the show cast young male models and prioritized their looks over their acting ability, and she has been forced to hold back her own acting talent. She further explains that due to her spoiled behavior as a child, she quickly fell out favor in the acting industry as she grew older. During a break in filming, Aqua overhears Kaburagi brag that he is taking advantage of Kana while the former is collecting some of the latter's discarded cigarettes. Despite having gotten what he came for, Aqua decides to stay and go all out on his acting. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Actors" Transliteration: "Yakusha" (Japanese: 役者) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Ryōta Itō | Miki Matsumoto | 3 May 2023 (2023-05-03) | |
| Aqua uses his skills to set the scene up for Kana's performance. This gives Kana the opportunity to show off her true acting skills, which earns the praise of the people still watching the show. At the wrap party, Aqua meets Kaburagi again, now knowing he is not his father thanks to a paternity test. Kaburagi mentions that he knows about someone Ai had been spending time with in secret, and offers to tell Aqua who it is in return for starring in a reality dating show. Sometime later, Aqua and Ruby attend their first day at Youtou High School, where Ruby befriends fellow student and gravure model Minami Kotobuki. She introduces Minami to Aqua, and also mentions that the famous professional entertainer Frill Shiranui is also a member of her class. This makes Ruby self-conscious about the fact that she does not have an established place in the entertainment industry yet. She pesters Miyako about Strawberry Productions moving forward with forming their idol group, but Miyako points out that it is not easy for a small company like theirs to recruit idols. Aqua then suggests that they recruit Kana. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Reality Dating Show" Transliteration: "Ren'ai Riaritī Shō" (Japanese: 恋愛リアリティショー) | Sung Min Kim | Sung Min Kim | Kanna Hirayama | 10 May 2023 (2023-05-10) | |
| While reluctant to risk her acting career by becoming an idol, Kana decides to sign up with Strawberry Productions so she can work alongside Aqua. However, she is shocked that his next job is for a reality dating show titled My Love with a Star Begins Now, where he stars alongside fashion model Yuki Sumi, dancer Nobuyuki Kumano, actress Akane Kurokawa, internet personality MEM-cho, and musician Kengo Morimoto. Even though Aqua is putting on an act for the show, Kana feels jealous at how he is interacting with his female co-stars. Meanwhile, Miyako gets to work starting up Strawberry Productions' new idol unit. She decides to have Ruby and Kana make their debut online, and enlists the help of one of their veteran internet personalities, Pieyon, a masked physical training YouTuber. Pieyon determines that the quickest way for the girls to gain a following is to collaborate with his established channel. They perform a rigorous workout dance routine for an hour straight, with Ruby earning Kana's respect after seeing her last the entire hour. Pieyon then asks them what their group name will be, and Ruby decides to revive the name of B-Komachi. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Egosurfing" Transliteration: "Ego Sāchi" (Japanese: エゴサーチ) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Kuniyasu Nishina | Tomoya Atsumi, Majiro & Masato Katsumata | 17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) | |
| As the season for Love Now continues, Aqua comes to learn that reality show stars are less scripted and more genuine than he had initially thought. Kana teaches Ruby about the importance and dangers of egosurfing, since idols need to carefully manage their appearance and reputation online. The show soon begins focusing on a love triangle between Yuki, Nobuyuki, and Kengo, with Aqua deciding to stay out of it to avoid drawing attention to himself. MEM-cho enjoys an increase in her subscriber numbers, but Akane struggles to stand out and gain attention, leaving her with the least screentime. Under pressure from her agency to get results, Akane briefly loses her composure and slaps Yuki on film, accidentally scratching her face with her freshly-painted nails. While Yuki forgives Akane and Akane herself posts a formal apology, Akane becomes the target of cyberbullying by Yuki's fans. After being constantly bombarded with negative comments, Akane falls into a state of depression and nearly leaps off a pedestrian overpass, only being saved by a last second intervention from Aqua. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Buzz" Transliteration: "Bazu" (Japanese: バズ) | Yasuhiro Irie | Yasuhiro Irie | Miki Matsumoto | 24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) | |
