Oshi No Ko - Reaction - S1E1 - Mother and Children Broadcast 

The big thing about when the Doctor told Sarina he'd consider marrying her when she was 16 and her reaction calling him a meanie...is that they bothknew there was no chance she was going to live to see 16.

Miyako (the president's wife) is a real one, she went from only wanting to get with a pretty guy. But by the end of the episode she truly cared for the twins, enough to actually adopt and raise both of them.

I can understand your feelings on the opening, for sure. But I would say he wasnt serious about the "marry when your 16" thing. That was more of a "whatever" thing since she was dying. The idea of "yeah sure look forward to that in a few years." Make sure to live that long etc.

I don't think the doctor really wanted to date Sarina when she turned 16. I think that was just his gentle way of turning down a sick little girl that had been thinking a lot about dying in way that made her think about having a future. Because I don't think either one of them actually thought she was going to live to 16. That's why she called him a meanie when he said it.

This series really criticizes the toxicity in the entertainment industry in lots of different ways and I actually really appreciate it

Japanese Civil Code used to state that the minimum marriage age was 18 for men and 16 for women. When the manga first went out, 16 was the legal age for women to get married. That sentence translates into "when you grow up," and he said this to a girl who is unlikely to live for that long. (However, following the change in adulthood in Japan from April 1st, 2022, it has become 18 for both men and women.) Meanwhile, the 'Idol' culture is very strange and unique. If you are a Christian, you would instantly feel this term is different from celebrity; Idols are dehumanized objects of worship. You will witness a lot of consumption and dehumanization of people in the following part of the show. This industry norm is prevalent in East Asia.

Great reactions, as always! About the "marriage" part, I assumed it was more of a way of him saying "first live till you are 16, then I will consider your proposal", and, taking into consideration that 16 is the age of consent in Japan, and, untill recently, girls were allowed to get married with parents approval by that age, it makes somewhat sense instead of him saying "maybe after you're 18, 21, etc". But ofc, I completly understand it feeling disgusting for anyone and as the morally criticable part of the law or cultural aspects of Japan itself its still something apart, but I just thought that looking from that perspective could help it somehow sit a bit more well with you guys. Excited to see more reactions from this show!!!

Originally, love is war was supposed to be a dark, comedy drama, but the editors wanted the series to be more of a romcom. Here Aka Akasaka who is free to do whatever he wanted and not be constrained by the editors.

Fun fact, the title has a double meaning. Oshi no Ko can mean both "The idol that I support (simp)" and "The child of" Put them together and you get "The child of the idol I support".

There's no other way to say this, but most of the world, including most of the east and west, the age of consent is 16. The USA is actually one of the very few countries in the world that has 18 as the age of consent, and even then, the majority of the state's age of consent are 16.

i still can't believe this series and love is war are from the same author

I can't wait to see you react to the opening and ending! Both are absolute bangers! Opening has a full music video as well (with only spoilers from this episode). And fun fact: The opening song, "Idol" by YOASOBI (which played during the ending credits this episode), recently made it to the top of the Global Ranking Billboard charts (excluding U.S.).

Definitely a wild ride for a first episode. Looking forward to how this series plays out

The creeps calling other guys creeps, really cute.

If you properly follow the context, you would realize what the doctor meant by ‘16’ yrs old. He is telling her to live long past that age thus the ‘meanie’ reply. However 16 yrs old is the legal age to marry for girls in Japan. You don’t have to agree with it, I dont either. BUT (Contrary to belief) the west doesn’t get to decide for the rest of the world what’s right or wrong.

They were a little offended by guys who were into 16-year-old girls, though. In the currently airing Jujutsu Kaisen, Gojou Satoru's high school age is the same 16, so he's like that too.

This show took a hellva turn but I’m down for it. Can’t wait to watch more with lovely ladies.

The docter said that hed married sarina at 16 because he knew she was going to die and its his job as a docter to make the patients final moments happy moments and his thing with ai is for sarina

never really planned to watch this show but bcs lots of reactors react to it so i gave it a try and it's exceeding my expectation by a mile! might be my fav anime for this year bcs of how real and relatable it is

So glad your also reacting to this as well this made me start to cry and I hardly ever cry to shows the va for Ai did such an amazing job can’t wait for the next one and your reactions to the op

25:05 Gotta commend you that you deduce correctly that it was indeed a word play lost in translation. I saw a translation somewhere that makes that joke funny in english Ruby saying "Lick a lying snitch" and Kanna correcting "Flick a crying switch".

