Oshi no Ko - Episode 9 Discussion

This discussion post probably isn't going to be gaining any amount of traction, but I figured I'd make it anyway for the sake of it.

The shirts in this show continue to be great

This episode really make Kana shines even brighter than before

Another amazing episode as always. And we finally get to Memcho's real age. She was lying about it this whole time. But Ruby doesn't care about it one bit. And with her they can finally start their idol story. Apparently even Shiranui Frill enjoys reality TV. Kana wears "Baking Soda" t-shirt this is perfect. Aqua finally gets to talk to the producer about Ai. She met her future murderer at LaLaLai it seems like. Producer seems nice, offering a chance at JIF. The group decides to go to karaoke to choose the center but Kana seems like the obvious winner even if she doesn't want it. Can't wait for the next episode.

As an anime-only, I'm kind of worried how OnK will finish considering we only have two more episodes left. Will we be left with a cliffhanger and an eternal 2nd season limbo? I can imagine that B Komachi wouls perform and Aqua may get a good lead regarding Ai's killer in the final episodes.

I may just grab the manga afterwards to see how it continues.

Kana having a hard time dealing with the Aqua x Akane situation. I wonder how things are going to continue between her and Aqua - especially with Aqua's investigation seemingly bringing him closer to Akane due to the LaLaLai connection.

The juicy gossip that producer guy had was..."one time, AI had a crush"? That's it, really dude?

One of my favorite manga faces came from the chapter covered this episode:

Today we got episode focused on Ruby and B komachi 2.0. I really enjoy that the characters aren't just AI with puppets but actual human being with emotions and variable amount of EQ. The love is romance is braving underneath and every character has different emotional response.

A lot of musical bits were included in the episode:

A training montage:
Girls training

A comedy bit:
Kana in pepper costume

And an clip from music video:
Kana with the moon

I am not the huge fan of musicals but as a plot device it was really cool. In the background we see Aqua scheming, captivating and making strong connections.

With how much attention Kana is given, I wonder if she is setup to be Aqua's actual love interest down the line. Their personaalities do match the best, bar maybe Shiranui.

I am excited to for more episodes and already looking forward to the second season.

I have been watching the night of each release with a friend so it has been a fun communal experience too.

I think Kana is going to be the center after what the last scene showed us in this episode. Although I was rooting for ruby before that though.

One of the weird things I’ve been dealing with the last few years is being out of high school and out of college, I notice less and less anime/manga focusing on my age group. There are some out there, but a majority of them focus on high schoolers. So to find out a main character is my age was honestly kinda refreshing for me. I’m definitely going to be rooting for her!

Can we all appreciate the fact that they made an entire 90 sec music and dance choreography for what is just 9 secs of clip in the anime. The amount of production that goes above and beyond the manga for this show is insane.

Bonus 90 secs of Bell Pepper dance

Always over too soon! Not sure how they're going to leave the season hanging at this rate...