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Oshi no Ko 1x04 "Actors" - reaction & review (Patreon)

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2023-12-07 13:17:37
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2023-12-21 13:32:07
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Hey everyone!  Here I am with the fourth ep of Oshi no Ko!!!!  Omg!  Aqua really knew what he was doing here didn't he?!  It's amazing to me how he managed to calculate things like getting a better ambience for the scene, getting a better reaction from the actor, and most of all, setting things up for Kana to act her heart out!  Also, we're getting to meet some folks around our new school which is fun - especially since Ruby is big time fangirling hahaha.  I think having Kana in the idol group could be interesting, but let's see what she says!!!  Great ep!  Enjoy!!!  ~ MH


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John J Ronald

HIDIVE alternates between Romanji and translations for the Opening songs of series. It switches back and forth between every episode by default. The end user has no control over that.

Tyler Stobbe

Well, a couple of things to start with: the halfway point isn’t coming until after next week’s session. So the rule still applies until then. :) Also, you’re right about this series being more character focused. Most shows that work I think, are - you need the plot to drive them somewhere but it’s all about the investment into their personalities. The way the scene is setup is interesting, how everyone has marks to hit. Aqua even notes they particularly placed the actor’s designed stepping areas to avoid puddles. More on that in a moment. Kana is acting in this drama for two reasons: one, as shown last episode, she needs the work. Two, it just happens to be a story she’s really into already. So the fact that everything has gone exactly how she didn’t see it up to this point is kind of disheartening. That may have been a subtle choice to encourage her to push Aqua to come in and help her. When the scene starts, that’s when Kana realizes the scope of her naivety, as the lead actor has no charisma, and isn’t even trying to put any emotion into the scene. Cue Aqua, who purposefully IGNORES the marks, and steps in the puddle to be even creepier. Everyone’s got a dark side - the trick is knowing how to channel it for an actor. I guess you could say there are two different types of performances going on here: Aqua is playing a proactive role: he’s responsible for the entire mood of the scene, for using all the tools he has to work with, and to create an environment the leads can work with. Kana’s role, as the heroine, is far more reactive. Despite her place in the story, she has to adapt to everything going on around her - which is why Aqua did that ad lib about photo editing. He managed to shock the lead into actually playing off him, and gave her a window. His understanding comes from a lot of book reports of previous masterpieces in school, apparently, The manga artist scene is interesting, because, as we all know, no adaptation of a manga is perfect. Same could be said for any other sources, as well. She even said, at one point, there’s not much hope for a finished story with no room to grow - which might give us a clue into why animes are started commonly while the manga is still being done. But the artist has a certain vision in mind when they draw - and the reason she started to tear up is Aqua’s “meddling” actually got them to shoot the most famous scene in the manga the way it was originally visualized. By then, most of the general public had given up on the show - but the lesson is see what happens if you actually put a little heart into the medium? Another good example of proactive and reactive is the Star Wats characters Palpatine and Anakin, who you’re pretty well familiar with. It’s the job of the first to create the mood, make the scene and the audience uncomfortable, and it’s the job of the second character to play off of that. I threw in that just for you. The actor knows the character needs to be hated, so he’s asking: how can I deliver this line or move on a way that will make everyone’s skin crawl? Aqua’s doing the same thing. Kana mentions at the wrap party “a lot of people’s jobs are dependent on our performances.” Think about all the work that goes on outside the screen, there’s a lot of time and effort that you’ll never see. The actor has perhaps the least amount to do from a worrying standpoint - but everything rides on them. When the author thanks you directly, that’s pretty high praise, no matter what it’s for. Meanwhile, it seems the producer is not who Aqua is looking for, but he could have the information he needs about Ai. He’ll just have to get on a dating show. This should be interesting… as you can see he’s got the natural personality charm of a woodblock at the moment. 😂 The scene of them leaving for school is the same one that ended the first episode - so episodes 2 through now took place prior to that. The school itself is a who’s who of the young adult entertainment, actors, idols, pinup models, and Ruby is fangirling so much she’s intimidated. Aqua isn’t nearly as worried and helps her out by introducing her to Frill, a popular tv star, after she’s made friends with Minami. Although the girl is right, you probably shouldn’t Google someone in front of their face… and Ruby is shameless when she steals Aqua’s advice about making friends and passes it off to Minami as her own. It’s starting already. Ruby is actually so flustered she’s getting impatient, and that’s never a good thing in this industry. But it is true that she needs to find a career path quickly in this line of work… and perhaps Aqua might’ve unwittingly found the first piece already without trying very hard to. I mean, most of Kana’s boxes are already checked. But will she go for it? 👀

John J Ronald

Like many a skilled DIRECTOR, Aqua uses a genuine insult below what the mics can pick up to get his opposite to react violently and turn in a great performance. It's low key genius.

John J Ronald

In the dub they give Minami a US Southern accent....the usual analogue for a Kansai (Osaka) dialect.

Manny

The ability to bring out the best in someone. Genius 🎭

kamenriderhime
>>124026706

Ohhh I was kinda wondering what the equivalent would be! It reminded me a little bit of the way they emphasized Sasha's country accent in AOT.

John J Ronald
>>124026650

The things you learn sitting through a lot of ADR Director Q&A panels at anime cons....

kamenriderhime
>>124023708

Ok cool, good to know about the halfway point! The scene setup was interesting for sure. It must be hard for Kana to see the direction of the production, I can see why she got Aqua involved. Aqua channels his dark side so well and makes such great use of things like the puddle! That's such a great point about proactive and reactive acting!!! I think that could definitely be a big lesson here, about putting some heart into the production and seeing the end result. I can't imagine how hard it must be as an author to see a poor adaptation, even thought as you said, no adaptation is perfect. Oooooh Palpatine and Anakin are such good examples!!!! That's a great point about the actors - there's so much else going on in the production, yet it all comes down to the. Praise from the author is pretty darn substantial! Ohhhhh ok thanks for clearing that up about the school scene! Haha yeah Googling someone in front of them is a bit rude I guess. Impatience seems like it would be a big detriment in this industry. But yeah, the timing is tricky because you don't want to be idle for too long either. I can't wait to see how this all turns out!!!