Many people in the west confuse Idols with pop stars but they are not the most Important thing about Idols are the looks, second is personality 3rd is dancing and singing is the last thing thats important.

The doctor is sussy with his fixation on a 16 year old idol as a grown man, but when he tells Sarina that he'll seriously consider marrying her at 16... it's because he's her doctor and knows her prognosis. That's why she says he's mean, and why he tells her the plan is practical. They both know that sick as she is at 12, she has no hope of living anywhere near 4 more years. Honestly, other than Ai getting stabbed, Sarina fading out of the room and the hard cut to her funeral is probably what took me off guard the most when I first watched this. Having finished the season, I'm still struck by how brutal this show is for introducing and killing off a 12 year old in the first 10 minutes when the author is the same person who brought us the comedy that is Kaguya.

I felt like goro's hole thing about ai's obsession wasnt ment to showcase how kinda weird idol obsession kinda is with its target audience being 16-30 year olds with idols being 12-20 its very inatitly creepy and the thing with sarina is just giving hope to a dyeing child im guessing she was not ment to live to 16 thats why she called him mean. I feel like the breast feeding screan was ment to show that goro/aqua is not that.

For those of you who have seen episode 1, please watch the music video for the theme song "IDOL" again. I believe you will have a completely different reaction from before because you will understand why this music video has such a unique music composition, why the visual design is like this, and why the lyrics are crafted in such a way. And you will be moved by it. There is also an official English version sung by himself. The incredible aspect of this seemingly unnatural English translation is that it not only aligns with the sounds of the Japanese language but also with the meaning of the story. Furthermore, after listening to the Japanese version several times, when you listen to the English version, there are parts where it sounds like Japanese despite being in English. This part of the lyrics sounds Japanese for some reason. ENG"That emotion melts"=JPN"daremoga mewo". ENG"Completely deny"=JPN"kanpekijanai"

Did anyone else notice the Play button in the background also get covered with the reflection of Ai's blood?

I know the start of the episode was definitely headed in a weird direction, but I'm glad yall stuck to it until the end. I was skeptical at first too, and even know someone who dropped the show after the first 15 minutes lol. But the mere shock value of the ending and the sudden shift in the plot makes it worth it imo. I've never been into an idol anime before, but this one got me hooked

That's crazyy to have a laugh and a smile of a dying child scene that couldn't dance.

I hate everyone who always says he is a doctor where she was stabbed was the aorta and it’s not something u can fix like if ur throat got slashed that’s the same y would need immediate life saving help

Let it be know that the ladies of the React Pack need a a sweet young innocent girl to be brutally stabbed to be interested in a show😅😅😂😂. But on the real , Ai’s death hurt my heart so much. Only known her for a short while, but she made an impression on me.

I like that everyone is asking why didn't she get reincarnated right away and yall are asking bout supernatural shit

Such a crazy first episode but love the fact that this gives fans the real truth about being a idol singer

Just to note, Goro/Aqua's feelings on Ai are a bit weird, and that's very much intentional. The whole pregnancy and lie things probably make it clear already, but this show is really good at dealing with heavier and more subjective themes, be it regarding social aspects or the psychology of the characters. So whenever you see a character that seems weird or unhealthy, chances are it'll be an important plotpoint for their development.

The yellow girl is acting like a karen in this one 💀😂

Todo from jjk would've fit into this world perfectly haha. Tho, I can't see any tall idols around. But yeah, the last 20mins were Def more interesting; what a turn of events.

Re: Baking soda: Arima Kana is known as "the genius child actor who can cry in ten seconds flat," but in Japanese that sounds very similar to the phrase "the genius child actor who licks baking soda." Ruby gets it wrong on purpose to annoy Kana.

The funny thing is I haven't even seen this anime yet but i've seen every reaction video to the first episode, so I already know what happens and I spoiled it for myself but the reaction are worth watching

I hope you're ready for this show I hardly cry and even I was like damn

Maybe it's just me. But it's like they just didn't like it, or they got a spoiler for the show earlier.

Not only the same writer as Kaguya but it also takes place in the same universe.

It was episode 1 that betrayed expectations in a good way. It is an anime that is different from the story that many people imagined, and that is why it became a hot topic. I was surprised that the original author is the same as Kaguya-Sama: Love is War.

