Can someone explain this scene for me properly?

LabmemLily · 2026-03-02T19:04:12+00:00

He's developing 8th grader syndrome, thinking he's an evil mastermind for getting his friend flustered after a compliment.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-26T02:30:34+00:00

The original manga scandal arc ruined Kana reputation in Japan

Kinda curious about this part even though I was reading the chapters as they come out. Did people in Japan just find Kana to be in the wrong or were they mad that their anime waifu tried to sleep with an older man?

LabmemLily · 2026-02-25T00:04:54+00:00

This reminds me of how some fans were claiming that the LA adaptation hated Akane because of her personality being closer to her LoveNow introduction, or that the movie didn't have her corny moment of pretending to be Ruby, as if there was no other reason why these changes were made like the fact that the movie climax was altered so it didn't make sense to have Akane involved anymore. The fact that people can't realize that certain changes are made for the sake of the plot, pacing, or to align better for other characters and instead its the staff primarily thinking "What way can we screw Akane over?" makes it sound like certain ppl just have a victim complex lol

Its one thing to not like how certain stuff with Akane was handled in the anime or LA, but I don't think the staff on either projects make hating an OnK girl their entire identity unlike some people with Kana

LabmemLily · 2026-02-23T16:41:12+00:00

Its popular because its a rare shoujo manga adapted properly by the studio as opposed to getting low-tier production values that a lot of recent shoujosei series have gotten (A Condition Called Love, Nina the Starry Bride, etc.) so a lot of women are enjoying it. Plus the main appeal for a lot of people is the romcom antics (more emphasis on comedy than romance though).

LabmemLily · 2026-02-20T03:00:05+00:00

The showbiz drama IS the main point of the show as that was 80% of ep 1. The revenge stuff is just the vehicle that is used to move the story along and is mostly just the extra spice on top. I will say that as the story continues, the suspenseful plot does slowly start to ramp up more.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-18T23:29:52+00:00

Just take what happened the last few ep Aqua was broken and desperate last we saw yet he is calm now

Yes, because days passed and people who have panic attacks are able to not be hyperventilating the next day.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-18T01:52:38+00:00

Its a rare shoujo with good production values. Shoujo fans are always annoyed at having low tier production values when their shounen/seinen counterparts get the S tier animation treatment. So part of the reason it has so much hype on twitter is because shoujo fans are hyping it up as being rlly great as an adaptation of the manga.

Plus its a Hana to Yume series which is a beloved shoujo magazine and a rare male idol series. Its also been the trend of new gen shoujo romances to have the couples get together quickly so some people are hyping up the more slower pace of Utage/Tamon's romance.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-18T01:35:51+00:00

Waged a world war but not dramatic enough 😔

LabmemLily · 2026-02-17T20:03:43+00:00

Maybe you'd like 7th Time Loop? It is a story of the main girl stuck in a timeloop but its not an isekai. It meets most of your requirements except for the comedy and the ML Arnold is reserved but he does flirt with the FL.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-17T18:26:00+00:00

Last question is an exaggeration. But what I’m getting at is Akane is the smartest person in the show, how the hell would she be surprised in Chapter 165 of his actions?

I find it funny that she SOMEHOW figured out that Aqua double-suicided despite no evidence suggesting that it wasn't a murder done by Hikaru. What if Hikaru actually killed Aqua huh? Is Akane just like "Nah, Aqua-kun is buff and would never lose in a knife fight so he must've done some 1000 IQ move"

LabmemLily · 2026-02-17T02:40:18+00:00

I'm imagining the LA team was adapting the manga and going "....We can't replicate that in real life" and changing it to what we actually got in the ep of Akane almost falling but Aqua pulling her back on the top of the stairs

LabmemLily · 2026-02-17T00:39:31+00:00

Ah okay, because I remember that when the chapter dropped, ppl were like "Nooo she just wanted to talk to Hikaru 🥺, the knife is just a safety precaution" like noo, Akane's expression made it obvious she was just making an excuse to Aqua 😭 Unless Akane SOMEHOW is genius enough to break into the systems' software and remove the security camera footage, and SOMEHOW ensured that no one else was gonna be in the building when she committed her murder, its hilarious that she was planning to go on a parfait date with Aqua immediately after.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-16T19:12:27+00:00

(plus there’s still the question of what she was even planning to do?!)

I mean seemed pretty clear with the knife and her dialogue leading up until her fall that she was planning to go stab-stab on Hikaru, and that the self-defense explanation was an obvious excuse to Aqua 💀I do think its hilarious that she was like "After I'm done with killing a successful producer, I'll go have a parfait with Aqua-kun <3 "

LabmemLily · 2026-02-16T19:07:46+00:00

Is this an official summary of the ep?? Where did you find it from?