| As Aqua narrowly saves Akane's life, Kana cautions Ruby that it is not uncommon for celebrities to commit suicide due to harassment. Meanwhile, Aqua and Akane are brought to the police station where the rest of the Love Now cast goes to meet them. Aqua advises Akane that she still has the option of dropping out of the show, but she decides to stay on. Angry at the show staff who edited the footage to cast Akane as a villain, Aqua concocts a plan. First, he leaks news about Akane's attempted suicide to the media. He then enlists the help of the cast members to create a video to rehabilitate Akane's image. The video proves to be a success, and most of the harassment against Akane dies down. MEM-cho and Yuki then suggest that Akane use her acting skills to adopt a persona that would appeal to Aqua's tastes. When Aqua reveals his like for Ai, Akane aggressively studies her to emulate her behavior. At the next filming session, Akane officially returns to the show, and Aqua is shocked at how perfectly Akane is able to mimic Ai's personality. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "First Time" Transliteration: "Hajimete" (Japanese: 初めて) | Daisuke Hiramaki | Moe Suzuki & Hiroaki Yoshikawa | Kanna Hirayama | 7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) | |
| Aqua is caught off guard by Akane's performance and is left to reflect on what exactly his feelings for her and Ai are. After having a short talk with Kana, he is able to sort out his feelings, realizing he has no particular attraction to Akane herself. However, upon learning that she is skilled at profiling, Aqua decides to manipulate her to make use of her skills. On the final episode of Love Now, he openly kisses Akane on camera, to Kana's annoyance. At the wrap party, Aqua meets with Kaburagi, who agrees to hold up his end of the deal and arranges for a meeting next week. He then talks with Akane and they both agree to pretend they are dating to keep up appearances. Akane also points out that Yuki has started dating Nobuyuki for real, despite rejecting him on the show. After the party, MEM-cho teases Aqua about his feelings for Akane and reveals that she had originally wanted to become an idol but gave up after several setbacks. Aqua offers her the opportunity to join the reformed B-Komachi, which catches her off guard. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "B-Komachi" (Japanese: B小町) | Kōki Uchinomiya, Sung Min Kim & Daisuke Hiramaki | Hiroaki Yoshikawa | Tomoya Atsumi, Masato Katsumata & Majiro | 14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) | |
| Miyako interviews MEM-cho and correctly guesses that she is much older than she claims to be. MEM-cho explains the situation that ultimately led to her becoming a streamer. Ruby and Kana overhear MEM-cho's story and accept her as part of B-Komachi. Meanwhile, the popularity of the recent season of Love Now has put Aqua in the public spotlight. MEM-cho's popularity also brings some attention to the new B-Komachi, and she comes up with the idea of reusing the old B-Komachi's songs. However, Kana has difficulty keeping up with Ruby and MEM-cho during training, and she acts coldly towards Aqua out of jealousy. Aqua meets with Kaburagi again, who reveals Ai's secret lover is likely a member of Akane's theater group, Lalalie. He also shows an interest in the revived B-Komachi and offers to secure them a spot in the upcoming Japan Idol Festival. Ruby and MEM-cho get into a competition over which one of them will be the group's center. However, when they research Kana's music career, they discover that she is actually a very talented singer despite her claims to the contrary. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Pressure" Transliteration: "Puresshā" (Japanese: プレッシャー) | Yūji Tokuno | Yūji Tokuno | Miki Matsumoto | 21 June 2023 (2023-06-21) | |
| Ruby and MEM-cho decide that Kana would be the best center, but Kana rejects this proposal. However, after hearing the other two sing and practice the routine, she relents. In order to help prepare the girls in the leadup to the JIF, Miyako brings Pieyon back to coach the girls. In reality, it is actually Aqua disguising himself as Pieyon. The night before the concert, Kana hears a bit about Ruby's past and her motivations to become an idol. She decides to wander downstairs, and accidentally finds out Aqua is posing as Pieyon. Come the day of the JIF, B-Komachi are crammed into a crowded room where dozens of other underground or less popular idol groups are fighting for space. Kana spends much of the day brooding over her own failed path to stardom. She even admits to a nervous Ruby that she herself is more nervous going out as a group. However, Ruby reassures her by pointing out that the three of them are all rookie idols, so failure should be expected. No longer afraid, Kana starts taking her position as center more seriously just as B-Komachi's performance is about to begin. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Idol" Transliteration: "Aidoru" (Japanese: アイドル) | Kuniyasu Nishina & Daisuke Hiramaki | Sumie Noro | Kanna Hirayama | 28 June 2023 (2023-06-28) | |