Rie rie killed her performance with ai 🥲😢

What’s crazy imo is that a situation where a insane fans actually found his favorite idol got upset that she told him to chill out and decided to find her home and stab her luckily she survived the stabbing

What I like about manga/anime is how weird and creative it can be. This is an “idol-reincarnation-murder mystery-slice of life-revenge” story. When would you ever see something like this in the West? You wouldn’t even get something like this published let alone on TV.

In the end when she was stabbed, she was just being nice to that guy because she wanted to protect Aqua and Ruby, lie to him was the only way to prevent he would hurt her kids

Also keep in mind the legal age in Japan is 16 rather than use standard of 18

That funeral for the doctor might have been some scene from the future, whenever someone ends up finding his body.

Also, fair warning: the show kind of IS all about the entertainment industry, going forward. There's obviously other stuff intertwined with that, though,

I love y'all watched you since the channel started, even subbed to Patreon when I can... But christ was the bashing the doctor getting annoying, you've hearted comments about the Sarina's comment (the wait until you're 16) so I won't go into how that's not a creepy comment and meant to be more of a "try to live/fight your sickness". The thing with Ai herself that you have to understand and why I'm getting bored of you making "16 year old" comments, that's the majority of America's age of consent, over 30 of your states, much like Europe, Asia so on. Is it odd? Sure. But y'all wouldn't say a single word if they said she was 18. I love y'all's reactions, and I genuinely believe you try to understand tropes and other cultures, but for the love of god stop slyly inferring the MC was a pedo for something that he didn't even do, and had he wouldn't be pedophillia or a crime in 99% of the world? We know he liked her cause of Sarina's obsession that he continued for her, then being in an isolated countryside probably idly found her to be cute/attractive. He clearly carries out proper medical practice, which probably included observing her vulva, without her once being weirded out, nor him acting out of place. He's not a creep, the beginning more than anything is a ode to a respectful fan who is into you vs the stalker who shows us how the real creeps are... Anyways I look forward to watching future episodes, but for the love of god I hope the pedo comments stop.

Damn you...! DAMN YOU!!! Damn you for making me cry!! 😭😭

Yes a murder mistery definetly not about the hardships of the entertaiment indusrty lol

I think the "I'll marry you when you turn 16" thing was because they knew she probably wouldn't make it to 16. He was trying to give her hope, let her know he thought she could live.

Great show

Also being raise does not mean being your tutor, is more like I want to be your pupil, take me under your wing.

This is the first time to watch a reaction which skipped the scene where ruby gets to know how to dance...

Well, this anime, even among Japanese anime, is in a strange category.

Also I believe fan =/= in love (in a romantic way) That’s why he said you will always be an idol and I’ll be always your fan.

Better call Saul would be a sick reaction, probably not winning polls tho lol

Nice! Oshi No Ko at last! I'm just hoping fans will not do anything stupid on episode 6.

The creepy stuff at the start is actually very intentional. It's meant to show the 'expectation' of idol shows, and how there are some creepy people in the world. Pretty much everything in this show is very intentional.

Not really spoiler-y, but Aqua does acknowledge it being problematic if he were dating someone underage as a person with the mind of a full-grown adult.

"you cant be mean to me, its pride month" 😭😭😭😭

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a must if you watch anything anime. also Bocchi the rock

I hate the whole right the show off cause aqua is a “creep” shit. There are immoralities in many pieces of fiction that are used as a plot device but we people often don’t just right the show off as a result. Eren wants to commit genocide on a unprecedented scale but people don’t feel wrong about watching that and some real people even agree with him.

38:00 those comments remind me of twitter userbase in general xD . The worst part of the anime is how realistic it is in terms of how messed up people can be

"Episode 1" being a movie long makes sense after watching it, right? If it was instead cut into four 20-minute long, a bunch of people would drop watching the show. As you've said, you kinda get bored during the middle if it's just a slice of life anime. At this length, it gives you a proper hook to consider watching the show week by week.

idk where u guys are watching but after seeing so many oshi no ko reactions, I recognize these subtitles and its the one that sucks

finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, reacting to one of the best anime this year. Y'all in for a ride!

At least at the time this manga was written, the age of consent/marriage is 16. That's why that age is used in the story so much. It's young af, but legal. One of the main pillars of Oshi no Ko is that these idol are teenagers, and they deal with real, intense, lofe-changing consequences and results. Don't make it weird.