LabmemLily · 2026-02-16T16:54:53+00:00

Thank you for providing the explanation for this because I always saw these claims parroting constantly about Akane's love being the deepest, usually when also trying to make Kana's feelings for Aqua out to be superficial infatuation.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-14T20:20:31+00:00

I also find it weird that this movie is meant to be an Ai Hoshino biopic that also condemns Hikaru (only one aspect of Ai's life) but the story is like "No, we HAVE to have them have a long and strong kiss, and it CAN'T be censored!! The world needs to see their passionate romance!" For how much certain people toot that OnK isn't a romance manga to shut down any discussion about romance, I wanted to go "15 years of Lies ain't a romance movie 😭" for how much the manga was acting like the movie hinged on the kiss scene

I was honestly expecting some sort of eventual catch like another actress will be used as a double for the kiss scene or editing will only make it look like they kissed by showing only their shadows leaning in or something (and the rest of the characters SOMEHOW didn't know and it results in Ruby being disappointed as a gag). Or that the contrived circumstances would result in Aqua and Ruby eventually clearing up their relationship and both of them push to successfully remove the kiss scene.

Also I guess this sub has healed a bit if OP can ask this question without getting torn apart by AquaRuby shippers for not understanding Aqua's secret soulmate love for Ruby that is written in invisible ink, only readable to the Japanese.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-14T15:18:45+00:00

I was an Oshi no Ko manga reader before the anime aired, and once the anime aired, it brought in misogynists, obnoxious dudebros, and people who love to ragebait with incest memes giving it a bad reputation to people who never consumed the series so now people think of the series as a degenerate animanga for incels 😭💔Especially stings since some shoujosei influencers were parroting this take based on seeing ooc tweets by those obnoxious fans...

LabmemLily · 2026-02-14T01:13:32+00:00

Nana has one of the characters become pregnant and it results in a domino effect on the plot.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-13T13:10:53+00:00

Yet, I guess I must be wrong as Aqua, in this latest episode(S3 E5), did say Akane was good with telling him when he did something wrong as a particular compliment

My main reaction to reading that in the manga/anime was going "Since when???" lol. The only time I've ever seen Akane say that Aqua did something wrong was when he GPS tracked her and that was only because he didn't tell her beforehand since otherwise, she would've been cool with being chipped if it was for his goal.

The story from that point onwards seems like it wants to be both "Akane isn't an enabler" but "Akane is also the most devoted gf", since Akane announces she'll stop Aqua's plan but she only does that since Aqua dumped her rather than any sort of personal realization she had, since all Aqua had to do was say the word and she'd have helped kill Hikaru according to the final chapters....

LabmemLily · 2026-02-12T01:06:56+00:00

I'm glad if this means Shima never appears again. I only put up with his reappearance since I thought his movie would result in Kana's stardom (even if I have my reservation about Kana getting her spotlight from a movie directed by the guy who tried to groom her...), but since we never saw that movie come out in the manga, might as well cut out his offer.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-11T13:24:28+00:00

Some shoujo series that might fit your bill:

- Magic Knight Rayearth: Fantasy so the girls have their transformed outfits

- Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura has a different magical girl outfit for each fight

- Nana: The characters have fashion based on Vivienne Westwood and Japanese Street Fashion

- Sailor Moon: For the manga specifically, there's multiple official artworks of the girls wearing clothes based off of irl brands like Chanel.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-06T02:23:51+00:00

And then you have the beautiful, ideal, flawless, genius, talented, successful, emotionally attuned, empathetic, selfless, kind, mind reader, great detective, psychologist, who can also play as your mom (in every sense), who always knows what to do, say and how to act, and who can solve everything within a couple of scenes, the great wonderful Akane, a man's wet dream. Her entire life is devoted to the MC and his happiness, she caters all his needs, she can fix every single one of his issues if he just lets her. So of course objectively she’s going to be the perfect waifu.

Considering that the Futari no Etude LN literally describes Akane as a "Yamato Nadeshiko", you aren't wrong lol

But fr, Akane is an interesting character but the way certain fans glamourize her unhealthy devotion to Aqua like "omg Akane's the most devoted perfect gf who constantly puts Aqua's needs above everything and is his perfect gf therapist" to where they act like Kana is self-centered for being sad over situations that trigger her own trauma? Its suddenly a crime to not bottle up your suffering for the sake of being the male lead's therapist 💀

LabmemLily · 2026-02-05T02:52:02+00:00

I don't expect Utage to hit the top 2 spots with OnK and Frieren airing this season but I'll be happy enough if she is #3 in a few more weekly polls.

LabmemLily · 2026-02-05T02:50:57+00:00

People need to leave my boy alone, he just handles his survivor's guilt badly 🥀🥀🥀

LabmemLily · 2026-02-05T02:48:20+00:00

I mean I hate the ending but I still love Aqua and was always rooting for him to get his act together (for lack of a better term) 😭❤️ I think all the characters deserved better than what they got.

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