| B-Komachi begins their performance, and their first song goes well. However, Kana begins to lose self-confidence when she observes that the majority of the audience are only there to see Ruby and MEM-cho. However, she witnesses Aqua among the crowd cheering them on, and suddenly finds her motivation. The performance proves to be a huge success and on the way home, Kana finds out that Aqua's relationship with Akane is merely a professional one. A relieved Kana starts interacting normally with Aqua, while MEM-cho senses a looming love triangle between them and Akane. Sometime later, Lalalie is selected to perform a stage adaptation of the popular manga Tokyo Blade, and Kaburagi is asked to provide some outside talent since Lalalie has few young performers. Kana and Akane are both cast as characters in a love triangle with Aqua's character, and Aqua discovers that the two actresses have had an intense rivalry with each other since their child actress days. With the casting complete, the crew for the Tokyo Blade play begins their preparations, Ruby heads off to visit Ai's grave, and Aqua swears once again to track down their father. | |||||||
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Storyboarded by | Chief animation directed by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "Tokyo Blade" Transliteration: "Tōkyō Bureido" (Japanese: 東京ブレイド) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Kuniyasu Nishina | Kanna Hirayama | 3 July 2024 (2024-07-03) | |
| Four months after B-Komachi's debut at the JIF, Aqua, Kana, and Akane begin rehearsals for the Tokyo Blade stage play alongside their co-stars, Melt Narushima, Sakuya Kamoshida, and Taiki Himekawa. Meanwhile, B-Komachi has been steadily gaining in popularity, holding numerous small concerts for its fans. Aqua takes the opportunity to try and get closer to the Lalalie director Toshirou Kindaichi in hopes of finding his father while the play's executive producer Sumiaki Raida oversees the production. During rehearsals, Kana and Taiki are shown to have highly compatible acting styles. Akane struggles to keep up with Kana due to her character, Princess Saya, not being as popular as Kana's. Since Princess Saya does not have a large role in the manga, Akane does not have enough material to properly immerse herself, which is not helped by the scriptwriter, GOA, changing Princess Saya's personality. GOA admits he did it to fit in the play's two-hour runtime, which Kindaichi supports. The creators of Tokyo Blade and Sweet Today, Abiko Samejima and Yoriko Kichijouji, respectively, then visit one of the rehearsals. After observing it, Abiko announces that she wants the entire script to be rewritten. | |||||||
| 13 | 2 | "Game of Telephone" Transliteration: "Dengon Gēmu" (Japanese: 伝言ゲーム) | Kazue Komatsu | Daisuke Hiramaki | Satomi Watabe | 10 July 2024 (2024-07-10) | |
| In a flashback to the cast's preliminary meeting, Akane was glad to co-star alongside Aqua again, stoking Kana's jealousy. Melt later apologized to Kana for doing a poor job on the Sweet Today series and promised he had improved his acting since then. Elsewhere, Abiko met with Yoriko, expressing her anxiety at her manga being adapted for a play, and Yoriko was concerned Abiko's eccentric personality would disrupt the production. Back in the present, Abiko is furious at GOA for refusing to listen to any of her input and changing the personalities of many of her characters. Yoriko observes that disputes between authors and scriptwriters are normal. It is then revealed that by the time Abiko's input reached GOA, the meaning was changed due to it passing through several intermediaries via miscommunication. Abiko forces the crew to let her rewrite the script, threatening to withdraw her consent to the play. GOA voluntarily steps down from his position, frustrated at being unable to satisfy Abiko. With rehearsals on hold until the new script is finalized, Akane invites Aqua on a date to show him a modern theater play. | |||||||
| 14 | 3 | "Rewriting" Transliteration: "Riraitingu" (Japanese: リライティング) | Daisuke Nishimura | Daisuke Nishimura | Honoka Yokoyama | 17 July 2024 (2024-07-17) | |