In Japan, people with good looks tend to be seen as \"idol\", even if they are actors or singers. FMA opening singer YUI was one of them.

Finally 🎉🎉🎉

nice content

Yeyyy

do erased next pls

😍Dani🥰

Finally

Is blue lock

When Oshi No Ko?

16 is the age of consent in Japan if I'm not mistaken, so it might be weird for some western countries but it is not as weird for Japan or other countries

It's the same as people joke is she legal or not. Esp in the west i hear this "joke" often the only diff is legal age in japan back 2 years agk.

Im Japanese and even I feel like idol culture is kinda sus. But its a big part of the culture here for some reason. The “marry at 16” part is more of a Japanese thing cause its the legal age of sexual consent in Japan. So i get how people from other countries view it as creepy and weird. (I do too) Love the reaction tho! Got yourselves a new subscriber.

You need to check out the Korean drama Goblin This is the most famous drama in Korea. The story is about the love between Goblin and the Grim Reaper

Is it just me? Or the audio is too low? Both the show and the girls.

16 is a girl legal marriage age in Japan. So, they'll be adults by 16, that's why. Guess it's the same in Korea too because I did read a Korean based novel where women celebrated their coming of age ceremony at 16, but only in old times. It might not be the same for them now. But for Japanese, it seems that the case is the same until now.

Your youtube button was reflecting the blood... cool visual but sad...

I definitely understand your concerns about the creepiness in the series but this show makes an effort to show the REAL world of being in the entertainment industry. This creepiness is unfortunately how it actually is and it would be a disservice to itself not to shine a spotlight on it. This series makes a massive point of showing just how screwed up Japan's entertainment industry actually is. Granted im probably a lottle tardy to the party in typing this comment lol

The show is weird. Period. Especially the early parts. But whoever spoiled them saying oh, there's a creepy character at the beginning watch out, etc set them up for expecting something bad. So the weird stuff is even weirder and creepier than it could be. Just let them react normally and let them have genuine reactions and speak their minds. The commenter probably had good intentions, but still. Just let reactors/content creators experience things for themselves and voice out their actual thoughts.

Everyone like a pretty face so idol culture just like that

The way the doctor talked about Ai is always going to hold me back from fully appreciating his character, or the show. But, it's a decent enough premise for me to carry on watching it.

You guys are always late to the party lol

I still think Aqua is Asexual.

this story is definitely making it a point to comment on the weirdness of the idol industry where grown men crush on teenage girls, so i find it extra weird that people rush to dr. goro's defense over his suspect attitude towards 16 year olds, i mean the nurse literally calls him a lolicon...

Should just watch Heavenly Delusion instead.

Feel the same way as you guys about the entire show tbh 😂 - From the creepy doc to the weird reincarnation and keeping your memories lmao. Haven't continued this past ep 1, but maybe I will since ya'll are reacting to it now! "They probably have bad cops" - Dani LMAOO let it slip

I really dislike the typical american overreaction over the age topic. Literally thats not even what the show meant or what was going for, but american always have to overreact these things because of their prejudice and oversensitivity to these topics. Like Jesus Christ they need to chill the f out with this stuff and stop thinking the worst every time they see something like this. When almost no one else in the world thinks like that only you guys than maybe you should look inwards a little bit.

your patron suggested this... this is why i don't watch this stuff its creepy

In Japan, women can marry at the age of 16. This is because women were not allowed to enter society and because Japanese men prefer immature women. Japanese men tend to prefer \"friendly\" women rather than \"beautiful\" women. A \"beautiful woman\" with perfect looks is likely to attract strange yakuza-type men in Japan. ...... Japanese \"female idols\" are defined by their age to be around 20 years old. Compared to other countries, many of these girls are immature and unfinished. Even \"actors\" are seen as idols based on their appearance, and in the Japanese entertainment industry, they are forced to work in swimsuits and gravure from underage.

i dont get anyone who tries to justify him saying he'll marry/date 16 yr olds. i feel like so much of the beginning would have been much easier to digest if they never made him romantically in love with Ai. Which he WAS, as an adult at least before he was reborn. the nurse literally asks him point blank and he avoids answering. -- Anyway I do like the show but I do think its been overhyped... Its definitely a really well made show, its smart, great source material, im into kpop so the industry knowledge stuff is cool - but DAMN the way ppl have been shilling for this show is insane. I hope you guys dont let that interfere with your enjoyment of it.

Anime is so fucking weird man