| While happy that B-Komachi is gaining popularity, Ruby is still frustrated that she is lagging behind her friends. However, B-Komachi's concerts are on hold until Kana is finished with the play. Meanwhile, Akane takes Aqua to IHI Stage Around Tokyo, a 360-degree revolving theater, to see a play of Smash Heaven where he is impressed with the presentation and acting. They then encounter Raida, who reveals that GOA was the writer of the Smash Heaven play. Aqua comes to conclusion that Abiko will not be able to write a script suited for the Tokyo Blade play, and asks Raida to find a way to reinstate GOA. Enjoying GOA's work, Aqua decides to take a more direct approach and asks Yoriko to deliver an envelope to Abiko. Yoriko heads to Abiko's apartment and is shocked to see her overworking herself to meet the deadline for the latest Tokyo Blade chapter. While Yoriko helps Abiko finish the chapter, they gets in an argument over their respective manga before they eventually reconcile in the morning. Abiko then opens Aqua's envelope, revealing a ticket to the Smash Heaven play, which she decides to attend. | |||||||
| 15 | 4 | "Emotional Acting" Transliteration: "Kanjō Engi" (Japanese: 感情演技) | Kōki Uchinomiya | Kōki Uchinomiya | Haruka Inade | 24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) | |
| Abiko sees the Smash Heaven play and is impressed by it. Raida learns of Abiko's presence in the audience and meets her personally, requesting she give GOA a second chance. Recalling Yoriko's advice, Abiko agrees under the condition that she personally supervise his writing. Raida takes the risk of letting them work together remotely, and the two end up getting along quite well, managing to finish a revised version of the script overnight. Most of the cast are excited with the new script, but the less experienced Aqua and Melt are worried they cannot keep up. Kana warns Aqua that his tendency to bottle up his emotions will make it difficult for him to project them to a live audience, and advises that he concentrate on channeling both sad and happy memories. However, Aqua can only recall memories of Ai's death and suffers a panic attack. He has Akane take him to Gotanda's apartment to recuperate, and Gotanda tells Akane that Aqua still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from a past tragedy. Using her profiling skills, Akane deduces that Aqua is actually Ai's son, and when he wakes up, she promises to support him. | |||||||
| 16 | 5 | "The Curtain Rises" Transliteration: "Kaimaku" (Japanese: 開幕) | Kazuma Ogasawara | Yasuhiro Irie | Yūta Kevin Kenmotsu & Kanna Hirayama | 31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) | |
| After Aqua recovers, Akane promises that she will support him no matter what, even after he tells her he is seeking to get revenge on somebody. In return, Akane asks Aqua to support her against Kana and Taiki, as she has no chance of surpassing them alone. Aqua agrees and they consult with Gotanda for advice, who agrees to help coach Aqua to master emotional acting. Meanwhile, Ruby and Minami try to meet Aqua, but run into Melt and Sakuya instead. Melt prevents Sakuya from flirting with Minami, with Sakuya angrily pointing out Melt's poor acting is dragging down the play in response. Sakuya tricks Ruby into adding him to her contacts, but Kana and MEM-cho warn her that he is a skirt chaser. As rehearsals continue, Kana and Akane's rivalry deepens as both actresses are determined to prove they can surpass the other. Kana also agrees to help coach Melt to improve his acting skill. Aqua meanwhile learns from Gotanda to channel his trauma into his acting. After the completion of rehearsals, the actors prepare for the play's premiere, and all of Aqua and Ruby's acquaintances arrive to see it. | |||||||
| 17 | 6 | "Growth" Transliteration: "Seichō" (Japanese: 成長) | Chao Nekotomi | Chao Nekotomi | Satomi Watabe | 7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) | |
| Act 1 of the Tokyo Blade play goes without a hitch, depicting Taiki's character, Blade, recruiting Kana and Melt's characters Tsurugi and Kizami and forming the "Shinjuku Faction" against the "Shibuya Faction" led by Akane, Aqua, and Sakuya's characters Princess Saya, Touki, and Monme. Act 2 then starts off of with Melt engaging in a sword battle with Sakuya. While observing the performance, Raida wonders why Kaburagi recommended Melt. Kaburagi admits he personally likes Melt and sees potential in him. On stage, Melt recalls how his good looks made him very popular in school, so he never had to put any effort into improving his acting. It was only until he saw Aqua and Kana's acting in Sweet Today that he realized he was an inferior actor. Following Aqua's advice, Melt focused all of his practice on mastering Kizami's duel with Monme. The audience, who already had a low opinion of Melt's acting during the play's earlier scenes, are caught off guard and amazed at Melt's sudden outburst of emotion. As a result, Melt's two biggest critics, Yoriko and Sakuya, gain a newfound respect for him, and he thanks Aqua for his help. | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | "Sun" Transliteration: "Taiyō" (Japanese: 太陽) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Kuniyasu Nishina | Honoka Yokoyama | 14 August 2024 (2024-08-14) | |
| The play continues with the Shinjuku and Shibuya factions battling each other, and Tsurugi ends up facing off against Princess Saya alone. During the scene, Akane recalls how she once idolized Kana as a child and became an actress so she could be like her. However, when she first met Kana at an audition, they both got into an argument about it being rigged in Kana's favor, resulting in Kana yelling that she hated fans like Akane. Alarmed by the experience, Akane began studying psychological profiling to understand Kana's actions, and came to realize Kana's greatest fear was being unable to find any work, so she began holding back her own talent. Akane decided to use the opportunity the Tokyo Blade play has given her to force Kana to return to her old, more confident acting style. However, while Kana is tempted to step up her act to match Akane, she instinctively holds back, knowing letting Akane take the spotlight would be better for the play overall. Backstage, Akane is frustrated that she was unable to bring out Kana's true self. Aqua approaches her and assures her that together, they will drag Kana into the spotlight. | |||||||
| 19 | 8 | "Trigger" Transliteration: "Torigā" (Japanese: トリガー) | Chao Nekotomi, Kuniyasu Nishina & Daisuke Hiramaki | Chao Nekotomi, Kuniyasu Nishina & Daisuke Hiramaki | Kanna Hirayama | 21 August 2024 (2024-08-21) | |
| During a pause between scenes, Taiki observes that Akane's acting has a risk of surpassing his and Kana's, so he instructs Kana that in the next scene he will ad lib some of his performance. The next scene involves Aqua, Akane, Kana, and Taiki acting together. Taiki initiates his ad lib by saving Kana from Akane's sword strike and throwing her into Aqua's arms. Aqua takes the opportunity to do his own ad lib, focusing the audience's attention on Kana. Kana recalls how she felt pressured to stay in the acting business at any cost in order to impress her mother. Kana finally lets loose with the full scope of her acting, greatly impressing the crowd and Akane. Akane then steps in to take a sword strike from Taiki, acting out Princess Saya's death. Aqua then recalls Gotanda's advice to him. Having figured out Aqua is Ai's son, Gotanda advised him that if he wished to act for the sake of revenge, he would need to channel all of his rage and despair into his acting. To avenge Princess Saya, Aqua channels his rage at Ai's death and attacks Taiki. | |||||||
| 20 | 9 | "Dream" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: 夢) | Daisuke Hiramaki & Kazue Komatsu | Daisuke Hiramaki & Kazue Komatsu | Haruka Inade & Ayaka Muroga | 28 August 2024 (2024-08-28) | |
| Aqua gives an extremely convincing performance that impresses even the other actors. After Touki is defeated on stage, Blade and Tsurugi explain that they can save Princess Saya by reversing the effect of her sword. As Princess Saya is revived, Aqua imagines what would have happened if Ai never died, and gives off an equally convincing performance of relief and catharsis. After the end of the play, Akane and Kana are still convinced the other is the superior actress while Kindaichi and Kaburagi are impressed with their growth. Aqua meanwhile has taken the opportunity to DNA test all of the cast and production staff. He then attends a party with the rest of the cast and approaches Kindaichi to learn what he knows, and he mentions he adopted Taiki from an orphanage. Aqua then approaches Taiki privately and informs him that a DNA test has showed that they are half-brothers, meaning that they likely have the same father. | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | "Liberation" Transliteration: "Kaihō" (Japanese: カイホウ) | Daisuke Nishimura | Daisuke Nishimura | Honoka Yokoyama | 11 September 2024 (2024-09-11) | |
| Taiki reveals that his mother was Airi Himekawa, a well known actress, while his father was another actor named Seijuurou Uehara. However, both of them died in a double suicide many years ago. This revelation causes Aqua to live his life free of his obsession for revenge. Meanwhile, MEM-cho brainstorms with Ruby and Kana on how to get one million subscribers for B-Komachi's YouTube channel. MEM-cho suggests posting room tour videos, which leaves Ruby self-conscious about whether she should remove her memorabilia of Ai to hide the fact she is her daughter. That night, she reflects on how she wanted to revive B-Komachi to not only continue Ai's legacy, but in hopes of attracting the attention of the now missing Gorou. MEM-cho's other plan is to film a music video with an original song, but the composer Miyako hired, Himura, is suffering from a lack of inspiration. As such, Ruby sends him a video message to encourage him. After the Tokyo Blade play concludes its run, Aqua agrees to accompany B-Komachi to help film their music video in Miyazaki, the same town he used to work at and died in his previous life as Gorou. | |||||||
| 22 | 11 | "Freedom" Transliteration: "Jiyū" (Japanese: 自由) | Takashi Takeuchi & Sho Kitamura | Yasuhiro Irie | Satomi Watabe | 18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) | |
| To prepare for the trip to Miyazaki, Kana offers to take Aqua shopping to a buy a proper suitcase, to which he agrees. After spending most the day together, Kana returns home wondering if it is possible to start dating Aqua and what his real relationship with Akane is. The next day, Aqua meets Akane with the intention of breaking up with her, to which she has already guessed. Aqua explains their relationship was never real to begin with and since he found out his father is dead, there is no reason to pursue revenge anymore or drag Akane down with him. Akane herself remains uncertain if she has romantic feelings for Aqua due to her inexperience with love, but she discovers a logical inconsistency in Aqua's story that suggests his father is still alive. However, she remains conflicted on whether she should tell Aqua. Meanwhile, Ruby visits Ai's grave. As she leaves, she unknowingly passes her and Aqua's true father, who is aware of Ruby's identity as he visits Ai's grave as well. | |||||||
| 23 | 12 | "Reunion" Transliteration: "Saikai" (Japanese: 再会) | Kuniyasu Nishina | Kuniyasu Nishina | Haruka Inade & Ayaka Muroga | 25 September 2024 (2024-09-25) | |
| Aqua brings Akane along for the trip to Miyazaki, much to Ruby's delight and Kana's frustration. Upon arriving at the town, they meet MEM-cho's friend and video creator Anemone Monemone, who immediately gets B-Komachi to start filming their music video. Aqua meanwhile takes Akane to the local hospital to ask about the fate of his previous life, only to find out Gorou is currently declared missing. He then heads to the cliff where he died as Gorou, but does not find his corpse. Finally, he stops by his old house, telling Akane about Gorou's life as if he were a family friend of his. Unbeknownst to them, they are secretly being watched by a mysterious white-haired girl. Upon reaching the studio, Akane cautions Aqua about dating Kana, due to the taboo against idols interacting with men. After her part of the filming ends, Ruby leaves with Akane, but her inn key is stolen by a crow. As they chase it, Ruby recalls how she fell in love with Gorou after he inspired her to become an idol. However, when they chase the crow into a cave, they find Gorou's corpse, much to Ruby's disbelief. | |||||||
| 24 | 13 | "Wish" Transliteration: "Negai" (Japanese: 願い) | Daisuke Hiramaki | Daisuke Hiramaki & Yasuhiro Irie | Kanna Hirayama | 6 October 2024 (2024-10-06) | |
| Ruby's mood takes a much darker turn after discovering Gorou's body. Meanwhile, Aqua admits to Akane that he was subtly manipulating her to find Gorou's body. Now having closure, he can start a real relationship with Akane now, which she accepts. Ruby is later approached by the white-haired girl, who informs her that both Ai and Gorou were murdered by the same man and that he had an accomplice, suggesting that Ruby find the truth. Ruby surmises that Aqua's reasons for becoming an actor is to find the accomplice and take revenge on him, compelling her to do the same thing. After filming concludes, the group stops by the local shrine to make some wishes, with Ruby wishing Aqua success in his quest for revenge. Six months later, the release of B-Komachi's new music video, "POP IN 2", has been a massive success, further increasing the group's fame while Akane stars in a newly released film. Aqua and Ruby soon enter their second year of high school. Sometime later, Aqua and Ruby's father murders a woman, revealing he has the same type of eyes as Ai, Aqua, and Ruby. | |||||||
Home media release
Japanese
Season 1
| Vol. | Episodes | Cover character(s) | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ai Hoshino | 28 June 2023 | ||
| 2 | 2–3 | Aqua Hoshino | 26 July 2023 | ||
| 3 | 4–5 | Ruby Hoshino | 30 August 2023 | ||
| 4 | 6–7 | Kana Arima | 27 September 2023 | ||
| 5 | 8–9 | Akane Kurokawa | 25 October 2023 | ||
| 6 | 10–11 | MEM-cho | 29 November 2023 | ||
Season 2
| Vol. | Episodes | Cover character(s) | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12–14 | Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa | 25 October 2024 | ||
| 2 | 15–16 | Aqua Hoshino and Taiki Himekawa | 27 November 2024 | ||
| 3 | 17–18 | Melt Narushima and Sakuya Kamoshida | 25 December 2024 | ||
| 4 | 19–20 | TBA | 24 January 2025 | ||
| 5 | 21–22 | TBA | 26 February 2025 | ||
| 6 | 23–24 | TBA | 26 March 2025 | ||
English
Season 1
| Vol. | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 1–11 | 25 June 2024 | ||
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External links
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
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